The Clip Art Book: A Complilation of More Tahn 5,000 Illustrations and Designs

The Clip Art Book contains quite a collection of images expressing the broad range of the visual historical human experience. The illustrations are primarily comprised of woodcuts and engravings. This book contains about 5,000 images ranging from the fantastic to the aesthetically beautiful and pleasing to the eye. The books break down and categorize the illustrations into 16 categories of subject matter and interest. The vast array of images is representative of concepts and thought provoking invigorating atmosphere. This is an invaluable book if you are really looking for a collection of engravings (black & white) for clip art.

This book is certainly worth its low price. As a virtual "picture dictionary", there are tones of images to look at, ranging from all subjects and dates. Stylisticly speaking, the variety of these drawings is very wide, from 1700's style etchings to the more contemporary illustrations. I must say, it has really broadened my drawing technique.

I have found several opportunities to use some of the artwork within this book for various projects. But, even greater has been its use for idea production. As an illustrator myself, I have found the stylistic approaches to the many different illustrations within this book to be inspirational, and they have been invaluable in broadening my own pen and ink drawing and illustration perspective. Even if you are not an artist, or have any intention in utilizing this book as a professional resource, it is truly a work of art in and of itself, both creatively as well as historically. Its just great to look at.

This is a large book with an admirable variety of designs. Especially handy for photocopying--for cutting and pasting the old fashioned way! Great for zines, party invites, announcements, flyers, and so on. The book has a nice variety of designs from sports to animals to tech objects, and so on. It's main drawback is that most of the designs are older ones. So, for example--you can work with a funky old bicycle design, but nothing from a recent decade. Still, these designs completely spice up nearly anything you're working on. I thought it was worth fifteen bucks.