My go-to illustration library
I am in love with CNVS (pronounced canvas), an incredible hand drawn illustration library that powers parts of this site and many of my workshops and materials. It’s created by the lovely Lucie Agolini, who herself has created some of the most beautiful Miro boards I’ve ever seen.
You can level up your team assets, like presentations and Miro boards, with the 11,000+ icons, illustrations, frameworks, visual metaphors, and even scenery available in the CNVS library. It’s an easy way to create a playful environment or playful things, like games, awards, or cards.
If you feel a little intimated by such a large library, I highly recommend either signing up for the CNVS newsletter or following CNVS on LinkedIn. Lucie puts on some great hands on workshops to teach how to create with CNVS. I’m talking layering, searching, changing colors to your brand colors, even how to full on use your imagination to create things that would normally take three times as long (at least in my case…). She also does giveaways every now and then, and she’s got a bunch of freebies if you want to try it out.
I’ve used it to build the Art Scale Check-In, workshop templates, games, and session materials where the visuals have been like my silent coworker in setting playful intentions. For your play practice, visuals matter more than you think. Playful imagery shifts the energy of a session and signals to your team that this is a different kind of space. CNVS makes it easy to create that kind of environment without needing a design background or hours of prep time. If you’re building anything that benefits from a playful, fun aesthetic, like facilitation decks, team activities, presentations, you name it, do give this a go! It’s incredibly affordable as well.
You don’t need to be a designer to level up meetings. CNVS works in Miro, Figma, Canva, PowerPoint, anything that lets you drag and drop.
I don’t get any kickbacks–I just love Lucie and what she’s done here. Check it out on GetCNVS.design
