Free resources for artists

My ongoing list of awesome free resources, pictures, photos, textures sites and tools for artists, illustrators and so on.

Stock free photos and reference images

Free real photos, images (you should check individually on every image there for copyright info):

Free resources for vector, svg and illustrations:

Artworks, wallpapers:

HQ wallpapers for download: https://www.wallpaperflare.com

Palettes and colors

Custom palettes for export/import in png or photoshop.

Color palette generators (from images) and color info, and more:

https://icolorpalette.com

Image tools

Background and cover generator

Figen is a free online post cover and background generator tool – https://figen.cc
Photopea – free online image editor, can work with PSD, export to SVG : https://www.photopea.com
Not fully free (needs registration), but can be useful for covers, screenshot mockups, etc. : https://www.brandbird.app/studio
Pixelate any image or part of it, also many more tools: https://onlineimagetools.com/pixelate-image

3D tools and textures

Public Domain Resources for Physically Based Rendering https://ambientcg.com

3D Characters and animations https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&type=Character

Meshroom, free, open-source 3D Reconstruction Software based on the AliceVision framework: https://alicevision.github.io/#meshroom

About the Author: markoze

I'm an exploring artist, illustrator and creator of digital media (2D graphics, illustrations and 3D designs). I share my works, tutorials, tips, free art, items and tools. I also create websites (and apps) for organizations, communities, groups, people movements, faith organizations and more.