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There are various components, from typography to colors, that makes a design impressive. Photos used are definitely one of the most important factors.

Today, almost any type of photo we can dream of exists in the web. And, thankfully, there are many stock photo websites which helps us find them easily.

Here is a list of 12 free stock photo resources that you must bookmark:

stock.xchng

stock.xchng is probably the most popular service which provides free stock photos.

It has 1000s of high-quality images which are very well categorized. Usage requires a free membership.

MorgueFile

MorgueFile lets you to download photos without registration & it has a very open license to use images on almost any type of work.

Besides the free photos, it has an online classroom which teaches about photography & a crowded community discussing in its forums.

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JankoAtWarpSpeed is sharing a free kit for easier sketching & wireframing of websites / web applications.

The kit consist of form elements, icons, indicators, feedback messages, tooltips, navigation elements, image placeholders, embedded videos, sliders and common ad banners.

It comes in .AI, .SVG, .PDF & .EPS vector formats and completely free for personal + commercial use.

Pavel Macek, a talented graphic designer, is sharing a free Android GUI PSD file for creating mock-ups easier.

It is based on the Android 1.5 & consists of a phone illustration, basic elements & screens.

The complete set has an one file preview for seeing what you'll get before downloading.

P.S. Android presents a detailed information about Android GUI design guidelines that can be very helpful while creating applications for the platform.

Shaboopie, a website with lots of web & graphic design freebies, is presenting 80+ good looking & free vector logos.

All logos are very modern, slick & offered in PSD format.

You can check the logos faster with the snapshots:

Snapshot 1
Snapshot 2
Snapshot 3

The website also presents inspirational posts like this or this besides the freebies.

All Silhouettes is a website presenting free vector silhouettes where most of them are created by the author of the website (Stanislav).

Currently, there are 85+ packs with more than 5500 images.

They come in Adobe Illustrator (.AI) & Photoshop Custom Shapes (.CSH) formats which makes editing/using them much easier.

Twitter offers various options to customize the look & feel of profile pages which is a great way to make them reflect "what type of content to be tweeted", "match the look of a brand" or just "make them nicer & unique".

Background images are the ones which creates the biggest difference & here are 26 websites to find free Twitter backgrounds. 

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Twitter Patterns

TwitterImage.com

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Web Elements Kit is a set of 17 frequently used web design objects that comes in PSD format.

It can be used for easier prototyping or updated easily to create completely unique outputs.

There are 17 elements like:

tabbed content
sliders
newsletter form
buttons
& more

which are well organized, labeled & comes with various color variations to choose from.

Elements are offered in two ways: a single PSD file that contains all of them & PSD files for every object.

For many users, according to the Photoshop knowledge level, it is sometimes hard to create what is in mind. And, for everyone, having a well-designed object can call the inspiration & help us to create better.

In both cases, for Photoshop users, quality & free PSD files are a treasure. Whether you use them in a tiny part of the whole or build your composition around them, they will help a lot.

Here is a collection of 35 beautiful & free PSDs for charming designs:

Colorful Nature

80 PSD Raindrops

Slick and Clean Button (With Tutorial)

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Besides colors or objects, using animals in design to express an emotion is a very common method. Just like the lion in MGM which shows the power or Twitter’s bird spreading cuteness.

Although there are lots of animal themed design resources, it is almost impossible to find an organized one. So, here is a collection of 35+ free Photoshop animal brushes, vectors & icons to use or to get inspired.

Photoshop Animal Brushes

Various Animal Brushes (20 in the set)

Ancient-Like Animal Brushes (5 in the set)

Animal Prints (32 brushes)

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Whether it is a web application or an iPhone application, creating the visual output in an image editing software first and creating it in code next is a common development process.

Mercury Intermedia is presenting a huge set of vector iPhone user interface elements to make the design process much easier.

The set consists:

buttons, grid views
notification windows
system menus
keyboard & more..

P.S. It is created with Adobe Illustrator (.AI).