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Let’s face it, most of us don’t create every single image and icon when we do web design. It is not because we can’t but merely because we’ve got better options. Kudos to many designers and their generosity, there are in fact a lot of really nice creative common images and icons on the Internet we can take advantage. All we need to know is – where to find them. 
In this post, we want to bring to your attention some of the really great search engines that will come in handy when it comes to image and icon search. Full list after jump!
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Cheat sheets (also known as reference cards, reference sheets, etc.) not only helps you remember things quickly, but can also serve as wall decoration for your workspace. In this post, you’ll find 28 excellent, useful cheat sheets in various file formats for Photoshop, Dreamweaver, colors, typography, and other web-design related topics all in one page with pictures of each cheat sheet. If you’re looking for front-end web developer cheat sheets (more CSS, HTML, and JavaScript) check out Cheat Sheets for Front-end Web Developers. Photoshop 
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CSS galleries have provided a good way to determine if your web design is any good, but they are run by a handful of individuals and don’t always reflect how the general public feels. In many cases just getting listed let alone getting good rating (on those galleries that allow voting) is very difficult. Hot or not has been very popular for people, and the paradigm is shifting to websites. A number of websites have appeared that allows users to vote on the design quality of a website. Although they work slightly differently they all have the same purpose determining if your site is hot or not! CommandShift3
 Created by co-working outfit Jelly, CommandShift3 is like Hot or Not, but is actually a design battle. You are presented with 2 designs are you click on the one you like more. You can view the current leaderboard to find the top winning and loosing sites.
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I love finding cool new tools!! I literally Stumbled across this really neat tool for creating custom tiled backgrounds that you can use for just about anything! The site is Bgpatterns.com. 
Using the web-based designer, you select a combination of colors, canvas texture, images, rotate them, scale them and test them. Then you can download the background tile to use how ever you see fit. There is also the social aspect of the site which allows you to share your creations using the major social bookmarking/sharing sites, save your backgrounds and vote on others’ creations.
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 Patterned backgrounds are a very popular finishing touch for many websites. While it seems that diagonal stripes are in this season (especially for Web 2.0 sites), there are so many other options from elegant to whimsy, preppy to proper. The following sites have some really fabulous patterns to choose from:
1. Squidfingers - 158 absolutely stunning background patterns by Travis Beckham. 2. DinPattern - about 50 patterns (and it looks like more will be added) that are beautiful eye candy. There is even a live preview option to test out the backgrounds as you browse. 3. Kaliber10000 - currently there are 927 pixellated patterns on their site, many of which are user submitted. 4. 44Suburbia - 61 very sophisticated patterns
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Textures can make interesting backgrounds for web sites, but they are also great for use in creating custom images with interest, depth and of course, texture. There are literally thousands of sites where you can find textures, but here are 13 that I check first when I need inspiration, something unique, high quality and low cost. 1. deviantART - A community of artists and enthusaists who submit and share their art. deviantART contains thousands of textures, tiles, backgrounds and images - some are free, some for purchase. 
2. Bittbox - Definitely one of my favorite sites for graphic design extras. Bittbox has a nice collection of free Photoshop brushes, fonts, and recently they have added some free textures, too. 
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Typography is a very important part of web design, but where do you find out about the latest and greatest happenings in the world of typography? Check out this list of 8 great blogs for your typographical inspiration. 
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All do you need to add new features and develop modern interfaces to your website
This is a collection of the best tutorials for web designers I found this month browsing some websites I like. It also includes some of my post :) Take a look!
 1. Most used CSS Tricks
A nice compilation of the most used CSS tricks in web design (rounded corners without images, style your order list, tableless forms, double blockquote, gradient text effect, vertical centering with line-height and more...)
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