Commercial Use Clip art

[skbohanon]

I am wanting to expand on my graphic design business and do custom party announcements.
I'm trying to find some commercial use clip art use. I've googled it and everything that pops up is free and VERY CHEESY!!!! I'm wanting some elegant, adorable kind of clip art. I'm willing to pay to use it for commercial purposes but I'm having a hard time finding nice stuff.

Thanks so much!
Susan

[Carbone]

I have a few software on my Mac (which all have PCs equivalent) for that :

The Big Box of Art
Hemera Photo Objects

Big Box of Art is ok, I find it very useful for quick jobs.

Good sites for nice pictures :
www.istockphoto.com

And there's Microsoft Office Online which has an extensive clip art library:
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/....aspx?lc=en-us

Ray

[skbohanon]

Thanks Ray!

I can't seem to find anything that will let me preview what's on that The Big Box of Art cd. Is there any way to preview a few items on there before I purchase?

Thanks again!

[Carbone]

I know it sounds strange... I filmed it on my computer while scrolling for the word apple in Vector Clip Art. If you'd let me know what you're looking for (pm me on that), I'd be glad to let you sample a few images.

http://homepage.mac.com/carbmac/capt...fArt215000.mov

Keep in mind, this is the small package (215,000 images) and is not made only of Clip Art but also real images (JPEG, TIFF, etc.)

Ray

[Wendy]

Susan ..

This site has some wonderful gold clip art ... and some of it is free:

http://www.goldclipart.com/

Wendy

[Diana]

Hi Susan,

I don't know if this is the kind of clipart you like for your purposes, but these are adorable and you can buy them on CD (and she does have a few free downloads):
http://www.countryclipart.com/welcome.htm

Here are some others on somewhat the same order from my Favorites menu. I believe most of them have a purchase option for commercial use.
http://www.countrygraphics.com/
http://www.maryslittlelamb.com/
http://www.karrenkountry.com/graphics/graphics.html
http://www.geocities.com/moonchildgr...hicsindex.html
http://www.mtccountrygraphics.com/
http://purdypixels.com/
http://snogirl.snoville.com/
http://strawberryfields.just.nu/
http://countrytidbitsgraphics.com/
http://www.myhoneybrook.com/mo1.htm

Diana

[Carbone]

Diana,

That's a nice collection of links you got there... You should put them in the Helpful Links section as well.

Ray

[Wendy]

Diana ...

Thanks for all the links

Wendy

[Diana]

You're welcome. I linked this thread to the Helpful Links thread.

Diana

[NMarti]

Diana
What a wonderful collection of clipart. I have bookmarked several.