9 wonderful tools for designers
A graphic designer… Is It born or made? Let’s cut the silly stuff! Everyone would want great creatives, do witty things every second and even pay for it. But the truth is that creativity is a gift, or a damn depending how you look , within reach of very few. Let us be realistic, Earth could not hold both loose genius, and finally would end up exploding in the middle of a brainstorming Freepik’s staff.
However, every genius needs a magic lamp or, in this case, a set of cool tools that allow to give free rein to his imagination anywhere in the world. So, Freepik offers you 9 wonderful tools for designers for your creative activity.
Fonts
We love Helvetica font since we knew just think about it! But, It is time to know that there is life beyond Times New Roman or Comic Sans… Don’t you? On a white canvas all components are important, so we must choose the right source to add personality to our creations. Be careful! A font can make your designs are the coolest in the world or, conversely, to blow up your creative process out of the water. Here you are some interesting tools:
Fontspring offers a wide variety of sources well structured by categories. The most refreshing?Bestselling Fonts ranking. Monthly, Fontspring presents a review with latest faves fonts. Here you can find select sources for web, eBooks and apps. Most fonts are extra, but others are free.
My Fonts a very hip space, with pattern blog, where the most interesting is the introduction of sources with small fragments of history, creation and use of each. Another original touch is the presentation of the designers showing their designs as if it were a personal portfolio.
Font Shop is a real fonts multistore with a more minimalist style. Plus the usual shopping service, Font Shop offers the option ‘Tryout & Tools’ where to find many fonts and rendering in real time, try live sample layouts, play around and discover all the fun tools
Infographics
Infographics are a very demanded resource for the development of attractive content: they explain the data clearly, are quick to read and…We love sharing them! Nevertheless, the design of an infographic can be a bit difficult if not have tools that allow us to make suitable compositions.
Visually is a creative community where collaborate over 1,000 freelance designers. Besides infographics, you can create ebooks, videos, presentations and intractive websites too. About infographics, Visually offers a wide set of models focused on different areas such as Communication, Marketing, Business, Health or Environment.
Infogr.am is a tool focused on creating infographics. It offers a simple and intuitive use through three steps: choose the template, visualize your data and publish & share. Templates are organized around four fields: Media & Blogs, Education, Brands and Organizations. A interesting thing? A chat in streaming which to resolve all doubts.
Piktochart, a great choice for creating infographics. It offers a variety of templates and others options as typography, shapes, icons, photos and photo frame. A simply way to compose maps, charts or videos. The free account allows different designs, but options are better with the premium modality. Piktochart’s blog shows information about infographics, designs, stuff things and articles.
Color
Every designer needs an infinite color palette with which to give color to their creations. But as we are not robots, and we can not remember all the codes, it is necessary to have some tool that allows us to get the right tone for your designs. Three tools, infinite possibilities:
Color Munki allows to create your own palette of a simple way as well as to share and use others compositions created by users. With each choice of color, a dialog box opens and you can choose colors according to harmony or similarity. It’s possible to find the same tone in others shared pallets and images. So cool, the tool provides a glossary of terms about color and tips videos.
Adobe Color CC is a fun option. Through a fully interactive palette you can create infinite color combinations. There are no excuses for using your favorite color, and you can get both the HEX code as RGB. The color rule lets you combine similar, monochromatic, complementary or custom colors, among other options. La app is rock and you can also be part of the creative community, explore other combinations, save them, work on them and leave comments
Color Hunter allows you to extract a color palette of a particular image through the url, tags, hex code or through an image from a laptop or mobile phone. Also, you can save your favorite pallets linking a Pinterest account. Want to know the colors that make a sunset? Choose one and discover it.
Easy and useful tools for both established designers and beginners. Never forget, the most important thing is to enjoy designing!
