• Corbis Images offers illustrations in multiple categories for licensing.gallery image by MATTHIEU FABISIAK from Fotolia.com
  
  Corbis Images is an image licensing company based in Seattle that targets the advertising and publishing industries. It offers photography, illustration, film and video footage and fonts for licensing under a usage fee. Corbis offers hand-drawn and vector illustrations in 10 style categories: Anime, Cartoon, Conceptual, Edgy, Graphic, Line Art, Painterly, Retro Comics, Stylized and Whimsical.
  
  

Anime

• The "Anime" category on Corbis consists of illustrations influenced by a particular style of Japanese comic books and cartoon animation depicting characters with large eyes, small mouths, angular faces and, often, pointed hair-styles.
  
  

Cartoon

• The "Cartoon" category consists of simple, colorful drawings depicting anthropomorphic characters -- animals with human characteristics or personality traits -- or human characters with exaggerated features. This Corbis category mostly includes images rendered in the flat graphic style often referred to as "cartoon modern."
  
  

Conceptual

• The "Conceptual" category on Corbis consists of illustrations meant to convey a particular idea to the viewer. This includes many images of humans interacting with inanimate objects to create a visual metaphor. Though Corbis categorizes these as "Creative" rather than "Editorial," publications often use conceptual art to illustrate editorials or opinion pieces.
  
  

Edgy

• The "Edgy" category consists of illustrations depicting intense emotions and images of addiction, excess and dark or surrealistic themes.
  
  

Graphic

• The "Graphic" category consists of pattern-based images and vector illustrations reminiscent of silkscreen poster art.
  
  

Line Art

• The "Line Art" category on Corbis consists of illustrations rendered in pen and ink or vectors in which the line itself figures heavily -- sometimes accented with watercolor or digital paint. A line art drawing is the opposite of a photo-realistic drawing in that line art makes no attempt to hide technique.
  
  

Painterly

• The "Painterly" category consists of paintings and digital illustrations textured to look like paintings.
  
  

Retro Comics

• The "Retro Comics" category consists of illustrations inspired by the Silver Age of Comic Books with visible half-tone patterns meant to simulate the look of offset printed drawings.
  
  

Stylized

• The "Stylized" category consists of vector drawings and mixed media influenced by fashion illustration.
  
  

Whimsical

• The "Whimsical" category consists of humorous drawings and drawings that touch on lighthearted themes.