Monday, March 11, 2019

Really Free SVGs

Recently I bought a software - Doodly to create exciting whiteboard animations. After a few I realised that  as a freelancer I don't have a budget either to upgrade or to purchase vectors. So started searching for free or CC licensed SVGs and also some one asked the same question in Doodly group. My first suggestion was  pixabay.com. Yes it is an amazing library of images with CC licenses.

As an Open source and CC license supporter I always search for alternate free/CC options. Usually I use online image editor Pixlr to edit images or photos. I realised I can not save in Vector format. So I downloaded Inkspace an  open-source vector Graphics software.  It is an alternative to licensed tools like Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw. 

There is one more option with Usage limitation that is an online Vector images library Vecteezy.
Vectors are free but you need to give attribution, if you have budget you can join their pro program and avoid attribution. But I never tried.

I found another option Svgandme but the svgs here are meant for only personal use as a single user not for resale, exchange or for commercial distribution.

Then came an idea that there will be definitely an online SVG creator! Hola...I got it.  Drawsvg allows you to draw/edit and download SVGs.

Another option is Publicdomainvectors. As the name suggests they are public domain vectors. And with some limitations like only meant for personal use etc. examples are vectorcharacters and Freesvgdesigns.

The conclusion is that if you can draw use Inkspace/Drawsvg or use Pixabay/Publicdomainvectors/ to download real free SVGs.


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