300+ Animal Silhouettes in Vector Graphics Format
Aside from people silhouettes, animal silhouettes are also popular in both web and print design. Here, I have listed a number of resources that you can use for free just in case you need some animal silhouettes in your designs, both personal and commercial. All of these animal silhouettes are in vector formats (either Illustrator, EPS or SVG). Of course, we always prefer vector format because it gives us the flexibility in terms of resolution and it also allows us to further edit these artworks to suit our unique needs.
Also, I tried my best to make this list a very exhaustive one by including various types and classifications of animals, from zoo to farm animals, wild animals, to water animals and even insects.
The last seven entries are actually dingbats (fonts), which are also convertible to vector images. To use these dingbats as scalable vector image, just convert these fonts to outlines and presto! you’ll have a vector image that you can use even for large-format printed materials. There is a detailed discussion on how to convert these dingbats to vectors at the end of this post.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 01 – Safari and Zoo Animals
Author: Spoon Graphics
Description: A free collection of vector animal silhouettes, featuring a range of land based mammals alongside some aquatic life.
Terms of Use: As always, feel free to download and use in your personal or commercial projects.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 02 – Vector Horse Silhouettes
Author: Dragon Artz Designs
Description: Twelve silhouette horses in different poses. Ready to use. Included in the archive as a bonus is 1 wallpaper based on one of the horse silhouettes, in 4 different formats (eps, pdf, svg, png).
Terms of Use: As always, feel free to download and use in your personal or commercial projects.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 03 – Bird Silhouettes 1
Author: Craftsman Space
Description: This set contains vectorized SVG file, vectorized EPS file, DWG file and high resolution image of different birds. The artwork are hand traced and feature smooth b-spline curves.
Terms of Use: It’s free to use it in personal or commercial projects
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ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 04 – Vector Birds
Author: Free Design Magazine
Description: This set includes around 10 silhouttes of birds in vector formats. Total file size is only 10KB.
Terms of Use:Free for personal use only. If you use this design please provide a backlink to freedesignmagazine.com.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 05 – Free Vector Birds
Author: Vector Room
Description: A sample of four bird illustrations in EPS format that you can use for free. Total file size is only 173 KB.
Terms of Use:Free for both personal and commercial uses.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 06 – Vector Birds-Sparrows
Author: Ben Blogged
Description: This set includes five free vector sparrow graphics that you can use for free. You have the options to download this artwork either in Illustrator CS2, Illustrator 8 or Illustrator EPS formats.Terms of Use:Free for personal and commercial uses.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 07 – Vector Dogs
Author: Webtoolkit4.me
Description: This pack includes 10 silhouettes of dogs in vector format (EPS).
Terms of Use:This pack can be used in both commercial and non commercial projects.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 08 – Dog Vector Silhouettes
Author: Snap 2 Objects
Description: Here’s another set of dog silhouettes. This pack contains 13 silhouettes in vector fomat that you can use for free. The files are in Adobe Illustrator, EPS and SVG formats.
Terms of Use:This artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 09 – Pets Silhouettes
Author: Snap 2 Objects
Description: 16 Free Vector pet silhouttes, from the most common animal companions, birds, kittens, puppies, fishes even an iguana. The files are in Adobe Illustrator, EPS and SVG formats.
Terms of Use:This artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 10 – Cat Vector Silhouettes
Author: Snap 2 Objects
Description: This set includes 11 free vector cat silhouettes. The files are in Adobe Illustrator, EPS and SVG formats. The zipped file that you can download is only 323 KB in size.
Terms of Use:This artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 11 – ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Insect Silhouttes
Author: Gloomus
Description: This set consists about 70 silhouttes of a wide variety of insects including bugs, ants, fly, grasshoppers, spiders, cocoon, moth, bee, locust, cockroach, centipede, mosquito, gnat, and more… The files are in EPS format.
Terms of Use:Free for both commercial and non-commercial uses.
ANIMAL SILHOUETTES 12 - Beautiful Horse Silhouette Vector
Author: Design Shoot
Description: Free horse vector with wings background and splatter, nice to create t shirt design. Free to download in eps file format. It’s a beautiful horse silhouette.
Terms of Use:Free for personal and commercial uses
13. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Animal Vector Freebies
Author: Go Media
Description: There are 17 really cool vector images including an awesome warthog and a variety of nice antlers in this pack. Downloadable file is 3.2 MB.
Terms of Use:Free for both personala nd commercial uses.
14. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Crane
Author: Craftsman Space
Description: A beautifully illustrated crane that you can use for free. The zipped downloadable pack contains vectorized SVG file, vectorized EPS file, DWG file, and high resolution image.
Terms of Use:Free for personal and commercial uses.
DOWNLOAD ANIMAL SILHOUETTES ( no longer available)
DINGBATS
To use these dingbats as vector image, Install first the font file in your computer. Your starting point is to select the dingbat font in your drawing program (or any program that will take a symbol and convert it to curves or render it from text) and type the chosen character. In vector programs, you must convert the font to curves or outlines.
In Illustrator, for example, type a character, select it and convert to outlines.
In Photoshop, you must convert the text in order to use filters. Type your character and render the layer. But, remember to set approximate desired size and color first before rendering the text layer.
15. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Butterflies
Author: Typadelic
Description: A set of 26 very detailed outlines or silhouettes of butterflies. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
16. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Birds of a Feather
Author: Iconian Fonts
Description: A set of more than 50 silhouettes of birds. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
17. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Zoologic
Author: Iconian Fonts
Description: A set of more than 50 silhouettes of zoo animals such as lion, jaguar, giraffe, elephants and many more. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
18 . ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Farm and Wild Animals
Author: CSP Backgrounds
Description: A set of more than 22 outlines of farm and wild animals such as goat, monkey, horse, pig, rooster, and a lot more. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
19. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Ding-O-saurs
Author: Typadelic
Description: A set of more than 80 dinosaur silhouettes. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
20 . ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- WW Furry Friends
Author: Angela Lane
Description: A set of 36 very detailed outlines of furry animals such as rabbit, mouse, etc. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
21 . ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Ocean Lacy
Author: lacy
Description: A set of 26 outlines of ocean creatures such as shells, starfish, dolphins, whale sharks, sting ray, and many more. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
22. ANIMAL SILHOUETTES- Orcas
Author: Manfred Klein
Description: This a set of detailed outlines of dolphins and sharks and other fishes. To use the dingbat as vector image, install the font file, use it as font in your drawing program then convert the font into outlines. Available in both PC and Mac OS platforms.
Terms of Use: Freeware
nice collection useful, thanks for share..
This is worth a look; a really cool collection.
Loved your insight!! For once someone got everything correct!! Would you mind if I put a blogroll link back to your post?
Genial!!!! busqué mucho estos vectores de silueta!! gracias por tu dedicacion.
Some of them could be useful for icon.
Hi,
I think you have to check again the creator of “Beautiful Horse Silhouette Vector”. The original comes from: http://www.takashiirie.com/silent/download/free-vector-pack/, the credit should go to him.
@Immer -
Thanks for informing me. I’ll check again and revise my post accordingly.
Thanks so much for this set of links. I’m making animal shadow puppets and this is so useful!!
gracias por las imagenes vectoriales
Dios los bendiga