clipart

Ready-made illustrations

Clipart is pre-made images designed to be inserted into documents, presentations, or other media.

The term emerged with desktop publishing software, when users could "clip" graphics from collections and paste them into projects.

Clipart tends toward simple, generic illustrations—office workers, handshakes, globes—often with a dated or cheesy quality: The presentation was full of terrible clipart.

format

vector

Quantity with direction

pixels · transparency · royalty-free · stock · download · low-res · thumbnail · embedded · inserted

design

graphic

Vividly detailed or visual

  • iconPictorial screen symbol
  • symbolRepresentational mark or sign
  • logoCompany identifying symbol

motif · emblem · badge · silhouette · stencil · template · cutout · decal · sticker · border

style

cartoon

Animated or humorous illustration

  • doodleMindless rough sketch
  • sketchHasty informal drawing
  • flatLacking vertical variation

simplistic · childlike · whimsical · retro · cheesy · dated · minimalist · colorful · outline · basic

usage

presentation

Formal display to viewers

poster · scrapbook · worksheet · slideshow · webpage · invitation · printable · insert · placeholder · filler

subject

holiday

Day of rest

animal · food · people · arrow · checkmark · star · heart · smiley · thumbs-up · lightbulb

Categories
Opposites
originality

clipartoriginal artwork

First authentic creative work

unique design

production method

clipartfine art

Aesthetic visual creations

bespoke design · high art · masterwork · artistic photography · oil painting

image type

clipartphotograph

Image from a camera

photography · stock photo · documentary photography

Family

art, clip, artist, artistic, artistry, artful, artwork, artisan, clipped

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G