[Resource] Free Creative Commons Photos for your Layouts

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Here's the deal: There's a lot of gorgeous images on the web that would make for great layouts. However, most of those photos are protected by copyright, and while you're probably highly unlikely to get sued, it can still happen and it's also very disrespectful to the original creators of the work you're using.


So if you're anything like me and a fan of having gorgeous photos as a main part of your CSS layouts - or you just don't have layoutworthy personalized art available - this is a huge saving grace.

Pexels is a database for stock images that are completely free for both personal and commercial use. You can modify them in any way you want and there's no need to credit.

You can search by specific topics or browse by color scheme. There's some fantastic possibilities and the pictures are very high quality.


So basically, you get the best of both worlds: Beautiful pictures and completely legal!

See Also:
https://search.creativecommons.org/ - The official Creative Commons search lets you search multiple platforms for CC-licensed images. I definitely recommend searching through flickr since that's what I have been using thus far. Pexels just has that extra bit of quality.



Be respectful towards fellow artists. Don't infringe their copyright!
Shenere's picture

Usefull thingi! < 3

Usefull thingi! < 3

Thank you for this! (:

Thank you for this!
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thank you! what does that

thank you!
what does that mean for music though?
Unplugged's picture

CrossTrot-- I'm no copyright

CrossTrot-- I'm no copyright expert obviously and it's a messy area.
the tl;dr is you can get into discussions about this but practically and ethically speaking I don't see any issues.

It's about the same as someone uploading music onto youtube. Technically yes, it is copyright infringement since you're putting it in public domain, but many musicians don't go after youtube uploads anymore unless you're using copyrighted music in your own videos. Big music industry names like to go after them though because they usually have their own official channels and want to hold their market. Even so though the general attitude is becoming more open.
However, TEF is such a tiny platform that if you put a song on your bio I doubt you're gonna catch any trouble at all. So I wouldn't worry about it.
The main thing with images is that you're using someone else's work to create your own stuff.

Nice! I've never heard of

Nice! I've never heard of this website but it looks awesome. Thanks for sharing the website and the reminder about image copyrights.

Bless you

Bless you <3

thank you!

thank you!
Shey's picture

thank you for this ?

thank you for this ♥

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much!

Thank you, Tuo and Kohva!

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