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The Ultimate Collection Of Free Vector Packs
Designers love freebies that make life easier and help them create higher-quality work. Free vectors are useful, free vector packs even more so. Fortunately, there are plenty of talented graphic designers who are willing to give away their work (or samples of it) to benefit the rest of us. In this post, we feature 60 of the best and most useful free vector packs.
Many of the vectors featured here would be useful for particular styles of design and specific types of websites. Take a few moments to browse through them, and you may find something that’s perfect for a current or upcoming project. Before you use any of the freebies, be sure to check the license designated by the creator to stay within the stated guidelines.
Abstract Blobs and Bursts
A pack of 10 vectors for creating abstract effects.
Wavy Vector Ribbons
A pack of 7 trendy vectors of wavy lines.
Trendy Circles
Another trendy collection, this one containing six variations.
Circles
Different types and combinations of circles are in this pack.
Weird Bubbles
If other circles don’t meet your needs, ten vectors are included in this pack.
Modern Arrows
An easy way to add a trendy style to your designs.
Spiral Vectors
A very useful set of different types of spirals.
Vector Lines, Swirls and Patterns
This vector pack includes 20 different lines and swirls.
Character Vector Pack
T-shirt blog Teestrict offers a pack of cartoon characters.
Free Vector Pack One from Designious
Includes 20 vectors from some of the company’s premium vector packs.
Free Vector Pack Two from Designious
Includes another 20 vectors from Designious’ premium vector packs.
Vintage Mega Pack 5 Samples
A few select samples from Designious’ premium Vintage Mega Pack 5.
Night Lights
A set of four out-of-focus vectors from Go Media.
Safari and Zoo Animals
SpoonGraphics offers this collection of 20+ vectors of land mammals and aquatic life.
Animals
A set of 17 vectors of various animals being distributed at GoMediaZine.
Dinosaurs Vector Pack
A big set of lots of different dinosaurs.
Birds in Flight
A pack of 12 bird vectors from Bittbox.
Bird Vectors
A high-quality sample pack.
Simple and Cute Twitter Bird Vector Graphics
These 8 vectors could be useful for bloggers who display Twitter updates.
Illustrated Vector Sneaker Graphics
A collection of 3 hand-drawn vectors from SpoonGraphics.
Hand-Drawn Decorative Ornaments
Bittbox provides this decorative vector pack.
Hand-Drawn Decorative Ornaments II
A second set from Bittbox.
Vector Garden Symbol Set
This set includes 19 high-quality swirly vectors.
Flowers
Bittbox also provides this pack of flower vectors
Flowers
More vector flowers with a good deal of variety.
Foliage
The first foliage vector set from Bittbox.
Foliage Part 2
The second foliage set from Bittbox.
Tree Silhouettes
Several different types of trees are included in this pack from Digital Artist Toolbox.
Ecology Vectors
A big pack of nice leaves.
Flowers and Plants
More than 30 different flower and plant vectors are included.
Dotty Women Vector Graphics
This pack includes 4 vectors.
Watercolors
A big set of watercolor vectors that provide an alternative to using brushes for similar effects.
Fingerprints
A set of 11 vectors from Go Media of fingertips, palm prints and streaks.
Poppy Color Stickers
Twenty vectors (in 10 different colors) of Web 2.0-style stickers.
Embroidery Badges
A variety of different badges are available in this pack.
Speech Bubbles
A set of 33 vector speech bubbles.
Office Objects
A quality set of vectors from random objects around the office.
Technology Vectors
This set includes monitors, a mouse, headphones, a cell phone and more.
Tower Vector Pack
This is a pack of silhouettes of famous towers around the world.
Vector Stars
Several different styles of star vectors are included in this pack.
Power Tool Pack
A set of 10 vector power tools.
Vector Notes
A nice collection of hand-written post-it notes.
Wood Signs
This pack includes several different types of wood sign vectors.
Sport Set
A collection of equipment and balls from different sports.
Winter Sports Vectors
Snowboards, snowboarders and skiers are included in this pack.
Skaters Vector Pack
A great set for grungy skater designs.
Surf Vector Silhouettes
A pack of various silhouettes of surfers.
Live Music
A nice collection of musicians performing on stage.
Rap Attack Vector Pack
This is a big set of rap and hip-hop influenced vectors.
Sexy Girls Vectors
A pack of female silhouettes.
Vector Skull Set
A big set of 18 vector skulls.
Urban Collection
A large pack of various vectors for urban-influenced design.
Transportation Silhouettes
Every type of transportation, from bike to horse to car, is included in this vector pack.
Aircrafts Vector Pack
A big pack of vector planes from different eras.
Road Signs and Traffic Light
Various signs are a part of this colorful vector pack.
Grunge Photo Frames
Easily add a grunge element to your designs with these frames.
Vector Grunge Elements
Another pack for creating grungy designs.
Ink Scribbles and Scratches
This pack includes a few different scribbles to use in your own work.
’70s Vector Pack
An assortment of ’70s-style vectors.
Vector Ornaments
This is a big pack (over 40) of various ornamental vectors.
[Offtopic: by the way, did you already get your copy of the brand new Smashing Book?]
Other Sources of Free Vectors
Although this post focuses on vector packs, you can find individual vector files (as well as some packs) at the following websites:
- Vector Stock
- Qvectors
- Vecteezy
- FreeVectors.net
- CoolVectors.com
- Vector4Free.com
- VectorPortal.com
- VectorJungle.com
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Steven Snell has been designing websites for several years. He actively maintains a few blogs of his own, including DesignM.ag, which regularly provides articles and resources for web designers.
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January 16th, 2009 8:02 pmVery nice! Thanks!
- 3January 16th, 2009 8:05 pm
wow .. thats huge and creative collection ! thanks for sharing
- 4January 16th, 2009 8:22 pm
wow that’s a lot.
- 5January 16th, 2009 8:27 pm
now that rocks. thanks!
- 6January 16th, 2009 9:15 pm
Fantastic, especially the hand drawn ornaments.
- 7January 16th, 2009 9:46 pm
AWESOME!!! You empower us like no other! Thanks SM
- 8January 16th, 2009 10:27 pm
Thanks for the nice article.
- 9January 16th, 2009 11:41 pm
whoa, me likes freebies! Thanks SM!
- 10January 17th, 2009 12:02 am
Thank you
- 11January 17th, 2009 12:23 am
This is an amazing collection of vectors! Thank you Smashing Magazine.
- 12January 17th, 2009 12:57 am
Thank you very much!
- 13January 17th, 2009 1:20 am
Unbelievable this collection :)
- 14January 17th, 2009 2:16 am
Shoddy collection of the most common vectors that you can easily find – mostly on one site – if you Google for free vectors.
I sure don’t comment a lot on this site, but it usually has some excellent content.
In attempt to make things better this year, this is a very poor start. - 15January 17th, 2009 3:07 am
This is great stuff…I’ve always been into adstract art and this looks easy enough to do even if you don’t have experience!!!
- 16January 17th, 2009 3:20 am
What a great list.. Thanks a lot.
- 17January 17th, 2009 3:52 am
great job!
keep up the good work, it’s very appreciated.. - 18January 17th, 2009 4:10 am
wohooooo…. great collection! thx again, smashing!
- 19January 17th, 2009 4:17 am
This is irresistible!
- 20January 17th, 2009 4:27 am
Well, even if you see a lot of common vectors, its still a very usefull collection. I`m glad to have a collection like that without searching through the web for hours..
- 21January 17th, 2009 5:36 am
Very Nice collection, Thank You :-)!!!
- 22January 17th, 2009 6:29 am
Great resource, thanks..
- 23January 17th, 2009 6:29 am
Really good collection. Thanks :)
- 24January 17th, 2009 8:16 am
Smashing my brains out in gratitude. orz
- 25January 17th, 2009 8:25 am
Wow what a huge list. Thank you!
- 26January 17th, 2009 8:31 am
Scroll +75 exp level up
- 27January 17th, 2009 9:28 am
Wow! They are so many and so useful for design work. Great find smashing, once again.
- 28January 17th, 2009 9:33 am
love it
- 29January 17th, 2009 10:43 am
Kick-Ass!
Are all of them royalty-free so I can use them at work? ;) - 30January 17th, 2009 11:01 am
Great collection!!!! Thanks!
- 31January 17th, 2009 11:10 am
Very nice collection. Certainly some of them i’ll use for some projects.
Thanks SM
- 32January 17th, 2009 11:25 am
THANK YOU!!!
God save your soul and your database.
- 33January 17th, 2009 11:38 am
thank you!
i have a question: i only have studio 8 (w/fireworks) and adobe creative suite (the first one) installed on my computer, but many of these files are in .ai format that require at least adobe creative suite 2 to open.
is there a conversion software i can download to make these files editable in my version of cs?
thanks again!
- 34January 17th, 2009 12:40 pm
Wonderfull! Thank you.
- 35January 17th, 2009 1:04 pm
Great collection. The only thing I would like to see is that you guys (smashing) would take the extra step to list the liscenses for these downloads- it would be very helpful!
- 36January 17th, 2009 1:20 pm
very usefull. thx a lot!
- 37January 17th, 2009 2:29 pm
fricking awesome!
- 38January 17th, 2009 2:50 pm
oh, fingerprints, nice to have… ;)
- 39January 17th, 2009 4:51 pm
Good collection of useful stuff !!
- 40January 17th, 2009 5:41 pm
I’ve got a collection of vector computers for network diagrams that might be helpful: http://www.wercshop.com/2008/06/12/technicalicons/
- 41January 17th, 2009 5:44 pm
wow.
That’s very much. - 42January 17th, 2009 6:05 pm
@spotted-dog you could try this…
- I copied this from search results:
Inkscape is a Vector Graphics Editor, similar to Adobe Illustrator, that strives to be SVG Compliant, open source, responsive and extensible.I’ve been using cause it’s free,
I like illustrator but I don’t yet own itps: SM – a delicious collection of concentrated talent, Thanks
- 43January 17th, 2009 6:38 pm
yep… you better continue with the inspiration and let webcomics to others ;)
- 44January 17th, 2009 10:34 pm
ARE YOU SERIOUS !? THIS IS AWESOME !
THANKS - 45January 17th, 2009 11:01 pm
Kudos to Team SmashMag, another great collection
- 46January 17th, 2009 11:21 pm
This is GREAT!
- 47January 18th, 2009 1:17 am
UN! BE! LIEVE! A! BLE!!! Thank You!
- 48January 18th, 2009 3:03 am
Great collection guys, definitely better than your smashing comic strip! .lol.
- 49January 18th, 2009 3:53 am
Good list cheers : )
- 50January 18th, 2009 8:03 am
Love the collections. Such a timesaver!!
- 51January 18th, 2009 8:33 am
Thanks for the variety Smashing!
Posts like these continue to inspire… - 52January 18th, 2009 9:06 am
great collection…
- 53January 18th, 2009 11:56 am
yeah i love it
- 54January 18th, 2009 3:19 pm
this blog completely ripped your web design guys:
http://www.apple-blog.infoplease do not let them get away with it, this internet ripping and stealing has to stop!
have a look at it. - 55January 18th, 2009 4:17 pm
Really Great Collection, gonna get all!
- 56January 18th, 2009 6:25 pm
HUWAW!!! Great Collection GUys….
I like VINES!!!
- 57January 18th, 2009 11:39 pm
Great! collection thanks!
- 58January 18th, 2009 11:42 pm
Wow, this blows my mind.
Love this collection. You are the greatest!! - 59January 19th, 2009 1:08 am
SO useful! Thanks a lot :D
- 60January 19th, 2009 2:21 am
very helpful info. thank you very much !!
- 61January 19th, 2009 2:46 am
Superb collection. Thanx!
- 62January 19th, 2009 2:57 am
Love me some vectors – thanks!
- 63January 19th, 2009 3:34 am
Thank you for this great research, you guys ROCK!!!
- 64January 19th, 2009 8:30 am
Thanks for sharing. Good stuff.
- 65January 19th, 2009 8:50 am
thanks for your work of selection.
they’re always usefull :) - 66January 19th, 2009 11:32 am
Yet another indispensable resource, thanks sharing.
- 67January 19th, 2009 1:52 pm
thank you smashing magazine! :)
- 68January 19th, 2009 8:39 pm
Wow! You guys are the answer to all my endless searches! Thanks Smashing Mag : )
- 69January 19th, 2009 9:42 pm
These sets are absolutely great and I can already find a use for most.
- 70January 19th, 2009 11:37 pm
Thank youuuuuu….!!
- 71January 20th, 2009 1:40 am
Yeah, lovely! This great collection should be really useful. Thanks!
- 72January 20th, 2009 5:04 am
thankyou so much !! :) :) :) :)
- 73January 20th, 2009 7:25 am
wow!
- 74January 20th, 2009 10:15 am
Thanks. Great stuff. I can has cheeseburger now.
Rod - 75January 21st, 2009 7:57 am
What a great resource! Thank you so much.
WOW!
- 76January 21st, 2009 7:34 pm
WOW! amazing collection. Very useful!!
- 77January 22nd, 2009 8:05 am
So nice! Thanks.
- 78January 22nd, 2009 10:13 am
Sexy Girls Vectors was stolen from Dezignus – http://dezignus.com/sexy-girls-2/
Please change it’s link to correct homepage! - 79January 23rd, 2009 2:29 pm
I really appreciate your great effort …
I can’t describe how helpful they’re to me, Love ‘em ALL ! …
Thank you very much :)
- 80January 23rd, 2009 3:32 pm
This is an incredible collection, smashing magazine rocks in 2009 again:-)
Thanks a lot! - 81January 25th, 2009 3:36 am
Remove the Sports Vectors, it leads to a dead end pop laden web site.
- 82January 26th, 2009 2:26 pm
Great vectors, much apreciated!
- 83January 28th, 2009 6:29 am
Great vectors, thanks to Steven
- 84January 29th, 2009 12:52 am
Wow!
very nice… - 85January 30th, 2009 10:20 am
Those vectors from designious sure look nice
- 86February 3rd, 2009 11:40 am
SWEET
- 87February 10th, 2009 10:12 am
Thanks to share so amazing collection.
- 88February 11th, 2009 6:35 am
All déja vu, nothing impressive…
- 89February 14th, 2009 1:01 pm
Love the mix here, many thanks!
- 90February 16th, 2009 9:11 pm
Wow !!wat a list.Thnx a lot
- 91February 20th, 2009 5:03 pm
Thanks you guys! You rock!!I Designious vectors kick ass!!boooyaa
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- 94March 17th, 2009 3:50 am
Hi everyone,
first i said thanks. exactly its useful to all designers
vijay
- 95March 20th, 2009 12:44 am
Thank you so much for this, it’s very useful!
- 96March 21st, 2009 4:11 am
this is the biggest and highest quality selection of vector packs i’ve ever seen, and it looks like most of them are free for commercial use as well, which is really helpful.
Smashing post!
- 97April 13th, 2009 3:04 am
great collection. thanks buddy.
keep it up! - 98April 24th, 2009 10:54 am
Thanks so much! Always come here for the best resources and inspiration!
- 99May 12th, 2009 11:55 am
Awesome collection,thanks !:)
I wanna share also those beautiful free vector packs with all
http://dezign-mag.com/?p=255 - 100May 13th, 2009 9:35 am
Thank you very much!!
- 101May 13th, 2009 11:19 pm
The link for Vector Garden Symbol Set (This set includes 19 high-quality swirly vectors) is broken
- 102May 30th, 2009 8:18 pm
I’m so glad I came across this website keep it up guys
- 103June 11th, 2009 5:32 am
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
- 104June 11th, 2009 11:21 pm
Thanks for doing the work. I’ve referred to this page a few times.
- 105June 18th, 2009 5:00 pm
Nice assortment…. cheers!
- 106June 21st, 2009 9:05 am
The JLW curly ornaments have gone, structure ist changed.
I was searching on her site and found them at h**p:// jlwdesign.com/?p=37, so please update links for other visitors!
- 107July 23rd, 2009 11:28 pm
Thanks a lot for all the information from free vectors. you can get more daily updated collection of free vectors for download here – http://www.123vectors.com
Congratulations - 108August 7th, 2009 8:03 am
I love it. I will use probably more than 50%…thanks a lot
- 109August 8th, 2009 12:47 pm
Another source for Free High Quality Vectors is http://www.vectorsonfire.com
- 110December 18th, 2009 4:01 am
Fantastic set of free vectors here! Thank you!
- 111January 11th, 2010 8:42 am
Great collection. there are more free vectors here: http://vector-box.com/free-vectors/
More are added often :)
- 112January 12th, 2010 2:08 am
Here is another one.
Free to use for both personal and commercial projects.
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great collection..!!!