Updated March 4, 2023
I’ve been super busy lately, so this week’s post will be a short but hopefully good one! 🥰
As I’ve mentioned before, I generally hang out in Facebook writing groups. Aspiring authors like to show off their cover artworks in progress, and I’ve been no exception to this, although I have some advantages when it comes to sourcing stock images just because I use them frequently in my personal and professional work as a graphic designer. Yes, I’m cheap, so I tend to prefer the free resources.
The purpose of this post is to share my list. This is a reposting of something on my Facebook page but I thought it might be relevant here as well. I hope you find it helpful!
Free and Cheaper Alternatives to Adobe
https://digitalsynopsis.com/design/adobe-software-free-alternatives/
Stock Resources (mix of free and premium)
https://buffer.com/library/free-images/
https://blog.snappa.com/free-stock-photos/
https://www.stockphotosecrets.com/best-free-stock-photo-sites
https://www.oberlo.com/blog/free-stock-image-websites
https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/best-websites-for-free-commercial-images/
https://generated.photos/
https://www.artbreeder.com/
https://www.rgbstock.com/
https://pixabay.com/
https://photoshop-kopona.com/
https://www.goodfreephotos.com/
https://www.freepik.com/
https://morguefile.com/
https://publicdomainvectors.org/
https://webneel.com/freedownload
https://www.pexels.com/
https://www.pxfuel.com/
https://pxhere.com/
And finally, if you check my Credits page you can find some more links to resources that I used in creating this site and my own book cover.