Pixabay.com - Free Stills and Videos!

Sooner or later every digital artist has to get to grips with copyright law. In particular, where can you find royalty-free images and video for use in your work? It's no use just grabbing stuff from Google. Copyright owners can and will hunt you down, especially the stock image companies like Getty Images. One excellent solution to the problem is Pixabay.com.

Pixabay.com describes itself as "a vibrant community of creatives, sharing copyright free images and videos. All contents are released under Creative Commons CC0, which makes them safe to use without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist - even for commercial purposes."

Need a sunset? A Japanese interior? It's all there for you, commercial free, royalty free. A huge and growing resource for students and professionals alike, and especially useful if you're making beautiful work on a small budget.

And if you'd like to know more about Copyright Law, watch my free video below.


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