A good image can make or break your graphic design project. Sometimes one of the most tedious parts of graphic design is finding the resources we need to make the project happen. So, today’s post I have compiled a list some of the useful free graphic design resources for graphic designers. And on any of these sites, be sure to follow the instructions on giving credit to your source. If you have a favorite that’s not listed, by all means feel free to share a link to your favorites in the comments section.
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1. Freepik
Freepik tracks free graphic content on the Internet and it helps graphic and web designers to locate high quality photos, vectors, illustrations and PSD files for their creative projects.
2. Vecteezy
Vecteezy is a community of vector art! They provide free vector graphics like Vector Icons, Vector Patterns, Vector Swirls, Flourishes and other cool stuff to enhance your designs and creativity.
3. dafont
Archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity.
4. Creattica
Creattica is one of the largest inspiration galleries online with over 50,000 members and 10,000 items in the gallery.
5. CGTextures
CGTextures offers photographs of materials and textures on its website for game developers.
6. deviantART
deviantART is a platform for graphic artists to exhibit, promote, and share their work.
7. BrushKing
Brush King is a collection of high quality Photoshop Brushes. You can download them for free and you can use them for your website design or other graphic creations.
8. Logopond
Logopond showcases the best in identity work from around the web. Logo artist from all development stages and areas of the world frequent this site.
9. UrbanFonts
Download free fonts and free dingbats. PC fonts, Mac fonts, truetype fonts.
10. morgueFile
morgueFile contains free high-resolution digital stock photographs and reference images for either corporate or public use.
11. IconArchive
IconArchive is a professional icon search engine with more than 290,000 icons for web developers, end users and graphic artists.
12. COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers is a creative community where people from around the world create and share.
13. Clipart
ClipArt project aims to create an archive of clip art that can be used for free for any use.
14. Free Icons Web
Free Icons Web offers more than 29,000 free icons and nearly 1,000 free icon sets.
15. Dribbble
Dribbble is a place to show and tell, promote, discover, and explore design.
While compiling this list, it’s always a possibility that I missed some other great resources. Feel free to share it with us.