Today is the last day in the 10-part graphic design for bloggers series. If you missed the other posts or need a recap, you can find them here:
Basic Graphic Design Principles for Bloggers
Why Your Blog Needs Visually Appealing Graphics
How To Find The Perfect Color Scheme for Your Blog
A Basic Glossary of Graphic Design Terms
Find Quality Stock Images for Free
How to Customize Free Stock Images
Free Vs. Paid Graphic Design Tools
Must-Have Graphic Design Elements for Your Blog
Where to Find Design Inspiration For Your Blog
Make sure you save or Pin this post, so you can refer back to the whole series as needed. Today we’re going to take a look at some suggestions of where to find graphics, fonts and other design elements for your blog. Some of these offer free resources, while others are retail sites. When choosing free elements, be sure to read the terms of use, as some sites require that you give attribution to the source.
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Creative Market
Creative Market is by far one of the best-known names for high quality design assets. A wide selection of graphic artists set up pages here to showcase their offerings. You can find practically any type of asset you need at Creative Market, from fonts to photo filters.
Each month, you can purchase a highly-discounted bundle of assets, as well. This is a great way to grow your library. Sign up for their mailing list, and you can even get free design goodies each Monday.
Design Cuts
Design Cuts is like Creative Market in their offerings, along with the fact that they offer an affordable monthly bundle. However, this online retailer represents a select group of artists, meaning their inventory is smaller, but you know you’re always getting the best quality from extremely talented designers. What’s especially wonderful about Design Cuts is their discount program. The more you buy, the more you save.
Pixeden
This site has a fantastic free option for graphics like patterns, templates and icons. To get access to a larger selection of assets at a price that’s more affordable than purchasing individual items elsewhere, you can choose one of their paid membership options.
Vecteezy
If you like designing with vectors due to their versatility in customization, you’ll want to check out Vecteezy. Here you’ll find a large assortment of vectors that can be resized and customized with your choice of colors. You must have a vector design software like Illustrator to make these changes, though. Vecteezy has a tremendous number of free offerings or you can upgrade to their paid premium package.
Font Squirrel
Font Squirrel is the place to go if you’re looking for quality free fonts. There are many unique choices here from well-known type foundries. Do take care to read the terms for each one, though. Some are only for use in personal projects.
While there are hundreds of other places online to find blog design assets, these are trusted sources. Even on a zero to small budget, you’ll have no problem finding fantastic graphics, fonts, patterns, and other elements to make your blog stand out.
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Great information.
So glad you think so, Mary Ellen.
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Creative Market is the only one I used. The other ones sounds useful!
Creative market is great, especially as they send out so many freebies, but the others are worth a look, too!
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Your blog show much research on your part and I am happy that you are so generous sharing it.
Thank you Douglas. Happy to hear you’re finding it useful. 🙂
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