Friday Freebie: Illustrated Characters
Mar 07, 2014
Hi Everyone,
I was looking through some old files today and bumped into a 4 year old "who are we" poster we had an agency (no clue which one though) create for an internal presentation of our department. I really liked these characters and feel it would be a shame to have them be forgotten, so I quickly created a basic set for the community to enjoy.
They're all basic grouped PowerPoint shapes so you can easily adjust hair, skin and clothing colors. A couple have a nice bold border around the bodies, again just a big circular shape, which you can add and remove as you wish.
You can simply add little items to customize your character as I did with the mini-me in the right-bottom corner.
Happy Weekend!
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Fantastic,
It's incredible how similar these are to a set of character that I developed.
Great work Jeff, I'm almost tempted to upload mine alongside this as they look so similar!
Nice set Jeff!
@Joshua: SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW!
@Jerson tnx, again, I can't take any design credit, I just recreated them and added a few simple items to diversify!
Thanks Jeff. As someone who is design-challenged, these are really helpful assets.
This is great, Jeff. Thanks for sharing them with us!
Thanks for all designs
Thanks, these are great! It's nice to have ideas for ways to create custom characters just using simple shapes. Reminds me of the post from Mike Taylor's blog the other day: http://community.articulate.com/blogs/taylor/archive/2014/03/03/ridiculously-simple-ways-to-create-awesome-custom-e-learning-graphics.aspx.
Very schweet, Jeff. Thanks!
Serious simplicity from Serious learning! A few minutes reviewing the archives often saves hours of work. Sharing your archives saves your friends days of frustration. Thanks Jeff!
Tnx everyone! Glad you like 'em.
Here's a quick tutorial on how to edit (and create) them.
Hey Jeff, congrats on the Super Hero award!
Hello Jeff, what I've done is taken a mix of some of my designs and your designs and merged them together. I've created a bit more diversity for everyone and a couple more character models. I hope this just adds to your collection and gives people a wider choice to select from!
@TheLearningJAR
The security guard reminds me of Cartman. "Respect my authority!"
Hit the nail on the head.
My most striking image of a security guard.
Hahaha, I good one Cary.
Joshua, I really like the thin line thick line detail in the doctors outfits. You've got me thinking of doing themed characters. E.g heathcare, construction, Law etc... Could be very cool.
I'm already underway with a Law set. I'll post the results once completed! I think it would be a nice resource to be able to draw from.
Thanks Jeff, I'll keep you up to date.
I've put together another series of a few character models again drawing from some of Jeff's ideas previously. Source file attached at the bottom should anyone want to make amends.
@TheLearningJAR
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Great, I love adaptable content !
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