Open-source, free, high-quality illustrations - a new one each day!
Published: 2020-08-25 09:25:55

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I have been working on this for a few months now. This was(is) a side project, so I could only dedicate so much time :(. But it has been a really fulfiling journey and today I am launching it 🎉🎉🎉.

Here's **[Scale](https://2.flexiple.com)**: A new, free, open-source, high-quality illustration each day! No attribution required 😎.

## Here's the story and future of scale👇
I've found custom illustrations to be super costly. Moreover, quality visual designers are tough to find!

Sometimes you just want to make a quick page or a marketing collateral. You can't afford to hire a designer for this. Well, now you don't have to because it is free 😋

### 1. How did I build Scale (product)?
I am not a super-skilled developer, so Scale is built in **Webflow**. Of course, I had to use quite some custom JS to get things moving in terms of:
- Dynamic colour changes when a person chooses a colour picker
- Also to enable an easy download of SVGs and PNGs

But Webflow takes care of:
- Responsiveness (well majorly, as SVGs are a pain to handle)
- Storing data in their CMS
- Search (with a plug-in called Jetboost)

I am currently not sure how this will "Scale" when I add hundreds (and then thousands) of illustrations. I presume some aspect of lazy loading will have to be added.


### 2. What can you use Scale for?
Basically, use it anywhere. As long as it is not to replicate it or sell the illustrations itself, no restrictions.

Typically, I would imagine you could use it to:
- Bring your new ideas to life
- Beautify your current websites
- Create attractive marketing collaterals

### 3. Why did I build this?
I've found custom illustrations to be super costly. Moreover, quality visual designers are tough to find! Now, you can do all of that for free 😋

There are some other resources available. However, I didn't find the illustrations to be detailed enough. So, illustrations on Scale are made to tackle that. They are highly detailed, quality illustrations.

### 4. What's on the roadmap?

a. Gender options
We already have a good mix of male and female characters in our collection. But for single-character illustrations, we will also be introducing a gender option. 💁 💁‍♂️

b. Skin tone options
Beyond diversity in gender, we currently also have characters across different skin tones. We plan to add a colour picker so that you can change the look of the characters for your illustration! 🙌🏻 🙌🏼 🙌🏽 🙌🏾 🙌🏿

c. Illustration packs
As a next step, we plan to release illustration packs for specific industries. We have started with the recruitment industry and have the remote working space in our radar next. 👨‍💻

Would you like us to cover a certain industry - just [tag me](https://twitter.com/KarthikS2206) and make a request 🤓

##Closing thoughts
I am just getting started here, so any feedback would be great :). Hope you find this useful and decorate your websites with it. Cheers!

P.S. If you feel like supporting the project, you could just retweet [my launch tweet thread](https://twitter.com/KarthikS2206/status/1296066393138319361).