Design Stuff for Creatives
Updated February 6, 2026
- Images: Freeimages, Pexels, Shot Stash, ISO Republic, Picography, Negative Space, Stocksnap, Unsplash, Smithsonian Open Access (see faq for commercial use)
- Public Domain Medieval Image Sources
- Icons: Flat Icons, Iconfinder, Icons for Everything, Material Design, Font Awesome, More Image Libraries
- Background patterns: Subtle Patterns, Vecteasy, Pattern Library
- Vector art: Free Vector
- Fonts: Google Fonts, Dafont, Font Squirrel, TSR fonts, tree fonts
- Game art: Open Game Art,
- Sound Effects: Free Sound, BBC Sound Effects, Story Blocks, Zap Splat
- 100 Type Ornaments to Use in Your Book
Art Books
500+ Free Art Books from the Met
Tutorials
- Growth Supply – mega list of resources
- LibreStock: metasearch for free images
- Video.LibreStock: metasearch for free videos
- Resource Cards: meta list of photography, fonts, icons, color schemes, etc…
- Pixabay: photos, illustrations, vector graphics, videos
- Free Design Resources: fonts, mockups, graphics, templates & more
- Stockio: photos, vectors, icons, fonts and video
- Gratisography: quirky photos
- Travel Coffee Book: travel photos
- Pixeden: prints, icons, vectors, graphics,etc…
- Freepix: photos and vectorsfree
- Historical art collections: Watercolour World
Software:
- Audacity: Free audio editor
- GIMP: Free image editor
- Inkscape: Vector images
Software Add-Ons