5 ways to permanently abandon the boring illustration with sewage

To find the right image for a post or article, often you have to kill the monstrous amount of time. Especially if you do not allow bad good taste and the desire to attract readers to their publications.

time deficit or surplus of laziness makes the authors to use the conventional methods of search of images and choose the first available image from the Image Bank. The result - a visual apocalypse of the millions of standard illustrations, which should observe every day.

Those who do not want to fill the world with even more visual noise, we offer five ways to try to find the original, lively and catchy graphic.

Pay attention to details

Suppose you want to find an illustration for an article about the secrets of productive work from home. Most authors will take advantage of banal query "work from home". After spending a minute on a quest, you will find something like this:

This high-quality photos, and it looks to be suitable for a given topic. The bad news is that the picture quality too, simulated. He is well suited for an advertisement, but is unlikely to elicit sympathy and really attract attention.

Why, instead of the obvious phrase "work from home" does not enter in the search box photobank words to describe the details of the picture? Gaining "house, sleeping, child Notebook" and get a moving picture of my mother, who works as a daughter sleeps.

This frame is not only perfectly describes the theme of the publication, but also includes the positive emotions associated with comfortable and quiet mode of working from home.

Listen to the ideas of others

Instead of hundreds of shovel stock photography, you can borrow a good idea to illustrate the other authors who have written on similar topics (but in any case, do not steal a photo!). The result can even surpass the idea of ​​a rival.

Find a picture you have already used your colleague. For example, as the picture with soap bubbles with TheNextWeb site.

Then, using Search by image, Load a saved picture and get to choose from hundreds of similar photos. We have repeatedly tested this method and it worked perfectly, for example, the publications of recipes, articles about health and travel.

Do not forget about "The Simpsons"!

When one of the team of designers Depositphotos end the idea for this article illustrate, he uses... frame from "The Simpsons". Because everyone knows and loves "The Simpsons" animated series on the air for a long time - hundreds of series now have footage on almost any topic.

Of course, it's not just in "The Simpsons." You can, without fear of judgment and consequence of the use of any still image or GIF-animationBut only if your post you do not sell, and we are talking exclusively about your personal blog or publication in the media.

Please do not use this method only for the sake of attracting attention. The picture should be approached in meaning to the content of the article, or you make fun of readers.

Remove the photos yourself

Sometimes simple solutions are advantageous. Arm your smartphone and search for nearby illustration. Many excellent posts and articles illustrate today photographs taken on mobile. If talent for finding a good angle passed by you, and there may come in handy search by image: in search engine photobank your faulty photo and get pictures with the same subjects, which are made professionals.

Here is a picture boat, which we shot at sunset. This frame and of itself, of course, a masterpiece. But we were looking for the best quality picture to your blog.

We dragged this image into the search box on the picture got 60 different shots yacht on the background of a beautiful sunset, and chose this frame.

Create your SIFCO

GIF-animation can be a great way to draw the reader's attention. Good news: you can search not only among SIFCO movie scenes, music videos and commercials with cats. find Stock videoTo make him SIFCO as this, we have created to illustrate the publication of the Olympic Games.

Decide with the stock video that you like and download it. Then, simply use one of the tools such as Giphy GIF Maker or ImgflipThat in a couple of clicks to create GIF-animation.

Regardless of which method you prefer, remember to publish the picture should be selected good quality and appropriate size. The picture should create the right mood and illustrate the main message of your text.

It is important to understand that the stock photo bank - it's not dusty photo store that spoiled jaded techniques photographers, artisans. It's just a huge field size for the game and your imagination. Do not be afraid to use imagination and do not be lazy to spend a little more time to choose a suitable image. This is sure to help attract more readers to your story.