UK designer/illustrator Simon Cook (aka Cookie) writes a blog Made in ENGLAND by Gentlemen, "about things which are neither made in England, nor created by a Gentlemen." Among myriad other ephemera, Mr. Cook has created Christmas shopping cheat sheets - downloadable forms upon which to keep the shopping vitals of the various tots and totsess for whom you are shopping.
 

This is less design-related and more an interesting way to use a Google Search to find open music collections online. Put the following code into a Google Search, but substitute your favorite band name for "Tortoise":

-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:"index of" +"last modified" +"parent directory" +description +size +(wma|mp3) "Tortoise"

The search should yield a listing of open directories containing mp3 files.

Go Media's Arsenal (Professional Design Weaponry) is a great place to find cheap packs of Vectors, Textures, Fonts, and more... most of which can be downloaded for a bout $15 a pack. Good stuff.

Better yet is their Freebies section where you can find the free Sample Vector Pack, Free Photoshop Brushes Packs, Free Photoshop Textures, and even a Free Animation Sampler. Check it out.

Designer Noah Scalin has just released a free skull font from his Skull-A-Day project.

[ via NotCot ]

Buttons and badges and bubbles, OH MY!! A smorgasboard of free vector art. Also - Illustrator tutorials - and plenty of them. I'm going to try my hand with the Scanner Darkly effect.