I Want More, Please!
January 17, 2008 by Heather Goldsmith
Filed under Home & Living
I’ve been searching online recently for good images to use for my collages, but I’m after ones that are free of all copyright restrictions. I know I can purchase some of these from scrapbook stores, but I’m after images I don’t have to pay for. I want free ones. I did find a Flickr group with collage images I can use, but you must be a member of the group, so I joined. And I didn’t find much more. Thing is, I want more, please!
Do you know of any good online resources for the type of images I mean? Please share in the comments section below, so I can pass on the info to everyone else.
Heather
I had a post on my blog with a lot of links for copyright free images. But that was before my blog died and so the post is lost now. But I will try to find my notes from when I made that post I’ll repost it, so look for it next week.
Hi Zura,
Thank you so much. I would really appreciate it, and so would my readers, your’s too, I imagine. Thanks.
Hey Heather-
I’m a friend of Zura’s, who recommended your blog. I LOVE your Freaky Friday ideas. I was just thinking how powerful it would be to be the mean girl. I’m not sure I could pull it off without dissolving into a blob of 14-ness, but dang, what a powerful way to release some of that anger towards those girls.
Ok, here’s another pool to try at Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/creativegifts/
It’s just called the Ephemera Pool, but it has over 15,000 images.
Also, check out this site: http://yotophoto.com/. It’s a search engine for free-to-use images. Basically, it scours the web (and mostly Flickr, I’ve noticed, and some stock image sites) for images that have a Creative Commons license, one that specifies it’s ok to use the image, for free. Some may have credit requirements, but that’s usually it. I have found just TONS of images that way, and it’s a great resource if you want modern images instead of vintage ones.
And then, here’s a couple of my favorites for public domain (aka vintage images):
http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/
http://www.billblanton.com/archive.htm
http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html
http://srufaculty.sru.edu/david.dailey/public/public_domain.htm
http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/
http://antiqueclipart.com/
http://www.bighappyfunhouse.com/ (FUNNY old snapshots)
Hope these help!
Kristina
Hi Kristina,
Wow, thanks so much for all those links. I think I’ll need to make an ammended entry about all this, just so no one misses it all.
Lol, I really enjoyed writing my version of this particular Freaky Friday journal writing exercise.