Black Illustrations
Black Illustrations is a collection of “beautiful illustrations of Black people for your next digital project”.[1] This collection includes a variety of illustration packs with everything from education, to sign language, to vacation, to humanitarian initiatives, to professionals, to web development, and more!
“I built this platform because, as a web designer, I had MASSIVE trouble finding SOLID images of black people for use in my website illustrations. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are BEAUTIFUL illustrations out there for use on digital projects.
However, there just wasn’t enough diversity.
If I did find images, it was just folks with a darker hue. They lacked the hair styles, body types and correct skin tones of black people. So, we decided to do it ourselves.
I employed the community to help me come up with concepts and we designed beautiful illustrations for use with your digital projects. With more than 40,000 downloads in a few weeks, we’ve been on an amazing journey to level the playing field with amazing images for personal and commercial use.
I hope you get value from our work and join us on this amazing venture.”[2]
John D. Saunders – Founder & Designer
You can access their website here.
Please note:
You can purchase individual illustration packs for about $20-40USD (some as low as $2.49), while others are listed as “Pay What You Want”. Alternatively, you can purchase a quarterly subscription for $89USD, which gives you access to the entire illustration library, unlimited downloads, and new monthly illustration packs.
Images are provided in Sketch, PNG, and JPG formats.
Licensing Information
Click here to view their licensing page.
The Black Illustrations License applies to all images except those in which part of the content “might be sourced by an author from elsewhere and different license terms may apply to the component, such as someone else’s license or an open source or creative commons license.
If so, the component will be identified by the author in the Item’s description page or in the Item’s downloaded files.
The other license will apply to that component instead of [the Black Illustrations] license.”[3]
Additional Notes:
- Black Illustrations also has “a curated database of talented illustrators of color to help you take your design ideas to life in real-time”. [4] To learn more, visit Illustrator Hub.
- Contact them using this form.
- Black Illustrations. (n.d.). Illustrations of Black people for your next digital project. Black Illustrations. https://www.blackillustrations.com/ ↵
- Saunders, J. D. (n.d.). About Us. Black Illustrations. https://www.blackillustrations.com/about-us ↵
- Black Illustrations. (n.d.). Licensing Agreement. Black Illustrations. https://www.blackillustrations.com/licensing-agreement ↵
- Black Illustrations. (n.d.). Hire a Black Illustrator. Black Illustrations. https://www.blackillustrations.com/hire-illustrator ↵
