As a blogger and general designer person, I often have the need for some cool pics. I could in theory take photos of stuff, but I don’t have the time or the expertise to come up with something good. My companion throughout my blogging days has been sxc.hu.
I was quite surprised about the domain, since it’s Hungarian (wohoo!), but the quality is absolutely spot on. Searching for any term will yield pages of relevant stuff. The top line of photos is from their stock photos site for cash, but all the others are free and of the same quality. The most you will have to do is five acknowledgement or notify the author, which is the least I can do for a godo image.
You can also use Flickr and DeviantArt, but in this case you will have to ask for permission in advance and I’m an impatient guy, so I only do this if I really love an image. It isn’t nice, but in theory you can use any image you find on the web. Where do you get your free images, I’d love to get some more sources!
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Hi – compfight.com is also incredibly useful – searches Flickr and you can specify Creative Commons licensed images so you know you’re likely to find /something/ you can use. Just had a revamp as well.
Since Compfigt didn’t work with Opera, I use the search function in Creative Commons.
Hi pxl!
I’m forever greatful for that find, looks great too! The loading image looks kind of like the one the Wii has :)
Don’t forget Wikimedia Commons.
morquefile is a pretty nice project.
“A place to keep post production materials for use of reference, an inactive job file. This morgue file contains free high resolution digital stock photography for either corporate or public use.
The term “morgue file” is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats. Although the term has been used by illustrators, comic book artist, designers and teachers as well. The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web’s morguefile.”
http://www.morguefile.com/
Interesting one, I am mostly using Flickr searching for CC-licensed stuff. Will try this on next time I do post with images.
I found good quality free photographs at: http://www.sunipix.com