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Traditional symbols of Valentine's Day - These photos would be appropriate for promotions, t-shirts, or greeting cards, so enjoy.

     

Valentine's Day - Seasonal graphics and images for the upcoming Holidays and special events

Free of charge Image: Helpdesk woman with a headset

DNF-Style has published a new "free of charge" image selection.

Free of charge Image: Smiling business woman with her card

 

If you have your web site -- hurry up and use them!!

http://www.featurepics.com/Gallery/Gallery26169_1541.aspx

 

Business logos at:

http://www.featurepics.com/selections/Logos-1104.htm

A large selection of business logos.  High quality business logos you can customize for your business.

Well the time is coming for our kids to head back to school. Check out these funny and sweat cartoons. They are a perfect choice to carry a "welcome back to school" message.

Cartoons Source: Kids And Animals In School - Cartoons

Glossy look Glossy buttons

The Web2.0 look is everywhere! Red glossy apple, very glossy red heart, glossy fabric, glossy olive...

And, of course, glossy buttons...

Glossy look

Glossy buttons

Hot, hot, hot...

Digital backgrounds with number waves and binary code, cyber effects, computer data and net security concepts..
 
Check out

Abstract Information Technology Backgrounds and illustrations

at FeaturePics.com

 

Seamless Tiles - Picture search trend at FeaturePics.com.

This is not the most numerous search, but the one that deviates the most from a normal search pattern.

 

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/Seamless-Tiles.aspx

Stickers for cars and bikes, sale stickers, set of labels with themes including sales, free shipping, retail price and new item in stock.

Check it out:

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/Stickers.aspx

   

4th of July  - image resources

 

http://www.featurepics.com/Image/Fireworks_26_261_2_26.aspx - Fireworks & Pyrotechnics

http://www.featurepics.com/Image/4th_260_576_3_26.aspx - 4th of July

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/usa-flags.aspx - USA flags

http://www.featurepics.com/Editorial/capture_great_fireworks_photos.aspx -

Great photos of fireworks. Tips and hints.

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/fireworks-background.aspx - Abstract firework backgrounds

 

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/Illustrations.aspx

- Design products
- Design Elements
- Design Styles
- Textures by Material
- Textures by Quality
- Seasonal Graphics
- Graphics by Color
- Graphics by Topic

Just click on a main category to see what is inside....

http://www.featurepics.com/ClipArt/Illustrations.aspx

 

Graduation images with colorful images of hats, tassels, happy graduates, diplomas & messages of congratulations...

Graduates   |  Graduation Cap

Student Reading   |  Young Male Student

College   |  Library

Education and Science

 

There are seven universally recognized emotions shown through facial expressions: fear, anger, surprise, contempt, disgust, happiness, and sadness.
A much longer list below, presents a study of human facial expressions and body language by FeaturePics's Authors.

Excitement, embarrassment, a goofy expression, are additional expressions that are illustrated in this collection.

 

http://www.featurepics.com/Editorial/emotions-1.aspx

 

The facial expressions and body language of the human form is used to express many of our moods, atitudes, and feelings. It is a rare person who cannot be understood from the look on their face. Whether aggressive or passive, we learn to read these moods, and and or react accordingly.

The amazing human face, and body, can tell a tale, get a point across, and influence others without a word being said. Pick the right expression for your promotions, and even text sometimes becomes unnecessary.

http://www.featurepics.com/Editorial/emotions.aspx

April 22 - EARTH DAY

We're facing one of the biggest challenges of our generation - climate change.

FeaturePics' Authors help to promote awareness of this challenge getting the message out there.

Our photographers and designers are bringing together "Green" design themes in their own unique ways.

	Illustrations of green landscapes - green land concept.
	Save Energy
	Green planet
	Hands holding plants
	Green forest

Most April Fool jokes are in good fun and not meant to harm anyone. The most entertaining April Fool joke is the one where everyone laughs, even the poor person who is the subject of the joke.
Useful picture resources, that reflect the response to a well-played April Fool's joke:  

Big Smile  |   Funny faces

Election symbolism - icons and cartoons illustrating the coming elections

 

 

Voting Icons And Illustrations

You can find 25,000 different textures in the categories below: 

Brick & Tile / Fabric / Flame & Gas / Ice & Snow / Metal / Organic / Paper / Stone & Sand / Stucco & Siding / Varied / Water & Liquid / Wood /

Unique textures in alphabetical order, from A to Z are listed for you

at

Textures from A to Z

 

Featurepics has scores of Valentine's Day Design Themes to brighten up your cards, for your loved ones and business associates. Creating your own Valentine card designs can be a lot of fun. Additionally, if there is a commercial plan for the season, this is the place to find the perfect background for your presentation.

Pictures of Cupid, Roses, Ribbons, Hearts, Love Birds - all of them are symbolic of Valentine's Day thoughts.

 

Valentine's Day image resources

 

Australia Day, January 26, is the most important day of celebration in the country and is observed as a public holiday throughout all of the territories.

Images of Australia

 

The symbolism of Easter and Spring portrayed in images.

To the Christian world, Easter commemorates the resurrection of Christ, but it also celebrates the arrival of spring.

 

Symbols of the Season include: Easter lilies, Daffodil, narcissus and the tulip, Palm branches, Pussy willows, Pictures of Easter eggs and chicks, Easter Bunnies and rabbits, Butterflies, and New Born Lambs

Both, the corporate world and consumers are looking for images that shape green initiatives.
In 2007 we had many requests for images that help to express eco-consumerism and a "being green" idea, we expect much more such requests in 2008.

 

 

"Green Forest" Images

Pantone has selected the color Blue Iris (PANTONE 18-3943) as the 2008 Color. The Blue Iris hue will represent a color direction in 2008, for fashion, cosmetics, and home products.

Pantone has selected the color Blue Iris (PANTONE 18-3943) as it's Color for 2008.

Welcome Blue Iris

   
Japanese Iris 

Images of Chinese Culture

In the article "Hot color and background trends for 2008" we started a conversation about what is coming in 2008 in terms of design themes, colors, and backgrounds. The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, were awarded to Beijing. Interest in this global event could spark a trend in:

• Reds and yellows, traditional Chinese colors.
• Chinese motifs that include the dragon, pine trees, tall jagged mountains and birds such as the crane.
• Floral motifs with peonies and chrysanthemums.
• Chinese calligraphy.

Looking forward to this event we will begin to publish several new "Chinese theme" selections of images.

 

 

Hot color and background trends for 2008

The colors and backgrounds of nature are becoming more in demand. An increased awareness of environmental interests are reflected in the types of colors and textures we are paying attention to. In 2008, looking stylish will mean looking natural.

Sand Textures And Patterns

Dry Ground Textures

Stone and rock textures

Soil Textures

 

More at: Hot color and background trends for 2008

Christmas design themes-- Get your cards and promotions ready for Christmas

and many more...

33 Christmas design themes

Cartoon illustrations of boys
Cartoon illustrations of boys - high detailed and colored.

Cartoon illustrations of girls
Cute cartoon girls and princesses - high detailed and colored.

Cartoon Bugs
Cartoon bug illustrations of funny housefly, beetle, long-legged, butterfly, wasp, ant, and ladybug.

Tree cartoon illustration
Human edited picture selection.

Cartoon flowers
Human edited picture selection.

Cartoon pumpkin
Human edited picture selection.

Cartoon animals
Human edited picture selection.

Cartoon landscape
Human edited picture selection.

Cartoon Boys playing sports
Human edited picture selection.

Pumpkin backgrounds
Halloween pumpkin backrounds, borders and frames.

Halloween decoration
Pictures of scarecrow wreath, scarecrows, and Jack-o-lantern

Halloween backgrounds
Halloween theames for greeting cards.

Halloween witch
Pictures of Halloween witches - Horror honeys.

Scarecrow pumpkin patch
Halloween Scarecrow in a pumpkin patch.

Spooky Pumpkins
Halloween theames -- Spooky Pumpkins

Halloween illustrations
Human edited picture selection.

Halloween devil
Human edited picture selection.

Halloween Design
Halloween design elements

Spooky skeletons
Spooky skeletons -- Halloween theames.

Halloween skull
Human edited picture selection.

Halloween ghost
Human edited picture selection.

Seven Wonders of the World: Ancient and New

Since the ancient Greeks named the Seven Wonders of World more than 2 millennia ago, with the exception of the Pyramids, they are all gone. People across the globe have enjoyed debating which are currently the most remarkable of Earth's many spectacular sites. Bernard Weber set out to name the "New 7 Wonders of the World" in 1999. Almost 200 sites around the world were selected, and the list was then narrowed to 21. One of these, the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the sole original Wonder of the Ancient World to survive, was named an honorary wonder. Seven more of the remaining 20 were chosen by worldwide vote, via internet and phone polling, and announced on July 7, 2007 These images, presented in high resolution, represent those choices and some additional views of other spectacular sites.

Seven Wonders of the World: Ancient and New

Images of Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Images of Seven Natural Wonders of the World including Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States), Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aurora Borealis, Paricutin volcano (Mexico), Mount Everest, and Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe).

Pictures of Seven Natural Wonders

Pictures of Seven Medieval Wonders of the World
Images of Seven Medieval Wonders of the World including Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa (Alexandria,Egypt), Colosseum (Rome, Italy), Great Wall of China (Nothern China), Hagia Sofia (Istanbul, Turkey), Stonehenge (Wiltshire, England), and Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)

Pictures of Seven Medieval Wonders

Pictures of Seven Modern Wonders of the World
Images of Seven Modern Wonders of the World including CN Tower (Toronto, Canada), Empire State Building (New York City, New York), The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, California), Panama Canal (Panama).

Pictures of Seven Modern Wonders of the World

Jumping people

Pictures of jumping people showing their happines and joy. Boys, girls, men, and women eanthusiastically jump on the beach, on a green field, and against the sky.

All pictures from this selection: Jumping people

"How to use images in your blog LEGALLY" and "how to use images ETHICALLY"

Most likely the content of your blog refers to newsworthy or educational publications - but if your service provider doesn't want to spend time and money to find the truth - may be it would be safer to know for sure you are using images legally, and there is no infringement of copyright.

Let's assume you found an image that really visually underlines your thoughts and the risks of being sued are not great.

The question - is it ethical to skip credits to the image Creator?

Top 10 tips - how to use images in your blog

Metallic textures

Metallic effects are, without a shadow of a doubt, extremely popular amongst web designers and game artists. The reasons behind this are simple - there are many places that these textures can be placed, and they can be used for many different themes. You can use metal textures as a background to depict toughness or something rusty with age, it's up to you. Brushed, discolored and oxidized, scratched rusty metal, different aged metallic textures, patina colors for stylish website design layouts - all of them are photography based, which is why they are so unique and eye catching.

 

Splattered paint, shooting ink

What kid, or adult for that matter hasn't wanted to throw something at a canvas, wall, or piece of paper, just to see what they would get. Our Author's, all being kids at heart have taken it a step further, and captured these images digitally, and what great results!! Splattered paint, shooting ink - different paint splats of different colors on black and white backgrounds - these type of backgrounds in the hands of experienced designers can result in outstanding productions.

Paint splats

Stone and rock textures
This collection of royalty free pictures focuses on stone and rock textures. These types of textures are essential for architectural visualizations, artists, game artists, and web designers. Stone surfaces, stone and rock walls, cliffs, close ups of different rock formations, fragments of weathered stones, portions of old brick facades, stones with topographic textures, and sophisticated erosion effects -- the textures in this selection. The ageless stone patterns have different color variations and levels of detail to produce complex scenes and effects for your renderings.

 

Stone and rock textures

Make an object appear to look like wood

Without texture the 3D environment is nothing more than a series of flat surfaces, with maybe a single color on a given surface. To make an object appear to look like wood, the Artist needs to capture a wood texture and put it on the object. Photographs can be used as the basis of the composition. Occasionally, they may need to be modified to appear seamless by the artist. 3d artists know that the texture they use can make the difference between a good or a great final image. FeaturePics has a huge portfolio of "wood grain" photographs to choose from. These are some examples of patterns and colors you can use to create texture variations for complete texture sets.

Wood textures

Today we regret that we didn't take a picture of a very old fabric we threw away a year ago, or at least keep a sample of it. Some of us did! Find patterns and design elements to immitate seamless ornate wallpaper and fabric.

Ornate forms such as grandmother's satin pillows and some very old wallpaper patterns are very popular today. Deep red colors along with ornate patterns provide a luxury look and feel for menus and body backgrounds.

 

Ornate patterns

For a long time, background patterns and textures were a no-no. Recently they have made a classy comeback. If you scan some of the latest ads and websites out there, you will notice these textures used in place of plain color. By using this method, the eye is caught, and the site looks much better. The images in this collection will help you to replace your flat color with an enhanced color.

Using Textures to Enhance Colors

Green Eco Design
Need to design an eco web site to make Mother Nature feel right at home? Green leaves on a white and black backgrounds, macro close ups of fresh and dry leaves , green natural patterns will help you to illustrate eco ideas, or concepts. Complimentary reds, oranges, and browns will help boost the green theme to dominate in your designs.

 

Cool vs. Cruel - produce animal friendly designs by using your own creativity to replace real fur whenever you can. Find tiger, leopard, cheetah, giraffe, and other wild animals skin patterns with background textures

Animal Fur, hides, and reptile skin - these pictures depict the look, texture and the patterns of animal skins.

Animal Patterns

Water, that most essential component of life. Waterdrops, watersplash, and all forms of fresh water are always considered by designers. This collection includes pictures of splashing fresh water, water drops on different backgrounds, bubble and ripple illustrations, raindrops on a window surface, different abstract forms of water in motion. Water textures are always a good subject for backgrounds.

Credits: Raindrops -- Raindrops on a window surface by Gudella

 Pictures for decorative textured backgrounds and background borders. Composition with foliage, swirls, leaves, flowers, and curls. Floral backgrounds in different hues.

 

 

 

Fire Fighting
These images are of the silent war. This is a war against an enemy that can come from anywhere. These scenes are of fires and the people who combat them all over the world. While dangerous, the oranges and reds in some of these images are facinating, and hypnotic. It takes many types of courage to fight this menace, and to appreciate the people who do it everyday.

Credits: Solodogs

 

High-concept photography by Valentino Sani

In our modern world of web sites, blogs, forums, etc we need images that explore and illustrate the ideas we have. Some of us can come up with an image with a story behind it, but only some.

I asked Valentino, a high-concept photographer, how he comes up with images that demonstrate and amplify his ideas. I think it would be interesting for you to read his answers.....

"Simplicity is another word that is important to me. I often think that less is better.

One of my best images (besteller) is open female hand in blue, with orange butterfly over it.

Just two elements. And stunning color contrast."

 

Image above
Freedom -- a female hand in gesture of giving freedom to an orange butterfly

High-concept photography by Valentino Sani

"Global climate change is "very likely" to have a human cause, an influential group of scientists has concluded." news.bbc.co.uk

Human actions are "very likely" thought to be the cause of global warming Climate change 2007" - The IPCC 4th Assessment Report is coming out

Featurepics Authors are contributing their images in answer to this question!

Global Warming/Climate Change Themes

It's rocket fuel, the morning heart starter, the late night work finisher, and just a great beverage all around. It goes with any snack or meal, and completes most. These images show many people of all ages, imbibing in this so necessary potion of wakefulness. So, with cream and/or sugar, or black, it's what you need when you need it. Pictures of coffee time and coffee breaks at FeaturePics.com

Coffee Time!!!

Credits: Coffee Cup by Kamaga

Martial Arts Pictures
It doesn't matter what style you study, but how you study it. These pictures depict all age ranges and both sexes hard at it. The training is both mental and physical, and will last throughout your life. So, Karate, Kung-Fu, Tae-Kwon-Do, or whatever suits your vision of the right style, can be found in this collection. Train Hard!!!

Martial Arts pictures

Credits:
Martial Arts Belts 3

Place your own text over blank cards and empty signs
The following images all have a blank area surrounded by a theme, that can be used for insertion of your text, images, or signs, and may be used for advertisements or flyers. Many are funny, and have a light scene that is suitable for all needs. There are many choices for placing your text over blank cards and empty signs.

Blank cards and empty signs

Two colors

A logical step in the process of using color, is creating shots using only two colors. These images show how this is possible.

 

 

Two colors

Geometry And Forms - pictures

Geometry, is the math that makes the world. These images, in an abstract way, point out the many forms that this can assume. Circles, triangles, angles, and cubes, combined with vibrant colors, serve to illustrate how versatile this medium is.

Geometry And Forms

Cuties
There is nothing that warms the meart more than these image of toddlers. Despite all of the work involved to raise them, none of us would have it any other way. Just looking into these eyes alone will make you fall in love.......

Photo by Gajatz

Textures and patterns so real you can almost touch and feel them. Great images useful for Designers interested in backgrounding presentations of all types. Text and image overlays would be easy with these.

Photo by Mikenorton

Bonjour!

My name is Caroline. I have a passion for anything my eyes can see, and anything my hands can touch - naturally, when digital photography became available and I graduated, I bought myself one of those little (but handy) 6MP camera.

People who don't know me think I'm a little "trigger happy". People who know me say "She is the trigger trigger trigger trigger".... Click is my middle name.

I love digital but never retouch any of my photos. For me, what you see is what you get. Your photo is ugly? Take another one. And another one. And another. Until you get good. Then, keep on until you get better. Digital has made photographers, because it has made photography affordable, and made fast progress possible (click. not good. new setting. click. better. new setting. click. ahhhh. much better)

I love going out to shoot. So beware - next time you're around walking, the crazy clicks may be coming from me...

All French in Fremont's images

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All 3pod's images

I was a photographer in the Marine Corps back in the '60s and have always had a love for photojournalism. I am a current member of: NPPA (National Press Photographers Association), PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and IFPO (International Freelance Photographers Orginization).
I sell both royalty free (RF) and rights managed (RF) photos - mostly editorial content.

All louneal's images

A big collection of photos and images that may be reproduced free of charge. Credit to the Artist is required when an image is used.

The max size of the free images is 640 px and it works just fine for web sites and blogs.

All images collected and uploaded by the Authors. All collections are 6 images each.

Free images collection example: A Girl

The complete Open Image Suite

To meet your requests regarding "what is selling?" we are providing the following statistics, illustrated with bar graphs.

Sold images per category

Images sold in the main categories

Sold images Sorted by the number of images sold

Sold images Sorted by category

 

Free Images and Photos, Useful Resources for Designers by Peter Mautsch, FeaturePics.com

http://www.featurepics.com/Gallery/Gallery2663_710.aspx

Golden Gate Bridge

Sales

Solar Energy

Happy Children

Golf

Business

DVD

Happy Eastern

 

I am using mostly Apophysis to create fractals for stock, but the tips and tricks here may be applied to other programs. Fractal programs (often called "generator" rather then programs are often free, just do a Google on it!

And yes, you can sell fractals as stock because you have altered the original formula and therefore created original art...

Announcement of FeaturePics Artist of the Week

We have been learning how to do an rss feed that would list our Stock Photos at Google Base and it has been a challenge. The submissions were rejected one after the other, but with no specific feedback as to why. There were probably a lot of issues that got resolved along the way, but the final was that "American Express" is not an acceptable method of payment there; they want "AmericanExpress". It was especially frustrating because we started out with the correct syntax and changed it based on some unrecalled recommendation from somewhere.

Oh, Well! We now have the maximum number of entries allowed during this beta period. If you go there and do a search on, for example, "FeaturePics", or "Oil Well", you should see a lot of our stock photos.

http://www.featurepics.com/PhotoReports/Shantari.aspx?m=b

So we decided to go to Shantari... - our friends were wondering, "are you serious"?
When they learned we were going to Shantari on a trimaran across the sea of Okhotsk, our friends were speechless and pointed their fingers at their temples which meant, apparently, only nuts would depart on three rubber cylinders onto the stormy sea.
Yep, we were really nuts to travel there where nobody else would go, but when Igor Olhovsky suddenly called and asked "Do you want to go with us to Shantari"? - I didn't hesitate a second. "Yes, I replied"!

This week's story by Urij Shmakov is one of very many from the Far East Travel Club on http://www.taimentour.ru/.

This is the first of something new at FeaturePics, stories about some of our photo contributors.

 

Alina Glasova fall in love with photography in the last millennium when color photography was still a wonder, and the process of printing black & white photos in the bathroom was nearly as complicated as flying a space ship.

As a paleontology student at St. Petersburg University, she traveled to Crimea many times and her interest in fossilized fauna turned to the surrounding mountains and ruins. The result is yearly photo exhibitions in the University and publication in magazines.

She polished her skills by joining the Petersburg Society of Journalists and taking photo classes at the Moscow Academy of International Cooperation, which gave rise to participation in a series of exhibitions.

The author believes in the importance of "film" photography. All of her photographs are produced from negatives unenhanced by computer graphics.

First FeaturePics.com Uploaded Image

http://www.featurepics.com/photos/image319.htm