Clipart crazy

Last week's pick featured sites devoted to the incurable font addict. This week, we feature a bunch of sites for another group of avid collectors -- the clipart crazy.

There is a wealth of clipart waiting to be downloaded from the Web, and the sampling of sites described here is in no way the be-all and end-all of online clipart collections.

The sites featured below can also be the starting point of a fascinating journey of discovering free stuff like animation, fonts, buttons, balls, banners and other graphics that spice up a Web site and make surfing an all the more enjoyable experience.

www.clipartsite.com

A site that features links to other clipart sites as well as downloads, this site has plenty of meat for the hungry clipart maniac.

Besides the thousands of images, there are a lot of animated .gifs, icons, wallpapers and other graphics as well for the taking. This is a neatly laid-out site that has taken care to arrange cliparts in various categories. Users also have the option of subscribing to a mailing list that lets you know of the latest developments in the free clipart universe.

www.1clipart.com

One of the most well-laid out clipart sites I have seen so far, this one gets to the point straightaway. It offers numerous links to other free clipart homes and also houses thousands of images in a breathtaking variety of categories, from anatomy to computers, dancing to law, security to technology.

There are also links to sites offering free stuff such as animation, fonts, freeware and shareware.

www.allfree-clipart.com

As the name says it, this site is full of clipart that's all free for you. Apart from tonnes of top quality royalty-free clipart images, it is home to a humongous collection of animations, backgrounds, banners and icons, and a great many tools that Webmasters would be delighted to use.

The layout is an added advantage of the Web site, which groups related images and graphics under appropriate heads, it is designed for easy navigation and quick retrieval of desired clipart.

Compiled by C. Ramesh