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Graphic and Interactive Design

A collection of resources for students studying Graphic and Interactive Design.

Graphic and Interactive Design Websites

AIGA was founded in 1914 as a small club of graphic artists, printers, publishers and illustrators in New York City. Since then, the design community has evolved into a nationwide network of professional designers, educators, students and design enthusiasts served by more than 70 chapters.

From our early history advocating for industry standards to launching journals and exhibitions, we continue to look to the future, to innovate, and to change the way we interact with the world around us.

Resources to grow your creative career. Find everything you need to get started, stand out, level up, and land your dream job — all in one place.

A site that covers the working artists who are making art that you see in film, TV, in video games as well as those creating just for fun. Covering a broad of mix of everything from fantasy illustrations and the basic art techniques to intricate 3D modelling and the hottest new indie video game designs.

Take your graphic design and illustration skills to a new level! You can find thousands of free tutorials on every design topic, from making Photoshop actions to designing a classy corporate brochure in InDesign or completing your own vector illustration.

They have tutorials on all the major design software, so you can brush up your skills on the full Adobe suite or get up to speed with other options like Affinity Designer or Procreate. Or you can learn how to make beautiful text effects, choose the right fonts, design eye-catching magazines, and much more.

A multidisciplinary community creating content-rich, emotionally compelling experiences for a wide range of environments, from hospitals and transit hubs to museums and educational campuses. 

Free Tools

The following websites have a variety of images that are licensed either to the public domain or for reuse under a Creative Commons license. They may also contain images that retain more strict copyright, so look closely before reusing anything.

Consists of forward-looking videos, created to inspire, energize and support. Coverr offers a catalog of thousands of free, high-quality videos. 

Free vector, 3D, and animated illustrations. Get professional, perfectly matching graphics for your designs. Edit or mix them up effortlessly before downloading.

Free SVG illustrations (commercial and personal use) under the CC0 license (MIT license) — No attribution required. 

A diverse and extensive collection of free icons and mission-driven stock photos.

A tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone. It has images, video, and audio. 

Stock photos, royalty free images & videos shared by creators. All photos and videos on Pexels can be downloaded and used for free.

Free stock photos, illustrations, vector graphics, videos, music, and sound effects. 

Note: The website also features ads for paid stock image services. 

Free creative resources. Explore the collection of 3 million+ professionally made free creative assets, editable templates, mockups and designs. 

Offers high quality stock photos for just about any use, including commercial usage, for free.