Art and Graphic Assets for Prototyping

Games are more usable, immersive, and engaging with art and graphics! The resources listed below are great for prototyping. Most are free to use commercially as well, sometimes with restrictions or requiring attribution.

Craftpix.net/freebies
A large free section of game icons, objects, characters, and backgrounds.

Fontmeme.com
Quickly reference fonts used in popular culture and download customized graphics with them.

Freepik.com
Illustration, vectors, icons, photos, and video – many completely free with simple attribution.

Game-icons.net
Game icons, with a quick simple editor for basic shapes and colors.

Google Fonts
A large collection of free fonts.

Images.nasa.gov
Images taken by Nasa are free to use for commercial projects PROVIDING they don’t show the Nasa logo. Includes things like orbital photography of Earth, The Moon and Mars!

Pexels.com
Photos and video free for all uses.

PublicDomainVectors.org
Public domain 2D vector art.

thenounproject.com
Icons of all kinds, and a smaller collection of photos.

Rawpixel.com/publicdomain
Public domain art.

Unsplash.com
Real life photography. Fully free without attribution at high resolution. Unplash+ is a paid stock image service (those images are marked with a “+”).

VectorStock.com
Vector art. Free for personal use.

Wikimedia Commons
Free to use media files. Has things like maps and advertisements that might not be elsewhere.

Library of Congress
Any image older than 95 years is Public Domain and is generally free to use commercially. Mostly photography, with art and advertisements too.