12 Blogs That Can Expand Your Web Design Repertoire
Web design, much like any technology related field, requires those who make their living in it to stay on top of it’s ever evolving nature. To maintain a high level of work, a web designer must always be looking for ways to expand his or her repertoire. This can involve learning new techniques, finding new software to increase productivity, or staying up to date on the latest design trends. All of this can take a lot of time and effort, but the web design community if full of generous people who offer up their knowledge for free in the form of a blog.
Here are some of the best out there that are loaded with things you can add to your web design repertoire.
Web Designer Wall
Web Designer Wall is a great place to find in depth tutorials and articles about modern design trends. I would like for the posts to be more frequent, but that is overlooked due to the high quality of content.
Noupe
Noupe covers everything from css to flex. It’s also a great place to find design resources such as brushes and icons.
Astheria
Astheria isn’t your average web design blog. On it you won’t find tons of free phtoshop brushes, but you will find insightful articles and viewpoints about web design.
Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine is easily the most popular web design blog. It is a great place to stay on top of the latest in web design.
Six Revisions
Six Revisions has a perfect blend of web design and development articles, which makes it a great place for designers to expand their skills beyond Photoshop.
Blog.SpoonGraphics
Blog.SpoonGraphics includes Illustrator and Photoshop tutorials, free vector resources and articles on the topic of graphic design.
Web Resources Depot
Web Resources Depot is an ultimate resource for web designers. Posts range from Photoshop brush collections to jQuery tutorials.
PSDTUTS
Photoshop is such an important tool for a web designer and PSDTUTS is a great place to learn new techniques.
Abduzeedo
Much like PSDTUTS, Abduzeedo is another blog that is loaded with amazing Photoshop tutorials.
WebAppers
WebAppers brings you the best applications to help you be more productive.
Fuel Your Creativity
Fuel Your Creativity is a frequently updated blog full of insightful design related articles.
Vandelay Design Blog
Vandelay Design Blog is a well written blog with topics ranging from SEO to the design process. With frequent posts showcasing beautiful web designs it is also a great source for inspiration.
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Dec 4, 2008
You forgot to add http://thedesignoblog.com
Great list!
Dec 4, 2008
Thanks very much for adding WebResourcesDepot to the list.
I’m following Web Design Ledger too & love the content.
P.S. And, your site has one of the most beautiful Wordpress designs I have ever seen.
Bests.
Dec 4, 2008
@Niki – Sorry for not being able to include The Design O Blog. It definitely has some great content.
Dec 4, 2008
@Umut – Thanks! I’m flattered that you think so highly of WDL.
Dec 4, 2008
great list thanks!
Dec 4, 2008
Henry, great list and I feel honored to be included with some of the bigger sites on the list!
This list will be great for newcomers to the industry as well. I’ve spread the love on twitter!
Dec 4, 2008
Very nice list Henry. I’m a big fan of nearly all of these sites already
Don’t think I’ve checked out Astheria really. Time to do that!
Dec 4, 2008
excellent list, thanks. this has been socialized..
Dec 4, 2008
Thanks for this list. For someone new to web design who is desperate to learn, you have just opened up worlds!
Cheers!
Dec 4, 2008
This is a great article! Thanks for sharing
Dec 4, 2008
@henry – i was just joking
Dec 4, 2008
@niki – Joking or not, you still have a great blog
Dec 4, 2008
Thanks for the inclusion Henry.
Dec 4, 2008
Great list! Don’t forget http://css-tricks.com...
Dec 4, 2008
Damn ellipsis…i’m hopelessly addicted to them…but they will break a link!
http://css-tricks.com
Dec 4, 2008
Thanks For this great List! I am in the process of learning web design. So bookmarked for future reference.
Dec 4, 2008
Great Info….Thank You so much!
Dec 4, 2008
yeah, those sites are just great…I thought honkiat.com also deserved to be here.
Dec 4, 2008
custom web design resources and inspiration are awesome..thanks again..will bookmark and check back often.
sandy
mega star media inc
Dec 4, 2008
beautiful examples.
thanks for the inspiration.
sandy
http://www.socialnetworkingwebdesign.com
Dec 5, 2008
I really think that NETTuts instead of PSDTuts shoudl have been featured. NETTuts has some amazing web design tips that are great. Great wrap-up.
Dec 5, 2008
Well I take that back PSDTuts is great to have and I think you shoulda had one to grow on
Dec 5, 2008
There are some great sites on this list. I especially like Fuel Your Creativity, they have one of the nicest wordpress blogs I’ve seen. Great post, I’m following your blog now, cheers! http://4cint.com
Dec 5, 2008
Many thanks for the inclusion! It’s great to see some of my favourite sites in the list.
Dec 5, 2008
Some really great sites on this list, including some new blogs that I hadn’t seen before.
I also have to agree that the Envato sites (PSD/NET/VectorTuts) are a really great resource, and can’t forget about SpoonGraphics, Web Designer Wall, oh and Freelance Folder is another great one for us freelance designers.
Dec 5, 2008
Nice list !
Dec 11, 2008
Come on Henry, you know you should be adding the Web Design Ledger in that list now… :p
Dec 15, 2008
Excellent post tks a lot
i really recommend the Fuel Your Creativity website
Cheers !
Dec 20, 2008
Henry,
Thanks for including me up there! I’m glad someone’s seeing where I’m going with Six Revisions – I do write development articles, but not overly complex stuff. My goal is for designers to pick up a few things about development, and developers pick up a few things about design. I’m a developer/designer, which is becoming more and more uncommon these days.
Dec 21, 2008
Dear Henry:
Your posters were referenced on Twitter by Guy Kawasaki; I’m glad I followed the link. Great examples and articles.
I really enjoyed this article, and the SEO tips.
Roger C. Parker
http://www.designtosellonline.com
[...] I mentioned in 12 Blogs That Can Expand Your Web Design Repertoire, Six Revisions is the perfect blend of Web Design and Web Development content. So I didn’t [...]
Jan 19, 2009
A great source of css/web design bookmarks.
Mar 9, 2009
How can you forgot http://www.instantShift.com
I love how they assembling latest design trends and resources. Highly Recommended.
Matt
Mar 9, 2009
some great reading there – might be a long night!
Mar 10, 2009
thanks for the great list..
Mar 28, 2009
Thanks for sharing.
Jun 22, 2009
Very nice list!…
Keep posting!
Ovi Dogar
AbsoluteCovers.com
Jul 10, 2009
thanks for sharing informative blog links
Jul 14, 2009
Thanx for this list