Various Design Elements:
Reminder: Always Check Usage Rights! Things may change since I’ve posted them, etc. You can also use the CREATIVE COMMONS SEARCH for more help.
PAID SITES WITH FREEBIES:
(These are free for personal use!)
- Creative Market
- Creative Fabrica
- Envato
- Behance
- Dealjumbo
- Deeezy
- Hungry JPG
- InkyDeals
- PixelBuddha
- Pixel Surplus
- Unblast (Free for Commercial & Personal Use!)
- Graphic Pear
- Archive.org
- DeviantART
Stock Images (Raster):
PUBLIC DOMAIN/CC0:
- The British Library
- The Getty
- Freepixels
- Public Domain Pictures
- Public Domain Archive
- https://pixnio.com/
- Jay Mantri
- Travel Coffee Book (Travel Photos)
VARIED CREATIVE COMMONS RIGHTS:
- OpenVerse
- UnSplash (NYPL and NASA are on there!)
- Pexels
- Pixabay
- Gratisography
- Focastock
- FoodiesFeed (Food Pictures!)
- Free Images
- Free Stocks
- Free Range Stock
- FreePhotos.cc
- Image After
- ISO Republic
- Kaboompics
- Life of Pix
- Little Visuals
- Morgue File
- New Old Stock (Vintage Photos)
- Old Design Shop (Vintage Images)
- Picjumbo
- Picography
- Pixnio
- RGB Stock
- Startup Stock Photos
- Stocksnap.io
- Subtle Patterns (Free under Creative Commons license)
- Transparent Textures (great for websites!)
- Pixel Squid
- Stock Vault
INSTITUTIONS WITH VARIED USAGE:
Stock images (Vector):
PUBLIC DOMAIN:
FREE FOR PERSONAL USE WITH ATTRIBUTION:
- The Noun Project
- Freepik
- Vecteezy
- icons8
- 123 Free Vectors
- Vector Portal
- Free Vector / Free Vectors
- Brands of the World (Logos for non-commercial use!)
PSD Mockups:
Digital Brushes:
These are mostly for Adobe Software, some might have Procreate, GIMP or Krita sets, but you might need to dig a little further. Just make sure read the info on the sites or in the zip file for licensing.
- Obsidian Dawn (Free with attribution, but the licensing is very affordable.)
- Brusheezy
- Brush King
- F Brushes
- Wow Brushes
CGI/3D Assets:
CG Cookie and Art Station also has Photoshop brushes for use too! If you’re into concept art, they’re great resources to have. Many of these sites also host paid assets so be mindful when searching.
- Blender Market (Assets for Blender)
- CG Cookie (Some models; but they focus more on teaching Blender.)
- Art Station (Make sure to set the price range to FREE)
- Fab (For Unreal Engine)
- Mixamo (Assets for Adobe Fuse and Aero.)
- Free 3D
- 3D Ocean (Paid assets only)
- TurboSquid
- Cube Brush (Textures and assets)
- 3D Export
- 3DRT
- CG Trader
- CG Channel
- Hum 3D
- Render Hub
Stock Video:
Stock Audio:
- Freesound
- Free to Use Sounds
- Sound Jay
- Partners in Rhyme
- GameSounds
- Zap Splat
- Videvo
- BBC Archive
- US National Park Service
- Wikimedia
Music:
- Incomptech (Kevin McLeod’s site; you’ve heard his music on many YouTube videos!)
- Partners in Rhyme
- Freepik
- Pixabay
- Free To Use
- GameSounds
- ZapSplat
- Joystock
- Mixkit
- Jamendo (Free for personal projects, paid commercial license)
- Bensound
- Videvo
- Wikimedia
Fonts:
MyFonts: Paid fonts, but sometimes gives out free fonts on Fridays.
Adobe Fonts: Free with your school Adobe Account
FREE FOR COMMERCIAL USE:
VARIED USAGE RIGHTS:
Be sure to look at the usage rights before using! Some are free for only personal projects, others may be used commercially, some others might ask that you donate to the creator before using.
- Font Space (Personal recommendation; you can search by usage rights!)
- Font Spring
- 1001 Fonts
- 1001 Free Fonts
- DaFont
- Font Freak
- Befonts
