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[/hide] Resources [hide=Resource Packs][/hide] Links Tuts+ Network - A fantastic network of design tutorial sites. Tutorial9 - A photoshop-tutorial-blog kind of thing, popular too. Abduzeedo - A tutorial blog with tutorials for Photoshop, Pixelmator and even the occasional GIMP tutorial. SmashingMagazine - A popular design blog offering resources, interviews and insights on the creative world. Bittbox - A design blog offering top quality freebies, made famous by it's themed "Texture Thursday" Béhance- A creative site that lets you showcase your work, gain exposure and perhaps help your career, as many big companies and industry leaders use the network to recruit the top talent. Everystockphoto - This site is an index for the large majority of photos on the top free stock image sites. VectorStock - This section of the vectorstock site enables you to download free vectors to use in your work sxc.hu - The world's biggest royalty free, cost free stock image site. deviantART - deviantART is the world's biggest art community, featuring galleries, collections, community forums and even a huge IRC-type message client/network. wellstyled - A generator of color schemes for artists to create well balanced and harmonious designs. Kuler - Another colour scheme generator, but also lets you create swatches and also enables you to save them to your computer as photoshop swatch files. Grappa - A nifty piece of kit that lets you create rainbow fractals by using the movement of your mouse