Instant Graphics is an inspirational resource for designers and illustrators, exploring how clip art and digital imagery have transcended their one-time status as cut-and-pate tools for home designers. Clip art is one of the foundation stones of leading-edge graphic design, illustration, and even motion graphics, and digital images are used as source material in design. together, they are vital components in a wide range of work, a means of sourcing (often expensively) an incredibly wide range of illustration styles. This book offers both the inspiration and the means to achieve stunning original work. It features beautiful full-colour illustrations with source notes from and interviews with top graphic design professionals. By partnering practical hints and cutting-edge processes with working examples, together with a unique resource section showing where to find royalty-free clip art in a range of styles, it offers illustrators and designers a vital creative tool.