If your reading this then there’s a high probability that your are either a freelancer, self employed with your own company or you are employed within a company & working in design, development or something connected with digital art.

All these tools have been chosen to help you with your design life. You can think of it as a kind spring clean with tools to help you be more efficient stay organised and do things you may not even be aware of.

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Dabbleboard is a convenient web-based collaborative drawing tool that’s designer-friendly. Create web layouts, design user interfaces, or draw freehand with other fellow designers

E-mail large files – fast, easy and secure!

Test Everything helps you to run 100 tests on your website to validate and check for errors.

The most popular web development tool for Firefox

Inspect HTML and modify style and layout in real-time – Use the most advanced JavaScript debugger available for any browser

Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they are not in use.

Grease monkey scripts – home to thousands of free scripts that enhance the sites you already use

Notepad++ is a free (as in “free speech” and also as in “free beer”) source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you and your text.

Freelance folder is a very useful sight dedicated to freelancing that has often helped me to stay organized and motivated .

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Ben Rama

Ben Rama is a Graphic Designer, CG artist & Cinematographer from London. He is the founder & creative director at Digital Art Empire Find Ben on Twitter