The Best FREE Design Resources 

I’m not a graphic designer but for some reason Kel is just my comfort RU-vid and I always feel so calm watching their videos…

With affinity, remember that there are three programs: affinity photo is kinda like photoshop, affinity designer is kinda like illustrator, and affinity publisher is kinda like indesign! You have to buy them separately but they work together pretty well. I use affinity and it is WAY simpler to use than the Adobe suite and is more beginner friendly.

I would love to see a video where you detail how you manage and create your own textures. And then to see a couple applications. Would be great!

*THANK YOU KEL FOR PROVIDING US THE BEST RESOURCES LIST EVER THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY TERRIBLE*

These are great, Unsplash is the GOAT. I don't know anyone who doesn't use it at this point.

Quick Note: GIMP is not Windows Only. It's available for all platforms.

for a future video: are there any graphic design creators that you recommend? i'm trying to find more great gd youtubers like you kel😅😅

Kel this was much needed, was looking for good mock-ups and textures for a project - took a 5min break and saw u uploaded, perfect timing bee 🌍⚡️

im starting my internship at an agency on monday. I was so nervous but just watching your vids calmed my nerves.

I love the chill way you open your videos and the low voice.

Great and informative video, however, if I may, a small remark: you can do some vector stuff in Krita, and Gimp is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Also: Scribus would be your open source DTP (Indesign) alternative. A bit clunky, but it does the job. Affinity "trinity" is awesome.

i started graphic design with gimp back in like 2010 during middle school 😊 eventually transitioned to photoshop when i took graphic design in high school, but i always remember gimp for being amazing when getting started

She's actually good. She deserves a like and follow.

this video is amazing!!! I've just started my first year at college for graphic design. You really inspired me to take the step forward with perusing this as a career. Thank you for the resources!!!!! :)

Thank you so much for these tips Kel!! I do traditional art but am hoping to break into some digital art and media work too at some point soon!

Thank you for always being so helpful to us and always showing us skills and tips ❤ You are a big inspiration

Kern Club is great for Fonts ! A lot of them are paid but they have an amazing selection of REALLY unique fonts for free too

Great video! I recently made the switch from inkscape & gimp to the adobe programs (for college) and I'm struggling aha sad. Thank you very much for the free site tips!

i was already preparing a doc to type out all of the programs and you created one to download! bless

This is a gold mine! Thank you so much Kel!

small corection: GIMP is available on windows, MacOS and Linux.

this is so so helpful as a beginner, thank you!!!

There is not a single haircut you couldn’t do complete justice!!

In LOVE with your videos, seriously! Thanks for your amazing work and being an inspiration for so many! :)

Great job. You should have more views. Tons of tools for designers like me. useful info. Keep it up. Someone out there is missing out on this.

thank you very much!

Your content is NEEDFUL! Thank you so much ❤️‍🔥

Keep in mind Paper is freemium, aka it is free but it has limitations and there is paid version with extra features

Wow, this is such an invaluable resource, thank you!

You always become inspired

PLEASE make a video on mockups

To taking down the Adobe over lords ✨🍦💥

Mullet!!!!!

where do you look for things when you are creating moodboards?

Thank you so much 😊

thank you SO MUCH kel :-')

Thank you so much kel! :D

thk

Would you know that website that generates different fun quotes to use for graphic design?

Love you

Hi there! Did you do coding while in college like coding a website or ann application? Hope you can answer thanks !!!

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the only reason i'm stuck with adobe illustrator is because every printing house i've ecounter use it 🙃 and they need file that easily editable on their side so it's compatible with their printer and stuff.

if you dont have a good camera you can always find photos and sometimes scanned photos to make textures

does anyone know what the timestamps are?

So in my UX class, they legit forced us to learn other tools. I would suggest Figma if you just wanna yea.

Gorgeous woman 🤩

HOW DARE YOU RECOMMEND CANVA AS A REPLACEMENT FOR INDESIGN?! TAKE IT BACK! YOU TAKE THAT RIGHT BACK!

You got a bradford haircut, big up yourself

Now this is what I was waiting for!

for textures, sometimes i like to use fabric store or tile & stone websites! i work for an interior design company rn, and i've come across a few while working here, but they always have pictures of samples of the fabrics and tiles and you can find some really interesting textures that way!

As a graphic designer trying to figure out the best way to utilize textures (or just how to do it "correctly", like do I just set the photo as an overlay?) in my designs, I would love to see a video dedicated to how you scan/use and implement your textures in your designs. I was also intrigued on how you said you scan flowers and in what case you would use that as a texture too :) Love your content btw, it's very informative and inspirational !!

Question: does building a portfolio to get a job count as personal use?

the way i clicked on this so fast lol

Here's a comment for you guys: Thanks to Kel I got into graphic desing, I always looked for some art related content in youtube cause I wanted to study something similar to it. At the end I did not beacause of my parents, I live in Mexico so as you may know in here we dont support arts, anyway: I wanted to try so badly to do design but I had fear. I decided to use Kel as inspiration and I downloaded Inkscape and learned how to use it from videos in the web. It turns out that Im pretty fucking good at this and it makes me sick how my family never showed me any type of support. So I wanted to tell you that this gon be a difficult path, but as long as you trust in yourself eveything will come easyly. Thanks a lot to Kel for giving futur designers the courage to get started!

My Adobe alternate is ⛵🏴‍☠ *Whistles the end of the SpongeBob theme.

Yes yes yes

this video was a blessing, i was looking for free mockups and programs that can support psd (cause my main program fire alpaca, which is a great free drawing program, doesnt support psd). You really came in clutch with this one!

Figma/Sketch alternatives: - Lunacy - Penpot InDesign alternative: - Scribus

im curious what texture site were they referring to when they mentioned "aren't run by weird, misogynist men"?

hi kel! was wondering whether posting music posters on instagram for fun would be considered as commercial or personal use? i'm kinda conflicted on whether i'm allowed to use these free personal use fonts in my designs that i post...

I'm concluding my fashion design course, and today I'm loving more the graphic design area. I have following you for years now and your videos/work always amazed me, and today is like a guide, love you and thank you for the amazing content, means a lot to me (Brazillian fan)

I'm a designer and artist who switched over to the Affinity programs a few years ago after years of using Adobe and I don't regret it one bit. I love the Affinity programs and find them often easier and more efficient to use effectively. I use them for vector art, logos and merch design and they're great. Also, Sketch is another good option for UI elements like icons, backgrounds, emojis, etc.

Anyone know what the deal is with the misogynist textures resource? Just wanna know if there’s anything I should avoid

Velvetyne is awesome! My typography teacher at my French design school is one of their designers :D

I used to use gimp before switching to photoshop, and it was great. Also it's available on mac and linux too, not just windows, but it's an easy mistake to make since a lot of similar software is windows only.

Not all heros wear capes 😭 it may be time to get rid of my adobe subscription 😬

Sam Hyde fought for Ukraine and this is what he gets

For all you new designers and even experienced please take these resources into consideration, Kel blessed everyone with these resources!

Texture making tutorial?

GIMP is actually on Linux as well. I know you probably don't care considering us Linux users are like less than 1% of the desktop market share, but we have it.

Great video...even after 2 years. Will save it but look for new videos from you. THanks

If you use stuff like this, you wouldn't even believe what we used to do before the internet, we had to do everything ourselves! If only I could be 22 now, but then... Global warming.

*Thank youu!*

how do i download the digital copy from your website of all these places without having to use my payment details

If anyone has a suggestion on a good replacement for After Effects please let me know! I'm trying to learn vector animations but have lost my Adobe student package :(

Fusion 360 is a pretty well regarded 3D program that's free for personal use!

16:40 Gimp actually is also available for Mac, i have it on my macbook.

how the hell did i just watch this entire video without blinking

pull a julia drawfee and self teach urself blender for one bit of content

Kel loved this video! One thing I’ve been wondering is if you have any recommendations for places to get inspiration for designs or jumping off points? I try Pinterest but I always have a hard time finding what I’m looking for and you seem to be awesome at finding inspirations / mood boards in your videos!

hi can we have a state/city flag redesign video??

Kel this is so helpful for many young creatives. Thank you for giving back over RU-vid!!

Thanks a lot for foodiesfeed! Its awesome!

I'm an HCI student and figma became my whole world. Like I created my resume and make mood boards on Figma

i feel like cinema 4d is better than blender

i did not found any links down below haha

This is such an incredible resource! Thank you for putting this out there, keep up the amazing work!

Next Video: "Designing a Poster in Photopea"

I’ve been using photoshop exclusively for mock-ups for a while but I’ve had issues due to space. It wasn’t worth it for me so Ive switched to using Photopea and it’s worked great with psd files.

you should also talk about video editing i think. there are some good programs there 😋

“make that lil donut” lmao im still triggered by that damn donut 🍩 😭

You make me feel so safe, Kel!

missing u on here 😢

You still be young! :)

loveee these long videos, very helpful! and looking forward to this ^^

here way too early for it to be healthy

4:24 علم السعودية xoxoxoxo

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When's the next live?