Tagged for OEG Connect: Open Doodles

What’s of interest? Open Doodles

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Open Doodles is a set of free illustrations that embraces the idea of Open Design. You can copy, edit, remix, share, or redraw these images for any purpose without restriction under copyright or database law (CC0 license.)

I hope that this kind of resource makes it easier for designers to show the value of illustration in their mockups. Maybe you use these images as placeholders, before you’re ready to hire an illustrator. Or perhaps this will encourage others to create their own kit and share it with the world.

I believe in the idea of Open Design. That the knowledge behind our craft should not be kept behind gates but rather freely accessible to the world. By teaching and sharing our skills and best practices, we improve the community and increase the value of design. Openly sharing our work invites people to collaborate, tinker, learn from each other, and grow together.

I don’t want to simply share a cropped static PNG at a finite resolution. The source files are available for people to download so they can see exactly how everything was done. I invite you to check the layers, inspect the colors, see how things were organized—look at my mess! Maybe by glancing at my untidy process, you get some bits to incorporate into yours or see if you would have done it differently. The opportunities to improve, build on top of, fix, and reinvent are yours to discover.

Where is it?: https://www.opendoodles.com/


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I love layers :slight_smile: :slight_smile:
But what is this program?

It’s not a program, it’s a collection of illustrations that the creator is offering in just just flat file image format, but I believe also in the original file format that you could use to remix, manipulate – honestly I did not look specifically but perhaps they are made available in format like eps or psd??

OK that’s why I was confused :wink:
I make lots of assorted things in GIMP (need to get undistratcted and make my sixteenths fraction strips)… and like the idea of sharing the files to work with and adapt. Likewise w/ 3D printer files (speaking of fraction strips, b/c co-worker has successfully modified to print out the “fraction strips” without labels which the math department has allowed as an accommodation …)