Free illustrations for your blog or website (updated)

News of a new version of this original post featuring websites where you can find high quality pictures that are free to use on your own website or blog. I’ve listed more than 25 resources. The updated version has more than twice as many websites featured. Here it is:

25 websites for free illustrations

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I recently taught a course for adults on blogging. As I expected, some people still believe that if an image is discovered on Google Images then it is free to use. The advice is, as always: check the licence!

A more sure-fire way of finding images you can use legitimately is to search the free illustration sites.

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