As this happened, clip-art makers began emphasizing quantity over quality. Even T/Maker, which built its business on sales of small, high-quality clip-art packages, entered the volume clip-art market.

Microsoft announced that it is eliminating clip art libraries from its suite of Office productivity software, and replacing it with Bing Image search. But the iconic illustrations may live on.

Kunkel describes the Imagination Press as an interactive art and apparel studio. “When customers come in we invite them to take part in one of our many creative experiences,” said Kunkel.

Google Docs is getting a Gemini AI-powered image generator sidebar that makes clip art-style images using the Imagen 3 model. It’s only for paid users, though. Skip to main content.