I'm pinning/sticking this topic-thread here permantly so that you all can share your webtite-links as to where to find royalty-free, public domain (free licenses), or non-copyrighted digital 'clip-art' and images/pictures that skinners, and graphical-artists/designers can use in their skins free of charge (libre/gratis) and without having to worry about any legal issues.
So please, go ahead and add replies with links to websites with free to use artwork, buttons, textures, backgrounds, images, pictures and gif animations, etc.). Again, please respect that all the pictures, icons,... etc. linked to from here should be free to use/modify/distribute either 'as is' with no strings attatched or under a free license.
Here are a few link examples (to some good sites):
- commons.wikimedia.org (Wikimedia Commons), (also refered to a "Wikicommons") is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. The files uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons repository can be used in all Wikipedia projects (like Wikibooks, Wikisource and Wikinews), or downloaded for offsite use, as all of the content is either in the public domain or released under free licenses such as the GNU Free Documentation License.
- openclipart.org (Open Clip Art Library).
- freshmeat.net has themes and resources sections (which contains loads of graphics for x, some are copyright free or licensed under GPL, while some others are not, check it out)
- www.bigfoto.com
- www.freefoto.com
- www.1000pictures.com
Though on a side note, most non-software companies will probebely give you their permission to use their images/pictures if they used as non-commercial promo for their products. Like for example, I'm sure that car manufacturers, comics publishers, or movie producers/directors, etc. have would be glad if you use their pictures in a skin as long as it just promotes their products in a possitive way.
PS! FOOOD of iconaholic.com (formaly foood.net) have told us that XBMC skinners may use his icons/buttons/thumbnails and wallpaper artwork, etc. from iconaholic.com as long as you credit him plus link to his site (in your skins readme.txt) when using his icons/buttons/thumbnails and wallpaper artwork, etc.
So please, go ahead and add replies with links to websites with free to use artwork, buttons, textures, backgrounds, images, pictures and gif animations, etc.). Again, please respect that all the pictures, icons,... etc. linked to from here should be free to use/modify/distribute either 'as is' with no strings attatched or under a free license.
Here are a few link examples (to some good sites):
- commons.wikimedia.org (Wikimedia Commons), (also refered to a "Wikicommons") is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. The files uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons repository can be used in all Wikipedia projects (like Wikibooks, Wikisource and Wikinews), or downloaded for offsite use, as all of the content is either in the public domain or released under free licenses such as the GNU Free Documentation License.
- openclipart.org (Open Clip Art Library).
- freshmeat.net has themes and resources sections (which contains loads of graphics for x, some are copyright free or licensed under GPL, while some others are not, check it out)
- www.bigfoto.com
- www.freefoto.com
- www.1000pictures.com
Though on a side note, most non-software companies will probebely give you their permission to use their images/pictures if they used as non-commercial promo for their products. Like for example, I'm sure that car manufacturers, comics publishers, or movie producers/directors, etc. have would be glad if you use their pictures in a skin as long as it just promotes their products in a possitive way.
PS! FOOOD of iconaholic.com (formaly foood.net) have told us that XBMC skinners may use his icons/buttons/thumbnails and wallpaper artwork, etc. from iconaholic.com as long as you credit him plus link to his site (in your skins readme.txt) when using his icons/buttons/thumbnails and wallpaper artwork, etc.
