Style Making Resources

Materials

Programs

• Inkscape -- Open source vector image program
• GIMP -- Open source photo/image editing
• Aviary and Pixlr -- Web based image tools

Colors

• ColourLovers -- There is even a Dreamwidth group
• Kuler

Graphics

Vector Art

• VectorArt.org

Seamless background patterns

Seamless background patterns are patterns which can be repeated endlessly (or tiled) without elements being misaligned or lines being visible. That's why they can be used as backgrounds. They're also generally small, light images which take very little space on a server -- which is useful as image size is usually restricted on image hosts -- and are therefore much quicker to load than bigger images.

• Ava7 Patterns
• Background Maker
• ColourLovers Patterns
• Dinpatterns
• Everyday Icons Patterns
• Fractured Sanity Patterns
• The Inspiration Gallery
• Milleseicentopercento Patterns
• Patterific
• Pattern Cooler
• Pattern8
• Patternhead
• Portfelia Patterns
• Kaliber10000 Pixel Patterns
• Shizoo Patterns
• Squidfingers
• Stripe Generator
• Tartan Maker
• Webtreats Patterns

Icons

• Webtreats Icons
• Free Icons Web

Fonts

• [href="http://www.fontex.org/ Fontex]
• Font Squirrel Font Face Generator
• imjustcreative Free Font Archive
• Google Web Fonts
• The League of Movable Type
• Open Font Library -- back up in May