Kite Clip Art

Tips To Help You Find The Best!

Looking for kite clip art? Frustrated by not ever finding a 'kites' category? Here's the info you need! It's mainly just a matter of going to the right websites and using the search function. To save you some bother, I've conveniently listed some good sites which provide a variety of great kite clip art. I also give detailed instructions to find and use the site's search function, so it returns only relevant clip-art results.

There's plenty of free clip art on the Web, although some sites charge a subscription fee for unlimited access to their databases of images. Of course, the expectation is that you need the images for personal or educational use. Using the images for any commercial purpose is likely to violate the Terms of Use of the site. That basically sums up all the legal waffle.

Some Good Sources Of Kite Clip Art

The images on the listed sites tend to belong to one of the following types...

• Black and white caricatures
• Color caricatures on white background
• Color caricatures on colored backdrops
• Cartoon-style frames

Site: iClipArt

How To Search: There's a search box on the left hand side of the Home Page for this site. Just type in 'kite' and click the yellow find button.

Comments On Available Images:

Last time I looked there were 125 great-quality images!

Site: ShutterStock

How To Search: There's a box called 'KEYWORD SEARCH:' near the top right of the Home Page.

1. Type in 'kite' and click on the small arrow to the right of the box. This brings up photos and illustrations.
2. In the 'KEYWORD SEARCH' area on the left, find the drop-down box titled 'Match:' Click on the small arrow and select 'Illlustrations Only'. This is all the clip-art, including vector graphics.
3. Click on the 'Search >' button.

Comments On Available Images:

When I tried it, 546 clip art images came up. However, a small number of these images could not be called kite clipart!

Site: iStockPhoto

How To Search: The search box is near the top-right of the Home Page, titled 'Search for photos, illustrations... '.

1. Type in 'kite' and a drop-down box will appear.
2. Select '(none)' for all file types except 'Illustrations:'
3. Click on the 'SEARCH' button. This brings up the first page of clip art.
4. Un-tick the tick-box 'Kite (Bird of Prey)'
5. Click on the 'Submit' button. This will remove a few irrelevant images.

Comments On Available Images:

When I tried it, 188 matches came up. The nice thing about these is that as you hover your cursor over each image, a larger version pops up.

Site: CanStockPhoto

How To Search: At the top left of the page, you will find a search box titled 'Image Search'. Directly underneath it is a link called 'Advanced Image Search'.

1. Click on the 'Advanced Image Search' link.
2. Type 'kites' into the Search box.
3. Select 'Stock Illustrations' in the drop-down box below the search box.
4. Click on the 'Search' button, which is a little further down.

Comments On Available Images:

When I last checked, there were 115 illustrations. Mostly Diamond kites, although there are a few bird images and other less relevant graphics as well. A good selection of kite clip art overall. As you hover your cursor over each image, a larger version pops up.

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Last updated: 17 Jun 2010