This article covers a list of websites to download free vector illustrations. This is our ‘Always Updated’ list which we try to keep up to date as frequently as possible. Currently, this list covers 10 websites where you can find various types of illustrations that can be used for personal as well as commercial purposes.
Some of these websites have a wide library of illustrations where you can either browse the library or use the search to find the illustration that fits your needs. Whereas, some websites offer a small curated collection of customizable vector illustrations in various vector file formats. Most of the illustrations are customizable; you either get options to customize them online before downloading or you get the vector file which you can edit with a vector editor application like Figma, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop, etc. Each website covers illustrations for different types of needs with different types of licenses. So, let’s check them out one by one.
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List of Websites to Download Free Vector Illustrations:
Open Doodles
Open Doodles is a free website with a collection of hand-drawn sketchy illustrations. The collection contains dozens of sketchy vector illustrations that you can download in SVG and PNG file formats. There is also an online Open Doodles tool that allows you to customize the illustration with different colors and pre-defined themes. You can either use a pre-defined theme or pick your choice of colors to customize the appearance. All the illustrations are under CC0 license means you can edit, copy, redraw and share them without any attribution.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- SVG and PNG Files
- Free for commercial and personal use
Delesign
Delesign is another website to download free vector illustrations. This website has a decent collection of various types of illustrations covering chatbox, icons, characters, web frames, and more. All the illustrations have the exact same primary color. From the top of the list, you can change the primary color and all the illustrations will use that primary color. This way, you can select a primary illustration color that suits the theme of your project. After personalizing the illustration with your choice of color, you can download them in SVG or PNG file format.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- SVG and PNG
- Free for commercial and personal use
Vector Creator
Vector Creator is an online illustration editor by Icons8. Instead of having pre-defined vector illustrations, it allows you to create personalized illustrations. This Vector Creator packs over 3000 graphic elements covering animals, people, objects, plants, symbols, decorations, etc. which you can drag and drop to the editor and customize to create personalized illustrations. All the graphic elements are available in 12 different themes which gives a decent variety to suit your style. Although all the illustration elements are vector graphics, the free-tier can only export to high and low resolution PNG files.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- PNG Output (SVG with Icons8 subscription)
- Free for commercial and personal use with attribution
Humaaans
Humaaans is a free website that offers human-shaped vector illustrations. You can download the illustration library for free which contains an editable Sketch file. That Sketch contains dozens of human illustrations which you can customize as per your needs. You can also convert the Sketch file to PSD to use the illustration with Photoshop, Figma, etc. And, if you just need the illustrations for quick use, you can also download a single illustration from the library in SVG and PNG file format. These vector illustrations are under CC Attribution 4.0, means you can use them for free with attribution.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- Sketch File, SVG, and PNG
- Free for commercial and personal use under CC Attribution 4.0
Stubborn Illustration Generator
Stubborn Illustration Generator is basically a collection of vector files with illustration resources in them. The website has free as well as a paid collection. The free collection has Figma, Sketch, SVG, and PNG files containing 3 persons, 10 boy illustrations, 10 girl illustrations, 5 robot illustrations, and 20 scenes. You can customize all those resources and generate vector illustrations that you can use for personal and commercial purposes without any attribution.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- Figma, Sketch, SVG & PNG Files
- Free for commercial and personal use
Paper Illustrations
Paper Illustrations is another free collection of vector illustrations that you can use for personal as well as commercial use for free under the Creative Common 4 attribution. The collection contains 20 vector illustrations in EPS format which you can customize with apps like Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, etc. You can also browse the collection on the website and download any individual illustration with custom size in PNG format.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustrations
- EPS and PNG Files
- Free for commercial and personal use under Creative Common 4 attribution
Mixkit
Mixkit is another website to download free illustrations. This website a beautiful collection of art-based illustrations. You can explore the collection by categories like relationships, emotions, activities, animals, food & drinks, nature, home, cities, celebrations, portraits, and more. This categorization helps you easily find the illustrations for your needs. Each illustration gives you three download options, original size, phone wallpaper, and computer wallpaper. All option downloads a PNG file that you can use, edit, modify, redistribution free without any attribution.
Highlights
- Free Illustrations
- PNG File
- Free for commercial and personal use
404 Illustrations
404 Illustrations offers a collection of illustrations for “404 Error” page. The idea is that instead of having a regular boring 404 error message, you can use these illustrations. There are around a dozen illustrations that you can download as PNG files. All the illustrations are minimalistic yet beautiful. There is no customization option but they come with transparent background and small sizes which make them perfect to use in web pages. Also, they are absolutely free to use without any attribution.
Highlights
- Free Illustrations
- PNG File
- Free for commercial and personal use
Illustrio
Illustrio is a free icon library where you can find vector icons for various types of needs. The homepage of this website lists all the icons with customization options at the top and bottom. From the top, you can customize the primary and secondary icon colors as per your choice. And, from the bottom, you can custom the appearance of the icons with stroke, duo, shift, circle, square, badge, round, drop shape, and more effects. You can also customize each icon individually with the same options before downloading. After that, you can download the icon as SVG or PNG file and use it for personal/commercial use with attribution.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustration icons
- SVG and PNG
- Free for commercial and personal use with attribution
Flaticon
Flaticon is a popular icon library on the internet where you can find thousands of vector icons. This website offers icons with various styles grouped in icon packs. Other users of the website also contributed to the vast icon library by uploading their icon packs. Some of the icon packs are predefined but most of them let you tweak the appearance by changing the color and position size. You can create a free account on the website and add icons to your collection. Or you can download them directly as SVG or PNG files and use with attribution.
Highlights
- Customizable Vector Illustration icons
- SVG and PNG
- Free for commercial and personal use with attribution
Note: If you are looking for royalty-free vector icons, check out these 5 free websites.
Wrap Up
These websites offer nice collections of illustrations that can fulfill your needs for personal as well as commercial purposes. These illustrations are good for social media posts, ad campaigns, landing pages, etc. Each website has its own license for illustrations. I mentioned the license details with each website but I still recommend you to properly read the license and attribution information when you download the illustrations.
