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Essentials

  • Figma - From ideation to high-fidelity prototype, everything in one app
  • Protopie - an advanced prototyping tool for dynamic & multimodal interactions
  • Loom - From the first presentation to the final pixel, design teams move faster and more efficiently with async video messaging.
  • Notion - From UX writing to design system documentation

Figma plugins

  • Noise — again, this is very self-explanatory name; you can add noise to your designs (free)
  • LottieFiles — Lottie animations for your designs
  • Figmify: Convert web pages into Figma layers.
  • Stark — one of the best tools that will help you create accessible designs
  • Blush: Customize hand-drawn illustrations.
  • Charts - Beautiful charts in figma
  • Isometric - Isometric allows you to create isometric layers without manually having to set them up.
  • Arc: Create curved text in Figma.
  • Roto: Create 3D models from Figma designs.
  • Palettes: Generate and save colour palettes.
  • Gradient Map: Create a cool gradient map directly from the selected image in Figma.
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UI kit

  • Material design kit
  • iOS, iPad, mac design kits
  • Untitled UI
  • Ant Design

Typography

  • Apple fonts — Perfect for Apple devices Just go with SF FONT
  • Google Fonts — Font suits for all languages
  • Inter - my favorite free font
  • Free fonts by Awwards - Amazing free types
  • Type scale - a selection of font styles that can be used across an app, ensuring a flexible yet consistent style that accommodates a range of purposes
  • Font Sizes in UI Design: The Complete Guide - Extensive guidelines with specific examples for iOS, Android and web
  • WhatFont (chrome extension) - The easiest way to identify fonts on web pages.

Colour

  • Mindfully curated colour palettes -A collection of unique color combinations for your design projects. Steal them. Use them. Make something beautiful.
  • Colorbox - Accessible color generator
  • BrandColors — When you are starting as a designer, use these colors and understand how they maintain hue
  • Colour Hunt — Trendy colours
  • Webgradients — Give a spark
  • Building Your Color Palette - the ultimate and most actionable guide to building your colour palate for UI design

Icons

  • Icons Basics — Understand about pixel perfection
  • Material Design Icons — Download and analyze how they are making perfect icons
  • Noun Project — Just good icons
  • Brand Icons — All big companies’ logo in SVG, you dont need to google it.
  • Iconify: Access to a huge library of icons.
  • Pikaicons: Unleash Your Creativity with Our Growing Collection of Charming Icons, Designed to Make You Stand Out.

Illustrations

  • Blush: Customizable hand-drawn illustrations.
  • humaaans: Mix-&-match illustrations of humans.
  • Open Doodles: Free sketchy illustration library.
  • Undraw — Use these as a dummy when you are starting a project.
  • Ideogram: Helping people become more creative with AI
  • Absurd Design: Illustrations that give a unique visual style.
  • Desi log: Free illustration pack of Indian characters with mix-and-match components. Get them here
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Images

  • Unsplash: High-resolution photos from various photographers.
  • Pexels: Free stock photos and videos with a wide range of categories.
  • Pixabay: Free photos, videos, and music.
  • Remove.bg — use this when you make social media profile picture
  • TinyPNG — Helps to compress images when you build your site

Video

  • Pexels Video: Diverse collection of free stock videos.
  • Videvo: Free stock videos, motion graphics, and sound clips.
  • Pixabay Video: Wide array of free stock videos and clips.
  • Coverr: Unique free video footage for various uses.
  • Life of Vids: Stock videos, clips, and loops free of copyrights.
  • Videezy: High-definition stock video footage and b-rolls.
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