Seeking a certain "pen is mightier" clip art piece.

June 6, 2007 12:45 PM

I am trying to find a very specific piece of clip art, which I scanned at a low-resolution during the latter part of the last century and which I now need at a much higher resolution for a print project. It is a woodcut image of a person hefting a fountain pen above his head; you can see a small version of it on the front page of my personal website, which is listed in my profile. I'd like to find an original print source or a high-res digital source. I've browsed every Dover collection I can find and several other sources, but can't find it. Can you?
posted by bradlands to grab bag (5 comments total)

Ummm, your website doesn't seem to be listed in your profile. If you can't find the clipart, would it be possible to raytrace the low-res version you have?
posted by JMOZ at 1:37 PM on June 6, 2007

Ummm, your website doesn't seem to be listed in your profile.

Huh. It's been a while since I looked at my user profile, but you're right. "Listed" isn't the right word, I suppose, but you can get to it by clicking on the word "website" next to my username. (At all cases, it's this one.)

If you can't find the clipart, would it be possible to raytrace the low-res version you have?

I've tried, to disappointing results, which is why I'd like to go back to the original, signficantly larger artwork as a source.
posted by bradlands at 1:43 PM on June 6, 2007

It actually looks like two different pieces of clip art that were merged. I'm sure you could easily find the images in one of Dover's Clip Art Books. Most local libraries have them.
posted by JJ86 at 2:07 PM on June 6, 2007

Your website is loading awfully slow(at least for me). I've been waiting five minutes and have yet to see the graphic (or any graphic for that matter) you've described. Just thought you'd want to know. I don't think it'd be too difficult to re-do in Illustrator but of course I need to see the graphic first to determine that. :)
posted by snez at 5:21 PM on June 6, 2007

As I mentioned above, I've already pored over ever Dover book I can find (in three libraries and a big-ass art supply store) and found neither the image nor its components.

As for the site loading problems, I don't know what's up. It pops up in under a second for me, on two different networks. Thanks for the try, though.
posted by bradlands at 6:18 PM on June 6, 2007