Whether you’re a designer, animator, or any other kind of creative, your work requires skill, taste and, just as importantly, tools. Whether you’re making 3D architectural schematics, designing signage, or crafting a post-Internet seapunk masterpiece in MS Paint, we’ve assembled some of the best gear and lessons to empower your work at some of the lowest prices you’ll see. Check them out now, these deals will only be around for another day or two.
Ultimate Design and Animation Bundle – 98% off
Many of the skills and concepts of design are shared by animation, engineering, games and other disciplines. This bundle will certify you in the skills and knowledge to enter any of the above fields and beyond, with lifetime access to more than 60 courses and over 200 hours of instruction (plus all future courses) covering how to use industry-standard animation programs like DesignCAD, Unity, Photoshop, InDesign, and Autodesk MAYA, engineering platforms like SolidWork and SilhouetteFX, as well as animation courses in ZBrush, Unity 5, Cinema 4D, Nuke, Mudbox and lots more.
Bust down the door to the fields of professional design and animation for just $29.
Turcom Graphic Drawing Tablet and Stylus – 64% off
Being creative on computers doesn’t mean totally ditching the tools of old. The Turcom Drawing Tablet makes for gestural, visceral interaction with your computer whether for writing, drawing architectural blueprints, doodling in paint or Photoshop, and plenty more. Built-in tablet pressure sensitivity makes for varied stroke widths that feel as natural as a pen or brush across the tablet’s large drawing surface area. Of course it’s way more capable than any old pen or pencil, including common mouse functions, 8 express buttons and 16 keys that will empower you for digital creation like never before.
Wield a stylus that’s mightier than the pen for just $49.99 at Cult of Mac Deals.
AluPen Digital Fine-Point Stylus – 30% off
Touch screens are great, but only as long as you don’t need to actually do anything that requires more accuracy than a grimy index finger. The AluPen Digital Stylus will vastly improve your precision while drastically cutting down on the smudge. Requiring zero setup, the Bluetooth-enabled stylus requires no special apps and even knows when to shut down and conserve energy.
Put a finer point on your touchscreen game for $34.95 at Cult of Mac Deals.
Noun Project Unlimited Icons (2-Year Subscription) – 83% off
Any designer knows we are constantly awash in symbols, but if you want to find solid examples of even a simple symbol for your own project, you’ll probably have to pay. That is, unless you sign up for the Noun Project — with over 150,000 royalty-free icons running the gamut of styles and uses with various ways of searching and organizing them, you’ll always have exactly the visual element you need at hand. With drag and drop functionality of the SVG and PNG-formatted icons, you can cut out the major headache of sourcing icons and get back to designing.
Give yourself two years of access to a vast library of essential icons for just $39.
