



As a student graphic designer who has no money to afford premium services and products from websites such as creativemarket.com, I looked for websites which could be

alternatives for those that are paid ones. After years of lurking in the internet, I have found several websites that are although free, have quality contents.









FONTS

1. Dafont.com

Link: http://www.dafont.com/









Dafont with it's pretty straightforward UI and it's library of thousands and thousands of good fonts is on the top of my list for font resources.

2. Font Squirrel

Link: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/





3. Behance Free Fonts

Link: https://www.behance.net/search?search=free+font









Behance is a website where graphic designers around the world showcase their works. And in their free section, graphic designers gives out free fonts which for their quality, a very great find. Here, they also give some free font weights for font-families that are paid. I literally, spent hours looking at this section, in awe of the numerous amounts of awesome fonts, ALL FOR FREE.

4. AWWWARDS Free Fonts

Link: https://www.awwwards.com/awwwards/collections/free-fonts/







Awwwards is a website meant to give recognition for exceptional websites on the web. But what I really like about this website is it's hidden section, the free fonts section (godbless who ever thought of putting this section up). The fonts were picked by the Awwwards Team themselves, that is why every single font on this section is of quality. They're so good you would wonder if the owner of these fonts are saints for giving them free.



4. CANVA's list of free fonts Link: https://designschool.canva.com/blog/minimalist-font/







Here, Canva made a list of free fonts for minimalist designs. This is all for the people who are minimalist at heart!





ICONS AND GRAPHICS

1. thenounproject.com Link: https://thenounproject.com/







As their tagline says, yes, they really do have icons for everything. Out of all the websites in the web offering icons, this one here by far beats all of them. Their simple UI offers easy navigation and it's very straightforward. And their icons comes in png format too! But first, you have to create an account here and then you are free to enjoy every singl icons in this website.





2. Fribbble.com Link: http://www.fribbble.com/all-Freebies



Their description says it all, this website contains free PSD files and other free design resources by Dribbblers. Ever been in Dribbble? No? I suggest you do. I'm pretty sure after viewing that site you're gonna realize why Fribbble is such a blessing.

3. DBFREEBIES.CO Link: http://dbfreebies.co/







What's even better than Dribbble freebies? A combination of Behance and Dribbble freebies. That's right folks, another kind-hearted man just made a website that combines all the freebies found in Behance and Dribbble, the two leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work. What more can you ask?





4. GraphicBurger.com Link: http://graphicburger.com/





Also a large library of free professional-looking design resources! Nothing much to say, see for yourself to know why it deserves to be in this list.





5. ZippyPixels.com Link: http://zippypixels.com/products/freebies/page/2/





ZippyPixels is mainly a site offering paid products but they also have this great freebies section, most of which are great mockups. They also have a pretty large library of freebies so better check them out.





6. Freedesignresources.net Link: http://freedesignresources.net/







Although their cliche and oblivious site name may give you a bad impression, this site actually contains good design resources. They offer freebies ranging from fonts, mockups, graphic, templates and more.





7. Designermill.com Link: https://www.designermill.com/





Just like freedesignresources.net, this site offers quality free design resources in different categories like fonts, website templates, illustrator freebies, etc.





PSDs



For the photoshop lovers out there, here are great free resources for you photoshop projects.





1. Brusheezy.com Link: https://www.brusheezy.com/







This is like dafont but for photoshop brushes! This website offers a really large library of photoshop brushes (and also PSDs). You can search up anything you want and they'll probably have it! Want great and fancy brushes? This is the right place to go.



2. PixelBuddha.com Link: https://pixelbuddha.net/









Buddha giving out free design resources? Count me in! This website is great for those designers who rely heavily on photoshop. This is a great alternative for freepik (they actually have better content than freepik), since freepik rarely gives resources in psd formats, almost everything is in illustrator format. From mockups, brushes, poster templates, icons, and more, they have everything here.





3. PSDfreebies.com

Link: https://psdfreebies.com/





This is like freedesignresources.net, they have oblivious and cliche names but at least they have great content. Can't seem to find the one you are looking for in PixelBuddha? Try this website. It is almost similar with PixelBuddha, offering large library of quality psd freebies.









SPECIAL MENTIONS





1. CreativeMarket Weekly Free Goods

Link: https://creativemarket.com/free-goods#



