Tenkar's Tavern: Free Commercial Stock Photos

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Free Commercial Stock Photos - Pexels

If you create adventures or gaming material, for your home group or as a self publisher, you need to bookmark Pexels.

Free to use commercial stock photos.

I can see this tree representing The Weep in The Misplaced Lands.

I WILL find a use for this cave.

and this...

oh my!

Ht tip to +Keith J Davies

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UnknownJune 18, 2017 at 1:38 PM
Another good site for free commercial stock photos is pixabay.
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UnknownJune 18, 2017 at 1:41 PM
And also if you have a little experience with handling vector files you should certainly give game-icons.net a try!
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DM TheseusJune 18, 2017 at 2:08 PM
Nice find! I might finally have to hook up that projector I keep telling myself I'll find a use for.
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Keith DaviesJune 18, 2017 at 2:20 PM
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Keith DaviesJune 18, 2017 at 2:20 PM
I'm glad you find this useful, Erik. And that second cave... makes me think of the Fungoid Cavern.
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The AzebroniteJune 18, 2017 at 3:11 PM
Thanks for this! I'll be looking for art sources for my project soon
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DougJune 18, 2017 at 3:17 PM
Seems like that first photo is of a certain Mad Hermit's domicile.
Excellent.
Thanks, Erik.
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Free Commercial Stock Photos - Pexels

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