The Victorian Treasury of Vintage Images - Sea Life

<p>The beautiful sea life illustrations in this collection come from Victorian-era books on zoology from the reports of explorers and from academic journals documenting marine species around the world.</p><p></p><p>If you have used royalty-free image libraries you know that you often see the same images again and again - they come from the same pool of illustrations repackaged by different publishers. To bring more variety to our craft projects I went directly to the sources. I sifted through thousands and thousands of original pages. With the exception of a handful of vintage prints the images in this collection are full color. I have selected only the illustrations that depict sea creatures and plants with both realism and artistic skill. I made sure every image is clear and sharp. I digitally isolated each one from its original background placed it on white and color-corrected to restore the original look. I left some illustrations intact in terms of color - for projects where you want that old-paper antique look.</p><p></p><p>In my own craft work I use vintage illustrations for decoupage. If you layer multiple images in your decoupage project you have to cut them out. Therefore most illustrations I have selected are relatively simple in their outline and can be cut out without loss.</p><p></p><p>Besides decoupage you can use these images for school projects scrapbooking junk journaling and greeting card making. You can also collage them for many genres of mixed media art.</p><p></p><p>I hope you enjoy my book! Happy crafting beautiful one!</p><p></p><p><em>Emily Silversmith</em></p>