Website DIY #17: Stock Assets (Photos/Illustrations)

Nothing fancy here, just a list of stock sites we’ve compiled. Haven’t checked every link in a while. We can say, we mostly use: Abobe (paid), and Unsplash, Pixabay, Pexels (free). But maybe some of the others are good too:

Lists

• Blog post listing stock photo sites
• List of design resources

Photos

• Unsplash
• Pixabay
• Pexels
• Search, download and print PICRYL images, albums, collections
• FreeRange Stock
• Gratisography
• PicJumbo
• ImageBase
• MorgueFile
• Undesign
• The Stocks
• Storyblocks
• Reshot | Free icons, illustrations & photos [no attribution]
• Free Stock Photos and Images
• 30 Amazing Websites for Free Stock and Design Resources
• Download Free Vectors, Photos, Icons, Fonts and Videos – Stockio.com
• The best stock art websites
• Flickr: The Commons
• Free Stock Photos – Beautiful Pictures of People & Fun (Cool DIY collage feature.)
• African American stock photos
• Placeholder image generator (not generative AI; suggested by a reader)

YouTube thumbnails

• Youtube Thumbnail Templates
• Youtube Thumbnail Templates
• 50 Youtube Thumbnail
• 36-YouTube Thumbnail Templates
• Youtube Thumbnail Templates

Illustrations

• Unsplash
• DrawKit – Beautiful vector illustrations

Survey

• https://topix10.com/top-10-sites-for-free-illustrations

Free

• Free stock illustrations, Beautiful Free Art | Mixkit
• Home | Old Book Illustrations
• Find free vector art online: the 19 best sites
• Absurd Design – Free Surrealist Illustrations and Vector Art
• Open Doodles – Free sketchy illustrations
  • Open Doodles – Compositions
• unDraw – Open source illustrations for any idea
• IsoFlat – download free isometric vectors & graphic resources
• New Illustration Libraries, Design Systems, and UI Kits – Prototypr | Prototyping
• illlustrations – open source illustrations kit
• British Library’s albums | Flickr
• Glaze | Illustrations
• Free Clip Art Images & Vector Illustrations For Your Website
• Download Free Illustrations For Commercial Use and For Website Design | Iconscout
• https://fresh-folk.com/
• DrawKit – Beautiful vector illustrations

Paid

• Adobe Stock
• Getty Images
• iStock
• Shutterstock
• You Work For Them
• ikon
• Image Zoo
• iSpot

Magazine template

• Magazine Bundle
• pixel_vision – Portfolio | GraphicRiver
• Best Resources of 2017: Magazine Templates

Image processors

• turn your images into unique illustrations – generative.app
• Deep Dream Generator

More in the series

1. Website DIY #1: Intro & Domain
2. Website DIY #2: On Starting A ‘Magazine’
3. Website DIY #3: Site Setup
4. Website DIY #4: Monetization (Quick Overview)
5. Website DIY #5: Newsletters
6. Website DIY #6: Social Media
7. Website DIY #7: Pitches/Submissions
8. Website DIY #8: Analytics/Traffic
9. Website DIY #9: Accessibility
10. Website DIY #10: Podcasting
11. Website DIY #11: Equity
12. Website DIY #12: Email & Responding To Pitches
13. Website DIY #13: Payments
14. Website DIY #14: Admin Tools/Apps
15. Website DIY #15: Networking
16. Website DIY #16: Audience
17. Website DIY #17: Stock Assets (Photos/Illustrations)
18. Website DIY #18: Finances (How To Lose Money!)
19. Website DIY #19: Wrap Up: Wins & Losses