Free design resources

There are many free design resources out there that can help you complete your projects without spending any money. We’re talking free illustrations, images, fonts and more to freshen up your website, social media posts, presentations, flyers and more…

Here’s a list of free graphic design resources that help you create powerful and stunning designs, curated by Xara’s design team, and fully compatible with Xara.

Images / Photos

Unsplash – Free high-resolution stock photos for your social media, blog posts, or promotional campaigns
Pixabay – Free stock photos shared by their community
Pexels – Free high quality stock photos shared by talented creators
freephotos.cc – Free Creative Commons photos for your website or print projects
reshot – Free handpicked, non-stocky images to use in creative projects
StockSnap.io – Free high-resolution images updated weekly by the community
Burst – Free stock photos to use in any commercial project
freepik – Free photos for personal and commercial use
Moose – Free stock photos and many transparent PNG photos
Picjumbo – Free for personal and commercial use
Rawpixel Public Domain – Free for personal and commercial use
Vintage Stock Photos – Free for personal and commercial use, with some restrictions
The Public Domain Review – Public Archives Media – Free for personal and commercial use
Flickr Commons – Public Photographs – Free for personal and commercial use
Vecteezy – High-quality photos – Free for personal and commercial use
Picography – High-quality photos – Free for personal and commercial use
Startup Stock Photos – High-quality images of office environments and startups boardrooms
Foodiesfeed – High-quality food photos – Free for personal and commercial use
Gratisography – Innovatic Stock Photos – Free for personal and commercial use
Kaboompics – Interior design and lifestyle photos – Free for personal and commercial use
The Pic Pac – Travel-themed photos – Free for personal and commercial use
Skitterphoto – Public Domain Photos for small businesses, content creators, and freelancers

Illustrations / Vectors

Undraw – Free illustrations as SVG for projects or PNG for blog posts / social media
manypixels – Free illustrations as SVG and PNG to power up your projects
Control – Free illustrations as PNG
freepik Vectors – Free vectors for personal and commercial use
Ouch! – Free vector illustrations as PNG
Pixelify – Free vectors for personal and commercial use
Open Peeps – Free hand-drawn illustration library of people
humaaans – Free mix-&-match illustrations of people with a design library
Open Doodles – Free illustrations of people as SVG and PNG
pixeltrue – Free SVG illustrations free for personal and commercial use
Fresh Folk – Free illustration library of people and objects
DrawKit – Free hand-drawn vector illustration resources
UiHut – Free illustrations, icons, graphic assets
Glaze – High-quality free illustrations
Doodle Ipsum – Free Illustration Tool for Devs

Icons and mockups

gradientify by Iconshock – Free icon packs for gradient lovers as SVG & PNG
iconshock – Free icons in different styles such as PNG
REMIX ICON – Free icons in a neutral style as SVG & PNG
Boxicons – Free high-quality web icons as SVG & PNG
Pixelify – Free mock-ups
Pixelify – Free icons in various formats
The Mockup – Free high-quality mock-ups
Tabler Icons – Free and fully customizable SVG icons
DrawKit – Free hand-drawn vector icon resources
Open Source Icons by Iconshock – Free icons as SVG, PNG, vector and WebP
Feather – Open-source icons
Phosphor Icons – Icon library for interfaces, diagrams, presentations

Fonts

GoogleFonts – An intuitive and robust collection of free open-source designer web fonts
Pixelify – Free fonts shared by individual graphic designers
abstract fonts – Free fonts for personal and commercial use
Download fonts – Free fonts such as TTF and OTF
Dafont – Free +60.000 fonts
FontSquirrel – Free fonts for commercial use
FontSpace – 98.000+ Free fonts
Urbanfonts – Free fonts
The League of Movable Type – Open-source, high-quality free fonts
Neogrey – Stunning designer fonts – Free for personal use and some free for commercial use

How to use the resources in Xara

Open a website from the list (or others)
Choose your free image, illustration & more
Download it
Import/add it to your Xara document & customize it

What other free resources do you use to create amazing content? Contact us so we can extend this list right here!

NOTE: We hope you like these third-party resources as much as we do, but please note it is your responsibility to check the license agreements and ensure they permit your intended usage. Xara is not responsible for their performance and cannot guarantee their continued availability.

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Free Design Resources