Hello everyone!


A little over a month ago, we started assembling a directory of unrestricted use stock accounts. The directory can be found here. Thanks to your participation, it has grown from a hand full of account to over 40. Here are the accounts we have so far.






I'm sure there are many other accounts on deviantART offering unrestricted use stock. If you or someone you know is one of them, please have the owner of the account note me or comment in the Unrestricted Use Stock Directory journal.



What is unrestricted use stock?

Unrestricted use stock can be used for both personal and commercial projects. You are not required to obtain permission prior to using the stock off site and the only requirements are that the stock provider be notified and credited.


On deviantART, we typically think of stock being used in digital works or as reference, but there are many other ways that stock can be used, such as:

• Websites, journals and banners
• Literary tags and images
• Advertising, publishing
• Games, packaging, electronic media, etc.

Unrestricted use stock accounts are great resources for these types of projects. To keep things from becoming overly complicated, I am only including accounts where all of the images are unrestricted. I am taking this more conservative route to avoid misunderstandings.

^{Note: "Restricted" or stock with more stringent rules is not more or less desirable than unrestricted use stock. There is a large audience for stock that is only available for use on deviantART or requires permission prior to being used off site. There are many reasons why people may not offer their stock unrestricted. For example, my own stock account is not unrestricted because I have photographs taken at a historical site.}

Hope that you find this directory useful and appreciate everyone's assistance in helping us with this project.





<sup>Previous Stock Articles

Unrestricted Use Stock - I

Prints in Stock - I
Prints in Stock - II

A Week in Stock
A Week in Stock - Vol. II
A Week in Stock - Vol. III
A Week in Stock - Vol. IV</sup>