Show IH : Do you need any illustrations for your site? I could do it free!
Hey IHers,
I've started a side project which is giving away illustrations with source files. They are free to use
for personal and commercial projects.
Go here - https://sketchables.co
You can also sign up to be notified once a week with any new illustrations I've put up that week. I'm working with a few designers too so I hope to increase the number posted each week.
Finally, if you are looking for a particular design for your own project - post here and I'll see if I can get one done for you. There's no charge while I'm still experimenting with the site :)
Hit me with any feedback too. I started this after not finding sketches I wanted in the generic stock photos / icons sites.
Cheers!
Your illustrations look incredible! That must have been a lot of work so it's awesome that you offer your service for free.
We could actually use a few illustrations for our current project. How can we get in touch with you?
Hey thanks!
It's not all me though. I'm going to introduce artist pages soon so you can see who drew what.
Do you want to just say what concepts you are thinking of and styles you like here?
We really like the styles you used on the camping and hiking illustrations.
Currently we need a few simple illustrations like a delivery vehicle, a bag filled with baked goods and an illustration of a sad person that indicates that no orders have been placed yet.
Thanks in advance.
What do you think of this?
https://sketchables.co/sketchable/RELJkAZl/sad-delivery-man-unsold-bread
If you download the file you can actually extract each element in the picture (eg delivery vehicle, man with the trolley, etc) into separate images if you prefer.
Wow, that truly looks amazing!
It's also awesome that we can use the parts separately, exactly what we need. Could you also do a variation in which the person is smiling? We'd really appreciate that if you find time for it.
But anyway, great work! How can we thank you for that?
Glad you like it :)
A link back anywhere on your site would be great. Even something as simple as "Illustrations provided via Sketchables" linking to sketchables.co.
Do you mean the delivery guy in the same position and smiling? Or in a different pose, like standing at a counter or something?
Sure, we'll definitely link you. Don't expect anything though, the product isn't ready/released yet
Thinking about it, it would be cool if you could do the baker himself in the same pose as in this picture: http://www.dortmund24.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170519_Dortmund24_Foto_Bäckerei_Müllers_Backes.jpg
Doesn't have to be too detailed, just showing him being happy at his work, while putting bread in the oven.
Btw: My co-worker wants to hire you full-time as soon as we are able to ;)
Alright let me see what we can do!
What do you think of this?
https://sketchables.co/sketchable/wJLwMeQ0/baker-bread-oven
Sorry looks like I forgot to upload the source file - fixed now!
Looks awesome, incredible work again!
The download doesn't seem to be working though.
This is an awesome idea and I really like the London and SF illustrations.
I'm curious if you can do a general illustration for the landing page of a daily email newsletter. The newsletter is a daily email with a summary of the most interesting tech/finance/general news everyday. This is one illustration I've found so far, but your examples seem much better! - https://skoop.io/static/media/example.cf2d4ec5.png
That link asks me for a password to view it :(
If you can send some examples of what you are looking for, I'll see what I can do next week!
Ah sorry about that. Here's the first design I've come up with for the landing page: https://ibb.co/fs0uA7.
Honestly, the current picture on the bottom (mail/envelope illustration) doesn't quite capture what I've been looking for. (I really like the top picture though -- the man eating the world picture)
I think I need something more general and playful, with some more general real-world items or something.
This is for a daily email newsletter that summarizes for readers the most interesting tech/finance news, and adds humor and wit to the stories! Really curious to see what you might be able to come up with, as I was thinking of including more illustrations in the future in the newsletter itself!
Let me see if we can come up with something next week :)
Hey @valuearb
Sorry it's taken a while but I have 2 illustrations I hope you like:
https://sketchables.co/sketchable/8ZLG72Lr/concept-tech-lady-laptop-newsletter-ideas
https://sketchables.co/sketchable/xOAaYdAY/concept-tech-man-ideas-plant
Take a look and let me know what you think!
Thanks for sharing your project @mgowski.
I ❤️your SF illustration, I'm considering using on my LinkedIn cover.
Just as a suggestion to keep the community theme, how about an illustration of a freelancer working on his side project?
Nice!
That's a good idea - maybe I'll come back with a set for indie hackers..... How did you find the site, did it load reasonably fast for you, are there other illustrations you would look for?
Yeah, the website loads pretty fast, but if you want more detailed feedback I have a few things to share:
"Boxes" are too big, I would like to see multiple illustrations on my current screen. Today's is one illustration per scroll, taking almost the whole page.
Need more navigational menus, like About, Contact, Etc to provide more context and authority to the project
"Login to download files" - Implies that you have an account, and you actually don't have a registration page/modal because you never use the word registration, just login. It can be confusing for new users trying to find where to sign up.
Drop the pagination and go with infinite scroll. I almost didn't see it the "next" button.
Hit me up on social if you want to connect to talk more.
Thanks for the comments!
Hey! Awesome idea. We're exploring some fun illustrations for https://heydoctor.co - a telemedicine startup I'm a cofounder of. Would love to chat more!
Hey Kyle
Neat site :)
Any suggestions on what concepts you are considering, or what styles you are looking for? Let me see what we can do!
We've just recently had a video done so hoping that may provide some of the thematic inspiration. https://vimeo.com/258318920. Thanks for taking a look!
Video looks neat, I think we can work with that.
Are you looking for a big feature illustration (eg for a full page or banner), or little illustrations / icons to use throughout the site?
The latter, smaller illustrations to sprinkle in and bring some life to the site. Also made a rough layout showcasing where we were thinking they could possibly be incorporated on the About and Team pages, as well as a Reviews/Testimonials page that's in the works https://ibb.co/bUzJ3S
I've got some ideas, going to see if I can fit it in next week - will update you!
I have a small number of smaller illustrations here:
https://sketchables.co/tag/medical
What do you think of the style or format?