desicreative.com

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
-- Albert Einstein

I realized recently that I am a regular visitor of some websites that offer great design insights in branding, identity design, product design, graphic design... These seventeen websites serve as my source of inspiration. I am sharing the following links with you and I hope that you will benefit from them.

(a). "Anything under the sun..."
The following four websites share unique miscellaneous designs: Product Design, Graphic Design, Package Design...

1. Notcot.com


2. Notcot.org


3. Design-Milk


4. Design Droplets


(b). Logo Design
5. Logo Design Love


6. David Airey


(c). Brand Identity Design
7. Big Spaceship: Blog


8. Landor: Blog


(d). Packaging Design
9. Lovely Package


10. The Dieline


(e). Product Design
11. Toxel


12. Yanko Design


13. Design Boom


14. IDEO: Blog


15. Frog Design: Blog


(f). Web Design
16. InstantShift


17. Smashing Magazine


There you are.
What are your favorite design related websites? The below space is all yours.

wow antzfx! u the coolest!

wow! thanks a lot for this!

Wow Antz! Anything like this is always welcome.
Thank you so much.

wow! thanks for the links dude! an impressive collection!

wow! nice links brother...

Thank you silly lily, vikas, pixelfiesta, DesignBoyz & Allen Mathews!

Do you guys also have some 'secrets to creativity' like these? Love to see the links...

Hmmn. now that you are asking, i have a list of shortcuts which I have segregated into different folders according to categories... like, advertising, branding, design, art, flash, web, 3D, forums, vectors, stockimages, etc.... the list is quite long.

Its almost like My Favourites that you get under your browser.
If I am not mistaken, you can also take it and put it in your My Favourites folder and use the links from your browser (just like the way you use Favourites)

But this is still incomplete!

But here's something that I feel is the baap directory of all links!
Its called Blue Vertigo

STOCK IMAGES {regular}
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.tonystone.com
http://www.picturequest.com
http://www.punchstock.com
http://www.comstock.com
http://www.wonderfile.com
http://www.coopstock.com
http://www.workbookstock.com
http://www.christiesimages.com
http://www.shannonassociates.com
http://www.thinkstock.com
http://www.illustrationworks.com
http://www.imagesource.com
http://www.masterfile.com
http://www.demonimaging.co.uk
http://www.dieblen.de
http://www.fotofree.com
http://www.genximages.net
http://www.imagesource.com
http://www.stock.d2.hu
http://www.photonica.com
http://www.pictor.co.uk
http://www.imagepond.com
http://www.planetcartoonist.com
http://www.nonstock.com
http://www.risingartist.com
http://www.stocklandmartel.com
http://www.ai-ap.com
http://www.styleboost.com
http://www.deviljiru.com/designerjoint/
http://www.visualdesigner.net/home/
http://www.image100.com
http://www.creativestock.com
http://www.photosphere.com
http://gal.mvc.ru/ (stock images_good)
http://www.creatas.com (stock images)
http://www.inmagine.com
http://www.agefotostock.com
http://www.liquidlibrary.com (stock images)
http://www.robertharding.com (stock images)
http://www.stockbyte.com
http://www.epictura.com
http://www.picturetank.com
http://www.picturearts.com
http://www.timelifepictures.com

ILLUSTRATIONS
http://www.stockbucket.com (good illustration style)
http://www.imagezoo.com
http://www.csaimages.com (mainly retro style illustrations)
http://www.affordableillustration.com
(not bad, weekly you get free 300dpi illustrtion free)
http://www.images.com (normal kind of illustrations)
http://www.theispot.com (for styles)
http://www.petemcarthur.com
http://www.urbancollective.com (awesome design and illustrations)


{highres & big size}
http://www.indexstock.com
http://www.digitalvision.com
http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.imageafter.com
http://www.morguefile.com (for high res images)
http://pix.halal.dk
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com (for big size images, 3d and texture)
http://www.burningwell.org/gallery
http://www.stockvault.net
http://www.artek.fi (for furniture)
http://www.imagecollection.com.au (For hi-res product images and line drawings)
http://www.imageblowout.com (quite big size images)
http://www.gal.mvc.ru (quite big size and nice images)
http://www.adigitaldreamer.com (stock images_quite big but few)
http://www.yotophoto.com (not bad)

{textures}
http://www.texturator.de
http://www.fontplay.com
http://www.mayang.com/textures
http://www.texturewarehouse.com
http://www.afflict.net
http://www.litetek.net
http://www.amazingtextures.com

{specific subject}
http://www.photoshopsupport.com ( All about photoshop)
http://www.insectimages.org (for insect images)
http://www.1000skies.com (sky images)
http://www.panoramicimages.com (for panoramic images)
http://www.nhpa.co.uk (only nature images)
http://international.stockfood.com (all food images)
http://www.jupiterimages.com (all food images)
http://www.oceans-image.com (for underwater images)
http://www.gardenimages.com (for natural images)
http://www.kingfeatures.com (for comics)
http://www.pdn-pix.com (for very good photography)
http://www.apany.com (American Advertising Photo)
http://www.naturepl.com (wildlife and nature)
http://www.progresspackaging.com (All kind of packaging)
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/downloads/
http://www.allposters.com (for movie posters)
http://www.packshotfactory.co.uk (very good product shots and image retuching)
http://www.mediagrabbers.com (good images of casino related things)
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/ ... osters.htm
(world war 1 posters)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html (nice big size
1970's posters)
http://www.davidrumsey.com/view.html (very good for historical maps)
http://www.airtoons.com/ (all saftey signs in a plane)
http://www.pictoplasma.de/ (good pictoial images)

{links}
http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar
(for stockimages, fonts, cliparts, sound, AI logos, photoshop brushes,
patterns, colour tools, poser etc.)
http://www.linkdup.com
http://www.altpick.com (for everything)
http://www.recom.de (unrelesed adcampaign)
http://www.bitlounge.net/retrolounge/photography.html (retro style with links)
http://www.lookom.com (for links)
http://www.stockimages.com (for stock image sites links)

FASHION & BEAUTY
http://www.bwgreyscale.com (fashion editorials, ads, covers and boards)
http://www.supermodels.nl

I am speechless!
Thanks a million...

wow! what a list! thanks guys!