Free Graphics and Clipart
Resources In this section,
chalo.net reviews the Web's top free graphics and clipart
resources. Are you looking for some snazzy, royalty-free graphics to
spice up your business presentation? Or how about a nifty animated
image to liven up your Web page? Or some eye-popping wallpaper for
your desktop? Or a free service that allows you to "crunch" your Web
site's images so they'll load faster? Below you'll find the Web's
top resources for anything graphics-related, no matter what your
need.
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- ABCGiant.com
This site offers many original free graphics, suitable for Web
pages. Categories include 3D balls, 3D bullets, arrows, banners,
bar lines and small and large buttons. They'll also customize
the graphics for you (limit one per visitor).
They've recently greatly expanded their selection of Web page
backgrounds and now offer over 8,000 images to choose from.
- FreeGraphics.org
A great place to go if you're looking for free clipart, this
well-designed site offers graphics in many categories,
including animations, arrows, banners, buttons, fonts,
interfaces, photos, templates, textures and wallpaper.
- 100000FreeCliparts.com
This site offers thousands of free clipart images and it
doesn't pester you with pop-up ads, unlike many similar
resources. There's a handy "Lightbox" feature here
that lets you save images for later use. You can also have the
images that you've selected E-mailed to you in ZIP format.
- Animations-Galore
This site offers hundreds of free 3D animated clipart images.
Categories include body parts, books, cartoons, E-mail signs,
food, holidays, music, smiley faces, sports and more.
- The
Hassle Free Clip Art Site
Here's an excellent, no-nonsense free graphics directory that
(unlike a lot of sites of this kind) doesn't pester you with
banner ads, pop-ups, etc. The site includes various categories
of free clipart, as well as reviews of other free graphics
sites on the Web.
- TotallyFreeClipart.com
This handy site offers a roundup of free clipart resources on
the Web. There is also a nice tutorial about downloading
graphics. Clipart categories here include animations,
backgrounds, banners, buttons, fonts, icons, logos, photos,
and more.
- Web-Clipart.com
This site serves up a good selection of free clipart images,
divided into 12 categories. Topics here include animals,
business, education, holidays, music, people, school, sports,
and more.
- FresherImage.com
Looking for free graphics? This is a well-designed resource
that offers several thousand free clipart images. Categories
here include 3D animations, arrows, backgrounds, borders,
bullets, comic strips, icons, lines and more, as well as tips
and advice on creating your own art.
- EKNP.com
This site offers a good roundup of free Web graphics,
including GIF animations, bullets, dividers, backgrounds and
more. Here, you'll also find a good roundup of free fonts,
sorted alphabetically.
- DrawShop
Do you need a custom mascot or logo for your Web site or
business? At this site, you can get a free professionally
crafted image, courtesy of Danish graphics artist Poul Carlsen.
The images he creates are colorful and high quality. (Note:
a linkback is required).
- FlamingText.com
How'd you like a really cool (or I should say hot) custom logo
that looks like it's on fire (complete with animated flames)?
That's what this innovative free service offers. Other designs
here include Alien Glow, beveled pattern, chalk, chrome,
comic, metal, drop shadow, frosty, glowing, neon, particle
trace and many more. (FlamingText.com
is WebTV-friendly).
- BackgroundsGiant.com
An impressive resource, this site offers thousands of
background images, suitable for Web pages. Background
categories here include regular backgrounds, large backgrounds
(256 pixels) and sidebar backgrounds (1024-by-128 pixels).
- Animation
VirtualLand
This well-done free clipart directory offers over 2,100 free
original animated GIFs including alphabets, bullets, buttons,
flags and more.
- FreeGraphics.com
With a domain like FreeGraphics.com, this site has a lot to
live up to. And Claire Schaeffer's site delivers quite nicely:
it's a well-organized, searchable database of free graphics
links. Graphics include buttons, bullets, control panels,
bars, sets, backgrounds, animations, and more. All sites are
rated and reviewed.
- Animation-Central.com
Here's a nifty archive of free animations for your Web site.
Graphics here are helpfully categorized. Topics include
aliens, animals, books, flags, hearts, money, numbers, signs,
sports, zodiacs and more.
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- Free-Photographs.net
Are you looking for royalty-free stock photographs? This site
offers a treasure trove of free photos and other graphics.
Note that many (but not all) of the photos here are intended
for non-commercial usage. Photo categories include aircraft,
buildings, fauna, flags, people, pets, places, signs,
technology, trains, vehicles, and more.
- MorgueFile.com
Looking for free photo art? A classy, well-organized site,
MorgueFile.com offers a huge archive of photo images,
available for both private and corporate use. There's an
impressive collection of free photos here, sorted by category.
- OneOddDude.net
This site offers a good selection of free original stock
photos. Here, you'll also find textures, wallpapers, fractals,
Bryce mats, and more. The images here are intended for
non-commercial, personal usage.
- The
Coin Page
Looking for free images of coins? This is the place to go. The
Coin Page offers a searchable database with hundreds of
high-quality coin photos. If you download any of the images
here, be sure to read the site's "terms of use"
section.
- Albumtown
Here, you can create your own online personalized photo album.
Albumtown gives you 30 megs of space for your images, for
public or private usage. The site lets you edit and organize
your photos, and you can also send your images as E-cards to
friends and family.
- FreeFoto.Com
This site offers over 40,000 free photo images from around the
world. Photos here are categorized by nation and/or topic.
There are many photos of a variety of scenes from Europe, the
U.S. and the Far East. The site also features photo categories
that include "Business," "Nature,"
"Transport" and more. Each photo is annotated and is
in JPG format. (For noncommercial use
only). Linkback required.
- Background
City
An impressive graphics resource that offers loads of free,
original background images and textures. Image categories here
include embossed, rainbow, dark, starry, clouds, patterns,
space, lines and more. Images here are intended for personal,
non-profit use only. They may be used for free on
noncommercial personal Web sites or as desktop wallpaper.
- Free
photo editing service
Need a basic photo editing job done? This site will perform
basic services such as image enhancement and removal of
blemishes for free. Just E-mail them your GIF or JPG image
file and read their terms of service.
- WallpapersDirectory.com
This directory serves up a fine collection of free
high-quality photo wallpaper images for your desktop.
Categories here include celebrities, sci-fi, aircraft, Star
Wars, holidays, movies, cartoons, space, Lord of the Rings,
nature and more.
- GraphicsFreebies.com
This well-designed site ranks the Web's top free graphics
resources by the number of votes they've received from their
visitors. Each site is reviewed and the index is updated
throughout the day.
- Free
Images
Looking for free photos? This marvelous site offers over 2,500
free, original, digital stock photographic images. Many
categories to select from.
- Spinwave
Want faster-loading Web pages? Then check out this
excellent, free online utility that can reduce the size
and download times of GIF images from anywhere on your
hard drive or the Web by up to 90%. You can crunch single
GIFs for free (although you'll need to subscribe to crunch
whole sites). Their new JPEGCruncher
downsizes many other types of images to JPEG format,
including GIF, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and other formats.
- IrfanView
One of the handiest freeware programs around, this
multimedia and graphics viewer can handle any type of file
you throw at it: from GIFs to Real Audio to MP3 to Adobe
Photoshop files, as well as a lot of obscure formats. (For
Windows).
- 20/20
This fabulous freeware graphics application offers loads
of features that you normally only see in the top
commercial programs. 20/20 is an image viewer, screen
capture and annotation program. Many features: slideshows,
thumbnails, a background generator and much more. (For
Windows).
- AAAThemes.com
This site serves up hundreds of free desktop themes.
Categories here include anime, art, fantasy, games, horror
& occult, holidays, movies and music. New themes are
added each day.
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