Being creative should never be hindered by financial resources. There are far too many talented people out there with incredible ideas who simply don't have the funds to buy expensive assets. While I completely understand the need for creators to sell premium LUTs, overlays, and effects—they take real time and effort to produce—I view this side of my work as a passion project.
For me, the greatest reward is giving others the tools to empower their creativity, without the barrier of a price tag. That is why I am building this Creative Hub. It is a dedicated, evolving space designed to host a wide range of royalty free creative assets to help indie artists, musicians, game developers and filmmakers.
This is very much a work in progress, and I plan to continually add new assets and files over time. If required for your project and peace of mind, you can download a .TXT copy of the asset license here.
Lastly, to help keep these resources freely available, donations are never expected but always deeply appreciated.
FREE DIGITAL SOFTWARE TOOLS:
While there are plenty of fantastic paid options out there, you don’t need a massive budget or a commercial studio workstation to be creative—just a computer, laptop, or tablet, and an imagination. Affinity is my creative workstation of choice for visual art; it easily rivals heavyweights like Photoshop, and following its acquisition by Canva, the full core software is entirely free to download and use.
Alongside Affinity, I rely heavily on Krita, Blender, and Movavi Video Editor across my design, recording, and production work. While tools like Movavi offer optional paid upgrades, open-source powerhouses like Krita, Audacity, GIMP, and Blender—just like Affinity—require no payment at all. These standalone programs are fully fledged and provide everything you need to bring your creative vision to life.
There are plenty of other awesome artists, volunteer collectives and organisations also releasing art tools and content, either under a Creative Commons or royalty free license.
Copyright can be a murky hill sometimes, if ever in doubt with a source - Just play it safe and assume the content cannot be reused without permission, or simply reach out to them! You might be surprised to find your favourite artists and musicians (may) be open to helping you out.
Some popular (and creator safe!) options below..
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS: Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, but you do not need to belong to one of those projects to use media hosted here. The repository is created and maintained not by paid archivists, but by volunteers.
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGE LIBRARY (PDA): The Public Domain Image Archive is a curated collection of more than 10,000 out-of-copyright historical images, free for all to explore and reuse. With the aim to offer a platform that serves both as a practical resource and a place to simply explore an ever-growing portal of more than 2000 years of visual culture.
SESSIONS | CREATOR SAFE MUSIC FROM RIOT GAMES: The creators of League of Legends and Valorant have worked to create expansive creator-safe playlists that are consistently updated as new music becomes available. The playlists are meant to give you freedom and peace of mind to use the music in your content on streaming and social platforms, as long as you follow the pretty relaxed guidelines.
PEXELS: Pexels is a popular free stock photo and video website that provides high-quality, copyright-free visual media for personal and commercial use. Founded in 2014, the platform allows creators, designers, and businesses to download and use media without needing to pay or credit the original creator.