Free tool · no sign-up

Clipart & SVG file size guide

Standard pixel dimensions for clipart elements, digital paper and cut files, so your files are ready for both print and digital use.

🎨

Clipart & SVG file sizes

The size to build your file at, whether it’s sold as a printable graphic or a cut file.

Single clipart element3600 x 3600px

Prints cleanly up to 12 x 12in at 300 DPI, a safe default for one motif.

Small icon / accent1500 x 1500px

For a small supporting element rather than a hero image.

Digital paper / background3600 x 3600px

Square so it works for both print and digital use without cropping.

Cut file (SVG)12 x 12in artboard

The most common usable cutting area on a desktop cutting machine, check your own machine's actual usable area before finalising a design that size.

Large cut file (SVG)12 x 24in artboard

For designs that need a longer roll-fed cutting area.

Sell both a PNG and an SVG version where you can, PNG covers digital and print use, SVG covers buyers using a cutting machine.

Clipart is the niche that feeds every other niche

Other sellers buy clipart to build their own products, which means your file needs to be flexible: high enough resolution to print large, and available as a vector file for anyone who wants to resize or cut it. Building to a consistent, generous size from the start avoids remaking a bestseller later because a buyer needed it bigger than you sized it.

Sizes sorted, next is spotting which motifs are about to be in demand. Read how to find clipart and svg trends.

Common questions

What size should a clipart file be?

3600 x 3600px is a safe default for a single element, it prints cleanly up to 12 x 12in at 300 DPI and works for digital use too.

What resolution should clipart be for printing?

300 DPI is the standard, the same as any other printable, so a 3600 x 3600px file covers up to a 12 x 12in print.

What size should an SVG cut file be?

Build to a 12 x 12in artboard by default, the most common usable cutting area on a desktop cutting machine, then check your buyer's actual machine before finalising anything larger.

Should I sell clipart as PNG or SVG?

Both where you can. PNG covers digital and print use, SVG covers buyers who want to cut the design on a machine.

See what’s actually rising in clipart & SVGs this month, sourced and ready to make.

See the drops, start free