Free Resources

This page contains a list of sites where you can find a wide range of items that you may want to include in your portfolio or other web site, such as backgrounds, images, sound files, buttons, fonts, etc, etc. Most of the resources are free to use for non-commercial purposes.

Important Notes:

    • It is important to check each site for an area called something like "Terms of Use" or "Legal Notification" to find the policies for that site.

    • Whether the site says it or not, always include the source of any items you did not create. This can easily be noted at the bottom of the screen where the item is found, or you may want to make a 'Credits' page where all the sources are listed.

    • Please note that there may be images or other items on some of these site that you may find offensive. If something is especially raunchy and easy to happen upon, you may want to write to the developer of the site to express your concerns.

General

The Free Site www.thefreesite.com/

The Free Site’s Webmaster Freebies www.thefreesite.com/Webmaster_Freebies

University of South Carolina

USC Marketing Toolbox: Photo Resources (opens in new window) sc.edu/toolbox/PhotoResources.php

  • Photos are housed at SmugMug (opens in new window) uscphotogs.smugmug.com/CreativeServicesPhotos I could not find a search option.

USC Marketing Toolbox: Logos (opens in new window) sc.edu/toolbox/logos.php Click on the [Download] button on the right side of the page which is a zip folder containing official logos.

USC Marketing Toolbox: Official Colors sc.edu/toolbox/officialColors.php

    • garnet = #73000A (RGB = 115, 0, 10) (HSL = 355°, 100%, 23%)

  • black = #000000

Mostly Images

Stock Vault www.stockvault.net/

The Free Site’s Free Graphics www.thefreesite.com/Free_Graphics/

The Free Site’s Free Photo Resources www.thefreesite.com/Free_Graphics/Free_photos/

Banners

The Free Site’s Free Photo Resources www.thefreesite.com/Free_Graphics/Free_photos/

Buttons, Lines, etc

Mostly Backgrounds and Wallpapers

All Free Backgrounds www.allfreebackgrounds.com/background_select.html This site shows how they look tiled

Free Seamless Textures @ TextureWiz.com texturewiz.com/

Texture Quality Pro www.texturequalitypro.com/

Background Labs www.backgroundlabs.com/textures/

Free-Backgrounds www.free-backgrounds.com/