How to Find Free Clip Art Fast
Clip art images are pre-made illustrations designed for shared, not-for-profit or commercial project usage. Adding clip art to a project helps reduce or remove artwork production costs. Clip art can also save time when a deadline for a project approaches. Whether you're dealing with a last-minute deadline for a business presentation, a school project or a homemade birthday party banner, several methods exist to find clip art images fast.
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Open the word processing, publishing or design software that you're using, open the software's "Help" menu and then search for "clip art" to locate free clip art already included with the software.
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Check to see if the manufacturer of the software that you're using, or other software manufacturers, offers free clip art online. Example: Microsoft offers free clip art through its Microsoft Office Images site and Avery Dennison offers free clip art in its Image Library.
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Go to a clip art site sponsored by an education-related company, school system, university or library -- especially for not-for-project projects. For example, the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and Discovery Education offer thousands of free clip art images for students and teachers to use in projects.
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Contact people related to the project topic and ask for assistance with finding clip art fast. For example, if the project is for a club, ask club members for help with finding clip art or clip art resources. If it involves a hobby, but not a club, ask people that you know that share the same interest, ask in online forums devoted to your hobby, or visit hobby websites you frequent and contact site owners.
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Get clip art images from creative sharing art and image focused sites such as deviantART and The Stock Solution. To find free clip art on a site, enter a keyword search for "clip art" or "free clip art" or click any links that have "clip art" in the title.
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Tips & Warnings
To find free clip art for a specific topic after you've accessed a clip art gallery, add a descriptor to your keyword search to narrow the search. For example, for Halloween clip art you might search with generic keywords: "free Halloween clip art" or more specific keywords: "free Halloween pumpkin clip art" or "free black cat clip art."
Always check the copyright associated with any clip art image before using it, to make certain you use the image as intended and allowed. You may find that an image is restricted for use -- for example, use only in not-for-profit, non-profit or personal projects; or that you must credit the artist or ask for written permission to use the image. In addition, you may find that you aren't allowed to edit the image -- full editing restrictions or partial restrictions such as no color alteration, re-sizing or mirror image creation.
