Free Images

All images in the grid below are provided copyright-free. (See the Legal Stuff below for details.)

The easiest way to download an image is to:

• Click on the image.
• Right-click on the image that comes up and choose "Save Image As".
• Choose a filename and location and press the Save button.

If you create a cool design with one of these images, feel free to post a comment showing your image or provide a link to it. Tips, tricks, techniques, and ideas for using images in designs are always welcome.

Here are some other places you can find free textures / images. Please note that some of these sites require you to provide attribution for the images that you use.

• 123RF
• Archive Textures
• AVOPIX
• Brenda Clarke on Flickr Volume 1
• Brenda Clarke on Flickr Volume 2
• Flickr Creative Commons
• Flickr Library of Congress
• FreeImages
• freepik
• fuzzimo
• Gratisography
• Jay Mantri
• Library of Congress - Please observe the Rights and Restrictions Information
• LittleVisuals
• Morguefile
• NALDZ Graphics
• Negative Space
• New Old Stock
• Pexels
• Picjumbo
• Picography
• Pixabay
• Plaintextures
• Public Domain Archive
• Public Domain Clip Art
• Snappy Goat
• State Library Victoria
• SuperFamous
• The Coffee Shop Blog
• Torley Collections
• Ultimate List of Free Photo Sites for Blogs and Social Media
• Unsplash
• Wallpaper Cave
• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources

If you are interested in free fonts, designs, and stock images, you may want to create an account at one of the following sites. Each of them gives away freebies fairly often.

• Creative Market
• Design Bundles
• Font Bundles
• The Hungry JPEG

Hi-Res Scan of Blue Folder Paper
Texture 7410	Rusty Corrugated Metal 8034
Aluminum Stripes 6369	Tree Bark
Chipped Concrete 4301	Eroded Plaster on Brick 4304
Variegated Concrete 4326	Mottled Concrete 4333
Weathered Painted Wood 3762	Wrinkled Shiny Fabric 2560
Graph Paper	Crinkled Red Leather
Adobe 8733	Basalt 9253
Colored Waves 8535	Donkey Hair 8541
Gray Stone 2820	Pink Granite 2830
Pebbles 2797	Raked Sand 0655
Weathered Gray Wood 0099	Rusty Metal 0817
Rusty Metal 0802	Rusty Metal 0807
Rusty Metal 0791	Rusty Metal 0795
Gum over Palladium Copper Toned Color Sample for Sample Colorize	Cyanotype Blue Toned Color Sample for Sample Colorize
Dirty Plaster 8018	Wood Thatch 3768
Leaves and Twigs 1418	Paper Cutting Board 1258
Stone Wall 0066	Stucco 0107

Legal Stuff:

• All images in the grid above are provided under a Creative Commons License.
• Credit is appreciated, but not required.
• These images are completely free and may be used in commercial or non-commercial applications.
• These images cannot be redistributed commercially in their unedited form and cannot be repackaged and resold without significant modifications to their appearance.