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People95Icons and objects89Frameworks33Metaphors38Backgrounds15

People95

Friendly hand-drawn figures for teams, audiences, customers and characters in your story.

Angry

Angry

Anxious

Anxious

Artist painting at an easel

Artist painting at an easel

Backpacker — walking

Backpacker — walking

Bored on phone

Bored on phone

Bored at computer

Bored at computer

Breathing / meditation

Breathing / meditation

Burned out

Burned out

Can't sleep

Can't sleep

Cards on the rug

Cards on the rug

Checkbox — connector

Checkbox — connector

Choir singing

Choir singing

Cold shower

Cold shower

Exclaiming

Exclaiming

Giving

Giving

Giving and collecting feedback

Giving and collecting feedback

Gratitude

Gratitude

Person — happy on phone

Person — happy on phone

Happy thoughts

Happy thoughts

Artist at their exhibition

Artist at their exhibition

Heart — connector

Heart — connector

Helping hand

Helping hand

Person — tablet

Person — tablet

Person — clipboard

Person — clipboard

Impatient

Impatient

Learning a skill — explanation

Learning a skill — explanation

Learning a skill — demonstration

Learning a skill — demonstration

Learning a skill — imitation

Learning a skill — imitation

Learning a skill — practice with observer

Learning a skill — practice with observer

Learning a skill — focused practice

Learning a skill — focused practice

Learning a skill — casual practice

Learning a skill — casual practice

Learning a skill — gaining fluency

Learning a skill — gaining fluency

Learning a skill — mastery

Learning a skill — mastery

Kiss — cheek

Kiss — cheek

Lazy

Lazy

Locals — at a cafe table

Locals — at a cafe table

Mail carrier — overwhelmed

Mail carrier — overwhelmed

Metal detecting

Metal detecting

Person — morning haze

Person — morning haze

Violinist playing

Violinist playing

Packing a backpack

Packing a backpack

Person in armchair — happy

Person in armchair — happy

Hiker — summit cairn

Hiker — summit cairn

Parent and child

Parent and child

Person eating — campfire

Person eating — campfire

Person — heart on shirt

Person — heart on shirt

Person — phone and tablet

Person — phone and tablet

Person — reading map

Person — reading map

Person — tape measure

Person — tape measure

Person — welding

Person — welding

Person — clipboard

Person — clipboard

Person — pondering

Person — pondering

Person — whiteboard

Person — whiteboard

Person — dizzy

Person — dizzy

Person flying

Person flying

Person holding scales

Person holding scales

Person holding a tablet

Person holding a tablet

Person — kneeling with magnifying glass

Person — kneeling with magnifying glass

Person picking daisies

Person picking daisies

Person at the printer

Person at the printer

Person running — left

Person running — left

Person running — right

Person running — right

Person — magnifying glass

Person — magnifying glass

Puzzling

Puzzling

Receiving

Receiving

Reflecting on growth

Reflecting on growth

Runner — headband

Runner — headband

Runner — sprinting

Runner — sprinting

Running

Running

Sad

Sad

Scissors cutting

Scissors cutting

Shopper — long receipt

Shopper — long receipt

Shopper — overflowing cart

Shopper — overflowing cart

Singing

Singing

Slot machine

Slot machine

Office — feet on desk

Office — feet on desk

Speech — presentation

Speech — presentation

Motion lines — spinning

Motion lines — spinning

Stressed

Stressed

Team — at a workbench

Team — at a workbench

Team — desk with laptop

Team — desk with laptop

Team — standing

Team — standing

Team — at a table

Team — at a table

Thinker

Thinker

Person — thinking hard

Person — thinking hard

Thought bubbles — connector

Thought bubbles — connector

Throwing papers

Throwing papers

Thumbs up

Thumbs up

Timing — countdown

Timing — countdown

Tourists — camera and map

Tourists — camera and map

Walking

Walking

Wheelbarrow

Wheelbarrow

Person — over-caffeinated

Person — over-caffeinated

Writing

Writing

Person — hypnotized

Person — hypnotized

Icons and objects89

Icons, objects and scene decorations to use where only an icon will do without a title.

Book — standing

Book — standing

Book — flat

Book — flat

Two-way loop

Two-way loop

Book stack

Book stack

AI — text

AI — text

AI sparkle

AI sparkle

AI sparkle 2

AI sparkle 2

AI sparkle swoosh

AI sparkle swoosh

Apple

Apple

Arrow — left, medium

Arrow — left, medium

Arrow — right, medium

Arrow — right, medium

Attention arrows — down

Attention arrows — down

Attention arrows — bold down

Attention arrows — bold down

Basket

Basket

Arrow — thin black

Arrow — thin black

Check — blue 1

Check — blue 1

Check — blue 2

Check — blue 2

Brain

Brain

Brain — sides

Brain — sides

Branching arrows

Branching arrows

Calendar

Calendar

Calendar — plan

Calendar — plan

Camel

Camel

Cart

Cart

Cat — walking

Cat — walking

Checkbox — red

Checkbox — red

Chest

Chest

Coffee mug

Coffee mug

Cogs 1

Cogs 1

Cogs 2

Cogs 2

Compass — angle

Compass — angle

Compass — modern up

Compass — modern up

Credit card

Credit card

Desk succulent

Desk succulent

Document

Document

Dog

Dog

Dominoes

Dominoes

Chart — down

Chart — down

Emanations — left

Emanations — left

Emanations — right

Emanations — right

Exclamation mark

Exclamation mark

Exclamation marks

Exclamation marks

Fiddle-leaf fig

Fiddle-leaf fig

Globe — Asia

Globe — Asia

Globe — Atlantic

Globe — Atlantic

Heart 1

Heart 1

Heart 2

Heart 2

Highlight rays — oval

Highlight rays — oval

Highlight rays — up

Highlight rays — up

Knotty thought 1

Knotty thought 1

Knotty thought 2

Knotty thought 2

Lightbulb with connector

Lightbulb with connector

Lightbulb — full

Lightbulb — full

Lightbulb — partial

Lightbulb — partial

Lightbulb — white

Lightbulb — white

Magnifying glass

Magnifying glass

Map

Map

Metronome

Metronome

Order

Order

Padlock

Padlock

Paid

Paid

Peace lily

Peace lily

Peace lily — flowering

Peace lily — flowering

Plug in socket

Plug in socket

UK plug

UK plug

+

+

Prayer plant

Prayer plant

Question mark

Question mark

Question mark

Question mark

Question marks

Question marks

Recurring — calendar

Recurring — calendar

Recurring — clock 5pm

Recurring — clock 5pm

Recurring — clock left

Recurring — clock left

Recurring — clock right

Recurring — clock right

Recurring — dotted

Recurring — dotted

Check — red 1

Check — red 1

Check — red 2

Check — red 2

Scroll

Scroll

Arrow — small

Arrow — small

Sparkle wand

Sparkle wand

Thinking bubble

Thinking bubble

Thought bubble

Thought bubble

Thought bubble 3

Thought bubble 3

Tipping dominoes

Tipping dominoes

Chart — up

Chart — up

Chart — up and down

Chart — up and down

Wallet

Wallet

Web page

Web page

Arrow — wide end

Arrow — wide end

Frameworks33

Pyramids, S-curves, axes and step diagrams — frameworks for hierarchy, adoption, progress, and the obstacles in between.

Box label with shadow — 1

Box label with shadow — 1

Box label with shadow — 2

Box label with shadow — 2

Box label with shadow — 3

Box label with shadow — 3

Call-out arrow

Call-out arrow

Call-out line

Call-out line

Empty Venn circle

Empty Venn circle

Hierarchy — steps

Hierarchy — steps

Full Venn circle

Full Venn circle

Funnel — four stages

Funnel — four stages

Iceberg

Iceberg

Loop — multi-stage

Loop — multi-stage

Loop — three stages

Loop — three stages

Loop — two stages

Loop — two stages

People in a boat

People in a boat

Process arrow — middle step

Process arrow — middle step

Process arrow — last step

Process arrow — last step

Process arrow — first step

Process arrow — first step

Pros and cons list

Pros and cons list

Pyramid — four levels

Pyramid — four levels

Pyramid — figure at the base

Pyramid — figure at the base

Pyramid — three levels

Pyramid — three levels

Pyramid — figure viewing

Pyramid — figure viewing

S-curve

S-curve

S-curve — with axes

S-curve — with axes

S-curve — dotted

S-curve — dotted

Sea level

Sea level

Simple axis

Simple axis

Stairs / steps

Stairs / steps

Two-by-two matrix

Two-by-two matrix

Two seagulls

Two seagulls

Upward spiral

Upward spiral

Venn — two circles

Venn — two circles

Venn — three circles

Venn — three circles

Metaphors38

Visual shortcuts for big ideas — progress, forks in the road, obstacles, warnings, and classic motifs like bridges or ladders.

A/B — ideal outcome

A/B — ideal outcome

A/B — messy middle

A/B — messy middle

Balance — unbalanced

Balance — unbalanced

Balance — weighted (equal)

Balance — weighted (equal)

Balance scale

Balance scale

Progress bar — empty

Progress bar — empty

Progress bar — complete

Progress bar — complete

Progress bar — in progress

Progress bar — in progress

Choose a path

Choose a path

Dial needle

Dial needle

Exclamation

Exclamation

Gauge — large (green scale)

Gauge — large (green scale)

Gauge — arc only

Gauge — arc only

Gauge — icon

Gauge — icon

Gauge — large (grey scale)

Gauge — large (grey scale)

Go sign

Go sign

Go sign (post)

Go sign (post)

Maze

Maze

No entry

No entry

No entry (post)

No entry (post)

Obstacle

Obstacle

Obstacle — overcoming

Obstacle — overcoming

Puzzle — four pieces

Puzzle — four pieces

Puzzle — piece

Puzzle — piece

Puzzle — piece (jaunty)

Puzzle — piece (jaunty)

Puzzle — three pieces

Puzzle — three pieces

Puzzle — two pieces

Puzzle — two pieces

Roadblock

Roadblock

Rocket launch

Rocket launch

Scales

Scales

Target — small

Target — small

Target — bullseye hit

Target — bullseye hit

Target — miss

Target — miss

Target — empty

Target — empty

Target — red

Target — red

Warning sign

Warning sign

Warning sign (post)

Warning sign (post)

What the…?

What the…?

Backgrounds15

Subtle backgrounds to add to slides to give them a little extra warmth.

Apartment block

Apartment block

Gap in the clouds

Gap in the clouds

Bookcase — large, full

Bookcase — large, full

Bookcase — medium, full

Bookcase — medium, full

Bookcase — small, empty

Bookcase — small, empty

Clouds background

Clouds background

Desert island

Desert island

Fancy apartment block

Fancy apartment block

Grey backdrop

Grey backdrop

Ground line

Ground line

Mega Co building

Mega Co building

Saguaro cactus

Saguaro cactus

Sailing into the sunset

Sailing into the sunset

Sea fill

Sea fill

Small deciduous tree

Small deciduous tree

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