At last night's design meet up many of you asked if I would post a list of my fav sources and blog about my experience + struggles + happy moments of starting out as a freelancer. Lets start with the goodies, this should hold you over until the weekend :) Post your comments linking to other sites or articles you love, follow a noteworthy blog or just want to say 'gracias.' So get your delicious tags ready, happy exploring!//
Resources
Freelance Switch has a job board, forums and a ton of resources about making the switch
Creativebits writes for the design community, offers critique posts, jobs and design news
Keep Designing vector freebies
DesignMag freebies, resources, jobs, freelancing, tuts
QVectors free vetors
Famous logos in vector format + share site
Colourlovers love this site! Make your own color palettes, share or choose theirs
CMYK/HEX/HTML/color chart conversion. Color happiness.
Portfolio + Network sites
Coroflot great national + international exposure, agencies + recruiters
DesignRelated portfolios, network, jobs, inspiration
Flickr lots of awesome designers + groups, network
Our facebook meet up group
Deviant Art portfolio site
Talent Database International Design network
Creative + Inspiration
abduzeedo blogs about inspiration, interviews + tuts
Creemy CSS web design showcase
Web cream web design showcase
Blogs
Chad Engle hosts a twitter forum #DCTH on Thursday nights 7p EST and writes about trends, tuts, freebies
Youthedesigner writes about freebies, forums, contests and jobs
WebDesignerWall this blog is often featured for inspiration and design trends, they write about techie news, web trends and post tutorials
Just Creative Design Jacob writes about logos, design, fonts, must-know articles + resources
David Airey (UK) logos, type, copy writing, blogging
Bittbox Jay blogs about trends, freebies (lots), has a large following, flickr showcase group
Technical + apps
35 absolutely essential mac apps list of handy tools
Billings3 awesome time tracking + billing software, 21-day trail, LUV this! Make my life easy. Mac friendly.



















