Design

mark boultonMark Boulton
Mark Boulton’s website includes good articles on basic typography and grids.

logo loungeLogoLounge.com
Like logotypes?

typophileTypophile.com
Love type?

thinking with typeThinking With Type
Nice.

computer artsComputer Arts
One way to keep up to speed.

Web design and development

web design from scratchWeb Design From Scratch
If you’re new to web design you will find this very useful.

a list apartA List Apart
Well- known site, full of absorbing articles — for more advanced users.

design meltdownDesign Meltdown
Quote “design elements, trends, and problems in web design” unquote.

elements of typographic styleThe Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Typography matters.

Digital art

worth1000Worth1000
Legendary showcase for Photoshopping genius.

photoshop disastersPhotoshop Disasters
And here’s the other side of the coin.

Culture, etc

steve bellSteve Bell
Archive of the cartoonist’s work on Guardian Unlimited.

daumierwww.daumier.org
Not many people can draw like Honoré Daumier. This site will start you off.

deviant artDeviantART
Mostly adolescent, but there’s a lot of good stuff here too.

illustration artIllustration Art
David Apatoff's illustration blog is very nourishing (despite being rather hard on Ware and Spiegelman).

Fun

judge a book by its coverJudge a Book by its Cover
This site is priceless.

 

A purely personal set of links that I like and that you may like too. I could post hundreds of things here, but here’s a starting handful: they will ripen over time.

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