If you are a graphic designer, your design work can be greatly enhanced by the right resources. In this blog post, we will share 10 of our favorite free stock images resources for designers. These tools are great to have on hand and make designing easier!
1) Unsplash:
Unsplash is a great resource for free, high-quality photos that are released into the public domain. You can use these images in your design work with no restrictions or attribution required! The site has over 100k photos and they add about ten new pictures every day.
2) Gratisography:
Gratisography is a site that provides free photos for commercial use. The images are created by Ryan McGuire and he only asks that you attribute him in some way, such as a watermark or linking to the photo’s location on Gratisography.
3) Startup Stock Photos:
Startup Stock Photos provides stock images for free, with a CC0 license. The site also has some paid options as well and they have an option to sign up for an annual membership that offers additional benefits such as extended licenses and exclusive content.
4) Pixabay
Pixabay is a marketplace for royalty-free images with over 900,000 pictures to choose from. There are many categories and the site offers both free and pro accounts that offer exclusive content depending on which one you sign up for.
5) Stocksnap.io
Stocksnap.io is another site with a CC0 license and it has over 50,000 photos that are free to use for any personal or commercial purpose.
6) Freeimages.com
Freeimages.com is a website that offers free images for commercial use and the site has over 700,000 photos to choose from! You can find high-quality stock photos in various categories on this site such as nature/wildlife, architecture, abstracts etc.
And of course, because we’re talking about free resources it would be unwise not to mention Unsplash. This website provides its users with pictures at no cost.
7) Picjumbo.com
Picjumbo.com is a website with royalty-free photos for commercial use, and it has over 500k high-quality stock images! You can browse through the site’s categories such as people, nature/wildlife, technology etc., or you could search by keyword if there isn’t anything that suits your needs. This site provides its users with pictures at no cost which means they’re always up to date on their collections of beautiful imagery that inspires creativity in all sorts of different ways.
8) Kaboompics.com
Kaboompics.com is the perfect place for a graphic designer to find images that are free of copyright restrictions and, best yet, they’re available in various formats! This website offers its users over 150k photos in categories such as fashion/beauty, people (celebrities), nature/wildlife etc., with more being added
9) Burst by Shopify
Burst is a growing database of high-quality, free stock photos. Burst provides designers with images that are perfect to use in print or digital projects and runs on an open source licensing model so you can feel confident about using the pictures without worrying about royalties at all! This site offers its users over 20k images from various categories like celebrities
10) FoodiesFeed
FoodiesFeed is a free, royalty-free food stock photo site that offers its users high quality pictures and videos. It has an extensive library of images from different categories like bakery, beverages, grocery shopping etc., with new content being added on a regular basis!
Conclusion
We hope this list has been helpful. It’s always nice to find new resources that can improve your work, and with these sites it should be easy! If you know of any other websites or blogs related to graphic design that are worth mentioning, let us know by messaging us through email. In return, we’ll share them here for everyone else to enjoy too. As always thanks for reading and happy designing!