Yesterday I took a shot at illustrating for the first time in months in Adobe illustrator.

Asper by Rhonda Smiley

Click the video tutorial  to watch how to create this album cover design. Continue reading for quick tips on creating different types of album cover designs. 

 

Whether you're an author designing your own DIY book cover or a graphic designer on a tight budget designing an ebook cover for someone else it is always best to make sure that any image, vector, or illustration you get online is commercial free, and won't violate any copyrights or else you might get you sued for thousands of dollars.

If you are looking for the best websites to use commercial use stock images, vectors, or illustrations on your book cover designs for free then keep on reading. I'll also show you examples of book covers created with images from each specific site. 

Are you looking for beautifully stunning fonts to use for wedding invitations, logos, blogs, business cards,  posters, or even to boost your social media engament? Below are limited deals, and offers currently available to download the best premium script fonts at the lowest prices of the season. Keep on reading to find the fonts that match your style.  

One of the best ways to gain some official design experience as a self taught Graphic Designer is by Freelancing.

Freelancing gives you the freedom to work with clients at your own time, and choose which graphic design projects you are comfortable working with. As you are just starting out you might want to take on the smaller projects that you know you can easily accomplish, and then progress onto bigger more complex projects. Why do so?

This is a psychological thriller I was inspired to design after reading a seriously twisted story that left me on the edge so I collected my thoughts, hoped on photoshop, and whipped this up:

Amazing HD stock image websites, and a vector website that visual artists, as well as graphic designers, can use while on a tight budget.

Pixabay:

Pixabay has a massive HD stock image library that you can use on both personal, and commercial projects without giving attribution. All you have to do is create an account and viola! Unlimited access to download any stock image they have in their database. 

I’m going to be completely honest here about the chaos that is Designs.net

If you want to learn more about designs.net without my experience I recommend you  scroll to the second half of this post.

Designs.net is a marketplace that allows designers to sell their products, and services for free while connecting buyers with high quality designs.

I was originally recommended Designs.net from a graphic design forum, and was drawn in by the ability to set my own prices, not having to be exclusive (I could sell on multiple platforms so I wasn’t limited), getting quality support, etc…
This platform had a similar concept to creative market (which I love) so I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt, and try it out.