My preference is always to use visuals I’ve created in order to better showcase my own creative design aesthetic and abilities. Also, I strongly believe it is important as a professional designer and educator to avoid copyright infringement…although I’m sure there have been times when I’ve missed the mark. When I don’t easily have my own visuals available, I have had good luck finding relevant free-to-use and royalty-free images via Pixabay, Unsplash, Freeimages, and The Commons in Flickr. In addition, I’ve found that some images on Flickr have generous Creative Commons licensing (see Finding Public Domain & Creative Commons Media…
My basecamp for professional endeavors