These are the sites graphics professionals (& amateurs alike) visit to get free graphics for their personal and commercial projects:
Free Stock Photos
Example of a free stock photo.
Looking for some free-to-use images for your blog, your business’s marketing campaign, your travel blog thumbnail, or background of your quote-post on Instagram? These sites are for you:
| Website | Registration Required? | Attribution Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Pexels | No | No |
| Pixabay | No | No |
| Burst by Shopify | No | No |
| Unsplash | No | No |
| Life of Pix | No | No |
| Foodiesfeed | No | No |
| Kaboompics | No | No |
| Gratisography | No | No |
| Stocksnap | No | No |
| LittleVisuals | No | No |
| JayMantri | No | No |
| ISORepublic | No | No |
| PhotoStockEditor | No | No |
| Splitshire | No | No |
| Free Images | No | Yes, for editorial purposes |
| Negative Space | No | No |
The abovementioned sites are some of the best ones to find free images. However, you’ll need to search through all the sites to find the best possible picture for the task — which is time-consuming.
Fortunately, we have photo search engines. These sites take input from you and accumulate & show images from many sites such as the ones I mentioned (E.g., We index 31 different free stock photo websites):
Free Stock Videos
Example of a free stock video.
Want a visually appealing website background video, a cool b-roll for your YouTube video, or just segue footage for the brand videos? These are the sites to get it for free:
| Website | Registration Required? | Attribution Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Pixabay | No | No |
| Pexels | No | No |
| Videvo | No | Yes |
| Splitshire | No | No |
| Life of Vids | No | No |
| Mixkit | No | No |
| Coverr | No | No |
| Dareful | No | Yes |
Free Icons
'Search' icons from Iconmonstr.
From displaying controls on your web app to showing attractive social sharing buttons on your articles, icons play a crucial role.
These are the sites where you can get beautiful yet free icons:
| Website | Registration Required? | Attribution Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Flaticon | Yes | Yes |
| Icons8 | Yes | No |
| Icon Monstr | No | No |
| Iconfinder | No | No |
| Iconscout | Yes | No |
| The Noun Project | Yes | No |
| Material Icons | No | No |
| Streamline Icons (Free Trial) | Yes | No |
| Graphic Burger | No | No |
| Good Stuff No Nonsense | No | No |
| Dribbble | No | No |
| DryIcons | No | Yes |
Free Vector Graphics and Illustrations
Free vector graphic from Freepik.
From t-shirt designs to massive posters and web pages to social media posts, the use-cases of vector graphics are many.
No matter the use case, you’ll find a fitting vector graphic for free on one of these sites:
| Website | Registration Required? | Attribution required? |
|---|---|---|
| Freepik | No | Yes |
| Pixabay | No | No |
| VectorStock | No | Yes |
| Vecteezy | No | Yes |
| unDraw | No | No |
| Drawkit | No | No |
| Freevector | No | Yes |
| All-free-download | No | Yes |
Free Textures & Patterns
Free pattern from Pattern8.
Textures & Patterns are integral to design. They add depth to your design, help separate elements in the overall design, create visual intrigue, and do much more.
You can find free patterns and textures on these sites:
| Website | Registration Required? | Attribution Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern8 | No | No |
| Subtle Patterns | No | No |
| Pattern Library | No | No |
| Pixel Buddha | No | No |
| Free Stock Textures | No | No |
| Texture Palace | No | Yes |
| Freepik | No | Yes |
Free Color Palettes
Example color palette from COLOURLovers.
Find awesome color palettes and color schemes for your design & branding work — here:
Free Color Pickers
Color picker tools reveal HEX or RGB color codes.
If you love the colors your competitors or other inspiring photos/websites use, you need a color picker. It grabs colors from the site/graphics and shows you the HEX code, which you can later use in your work.
These are the best free color pickers:
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