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Work · January 13, 2017

TinyFaces

Free crowd-sourced avatar gallery including Sketch plugin

TinyFaces launched on January 13, 2017 with 403 votes, #34 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

TinyFaces is a free avatar gallery featuring crowd-sourced illustrations. It includes a Sketch plugin that allows designers to quickly access and insert avatars into their projects. The tool is useful for anyone creating mockups, prototypes, or designs that require diverse character illustrations without needing to commission custom artwork.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

TinyFaces has been retired. Thank you to everyone who used and supported it over the years.

At its peak more than 50k designers were using TinyFaces. That still amazes me. Thank you to everyone who used it and sent in their faces. The code is still on GitHub, and nft.tinyfac.es will justfrom tinyfac.es

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