Whether you’re in need of some free stock graphics to create a new logo, a marketing flyer or a new website, finding the right vectors to meet your design and marketing needs is a nightmare. At a minimum, you’ll spend a huge amount of time to track down the right websites and then images that fit your needs.
With the list below that task is now a lot easier and faster, below you’ll find a graded list of the best sites for free graphics and vectors to fulfil all your design needs, with details on each site including image categories, image formats, library size and much more to help you easily and quickly find what your looking for.
1. Clker.com
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
The Clker.com platform database is a large and mixed set of stock photos, clip-arts and vectors. Image resolution is high but can vary.
Categories: Cartoon, Purple, Read, Tree, Aircraft, Business, Icons, Flag, Flower, Game, Girl, Logo
Library size: Large (Unknown)
Media types: Photos, Graphics, Illustration
Resolution: Low to high
File formats: SVG, JPEG, PNG
Average image width: 1000px
License: Free to use with some conditions (Full details here)
Attribution: Unknown (Not mentioned, assumed not required)
Source type: Image website
2. FLATICON
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
FLATICON has a super large database of free to use vector icons and graphics uploaded by it’s community.
Categories: Pointers, Multimedia, New Year’s Eve, SEO, Online Marketing, Wedding, Green Energy, Vacations…
Library size: Very large (442,588+ vectors)
Media types: Vectors, Graphics
Resolution: Infinite
File formats: PSD, Base 64, EPS, PNG, SVG
Average image width: Infinite
License: Free to use (Some small restrictions)
Attribution: Attribution in the definitive project you use the icon or icons in
Source type: Vector/Community website
3. Vexels
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
Vexels have mostly stock graphics and royalty free illustrations on their site. Most images are available to download for free if you credit them via link to Vexels.com.
The website is easy to use and search. They also have a pretty good blog around design and using imagery if you’re interested. Also scroll down to featured categories on the home page if you have a specific project ie banner, website, template, t-shirt, abstract, icon, design element…
Categories: Ornaments, Decoration, Travel, Business, Holidays, Seasonal, Wedding, Abstract, Icons, Florals, Textures, Patterns, Ribbons, Labels, Vector Art, Design Elements, Infographics, Cartoons, Characters, Banners, Emblems, Cars
Library size: Large (45,000+ images)
Media types: Photos, Vectors
Resolution: Super high
File formats: AI, JPEG, PSDS, SVGS, PNGS
Average image width: 5200px
License: Creative Commons
Attribution: You must give credit via the link they provide with download
Source type: Image website
4. BRANDS OF THE WORLD
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
Brands of the World has the largest collection of major brand logos turned into editable vectors you’ll ever find. The logos are intended for designers who need to display brand logos in their work. It’s a life saver for web projects but make sure you have permission from the company who owns the trademark/logo before using!
Categories: Brands, Logos
Library size: Large (300,000+ logos)
Media types: Vectors, SVG
Resolution: Infinite
File formats: EPS
Average image width: Infinite
License: Make sure you have permission from the company who owns the logo/trademark you’d like to use
Attribution: Unknown (Unlikely required)
Source type: Vector website
5. Vecteezy
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
Vecteezy is one of the largest vector graphics communities online (lots of graphic artists an designers). They have a huge and growing collection of custom vectors and useful templates for design projects. You can also edit files online prior to download.
Categories: Holidays, Food, Drink, Plants, Animals, Business, Sports, Events, Nature, Occupations, Military, Shapes, Religion, Transportation, People
Library size: Very large (500,000+ images)
Media types: Backgrounds, Icons, Elements, Patterns, Clipart
Resolution: High
File formats: SVG, PSD, AI, EPS
Average image width: Vectors (Limitless size)
License: Most free to use but check, changes based on the uploader/project
Attribution: Check each image
Source type: Community website
6. BlogPiks.com
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
As BlogPiks put it: “free images for your website, social media accounts, blogs or presentations”. The site is a real mix of quality but its big and incredibly well categorised. This means you’ll have a good chance of finding what you’re looking for quickly.
Categories: Celebrations, Characters, Copyspace, Education, Finance, Family, Entertainment, Emotions, Metaphors, Miscellaneous, Nature, Travel, Food, Drink, Pets, Animals, Health, Beauty, Sports, Fitness, Science, Technology, Cloud Computing
Library size: Medium (32,000+ images)
Media types: Photos, Graphics
Resolution: Low to high
File formats: JPEG
Average image width: 1600px
License: Permission to use (Although the website owner still retains overall copyright)
Attribution: Not required (A link is appreciated though)
Source type: Image website
7. The Pattern Library
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
The pattern library is a project contains a weird and fantastic selection of custom backgrounds, patterns and textures made. You can only download a small version but you can repeat the pattern across the screen or screenshot to expand.
Categories: Patterns
Library size: Very small
Media types: Patterns
Resolution: Low
File formats: PNG
Average image width: 232px (Only size you can download free)
License: Unknown
Attribution: Unknown (Not mentioned, assumed not required), assume attribution not required
Source type: Image website
8. WallpaperStock
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
WallpaperStock have over 50,000 different wallpapers for you to choose from. If you’re looking for royalty free desktop backgrounds, you’ve reached the right place. WallpaperStock started in 2005 and is still regularly updated.
Categories: General
Library size: Large (50,000+ images)
Media types: Wallpapers, Vectors
Resolution: High
File formats: JPEG
License: Unknown
Average image width: 1280px
Attribution: Unknown (Not mentioned, assumed not required)
Source type: Image website
9. TextureKing
Rating: 48/50 – Image quality: 1, Library size: 1, Licensing: 9, Freshness: 9, Ease of use: 8
TextureKing is a regularly updated site containing a big selection of different textures.
Categories: Grunge, Concrete, Wood, Stone, Rock, Metals, Fabric, Paint, Rust, Plastic, Sand, Glass, Plaster
Library size: Small (5,000+ images)
Media types: Vectors, Graphics, Illustrations
Resolution: High
File formats: JPEG
Average image width: 3000px
License: Non-exclusive, limited license to use their textures (Further terms here)
Attribution: Not required
Source type: Image website
10. textures.com
If you’re looking for textures, surfaces or backgrounds of any kind, textures.com is the place to find it. You can download most images free up to 1024px if your signed up and your limited to 15 images a day. You can also search for textures by keyword or category.
Categories: 3D, Substance, FX, Floors, Decals, Tiles, Signs, Soil, Plaster, Nature
Library size: Large (200,000+ images)
Media types: Graphics, Photos
Resolution: Medium to high
File formats: JPG, SVG, PNG, EPS, AI
Average image width: 1024px
License: Unknown
Attribution: Unknown
Source type: Image website
Rating: 3.5
11. toptal
toptal is a network for hiring freelancers in software, design and finance. They also have a pretty great collection of stock patterns useful for web, ad, and print projects.
Categories: Light, Dark, Paper, Stripes, Wall, Fabric, Noise, Diamond, Grid, Carbon
Library size: Tiny (428+ images)
Media types: Graphics
Resolution: High
File formats: PNG, EPS
Average image width: 2200px
License: Free to use under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Attribution: Not Required
Source type: Image website
Rating: 3.5
12. textures.com
If you’re looking for textures, surfaces or backgrounds of any kind, textures.com is the place to find it. You can download most images free up to 1024px if your signed up and your limited to 15 images a day. You can also search for textures by keyword or category.
Categories: 3D, Substance, FX, Floors, Decals, Tiles, Signs, Soil, Plaster, Nature
Library size: Large (200,000+ images)
Media types: Graphics, Photos
Resolution: Medium to high
File formats: JPG, SVG, PNG, EPS, AI
Average image width: 1024px
License: Unknown
Attribution: Unknown
Source type: Image website
Rating: 3.5
13. freepik
freepik has over 1 million graphics (Vectors, Icons, PSD) but also has a large range of free photos. It’s also regularly updated, thousands more vectors and photos are uploaded each week. There’s also a good tagging system that focuses on use cases as opposed to picture topic ie Banners & Business Cards Vs Cats & Lima’s.
Categories: Background, Logo, Infographic, Banner, Pattern, Flower, Abstract Background, Frame Flyer, Wedding, Poster, Watercolor, Mockup, Food
Library size: Large (300,000+ images)
Media types: Vectors, PSD, Icons, Photos
Resolution: High
File formats: JPEG
Average image width: 2000px
License: Majority are Creative Commons Zero but make sure to check induvial images for license
Attribution: Check individual images for attribution requirements
Source type: Image website
14. Knockout Prezo
Knockout Prezo is organised as a blog offering different project posts to enter and search for images/graphics to download. The site is regularly updated but your going to have browse the Free Things pages for a while!
Categories: Sand, Cowboys, Peking Duck, City, Dog, Snow…
Library size: Small (350+ images)
Media types: Graphics, Infographics, Photos
Resolution: High
File formats: PSD, JPEG
Average image width: 4000px
License: Free to use for personal or commercial use
Attribution: Check individual image
Source type: Graphic/photo blog
Rating: 3
15. Creative Tail
Rating: 35/50 – Image quality: 10, Library size: 5, Licensing: 10, Freshness: 5, Ease of use: 5
Creative Tail is a design community based out of New York. It’s dedicated to providing the best creative and design resources for designers. All the images and illustrations they publish are open source and free to use. The sites broken up into three main categories (Icons, Backgrounds, Images…).
Categories: Gym, Office, Rap, Hip Hop, Sports, Students, Stone
Library size: Small (5600+ images)
Media types: Icons, Backgrounds, Photos
Resolution: High
File formats: SVG, PSD, PNG, JPEG
Average image width: 1800px
License: Free for commercial and personal use
Attribution: Not required
Source type: Community website
16. XXL Stock Photo
XXL stock photo is primarily a paid stock photo site but they also regularly upload and update a small range of stock photos and design assets.
Categories: Flyers, Photos, Web, Graphics, Book Covers
Library size: Small (60+ images)
Media types: Photos, Templates, Graphics, Illustrations, Mockups
Resolution: High
File formats: PSD, JPEG
Average image width: 2000px to limitless
License: Free to use, Copyright belongs to author
Attribution: Unknown (Not mentioned, assumed not required)
Source type: Image website
Rating: 5
17. openclipart
Not strictly a stock image site but if you’re looking for free vector objects, openclipart is the solution. It’s great for commercial or marketing projects ie promotions, in-article graphics… You can best navigate the site though keyword search. You can also edit images online through their platform, in clipart prior to download.
Categories: Every kind of image imaginable
Library size: Large (127,799+ images)
Media types: Clipart, Vectors, Illustrations
Resolution: High
File formats: SVG, PDF, WMF, PNG
Average image width: 1200px PNG (All SVGS & Vectors scalable to whatever size you want)
License: Unlimited commercial use (All images have been released into the public domain – Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Public Domain License, uploaders/artists release all rights on upload)
Attribution: Not required
Source type: Community site
18. wpclipart
wpclipart is a website for WordPress users to get free to use vectors and illustrations (you don’t have to be a WordPress user though).
Categories: American History, Animals, Armed Services, Art, Blanks, Buildings, Camera, Cartoon, Clothes, Computer, Education, Energy, Famous, Fictional Characters, Flags, Food, Geography, Hieroglyphs, Holiday, Household, Medical, Money, Music, Office, Page Frames, People, Plants, Recreation, Religion, Mythology, Rocks & Minerals, Scenic, Science, Sign Language, Signs, Smiley, Telephone, Time, Space, Tools, Toys, Transportation, Travel, Weapons, Weather, Working, World History
Library size: Large (77,681+ images)
Media types: Vectors, Illustrations, Graphics
Resolution: Infinite
File formats: JPEG, WEBP
Average image width: 800px
License: Public domain
Attribution: Not required
Source type: Image website
