A graphic designer's need for resources never ends. From stock images to fonts, from stock videos to audio, from illustrations to icons, from design tools to color tools and much more. And all of these great quality resources are free. We have gathered 100 free resources for you, our valuable readers, many of which we also use.
Free Stock Images
In many projects, we need quality stock images as a complementary element. Below we have listed 10 free stock image sites, each of which will be a solution to your different needs.
1. Pixabay
2. Freepik
3. StockSnap
4. Pexels
5. Unsplash
6. FreeImages
7. Burst
10. ISO Republic
Free Stock Videos
Sometimes visuals are not enough to explain the subject, we need action. Here are 5 free stock video sites that you can use in your video work when visuals are not enough.
11. Pond5
12. Production Crate
13. Coverr
14. Motion Array
15. Gumroad
Free Stock Audio and Music
Playing charades among friends can be fun, but we would like to point out that silent videos are not very interesting :)
16. Uppbeat
18. Bensound
19. MixKit
20. Videvo
Free Illustrations
Using illustrations in design is very fashionable. If you want to follow the trends, you can use the resources below.
21. Humaaans
22. unDraw
23. DrawKit
24. Pimp my Drawing
25. Open Peeps
27. Lukasz Adam
Free Icons
Although the space taken by icons is small, icons that don't integrate with your design can ruin your work. You can discover icon designs that fit your project from thousands of alternatives in the resources below.
31. Ionicons
32. Simple Icons
33. Free Icons
34. Icons Icons
35. Iconscout
36. Flaticons
37. The Noun Project
38. Animaticons
39. Font Awesome
40. IconMonstr
Free Fonts
Fonts are one of the determining elements of design. You should decide on the font suitable for the corporate identity you will create at the very beginning. You will definitely find the font you are looking for on one of the following sites.
41. Google Fonts
42. Font Squirrel
43. FontFabric
44. Use & Modify
45. 1001 Free Fonts
46. MyFonts
47. Font Zone
48. UrbanFonts
49. FontSpace
50. DaFont
Free Graphic Design Tools
If you don't want to pay a fortune for design programs, you can try one of the following design tools. Instead of using one of these design tools on its own, you can use several or all of them depending on your needs.
51. Figma
52. Vectr
53. Inkscape
54. PaperSizes
55. Gravit
56. Crello
57. Font Joy
58. Vecteezy
59. Wordmark
60. Canva
Free Color Tools
Creating a color palette is often an enjoyable task, but there are times when it can be overwhelming. At such times, you can get help from the following sites.
61. Coolors
62. Site Palette
63. Color Hunt
64. Web Gradients
65. Color Lisa
Free Image Editing Tools (Instead of Photoshop)
To be honest, Photoshop is unrivaled in its capabilities. However, if you are looking for free alternatives, the following sites can be used for certain subjects.
66. Fotor
67. Remove BG
68. SocialSizes
69. Pixlr
70. Kapwing
Free Mockup Tools
It is as important to present the design as it is to make it. If you're looking for mockups that are different from what everyone else is using, check out these links.
71. UI Faces
72. Shotsnapp
73. Screely
74. Artboard Studio
75. Screenpeek
76. House of Mockups
78. Smartmockups
79. The Templates
80. Graphic Burger
Free Screenshot and Screen Recording Tools
Sometimes we need to take screenshots to use in our presentations or to illustrate a point. Each one of these sites is designed differently and has its own solution.
81. Collabshot
82. Giphy Capture
83. Snappy
84. GoFullPage
85. EasyScreen
86. ScreenRec
87. Markup Hero
88. EasyScreen
89. ScreenToGif
Free Inspiration Sources
One of the most important needs of graphic designers is to improve themselves and find inspiration by examining the work of different designers. You can fulfill this need by reviewing the following sites.
90. Creative Boom
91. Mirador
92. Wix Creative
93. Inspiration Grid
94. Behance
95. Dribbble
96. Httpster
97. It's Nice That
98. Creative Review
99. The Design Blog
100. Identity Designed
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