There’re plenty of online resources for your next graphic design project. Whether you’re a seasoned professional designer in graphic design industry or someone who’s just starting out in creative or visual communication field or simply have an interest in design, here is a list of a few handy resources.

Smashing Magazine

Online magazine for creative professionals, web designers and website developers. Great online resource and information for young designers starting out all the way to experienced creative professionals. Very popular site that is rich with information and creative inspiration. New posts with great tips coming out almost daily. You can also find icon sets, Photoshop brushes, buttons, and vectors art graphics available for download as well. Visit Website

Communication Arts

Founded in 1959, Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, advertising agencies or pretty much everyone involved in visual communication. The site features articles and the annual competitions, innovative ideas and information, while promoting the highest professional standards for the field. For over 53 year, it has been showcasing the best creative designers in the field of graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography, interactive media and typography. Visit Website

deviantART

deviantART is the world’s largest online art community. The site houses over 258 million pieces of art from over 27 million registered artists, designers and art appreciators. The site has been around for over 12 years. Anyone can register and show off their own art work or browse others’ art for design inspiration. You also have ability to connect and communicate with other artists as well. Visit Website

Webdesigner Depot

This site is a joint effort and collaboration between leading web designers around the world, this site is another example of diversed resources of design inspiration, news, tutorials, hot topics, tips and techniques, with categories ranging from Adobe Creative Suite, web programming, coding, usability, freelancing and typography to best practices for your web design business. Visit Website

Creative Bloq

Creative Bloq is an online resource that showcase daily dose of design tips and inspiration. The site is brought to you by the makers of TechRadar.com and Computer Arts magazine, Content on Creative Bloq sites covers a wide of topics from graphic design, illustration, web design, and 3D. Visit Website

Lynda.com

Rich online learning resources for creative professionals, over 3,387 video courses available. Video tutorials and series of courses in wide ranging of subjects by expert instructors in the creative field to help you learn 3D animation, web design and programming, interactive and mobile application, video editing, game design, digital photography as well as architecture drawing and various business skills. Visit Website

Pixeden

Online source free and premium graphics, design and web resources. Popular among creative professionals and designers in visual communication field. Visit Website