A picture is worth a thousand words. Ugh, what a cliche. But it's still true. Including images in your blog is a good way to up your post appeal. If you're like me, though, you hate to look for clip art because most free clip art sites are torture to navigate. But for you, dear readers, I have braved clip art hell in an effort to find the b

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Recently, since switching to a magazine style theme, I've been using a lot of graphical elements in my articles. Several people have contacted me asking about where I got them. In this post, I cover the main sources of pictures that I've used. This includes both free and paid sources and sources both on and off the Internet. If you've wond

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Anyone who can point a mouse and type can create customized free photos and animated video clips with the Image Chef online graphics application. Just pick one of the many photos or animations that Image Chef has available and type in a short message or name. In seconds, you get a high-quality free image that's perfect for

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Can't find free clipart you like? This tutorial shows you how to make professional quality free clip art with Picnik, an easy-to-use online application. You don't even have to register to use this free tool and there are no fees.

Just upload the blank file provided in the tutorial and follow the simple instructions to cre

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This collection of vintage dog clip art is not only useful; it's fun. There’s something about dogs wearing clothes and glasses while doing activities usually reserved for people that cracks me up. But if your taste runs more toward traditional vintage images, there also are some more serious dogs here, along with their equally

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This free vintage Thanksgiving clip art is perfect for holiday decorating, fliers, Web sites, blogs or to use anywhere you want that Thanksgiving holiday feel. It's hard to pinpoint the exact period in history from which these turkeys, vegetables, pilgrims and little kids hail, but they're definitely vintage and have that old

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