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Subcategories 3D Art, Colouring Books, Comics, Concept Art, Illustration, Photography, Pixel Art, Vector Art and Symbols
Free, libre and open licensed or public domain
(un)Common Adventure Gallery
Collection of free-to-publish genre illustrations.
Bertdrawsstuff
Fantasy illustrator.
Big Buck Bunny
A whimsical movie where three rodents get their just deserts.
Card Stories
David Revoy
David Revoy is a fantasy artist who has worked on the Blender movie projects.
Emiel Boven
Fantasy illustrator.
Flickr
A photo hosting website.
Kim Diaz Holm
'Working to promote free art and abolish copyright through making quality comics and images distributed through open-licenses.'
Prismatic Art Collection
A collection of inclusive fantasy art.
Spears of the Dawn Art Pack
These African-inspired artworks were created for the tabletop RPG Spears of the Dawn.
Stick's Masterpiece
A whimsical children's picturebook.
2013 Open Source Calendar
Featuring all your favourite Open Source Heroes and Heroines, these are some of the people who have done most to exemplify or further the cause of a more open, collaborative or more freedom-conscious approach to working, thinking and licensing.
500px
A site for photographs.
Ampersand
My name is Barry Deutsch, and I write and draw Ampersand, a political comic with a generally progressive sensibility.
Ancient Beast
Art Passions
Collections of public domain artworks by dead artists.
Barn Images
Barn Images offers you a collection of free high-resolution non-stock photography.
Battle for Wesnoth
Biodiversity Heritage Library
The collection of illustrations in the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Blend Swap
BLEND SWAP IS A COMMUNITY OF PASSIONATE BLENDER ARTISTS WHO SHARE THEIR WORK UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES.
British Library
The British Library.
Burningwell
Public domain images (mostly photographs)
Cat Avatar Generator
Generate a random cat.
Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
35,000 scans of illuminated manuscripts.
Circus Divas
Art from a perverted circus. Some nudity and violence.
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Comic Book Plus
Gratis public domain comics.
Commonly
A site to ransom CC0 game assets.
Composition Generators
Conquering Corsairs
A deck-building card game.
Crow the Stone
Free photos to use any way you want. Subscribe to receive new photos directly to your inbox every week.
Cupcake
Free (do what ever you want) photos.
Daniel Solis' game icons
Game icons designed by Daniel Solis.
Dice Icons
Dice icons.
Digital Comic Museum
Gratis public domain comics.
Dilly Daily Draws
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Doodles & Dragons
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Doug Whitfield
A free culture advocate.
Dscript
A new Roman script.
Elephants Dream
A short and surreal movie about an old man and his grandson.
Entypo
'397 carefully crafted premium pictograms'
Etcc
"Remixing the visual arts"
FancyCrave
Free high resolution photos from professional photographers. Two new images every day.
Floraverse
Web comic/open world project
Fodongo: A Free-Culture Comics Zine
Folger Shakespeare Library
This database offers access to tens of thousands of high resolution images from the Folger Shakespeare Library, including books, theater memorabilia, manuscripts, and art.
Free Motion Quilting
A collection of designs for quilt patches.
Free Nature Stock
Royalty-free Nature Stock Photos. Use them however you want.
Free for All
Free Culture, Games and Design
Freesouls
Photos of Joi Ito and writings from others.
Friends with Monsters
A computer game and its asset packs.
Game-Icons.net
'Hundreds of free icons to customize and include in your games'
Gimp Magazine
The goal of this publication is to promote GIMP and related open source software.
Glider Ink
Glider Ink is a project aiming to create the first graphic novel about hackerspaces, introducing communities and their values to the wider audience.
Glitch The Game
2D MMORPG art assets now public domain.
Glyphicons
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Glyphish
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Hairec Lilred
Fantasy illustrator.
Heroes Vs. Villains
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Insects Unlocked
High-magnification photos of insects.
Internet Archive Book Images
Over 2 million images from books digitised on the Internet Archive.
Jeff Preston
An artist.
Karen's Whimsy
Public domain images scanned from books.
Kenney
An artist and maker of game assets (2D and 3D)
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Liberated Pixel Cup Content
Libre Graphics Magazine
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Libre Graphics Research Unit
Little Visuals
Free, high resolution images.
Lunduke
MKG Collection Online
"For the first time, MKG Collection Online makes the objects of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg publicly available on a digital platform."
MMT
"Free for commercial use photos by Jeffrey Betts."
Magdeleine
Hand-picked free photos for your inspiration
Maki
A clean point of interest icon set made especially for cartography.
Mars Express
Images from the Mars Express mission.
Material Icons
"Material design system icons are simple, modern, friendly, and sometimes quirky. Each icon is created using our design guidelines to depict in simple and minimal forms the universal concepts used commonly throughout a UI. Ensuring readability and clarity at both large and small sizes, these icons have been optimized for beautiful display on all common platforms and display resolutions."
Michele Bucelli
Free pixel art for games.
Mimi & Eunice
A webcomic which often covers copyright-related issues.
Mini Wood Purse
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Miyoung Yi
A Korean artist
Moveast
"This is a journey of a Portuguese guy moving that decided that every photo should be used for free. Help yourselves and use them wherever you want (CC0)"
Mrbeastdesign
An artist.
Museums Victoria Collections
This site allows users to explore the natural sciences and humanities collections of Museum Victoria in Australia, featuring collections of zoology, geology, palaeontology, history, indigenous cultures and technology. Over 1.15 million records were presented at launch in 2015, accompanied by over 150,000 images.
NASA Images
A collection of photographs from NASA.
Negative Space
"Free stock photos added every week."
New Old Stock
"Vintage photos from the public archives. Free of known copyright restrictions. Recapturing history."
New Orleans Homes
A collection of 100 pixelated images for you to download and use for whatever you want.
New York Public Library Digital Collections
The library's collection, including 180,000 public domain works.
Nothing To Hide
An "anti-stealth" computer game - you have to be complicit in your own surveillance! Wound up, although an hour-long demo is still available.
Octobriana
A public doman, communist-era superhero.
Old Book Art
Scanned public domain illustrations.
Old Book Illustrations
Illustrations scanned from old books.
Ookaboo
Ookaboo has collected nearly a million images of precisely defined topics such as places, people, species and products.
Open Access Explained
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Open Adventure
''Open Adventure is a full-featured tabletop adventure game that offers out-of-box support for medieval fantasy and science-fiction expeditions.''
Open Pixel Project
"We’ve created a set of pixel art game graphics that are completely free to use for any project"
Openclipart
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PHONAR
Undergraduate photography class.
PICOL
A pictoral communication language.
PIXLS.US
"To provide tutorials, workflows and a showcase for high-quality photography using Free/Open Source Software."
Paleobiology Database
Data and photos of extinct animals and plants.
Pepper & Carrot Motion Comic
A motion comic of episode 6 of Pepper & Carrot.
Pepper&Carrot
A whimsical webcomic about a witch and her cat.
Pepper&Carrot Mini
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Pexels
"Best free stock photos in one place."
Photo Collections
Free stock photography.
Photocrops
"Photos to use any way you choose. Five free high resolution photos every week, sometimes more."
Phylopic
Picdrome
A collection of photos.
Picography
"Free hi-resolution photos. Use them however you like."
Pixabay
"Find and share outstanding images"
Pixar One Twenty Eight
"Created in 1993 this texture library includes 128 repeating textures, now available for free."
President of Russia website
The website of the President of the Russian Federation.
Project Ballad
'Project: Ballad is a story of creators, creations, and audiences; of reality and fantasy, of comics and games, of who we are, and of what we really want.'
Public Domain Archive
"New 100% Free Stock Photos. Every. Single. Week."
Public Domain Image Archive
'Explore our hand-picked collection of 10,919 out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse.'
Public Domain Review
Reviews and catalogues of works in the public domain.
Public Domain Super Heroes
Public Domain Textures
What it says.
Questquest
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Ramon Lucha
An artist.
Realistic Shots
"Free stock photos (high resolution) for personal and commercial use. 7 new photos every week. Just make something creative!"
Recordagrave
Photographs and transcriptions of tombstones.
Rijksmuseum
Dutch museum of artworks and artifacts.
Road-Sign Hank and the Aliens
Lunduke is a game designer and comic creator.
Ryzom Asset Repository
3D assets from the MMORPG Ryzom.
Scarlet Heroes Art Pack
South-East Asian-inspired fantasy art.
Scienceimage
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Silent Legions Art Pack
"The Silent Legions Art Pack is a free collection of 56 black-and-white line images and one color cover first used in the Silent Legions Lovecraftian horror RPG."
Sintel
A brief fantasy film about a girl's love for her dragon.
Skitterphoto
High resolution public domain photos.
Smithsonian Open Access
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
SpaceX Photos
Spectrum of Rights
A cute explanation of how Creative Commons licenses work
Spring
Spring is the latest short film produced by Blender Animation Studio.
Startup Stock Photos
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State Library Of Queensland
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Stick's Adventure
New Brothers Whim picturebook.
Superpowers Asset Packs
Pixel art assets, specifically for the Superpowers game engine, but usable anywhere.
Surian Soosay
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Surlalune
Scanned public domain illustrations.
Tears of Steel
The results of the Blender Foundation's Mango Project: a sci-fi romance.
Telecanter
A tabletop RPG website.
Teleleli
A blog of stories, games and public domain art.
The Best Copyright-Free Photo Libraries
A collection of US Government photo libraries.
The Camera Collection
A collection of 100 pixelated camera illustrations for anybody to download and use in whatever way they see fit.
The Comic Strip Library
The Comic Strip Library is a digital library containing a collection of public domain comic strips.
The Fifth World
Humans after civilisation - a tabletop roleplaying game that has been extensively revised.
The Getty
Public domain images.
The Golden Years
Public domain comics, gratis to view but difficult to download.
The Noun Project
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The Open Game Art Bundle
''We're the people behind some of the most popular web games. The web is meant to be an open landscape; being in this bundle is how we choose to honor this.''
The Pic Pac
New pacs on Monday. Free pics Tuesday-Sunday
The Public Domain Game Jam
A competition to create a game inspired by the public domain.
The SELinux Coloring Book
A colouring book that explains SELinux policies.
Tuxemon
Unsplash
Free high-resolution stock photos
Vessel.cc
An art installation.
WOCinTech Chat
Photos of women of colour in the tech sector.
WPClipart
A collection of public domain clipart.
Wellcome Images
Thousands of years of visual culture made free through Wellcome Images
Wuffle Comics
Adventures of a kind-hearted wolf.
cc0.photo
public domain photos.
inkrobot.ca
I am the creator of Inkrobots: A line of Creative Commons 4.0 robot illustrations that are available for artists and designers (And anyone else) to remix, edit, copy and build upon.
jay mantri
free pics. do anything (CC0). make magic.
logodust.com
Vector logos.
rawpixel
Stock photo website.
re:splashed
"670 free HD images for your web and design projects."
travel coffee book
Sharing beautiful travel moments.
vegepedia
‘vegepedia’ is the sixth and newest installment in the vegebook series of adult coloring books by nick dolan. it is one of the world’s only “open source” coloring books, and is packed with over 45 cc-licensed images.
Non-free, libre and open licensed
These entries may not be free, libre and open.
365 Sketches
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43+ Unique Places to Find Remarkable Free Photos
Looking for FREE high quality stock photo sites like Unsplash? Here’s a list of the best ones. You can use all of these photos for commercial purposes too. And no attribution is required. Enjoy!
A Short Introduction to Graphic Design History
A graphic design primer.
Abstruse Goose
A webcomic.
Alphonse Maria Mucha - The complete works
A collection of artworks of the Art Nouveau artist.
Australian Dress Register
A collaborative, online project about dress in New South Wales pre 1945.
Awesome Gamedev
A curated list of good stuff related to the development of games. This list contains only free software for code, sellers who aren't evil for physical resources, and free cultural works for assets.
Behance
A site that hosts artists portfolios.
Blackstar album elements
Symbols from the album art of David Bowie's Blackstar.
Bound By Law
A comic book about intellectual property law.
Brian Foo Wiki
An artist.
Cities of You
Cities of You is a project that envisions people as imaginary places.
Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now
Six of Cory Doctorow's short stories in comic book form.
Daniel Solis' Blog
An artist and game designer.
Deviantart
A massive art website, with some CC licensed works.
Diesel Sweeties
'Diesel Sweeties is a pixelated webcomic by Richard Stevens 3 that has been continuously updated since April 2000. Sometimes the people kiss the robots. Be warned.'
Diffuser Net
A collection of works under various licenses.
Fakemon
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Gloomhaven Creator Pack
'a massive amount of assets from [Gloomhaven] to create pretty much whatever new content you want to create.'
Google Chrome Comic
An introduction to Google's open source browser project.
Honda 3D Design Archives
External designs of Honda's cars.
Hyperbole and a Half
A comic.
I-am-cc.org
A third-party site that allows you to CC license your Instagram photos.
Love Vector Free
A repository of vector art.
MonsterID
Nerd3
A website for nerds with a Minecraft webcomic
Nose Ears
'Nose Ears is an absurd comic about the absurd things in life.'
Open Game Art
A community dedicated to providing art for open source video games.
Save Yourself Mammal
Hand selected comics from the gratis webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Sketchfab
3D models for viewing and download.
Spoppy
Cartoons and illustrations.
Storn R Cook's Art for Swipin'
An artist, primarily of fantasy portraits.
Stuck in Customs
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Tate
An art gallery.
The Commons Collages
Collages created from a number of photos.
The Most Dangerous Game
The second SMBC compilation, featuring comics from the entire archive, but focused on 2011.
Theft: A History of Music
A new comic book covering 2000 years of musical borrowing, from Plato to rap.
Ubunchu
The world's first Ubuntu manga.
Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
Free culture that has been chosen by the Ubuntu community.
Unamused Comics
A website that hosts three comics.
Warcraft Rumble Mini Blueprints
'Download 3D blueprints of all your favorite Warcraft Rumble minis to help bring the joyful chaos to life.'
Zach Weinersmith
A cartoonist whose books have been Creative Commons licensed.
xkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.