14 DAY TRIAL // Professional graphics elements and tools like brushes, images, buttons, colors, icons and others are very hard to find to download and use for free. Image processing applications usually include by default various templates and tools, but they could not provide enough resources and inspiration for all web designers.
A good designer will always look for professional materials to include in certain web graphics elements. Fortunately, over the Internet there are many websites offering resources necessary in web designer work.
If you are using Adobe Photoshop software to create templates, buttons, wallpapers, icons and other web related graphics elements, PHOTOSHOPSUPPORT.COM website offers a large collection of free resources such as: fonts, stock photos, textures and backgrounds, Photoshop related articles and tutorials. Links to Photoshop books, forums, magazines and other directories are also available.
In case of GIMP, Fireworks, Illustrator, Paint Shop Pro a large number of good tutorials and graphics resources can be found on tutorialized.com website. On this website there are also many web development related tutorials too.
An ultimate web graphics and design related resource directory is Smashing Magazine. Here you will find multiple free professionally created articles and resources. If you visit this website, besides fonts, icons and graphic tools, you will also find comprehensive articles containing design themes, color schemes, templates, CSS, HTML, AJAX and other programming techniques. WebResourcesDepot website provides about the same resources as Smashing Magazine website.
If you prefer to download ready made templates or get design ideas for static websites as well as for those based on a content management system, there are many Internet places where you can find ideas for template development. For example, if you own a Joomla! or WordPress based website, various templates can be found on Joomla 24 and respectively Wordpress Themes Free website.
By selecting quality graphics resources, your web presence will be noticed by Internet users, because people usually like quality websites. From the designers' point of view, a high quality inspiration source could determine the creation of better web graphics elements.