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Top 5 Websites To Find Free Illustrations

Are you looking for free illustrations??
So, here are five excellent and FREE websites where you can find illustrations for your content

1.unDraw

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UnDraw has a seemingly endless selection of illustrations suited for a wide variety of content. Be it branding, podcasting, online transactions, app development, data analysis, creator and founder Katerina Limpitsouni has got you covered. The website is straightforward and easy to use.

Your content design is in a neutral color palette, and all the illustrations you found on Google are orange? No problem, Illustrations on unDraw are customizable. You can select color schemes that go with your content and brand design so that everything looks seamless (and expensive… couldn’t hurt, right?)

On top of this, the vector images are all Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), which means you can make them bigger, smaller, flip or mirror them to your heart’s content without losing the pristine quality.

And lastly, all the illustrations are open source. They don’t require fancy licensing and copyright permits claiming your firstborn child. Anyone can use them for free without attribution!

2.Ouch!

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Ouch!is a project of Icons8 dedicated to providing free vector illustrations for user interfaces. There are over 20 different styles of vector category, each with a number of illustrations to use on your blog, website, app and open source project.

The illustrations are delivered in a PNG format for free users and require an attribution link in return. However, for a small fee $19.90 per month you can unlock attribution free access and other file types. I personally love the Clip image pack.

3.Freepik

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Freepik is a site I use regularly myself. It hosts a fantastic array of vectors in many design styles created themselves and from user-submitted content. The images on Freepik are free for personal and commercial use provided you attribute Freepik with a link to their website.

All images are downloaded in a zip file containing AI, EPS and JPG file formats. If you would prefer to get rid of the need to attribute, you can sign up for a premium account for as little as €9.99 per month.

3.Humaaans

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This is one of my favorite free illustrations websites from the list. Humaaans lets you create mix-and-match illustrations and animations of people. You can rotate and position various elements in your humaaans however you like.

It feels like directing your own story by mingling different clothes, hairdos, and body postures. With humaaans, you can also change several backgrounds to create the perfect scenes.

4.DrawKit

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DrawKit has a bunch of different categories and options to choose your illustration. You have to download the set of illustrations and then you can use them in your next designs. It is completely free to use for personal and commercial projects.

Personally what I like about DrawKit is that you can download a few illustration animations for your project too for completely free. And you have the option to download free icons as well.

5.Absurd illustrations

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Absurd illustration has awesome creative and imperfect looking illustrations which will make your design or website look so perfect. Absurd illustration has kind of illustrations which will make you think and wonder your own imagination to make and generate a story by just watching their illustration.

So don’t forget to check this awesome website before finalizing your design.

Conclusion

I have tried my best to make the list for free illustration provider websites. Hope it works and helps you in your project.
Designers from the globe have given their time and efforts to provide free stuff for the people and design community so you can share your design or work with them to appreciate and thank them.

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Paul Knulst

Nice article about cool resources. I have an article too where I gathered 49 different stock photo websites to get free illustration, photos, cliparts, etc.

You can read it here: knulst.de/49-astonishing-websites-...

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Vincent A. Cicirello

I hadn't used any of these before. Thanks for the list. I'll check them out the next time I need something like this. Usually when I need something like this, I go to Wikimedia Commons. There's a ton of images there, including many SVG drawings. Licenses vary but there are many licensed with CC0.

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Abdusta33

Dreamstime.com give it a shot it best and my favourite

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Yahaya Oyinkansola

Thanks for these resources, would definitely be trying some of them out

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Asaf Limi Agranat

Also blush.design/
Really good stuff.