digest: best posts of the week for designer's inspiration

Most of designers and those who often faces a problem of making some sort of design, photo-restyle, digital correction or graphical concept-making face the problem of searching really useful tools and sites which can help them during the entire proccess. That's why I decided to make a set of cool and useful links devoted to the best (IMHO) posts and services for designers.

Flickr is a great tool but there are so many ways to view the images located on Flickr with these exciting mash-ups, some let you browse by specific colours while others let you browse by tags.

>> see & read more at 11 Interesting ways to browse Flickr images

Finding Photoshop brushes on the internet isn’t hard; there are loads and loads available. Finding ones that are good quality and suited to your needs is rather more difficult. Fear not! We’ve done the hard work for you by trawling through literally hundreds and hundreds of examples, to find the best brushes available today. What’s more, the vast majority of those outlined below are free to download and use (some for non-commercial purposes only).

We’ve attempted to cover all bases with this list. You’ll find grunge, splatter, nature, stain, retro brushes and even more. We’re confident that you’ll be able to find just the right one for you, and even if you can’t, you’ll certainly find some inspiration.

(c) >> see & download from 20 Stunning Photoshop Brushes

This is the final post in my awesome font series. I definitely made a conscience decision to save my favorite genre for last. I think most designers would agree that the grunge style has a unique appeal because of the freedom it allows. These 10 free fonts are perfect for distressing your designs.

(c) >> download these fonts & some other fonts from 10 Awesome Free Grunge Fonts