What Is Open Peeps and What Is It Used For?

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Open Peeps is a hand-drawn illustration library for building scenes of people. It is created by Pablo Stanley and released into the public domain under the CC0 License, which means you can copy, modify, distribute, remix, and use the work — including for commercial purposes — without asking permission. It suits designers, marketers, and creators who need people illustrations for product illustration, marketing imagery, comics, product states, user flows, personas, storyboarding, or invitations, or for anything else you can think of.

How the library works

Open Peeps is built like a set of building blocks made of vector arms, legs, and emotions. You mix these elements to create different Peeps:

  • Combine clothing and hairstyles to add flair.
  • Change emotion with different facial expressions.
  • Set the scene with different poses, including standing and sitting.

According to the site, there are over 584,688 possible combinations.

What you can customize

Element Options described
Hair Curly, long, short, or no hair at all
Eyewear Clear lenses and sunnies
Emotion A range of facial expressions
Body Different body language and poses
Facial hair Mustache, beard, and more
Color Black and white is just a starting point — colors are customizable

How to mix a Peep

Creating a character is described as easy: use any product design tool such as Sketch, Figma, XD, or Studio to mix nested components. The library also offers ready-to-download Peeps in busts, standing, and sitting poses, available as PNG and SVG files.

License and usage

The library is in the public domain under the CC0 License. You can copy, modify, distribute, remix, burn, and use the work, even for commercial purposes, without asking permission. The site also notes you can use Open Peeps with Blush.

Where to get it

You can download the library directly from openpeeps.com, where ready-to-download Peeps and a "Get All Combinations" option are available. A showcase section highlights what others are making with the library.