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By Chiang Ning · chiangning.net
A collection of over 100 illustrated human figures as transparent PNG and SVG cutouts

Scale figures are one of those small things that quietly carry a drawing. They give a plan its sense of size, a render its sense of life, and a board its sense of place. But good ones are surprisingly hard to come by: stock photo people look out of place over flat line work, and CAD block libraries tend to be dated and stiff.

So I put together a set of more than one hundred illustrated human figures and I am giving them away. Flat, contemporary, and neutral enough to sit in almost any drawing. Every figure comes three ways: a transparent PNG to drop straight onto a plan or board, a white-background PNG, and a fully scalable SVG you can recolour and resize without ever losing an edge.

No sign-up, no email wall. Download the pack and use it on your projects.

Download the pack (PNG + SVG · 11 MB)

103 figures in a single zip, each as a transparent PNG, a white-background PNG, and an SVG. Free for personal and commercial project use.

A look inside

A few of the figures.

Illustrated figure sample 1
Illustrated figure sample 2
Illustrated figure sample 3
Illustrated figure sample 4
Illustrated figure sample 5
Illustrated figure sample 6
Illustrated figure sample 7
Illustrated figure sample 8
Illustrated figure sample 9
Illustrated figure sample 10
How to use them

Built for the work, not the wall.

01
Architectural diagrams

Drop figures into plans, sections, and elevations to give scale and life. Cleaner than tracing, faster than a CAD block library.

02
Collages and concept boards

Populate mood boards and concept imagery with people that read as design intent, not stock photography.

03
Presentation boards

Add human scale to competition panels and client decks. The flat illustrated style sits well over renders and line work alike.

The fine print

Free to use. A small ask.

Use the figures freely on your own projects, in diagrams, collages, presentation boards, client decks, and competition panels. You do not need to credit me, though it is always appreciated.

The one thing I ask: do not repackage or resell the figures as your own asset pack. Beyond that, they are yours to use. If they end up in something you are proud of, I would love to see it.

Free Download · Architecture · 2026
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