Cruise Ship Clip Art
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Cruise ship clip art can be fun for travelers to use, either before they set sail or after they return from a memorable cruise vacation.
Using Cruise-Themed Clip Art
Clip art with cruise ships or other nautical designs can be used for a number of fun do-it-yourself projects, such as:
- A family blog or website describing upcoming vacation plans or sharing recent vacation photos
- Creating luggage tags with all the necessary cruise ship cabin and address information
- Designing matching t-shirts for a family reunion cruise, wedding cruises, or a honeymoon cruise
- Creating personalized stateroom door hangers for a group cruise
- Printing themed return address labels to mail postcards from different cruise destinations
- Preserving vacation memories with a cruise-themed scrapbooking layout
Cruise Clip Art Designs
Regardless of how you plan to use cruise ship clip art, there are many styles and designs to choose from. Popular types of cruise clip art graphics include:
- Different Ships: Modern megaliners, sailing ships, and nostalgic ocean liners are all popular designs. For the best results, choose a ship style similar to the vessel you will be sailing on.
- Angles: Side, front, and angled views of cruise ships can all be transformed into clip art images.
- Animations: An animated cruise ship could be bobbing in the seas, spouting smoke from its smokestacks, splashing through rough waves, or even sinking for a whimsical option.
- Style: Cruise ship images can be very cartoonish or may be more stylized figures. Extremely detailed, line drawing images can also be used.
- Detail: Most clip art images are very simple with only a few bold lines and colors. Others may be highly detailed and could show a great deal of intricacy.
- Color: Full color images are the most popular for clip art. Some black and white images are available, and simple images may only use one or two colors rather than a full palette.
Alternative Nautical Designs
If no cruise ship image is just right, there are many other designs to choose from that are connect to cruising. Popular choices include:
- Parts of ships, such as anchors, wheels, or smokestacks
- Crew members, particularly the ship’s captain or officers
- Equipment images such as a life boat or life preserver
- Destination clip art pictures of tropical beaches or palm trees for Caribbean cruises or mountains and ice bergs for Alaskan cruises
- Marine creatures like tropical fish, dolphins, or whales
- Other travel-related images such as a passport or luggage
Where to Find Cruise Ship Clip Art
Many online clip art directories feature a range of cruise ship and nautical designs. Popular galleries with cruise-themed images include:
- Cool Clips
- Clipart Guide
- Inimage
- Microsoft Office Online
- Pictures Of…
- Amazing Animations
- 24K Gold Clipart
- Clip Art Warehouse
A Note About Copyright
When using clip art, always be sure the copyright agreement permits the type of use you are considering. Some clip art designers require a link to be given to the original directory, while others may require the image to be used with credit notification for the designer. Above all, do not select images that are not freely available – copying an image without permission is a theft that could be prosecuted.
Clip Art Use Tips
When using clip art…
- Be sure the image is the appropriate size and style for the project.
- Check printer ink and paper colors if the image will be printed.
- Experiment with resizing the image if possible to judge how well it keeps its quality at different resolutions.
Cruise ship clip art can be fun to use for a variety of projects. Whether you are using nautical clip art to create shirts, door hangers, or other materials that will be used on your seagoing getaway, or if the image will be part of commemorating the great memories of this cruise vacation, there are a variety options and styles to choose from.
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