The Open Clip Art Library grew from a project between Jon Phillips (of Fabricatorz) and Bryce Harrington, in early 2004. From humble beginnings, it has evolved into a massive collection of over 24,000 scalable vector images, all created by 1200+ artists from around the world. The Open Clip Art Library is an increasingly useful and [...]

Web 2.0: an often used and misunderstood term describing the current digital landscape. Clip Art of the Month for March, 2010, takes a look at Web 2.0 design standards and what they mean to the Clip Art Community. One of the most recognizable aspects of Web 2.0 design is having a bold color scheme. As [...]

p {clear: both} #pic1, #pic2, #pic3 {position: relative; float: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0px;} Clip Art of the Month for February 2010 will focus on Content regulation. Whether one stands in favor of Apple’s products or against them, it’s impossible to deny Jobs and Company’s impact on our technological lives. Last week [...]

2010 has arrived! What sort of visual trends can be expected in the next year? How will Clip Art evolve into the new decade? Going back through 2009 submissions will provide a point of reference as we search for these answers. When used effectively, gradients can add new dimensions to vector-based imagery. The landscape designed [...]

This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a business card template using Inkscape. The steps in this tutorial will work for Inkscape versions 0.46 and 0.47.

Last week’s clip art of the week inspired me to create a couple of quick vectorized graphics from Obama’s public domain senate image from Wikimedia Commons: The above image I created by taking the photo of Obama, importing it into the free drawing program, Inkscape, and then using the tracing function to convert the unscalable [...]