Resources · 306 words · updated 2026-09-20
60+ Free Design Resources for 2026: Icons, Fonts, Photos, Videos, Lottie, Mockups, Colors
A curated list of free, commercially usable design resources: icon libraries, font foundries, stock photo and video sites, Lottie animations, illustration packs, mockups, color and UI tools.
By Serhii Dovhyi, motion designer and founder of Free Creative Assets
The internet is full of "free resources" lists that are half ads. This one only includes sources that are free for commercial use with a clear license. Most are searchable directly on Free Creative Assets.
Icons
- Free Creative Assets icon search: 200,000+ icons from 200 sets in one place
- Lucide, Tabler, Phosphor, Heroicons, Material Symbols, Simple Icons (brands)
- Iconify (the API behind them), SVG Repo, Iconoir, Fluent Emoji
Fonts
- Google Fonts (1,900+ families, OFL) with download and self-host snippets
- Fontshare (ITF), Fontsource (npm packages), Font Squirrel (commercial-use filter), The League of Moveable Type, Velvetyne, Collletttivo
Photos
- Free Creative Assets photo search (Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash together)
- Wikimedia Commons (check each license), Openverse, Rawpixel free section, Kaboompics, StockSnap
Videos and motion
- Stock video search (Pexels), Pixabay Videos, Coverr, Mixkit, Videvo free
- Free Lottie animations by a professional motion designer, LottieFiles free tier, useAnimations, Lordicon free set
Illustrations
- unDraw (recolorable SVG), Open Peeps, Humaaans, Open Doodles, Storyset (attribution), Blush free, Icons8 Ouch free tier, Streamline free illustrations
Mockups and 3D
- Mockup World, Mockups Design, Freepik free mockups (attribution), Shots.so, Rotato free, Spline community, Poly Haven (HDRIs, textures, models, CC0)
Colors and gradients
- Coolors, Realtime Colors, Huemint, Color Hunt, uiGradients, Mesh gradients from Meshy or MSHR, Radix Colors, Open Color
UI kits and design systems
- Untitled UI free, Radix Themes, shadcn/ui, Material 3 kit, Apple Design Resources, Ant Design, Atlassian Design System, Open Props
Sound
- Pixabay Music and Sound Effects, Freesound (check license), Mixkit sounds, Uppbeat free tier
Tools
- Figma (free tier), Penpot (open source), Photopea, Squoosh (image compression), SVGOMG (SVG optimiser), Lottie optimiser via LottieFiles, HandBrake (video), Excalidraw
Licensing quick reference
Before shipping, check the license on the source page. Our guides on icon licenses and stock photo licenses cover the common cases.
About this list
Free Creative Assets is maintained by Serhii Dovhyi, a motion designer who built the site to stop bouncing between six tabs when looking for assets. Suggestions for the list: hello@freecreativeassets.com.
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