Links We Like...
Here I've brought together some of the best sites that I've found in the following areas:
Web Design (Information and Tutorials)Free 3d Models
If you notice any broken links or want to submit a link, just drop me a line here
(* - denotes our favourites). Links updated 12th Feb 2008
(* - denotes our favourites). Links updated 12th Feb 2008
Sites Concerned With Web Design, learning CSS & Web Standards
| Web Page Design for Designers* | Loads of tutorials on CSS, JavaScript and HTML/XHTML. |
| HTML Help | Tools and tutorials on all aspects of HTML and CSS. |
| About Web Design | Tutorials on everything from HTML to becoming an ISP. |
| Page Resources | Loads of HTML, CSS, CGI/PERL and JavaScript tutorials. |
| Web Style Guide | Takes you through web design from concept to completion. |
| Web Design Group | A comprehensive guide to getting started with CSS. |
| Webmonkey | Huge resource of tutorials and reference. |
| A List Apart* | Jeffrey Zeldman's sites containing tons of material on standards, CSS and XHTML. |
| Web Designers Virtual Library | Articles, discussions and resources for web designers. |
| Accessible Web Page Design | Guidelines on all things to do with accessibility. |
| W3C* | The World Wide Web Consortium provides guidelines and code validation services. |
| CSS from the Ground Up* | An excellent set of tutorials by Joe Gillespie that no-one should miss. |
| CSS Primer & Quiz | CSS tutorial from the web authority, by W3. |
| All things CSS & Web Standards* | A List Apart from the web guru, Jeffrey Zeldman. |
| CSS Reference and Tutorials | By the Web Design Group. |
| So you want Cascading Style Sheets, Huh? | A tutorial by Joe Burns, PhD. |
| Using Text-based Rollovers | A tutorial by Joe Burns, PhD. |
| Using Cursors - There are 17 of them | A tutorial by Joe Burns, PhD. |
| CSS and Lists | A tutorial by Joe Burns, PhD. |
| Media Types | Learn about media types in CSS-2 and produce printer friendly pages easily. |
| CSS Guide | A comprehensive guide to using CSS. |
| CSS Tutorials and Reference | A comprehensive guide to using CSS. |
Free 3d Models
| SciFi3d | Selection of Babylon & Trek models in 3DS, LWO & MAX format. |
| 3dvia* | Many categories of objects in 3DS, MAX, LWO & DXF formats. |
| Amazing 3d | About 50 free models in 3DS, MAX, LWO, VRML (WRL), DXF, OBJ, or COB format. |
| Great Buildings Online | You'll need to download, the free, DesignWorkshop Lite to use these superb architectural models. |
| Digital Animators | A small library of models in 3DS & LWO format. |
| Buck Rogers | Diving, Vehicles and loads more in OBJ & Poser format. |
| Sparkyworld | A few VOB (Vue) and Poser files. |
| Super Car | Laboratories, Supercars and Sci-Fi here in LWO, MAX, 3DS & Poser formats. |
| 3d Total* | Large library of meshes including characters, household & military in MAX, 3DS & LWO format. |
| PlanIt 3D* | Many categories of model including household & aquatic in 3DS format. |
| Toucan | Loads of fish,insects and plants in 3DS format. |
| 3dO2 | A few free models in 3DS & MAX format. Mainly a commercial model site though. |
| Synthetic Graphics | Lots of LWS and 3DS objects. |
| RAZ | A few free models in MAX format. |
| Dreamlandworks | Quirky models of castles, plants and other stuff in 3DS & Poser format. |
| 3DXtra | Furniture in 3DS format. |
| 3D Archive | The venerable archive in Q3D format. |
| Space Archive | Space stuff in 3DS, LWO & MAX format. |
| Baumgarten Enterprises | Over 200 models in 3DS format. |
| Klickers | Interiors, humans and miscellaneous models in 3DS format. |
| Polycount | Quake 2 models. Yawn! |
| Lava | Nice architectural models in 3DS, WRL & DWG format. |
| Mesh Factory | A few Star Wars models 3DS format. |
| RQ Riley's Models | A few models in 3ds format. |
| Modelmasters | A few models in just about every format! |
| Buzhug | A few C4D models. |
| Cavet | A few Babylon models. |
| Daniella's 3d | Some very nice scenes & animals in MAX format. Free registration required for downloads. |
| 3d Lapidary | Gemstones and settings for jewelry in DXF format. |
| Kator Legas | Loads of models in various formats including Blender. |
| 3d Plants | A few nice models in MAX format. |
| Francesco Franceschi 3D Objects | A few models. Not much to write home about! |
| Free the Models | 39 models in various formats. Some nice historical stuff. |
| Its Ming | Toons in 3DS & LWO format. |
| Meshbank | Historical & nature stuff in OBJ & Bryce format. |
| Vanishing Point | Loads of OBJ models in many categories. |
| Mr Furniture | Furniture in MAX format. Commercial site. |
| Protofex* | Some very nice furniture in OBJ format. |
| The Singularity | Some nice models from Sparky in 3DS format. |
| 3d Millenium | 3d textures, models, tutorials and lots of other free stuff. |
| 3d Cadylyst | Some models in MAX format. |
| Tausend Objekte | Lots of models in C4D and other formats - shame about the interface! |
| Kit 3D | Some good furniture models in DXF & MAX format. |
| Bjodo | A few obscure models. |
| Cadmonkey | A good selection of models in 3DS format. |
| Noctua Graphics | A few nice C4D models. |
| CYGAN 3dXtra | A good selection of models in 3DS format. |
| 3d Putty | A few free models - you'll need to register to get them. |
| 3DGuruKul | Over 250 free models in MAX, Maya and Poser format. |
| 3ds models | A selection of nice models in 3DS format. Mainly kitchen and electronics. |
