Your must have web design resources?

What are your must have web design resources? When I come to designing a website I often refer to the following resources for inspiration or help.

www.istockphoto.com for stock photography (must have, cheap downloads!)
www.good-tutorials.com for any effects I might need to utilise
www.templatemonster.com offers me great inspiration and ideas!
www.talkfreelance.com for feedback/help.
www.hotscripts.com for any scripts I might need to use.
www.w3c.org for validation checking

What about yours?

http://www.sxc.hu for stock photography, too many to count (free)
http://www.alistapart.com for CSS hacks and tips
http://www.pixel2life.com for tutorials on just about every app

Yeah, Robson stole the rest of my list

Firefox Web Developer Extention -> Makes validating easier

My Inspiration Folder - Every time I see a design I really like I save a copy of it to my hard drive. Look at them when designing

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm -- Helpful CSS thing O_o

http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html

Yar

Edit:

Ok... istockphoto just became a place I'll visit more often... Went there and found a perfect vector image to use in a design I'm making

Originally Posted by Shade Firefox Web Developer Extention -> Makes validating easier My Inspiration Folder - Every time I see a design I really like I save a copy of it to my hard drive. Look at them when designing http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm -- Helpful CSS thing O_o http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html Yar Edit: Ok... istockphoto just became a place I'll visit more often... Went there and found a perfect vector image to use in a design I'm making

I do that too
Wanna exchange some inspiration?

Just istockphoto.com for stock photography and w3c.org for validation.

I prefer making up my own stuff rather than using tutorials to keep my work fresh and original.

Google.com if I get stuck with something in PHP.

edit: Oh I did use alistapart.com a few times when I was starting out with CSS.

http://www.sxc.hu/ - Stock Photos
http://www.templatemonster.com/ - Inspiration

I like to look at other peoples templates for inspiration as some are so amazing and they inspire me to get better.

Fonts: http://webdesign.templatemonster.com...e-stuff/fonts/
Stock Photos and Textures: http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.www.mayang.com/textures
Tutorials: http://www.pixel2life.com

When working with any form of art or design--I try to make a huge note not to look at other peoples works. I don't feel going off what others have thought up is really going to create a unique product in my opinion.

Just curious...

- What exactly a royalty free means?
- Any licenced image can be used by many peoples?
- I have purchased some image previously (2 Years Back) @$3 per image and incidently that has be found in other sites too.
- Any comprehencive list of free to use images?

Originally Posted by siplnettech - Any comprehencive list of free to use images?

Like I said before, I find this sites good....
http://www.sxc.hu
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/archive/
http://www.www.mayang.com/textures