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Graphic designers, creatives, companies, and bloggers are always producing content and design to upload on digital or printed media, that is why during the last years the demand for images has increased a lot, and stock websites are a key element for every designer and creative to help produce their designs, that is why I made this post where I show you the best free and premium stock websites to find the photo you were looking for.
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For creatives looking for stunning visuals to fuel their projects, Freepik’s collection of free stock photos is a gold mine. Freepik’s stock photos provide the perfect visual accompaniment whether you’re creating a professional presentation, designing a website, or curating social media content. Accessing these stunning images is a seamless experience with user-friendly search filters and easy download options.
Unsplash is my favorite website for high-quality stock images which I use for my poster design series, blog posts and it has a huge database with high-quality images, 3D images, illustrations and you can filter by different topics and keywords to find the best photo for your idea, another great factor about Unsplash is that it adds 10 new photos every 10 days increasing their library.
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Pexels is also one of my favorite sources of stock images for my graphic design posters or blog posts, and I completely recommend it to everybody, as it offers a huge library of free high-quality photos and videos you can use in your projects with an easy search function and use parameters to find aesthetically pleasing images perfect for creatives.
StockSnap.io is also a great website for free stock images with high-quality content offering you a huge bank of images. StockSnap.io is really recommended for designers or people looking for more design-focused photos, so if you are related to it check StockSnap.io.
Burst is a great website to find free high-quality images owned by Shopify, Burst is focused on entrepreneurs and eCommerce owners offering you a modern and clean design to make it easy to find business ideas and with their search filter, you can easily find photos related to specific niche eCommerce as yoga, products or clothing.
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Creative Review is one of the most important magazines about art and design based in London, you can find many design inspiration and blog posts on his website, but now we are speaking about his Pinterest account which has over 363k followers, on his Pinterest account you will find inspiration about different art and design fields including logo design, illustration, book cover and more.
Everybody already knows Canva and their tool to easily create graphics for free, but it offers more than that, as I mentioned in my post about the best graphic design blog they have a good design blog, and of course, they also have a great free stock photo library with high-quality images you can use in your projects, and if you use their graphic design tool you can directly import images from their stock library directly to a social media post.
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If you are looking for some vintage photography, illustrations, maps, advertisements, or botanical drawings for free, the best website is The British Library offering you one million images totally free being the best source for a vintage aesthetic, but if you are looking for more contemporary images you should check other Stock websites from this post.
Adobe Stock has a premium subscription offering you a vast library of high-quality images, but Adobe Stock also has a huge free Stock images library you can use to find good quality images for your design projects and use their advanced search filter to make it easy to find the best image for your design or project.
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Shutterstock is one of the most well-known websites for stock images and it’s a great paid option to get high-quality stock images, illustrations, vectors, or clip art perfect for your design projects, it also has an easy-to-navigate website making it easy to find the assets you need. The only negative side about Shutterstock is the price, as it can get expensive for some, but it offers you a 30-day free trial with 10 free images.Â
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iStockPhoto has big experience offering premium Stock images through their website as it was originally launched in 1999, and since their foundation, it has been one of the most relevant websites for unique stock images, graphics, video, and audio. Thanks to its advanced search filter you can find quickly the image you were looking for, but all these features and high-end photos have an expensive price.
If you are looking for high-end photos, videos, illustrations and vectors Getty Images is the best source of stock images and thanks to its advanced search filters make it really easy to find the photography you need for your project, but as a high-end photo it also has a high-end price and pay per image system and Getty Images don’t offer a free trial as other stock websites.
Adobe Stock is the best website for graphic designers and web designers to find high-quality stock images, photos, illustrations, vectors, and also audio. Adobe Stock has a great search filter making it easy to find the photo you were looking for, and it’s perfectly integrated with Creative Cloud making it a great choice for designers. Another advantage of Adobe Stock is that it offers you a 30-day trial with 10 free images you can use in your projects.
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Hope you find this post useful and get inspired by the best stock websites and find the images, videos, illustrations, and graphics you need to produce your digital content or graphic design projects.
If you found this post useful you might like to read these post about Graphic Design Inspiration.
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