[Clipart] clipart Digest, Vol 46, Issue 9

[John Olsen]

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> Well, such a guideline for a consistent set is something very complex,
> it should define at least: color palette, perspective, stroke, light
> source, shadow type (have a look at the guidelines for something like
> the Tango icons). In practice, the images should be created from the
> start according to the guideline, not just apply the tags after the  
> fact.
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Very true Nicu.  The variables that make one piece of clip art to have  
a similar and compatible look to another are too many to pigeon hole.   
That's why I suggest broad categories.  I think that is the best we  
can do to narrow the choices. Then the viewer has to use their own eye  
to find the right one. And things like bw, color, silhouette certainly  
are more clear cut than some terms.   Other ways are grouping sets  
like Gerald does, browsing a single author's work on the logic that  
they will have a number of items in a similar style, or having the  
author use a unique tag for a set like Tango.

And I think if these basic terms were set up as suggested tags they  
would be used by a lot of people.  One person suggested having bw and  
color be an either/or toggle.  it sounds good, but it means someone  
like Gerald could not correctly use both terms when he has a full  
color and outline version of the same image.

  And having a preview browser would certainly be a quick way to  
visually see if an image fits the look one is searching for.   Any  
word on this?

John Olsen/johnny_automatic