Welcome to the place for the little guy’s.

The whole objective of this blog is to show off some of the new graphic design forums, please take a minute or two and look through some of the great sites featured here.

I have not asked permission from all the sites featured, if you own one of the sites and you want it removing from the list or you want the description editing then please let me know and i will remove / edit it asap.

Email me @ sksdesignz@googlemail.com
 
Dont forget to check out the featured site page, i will be reviewing a new graphic design forum and giving my opinion on their template / layout / content and more.

Please feel free to leave a comment, im sure the owners of each forum would welcome the feedback.

Xtron Graphics

Website Name: Xtron Graphics
Website Url: http://xtrongraphics.com/news.php

Status: Open.

xtrongraphics.com offers free CUSTOM web design in xhtml/css/php.
All designs are tested in over 50+ browsers using browsershots.org.

Come see the designs already made and happy customers who got their free website.

The purpose of this website is, well, free content! Everything is free, you will not need one penny, all you need is internet.

What you get when you sign up:

1. Easy access to free pre-made templates
2. Custom web design (buy with forum points) **very easy to get!
3. Templates will soon include a cms system implmented right into your custom site.
4. Free custom graphics (no forum points required!)
5. And much more.

Reason why it’s all free:

Owners Statement: I am no professional designer, but I do like to create websites and develop web apps, and i’m sure you’ll be very satisfied with my website.

My Opinion: Xtron Graphics looks like a great forum, it is well layed out with alot of useful content, the download page looks very good with some great looking website templates.

Xtron is a very new Graphic’s site, It has all the usual ‘Show Off Sections’ and a ‘General Chat Section’, but, the best thing about this site for me is as long as the admin / founder carries on creating the great looking free templates and offering all the free downloads then im sure it will be a success.

Graphics Hall

Website Name: Graphics Hall
Website Url: http://www.graphics-hall.com

Status: Open.

A forum where you can request forum buttons and sigs and any other graphics you can think of. This is a great GFX site there are some grade A tutorials here and a friendly community!!!

My Opinion: Graphics Hall is a well layed out simple and clean forum, it has everything you expect from a good graphic design site. Some of the features include weekly / monthly competitions, graphics discussion, a show off area and a off-topic section for chatting about media, games and much more. An added bonus to this site is it’s extensive ‘advertising section’ which i think is a great idea.

Simple GFX

Website Name: Simple GFX
Website Url: http://www.simplegfx.com

Status: Open.

Simple GFX is a new graphics site with a nice community and skilled team.
They have a free image hosting service which is available for all members and non members. Simple GFX – Making graphics simple!

My Opinion: I was impressed by the forum’s light template and the amazing rotating banner. The fact that it has its own image hosting aswell is a bonus in my eye’s. Once they get some more members i think it will be a very good forum.

GFXfactor

Website Name: GFXfactor
Website Url: http://gfxfactor.com/index/

Status: Open.

All about Graphics and more,but NO GFX God Complexes allowed this board is for everyone who wants to join a nice community.
Even if you’re a beginner or terrible at Graphics…….hey it’s all for fun.

My Opinion: The template was created by the incredibly talented Admin of the forum ‘Xstinct’ and this impressed me the most at first but after digging around a bit i realized there was a lot more to this forum then the amazing looks, they are very helpful and are not over critical no matter what your Photoshop skill level is, they have competitions, resources and much more, overall its was a great place to be.

DistortGfx

Website Name: DistortGfx
Website url: http://distortgfx.co.nr

Status: Closed.

A new GFX Community that offers the following:
● Many Resources such as stock packs, renders tutorials.
● Many Contest such as SOTW, Team Battle and more.
● Just an area to relax and talk about everything

My Opinion: The forum has a brilliant template with a great layout, from what ive seen there are some very talented graphic designers which mean requests etc will be to a high standard.

Graphix Inc.

 

Website Name: Graphix Inc.
Website Url: http://www.graphix-inc.net/

Status: Open.

They fulfill Custom  Myspace / Youtube layouts, Avatars, Signatures, Website/Clan Banners and design images, Desktop Wallpaper, Desktop Icon’s, plus other misc graphics such as user bars etc.. (Plus all the support that comes with it).

My Opinon: Graphix Inc has a very nice feel about it and if they get the requests done as quick as they say then it should be a successful forum.

Sksdesignz

 

Website Name: Sksdesignz
Website Link: http://sksdesignz.org/forum/portal.php

Status: Closed.

Sksdesignz is a small but very friendly graphic design community, it has lots of photoshop resources, signature tutorials, free forum signatures, weekly competitions and even a Prize Winning Tournament. Everyone is willing to help and give advice about anything to do with photoshop, there’s also a general section where you can take abit of time off from designing and have discussion with other member’s about pretty much anything.

My opinion: It has a really nice banner and the overal layout is great, there lots to do here and if they get enough members it should prove to be a popular forum.