Art Filled Days

About a year ago (early 2008), I had the idea to create a website that was dedicated to the wonderful works of the illustrators of old. While the main plan was to create a resource for other artists and crafters to find copyright free images to incorporate with their own creative works, I did not want to take the original artist for granted.

I didn't want to simply say, "Here's a free image of a whatever". Despite the drawings now being in the public domain, I never considered not honoring the original creators of these lovely works.

It takes more time than I had thought it would to research the copyright status of the images but Reusable Art is becoming a large and well-respected image download site. It provides free images but also provides a number of educational opportunities to learn more about the illustrators, authors and the subject matter of each of the illustrations.

Art Filled Days is the official blog of Reusable Art where I hope to share the latest additions to Reusable Art, artist information and a bit of 'then and now' where we can compare the way things used to be with how they are today.

I welcome you to explore both Art Filled Days and Reusable Art and look forward to seeing the great artwork and website designs that you come up with using images from the imaginations and visions of many of the world's favorite illustrators.