Mug's Graphic Design Bookmarks

Tools

All of these foundries provide free for comercial use licensed fonts.
The League of Moveable Type One of the first free, open-source web font foundries, small library but well-crafted.
Collletttivo Open-source, collectively designed contemporary Italian typefaces.
Google Fonts Free and open-source web font library, huge but hit-or-miss on quality, but includes a a large collection of Icons.
FontShare Curated free fonts from Indian Type Foundry, generally more polished than most free libraries.
Velvetyne French, community-run foundry, leans experimental and multilingual.
Bye Bye Binary French collective distributing inclusive, non-binary and post-binary typefaces.
Open Source Publishing Brussels-based collective building libre fonts and tools, DIY and workshop-driven.

Texture Labs A wide range of free high-quality textures.
Transparent Textures Free textures for your UI/UX works.
Public Domain Image Archive Hand picked collection of out-of-copyright works.
Poly Haven Mainly for 3D work but they offer a wide range of textures that can be used for other purposes.
Ambient CG Free CC0 PBR materials, more focused purely on textures than Poly Haven.
NYPL Digital Collections Collection of items digitized from The New York Public Library's collections.
Mockups Design A wide range of free high-quality mockup templates for various design projects.

Adobe Color Color palette generator and library, with a large community of user-submitted palettes.
Coolors Fast color palette generator, with a large library of user-submitted palettes.
Color Hunt Curated collection of color palettes, with a focus on modern and trendy color combinations.
Colormind AI-powered color palette generator, with a focus on generating palettes based on user input.
Color Hex All-in-one color tool with a vast collection of colors and coordination.
Huemint Color palette generator with templates to visualize color combinations in real use-cases.

are.na Algorith-free platform for curating and sharing ideas.
Cosmos Visual moodboarding tool, built around a searchable image grid with a color based search tool.
Behance Adobe's portfolio platform, full project case studies across every design discipline.
Pinterest The default moodboard tool, deep library but mid algorithm and ad driven.
Branding Styleguides archive of real brand guideline documents pulled from actual companies.
Fonts in Use Archive of typefaces spotted in real design work, searchable by font or by industry.
Savee Minimalist, ad-free image curation, another alternative to Pinterest, similar to Cosmos.

FontForge Free, open-source editor for building or modifying typefaces at the point/curve level.
Graphite (Web based) Early-stage open-source vector editor, node-based and non-destructive.
Photopea (Web based) Photoshop alternative, opens PSD and other native formats.
VectorPea (Web based) Illustrator alternative from the same developer as Photopea, opens AI, SVG and PDF files.
JamPea (Web based) MIDI editor from the same developer as Photopea, also imports Guitar Pro and MusicXML files.
Inkscape Free, open-source vector editor, similar to Illustrator.
Krita Free, open-source raster editor, focused on digital painting and illustration.
GIMP Free, open-source raster editor, similar to Photoshop.
RawTherapee free, open-source RAW photo processor.
Affinity (Requires a Canva account) Professional creative suite for design and photo editing, free alternative to Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign, with canva AI integration.
Canva (Web based) Simple and fast design tool with a vast library of templates and assets.
Wordmark types your text out across every font installed on your system at once, for quick comparison.
PureRef lightweight reference board, keeps pinned images on top of other windows.
Aseprite (This is a pre-build of Aseprite for Microslop Windows, you can can find the source code for Aseprite here and build it yourself for free, or you can buy a one-time paid key here to support the developer)