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Need FREE photos for your designs? – 10 Great Places to Start!

If you’re an artist, designer, blogger – you most likely will run into the need for photos or textures. If you don’t have the budget to go to paid stock-sites, the good thing is that the free options out there are getting better and better!
In this article I’ve had a look at a whole bunch of free alternatives to save you some time and money.

Remember to read terms of use before using pictures though.

Here are 10 awesome places to start that can provide you with pretty much any kind of picture you want.
We hope these websites can be helpful for you – in your designs, when practicing your Photoshop skills and so on.

These websites are meant to give you a good variety of free photos. There are many, many more where they come from. If you start with these you should have most topics covered.
Enjoy!

Stock. XCHNG

Almost 400 000 pictures at the moment. This website is a favorite with many and I also use most of the pictures in my articles from this website. Most photos are good quality. Registration is required, but it’s completely free. Probably the biggest free stock photo website currently.

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20 Beautiful Websites Using Wood Textures

One of the popular trend in web design is use of beautiful textures. There is always a possibility to come up with something stunning for a web designer with the use of a perfect texture. Wood – one of the most commonly used texture in websites inspired us to showcase some beautiful websites using wood textures in their design.
In this article We’ve collected 20 beautiful websites using wood textures as a part of their design in many creative ways.

1. FlipRate

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Free Collection of Wood Textures Packages

If  you like to play around with Photoshop and learn more and more you will love to see this nice collection of wood textures you can use on your designs and your digital artwork, take a look and download the ones you like the most.

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