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A short reference for design students. Where to buy domains (Namecheap, Porkbun, Cloudflare, Squarespace), where to publish your site (Canva, Squarespace, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more), and a note on which platforms also sell domains.
A short refresher on the principles of design, the Adobe Align tool in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, and a reminder that titles don't have to live in the top left corner.
A walkthrough for design students: pick a template, set global styling, build with the modular section system, add projects with copy in your own voice, and use mockups (in your brand colors) to make the work shine.
One folder per project, everything inside, sensible filenames, and auto save turned on. The system that prevents missing links, duplicate files, and lost work over the course of a semester.
The free stock photo sites I send my students to, including Unsplash, Pexels, Kaboompics, and a few lesser known ones. Plus how to avoid the photos that show up on every Pinterest mood board.
Mockups make portfolios sing, but most sites bury free options behind premium filters. Here are the resources I send students to, plus the one filter you should never skip.