Image Lexicons

week 6

I am only partially through the list and I am already on browse overload.  It is good to view options other than google images.  I love to have more tools in my toolbox....  The following is a list of three sites with an image that I downloaded from each.

Etsy envy!

I chose to review this site first, because I have used it for inspiration many times before.  I actually have a shop on etsy (nothing posted yet, still says "coming soon") - however, I have been browsing the images on this site for a few years now.  There are thousands of art pieces and they are divided by categories...  you also don't have to worry too much about the content because the site is moderated.

Flickr

This site has a vast amount of images and there is a gallery feature that you can use to set up a collection of your favorite images.- you must have a yahoo account to upload or to set up a gallery.  You can't drag pictures to your desktop (I suppose you could do a screen capture) but you can download the images that have not been disabled by the photographer. 

Image spark

I haven't signed up for this site but it seems like it has some potential.  There is a community library, tagging and uploading features and you can create mood boards.  You can also check out other people's mood boards.