Where to Download Open Peeps Illustrations and Ready-Made Characters
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You can download Open Peeps illustrations directly from openpeeps.com. The page offers two routes: ready-made Peeps you can grab without editing, and the full illustration library for building your own characters. Ready-made downloads come as PNG and SVG, and the library is free for commercial and personal use under the CC0 license.
Download ready-made Peeps
If you just need a character that works immediately, use the ready-made section on the Open Peeps page. It is organized by pose type:
- Busts — head-and-shoulders characters
- Standing — full-body standing poses
- Sitting — full-body seated poses
Each character is offered in both PNG and SVG. Choose PNG when you want to drop the image straight into a slide, doc, or mockup. Choose SVG when you need to scale, recolor, or edit the artwork in a vector tool.
The page also includes a Get All Combinations option and a Showcase section of work made by other people, which is useful for seeing how the pieces look in real projects before you commit to a style.
Download the full library to mix your own
Download the library when the ready-made characters do not match the pose, outfit, or expression you need. The library works like building blocks: vector arms, legs, bodies, hairstyles, clothing, eyewear, facial hair, and emotions that you combine yourself.
The page states there are over 584,688 possible combinations, and that you can mix nested components in any product design tool such as Sketch, Figma, XD, or Studio. The black-and-white starting colors are customizable, so you are not locked into the default palette.
What you can change
| Element | Options described on the page |
|---|---|
| Hair | Curly, long, short, or none |
| Eyewear | Clear lenses or sunglasses |
| Emotion | Different facial expressions |
| Body | Different poses, including standing and sitting |
| Facial hair | Mustache, beard, and similar |
| Color | Customizable beyond the default black and white |
Licensing: what CC0 allows
Open Peeps is in the public domain under the CC0 License. According to the page, this means you can copy, modify, distribute, remix, and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without asking permission. That covers the use cases the site lists: product illustration, marketing imagery, comics, product states, user flows, personas, storyboarding, and invitations.
Where the download lives
The download entry point is the Open Peeps page itself. The site's payment platform signal points to Gumroad, so some related content or distribution may route through Gumroad. The page does not state a price for the library, and no pricing links are listed, so treat the download as free under CC0 as described rather than assuming any paid tier exists.
Practical notes before you download
- Pick the format by workflow, not by preference. PNG for finished placement, SVG for anything you will edit or resize.
- Download the library if you need consistency. Mixing from one library keeps proportions and line style aligned across a set of characters.
- Check the pose category first. Busts, standing, and sitting cover most product and marketing needs, so you may not need the full library at all.
- Keep the CC0 terms with your files if your team tracks asset licensing, since the permission comes from the license rather than from a per-file grant.