Whether it is because time is limited or cutout libraries are too small, it often seems like adding entourage into an illustration is treated as an afterthought at the end of most workflows. When it is finally time to insert people, a large portion of time goes to thinking about how dense the entourage should be and how to get the lighting to look just right so that the people don’t feel collaged in. Yet, it is the entourage of an illustration that can best articulate narrative and connect viewers to a place. Yes, density and lighting of the people are important, but more important are the activities of the entourage and having a contextual understanding that properly represents the ethnicities and cultures of the project.
Since my last post about my favorite cutout and visualization resources, I have come across many new places to find entourage cutouts. Many of these sites place a special focus on ethnically diverse cutouts while others propose cutouts that present entourage in a unique graphical way. Knowing where to find great resources like these means less time is spent cutting out your own people but instead thinking about how to best communicate the story of the project.
Just Not the Same
A relatively new site containing a mid-size collection of diverse entourage. justnotthesame.us
Escalalatina
A large collection of entourage with a focus on Latin Americans. escalalatina.com
Nonscandinavia
A large collection of diverse entourage from around the world. nonscandinavia.com/originals. Because of specific copyright issues, they also have a new section with an interesting graphical approach to their cutouts: nonscandinavia.com/cutouts/
Cutout Life
A mid-size collection of diverse entourage. cutoutlife.com
Clipped
A large collection of entourage along with other misc. items mixed in. clipped.io
Diaz Paunetto
A small but good collection of entourage by an office out of Puerto Rico. diazpaunetto.com
Tony Textures Free Set
A small collection that is downloaded as one file making it easy to drag into your own files: Tonytextures.com
Cutout Mix
A small abstracted collection of entourage with a cool graphical style. cutoutmix.com
3NTA
A collection of the “unique” stuff from famous architects to the cast of Breaking Bad: 3nta.com
Pimp My Drawing
A medium sized group of vector cutouts for your illustrator and CAD drawings. pimpmydrawing.com
Projectalog
A very small but well conceived collection of abstracted figures. projectalog.com
It is important to note that not all of the cutout people in these websites are setup for commercial use. If you are using these cutouts for educational use, you are probably okay, however, it is still important to read and understand the usage rights of each website.
Nice job! thank you Alex 🙂
Thank you Alex, very useful post!
I always looking for cutouts for my exterior and interior render.
Hey Alex!
Thanks for the post. Believe it or not, I spent almost three days to find out cutouts to perfectly blend in with a project that I’m currently doing.
Kudos!
Thank you for showcasing also our work! more silhouettes also on ARCHIFUNKY’s set http://www.cutoutmix.com/archifunky.html
for a more diverse inclusive and non stereotyped world 😉
Thanks for the update! I have seen some sites which were once free go to a fee based service, Immediate Entourage comes to mind. It’s nice to discover some new sources for entourage that keep it fresh and free.
Thanks so much. I do lots of work pro Bono for non-profits and greatly appreciate learning new sources for populating scenes with appropriate action.
I recently came across a site for a visualization studio that has a good selection of cutout people
http://welcometoelement.com/download/
Great! Thank you a lot.
Thank you so much! This is really helpful! 😀
very intuitive
Thanks Alex, ” I LIKE THAT”
This is the information I am looking for. This article is clear and easy to understand. I’m learning more about this. Hope you bring more things related to it. Thanks a lot!
Awesome! Thank you so much 🙂 Long time follower; I really appreciate all that you do!
Thank you very much! If you need some cutout trees you should also check:
http://forestdigital.net/freebies
Very usefull links.
For cutout trees, check
https://www.cutout-trees.com/
Here you have a site with a tons of free cutouts 😉 http://www.ejezeta.cl/category/recortes/
I think that site might be infected with a virus, my system poped up with a warning “one virus deleted” when a clicked on the link. Thanks for a great and inspiring site, it’s always great to stop by here! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing these resources! I have been following you for a little while now, and appreciate your care and attention to detail. Thank you for helping out the “Community”.
I found a super diverse set of cutout people including massive groups of people, aerial shots and more…
https://architecturepeople.com
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I have use many of these site but i find a lot more diversity on http://www.OrdinaryFigures.com. Clients want their renderings to reflect the end users. Ordinary Figures definitely provides a lot more options to add to the mix of things 🙂
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