Free Graphics
In this category, FreebieList.com takes a look at the Internet's best free graphics. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it.
ZeroWeb.org - This well-designed and clean looking Web site offers a great mixture of free graphics and Webmaster services. They provide free Web site templates, graphics and also clipart images, including buttons, banners, backgrounds, dividers and free icons. ZeroWeb also provides a number of Webmaster services, such as a free URL redirection service, feedback form generator and guestbook service.
TwitBacks - Users of the popular social networking site Twitter can spruce up their profile free of charge with TwitBacks. The site allows you to create a background within two minutes, and you can select from a number of existing backgrounds or create your own from scratch (using an uploaded image and custom fonts).
Free Twitter Designer - Do you use the popular social networking site, Twitter? If you would like to update your page with a snazzy new background, check out this site: freetwitterdesigner.com. Even if you have no experience with image editing, this site will assist you in creating a good-looking and professional background within minutes.
Free Mini Pixel Icons - This site features over 1000 free mini pixel icons, perfect for Web-based projects, or to add a bit of extra spice to user-interfaces and content management systems. Various icon sizes are featured: 14x14px , 12x12px and 16x16px. Computer icons, flags, symbols and others are also featured.
BackgroundLabs.com - A bright and colourful site, offering a range of free backgrounds and textures, ideal for publication or Web page design (or even for MySpace and Twitter backgrounds). They include various categories, including: abstract, animated, clouds and sky, floral, holidays, nature, retro, etc. You can also search via colour or tag.
A Clipart History - If you've ever tried to locate free clipart images for a history-related project, you'll know how difficult it can be. Thankfully, this site specialises in high-quality public-domain clipart on all aspects of history (all the way from prehistoric to modern). A wide selection of people, places, buildings, transportation and other artefacts are available.
Free Photo Textures - A high quality site offering a variety of royalty free stock photo textures and backgrounds. Categories include: brick, concrete, dirt/sand, fabric/carpet, glass, paint, paper, plaster, rust, stone, title, wood, and more. The author asks if you find any of the textures useful, add a quick link from your Web site or blog page.
Pixlr - A quality, free and easy-to-use online photo editing service. Pixlr can handle the majority of basic tasks directly from a Web browser, so you needn't download software to edit images. Users can adjust, filter, crop and perform many other tasks in a familiar (albeit online) Photoshop-esque environment. This service is particularly useful for editing images ready to be used on the Web. A variety of interface languages are available. Note: the site is in "beta" but we encountered no major problems during testing.
Zamzar - This largely unique service allows users to convert various file types online, without the need to download any special software. If you need to convert image, video, audio, document or other files (i.e. JPG to PNG or WMV to MP3), this site can handle it. The maximum file size on their free version is 100MB, which includes 5 concurrent conversions. Note: this site loads a small pop-up window (to enable the owners to pay for such a solid - and free - conversion service). You can remove the ads for a small monthly fee.
Free Icons Download - This site offers a wide and quality selection of royalty free icon images, suitable for use on your desktop, Web site or other publication. Icons are separated into various categories, including Art, Applications, Business, Cartoons, Holiday, Sport, System, Web icons, etc. They also offer free icons in multiple file formats: .ico, .gif, .png and .bmp.
Rat Gone Wild - This site serves up a collection of free craft clipart images, printable gift tags, card making designs and illustrations. Instructions are also provided here to help you create your own cards with minimal hassle. If you are thinking of producing your own cards, either for a special occasion or seasonal event, be sure to browse through the images at Rat Gone Wild.
Free Christmas Themed RSS Icons - This collection of free Christmas-themed RSS icons is perfect for sprucing up your blog or Web site. The icons feature the recognisable "RSS feed" icon but with an added twist - they include Christmas trees, holly, snowmen, etc. You may select from either icons on a white, black or transparent background, depending on the intended usage. There are 12 icons available in each set.
Free Hand-drawn Social Media Icon Set - Are you a Web designer? Check out this site, where you can download a free hand-drawn social media icon set, absolutely free of charge. A total of 12 icons are available in the collection, which includes icons for delicious, Digg, Mixx, DesignBump, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Developer Zone, DesignFloat, Technorati, Twitter, RSS feeds and also an e-mail icon.
Free-Graphic-Design - A high quality free graphics resource with a truckload of free images on offer. Free-Graphic-Design.com contains hundreds of images that you can use to spruce up your site. Here, you'll find free bullets, buttons, background images, page dividers, bars, balls, patterns, page border images, and lots more besides. There's also links to other free graphics Web sites.
Feebleminds Gifs - Here's a great Web site, dedicated to providing the best free animated gifs and clipart available on the Internet. You'll find no irritating pop-ups here either, just a huge archive of free animations, clipart, backgrounds, buttons, animated dividers, pictures and digital art. If you're looking for something specific and can't locate it here, e-mail requests are welcomed, and they'll go out of their way to find the image you're after.