They say an artist is only as good as their tools. And it's partly true. Nowadays, you can't complete a design project in a timely manner without utilizing ready-made creative assets like stock photos, icons, logos, and fonts.*
Sure, you could totally create your own design elements from scratch, but that takes so much time. Time that you don't really have. So when you're hard-pressed, you have no other option but to hunt for free creative resources to work with. But free doesn't always mean great. Read more...