Does anyone know the name................

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Horseychick

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#168557 18-Mar-2015 11:48

.............. of these little characters?

I'm writing some presentations and they are really cool to use, but I don't know exactly what to search on so it's a bit random which ones I can find.

reven

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#1261546 18-Mar-2015 11:53

doing a google image search i found a bunch of similar ones

not sure if that helps

Horseychick

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#1261549 18-Mar-2015 11:55

Yeah, thanks. I can find similar ones, but I thought if I knew they were called "xxxx" then it would be easier to search for.

reven

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#1261551 18-Mar-2015 11:58

heres a page selling the icons. so looks like the set.

Horseychick

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#1261557 18-Mar-2015 12:05

Perfect thanks

They seem to be called 3D people.

heylinb4nz

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#1261685 18-Mar-2015 13:38

I was guilty of using these when they first came out back in mid 2000's not so bad, by 2009 they were so overused I likened them to cheesy 1990s clip art.

Depending on your audience I wouldn't use them as they may recognize them as well.

Try and find some photo imagery that represents the point you are trying to make and overlay a semi transparent black area on top for your text \ notes/

eg

Bee Honeycomb = organisation
Rock climbing = risk

Use your imagination instead of falling onto overused clipart, will make your presentation all that much more credible and add impact.

Good luck.

Horseychick

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#1261690 18-Mar-2015 13:43

heylinb4nz: I was guilty of using these when they first came out back in mid 2000's not so bad, by 2009 they were so overused I likened them to cheesy 1990s clip art.

Depending on your audience I wouldn't use them as they may recognize them as well.

Try and find some photo imagery that represents the point you are trying to make and overlay a semi transparent black area on top for your text \ notes/

eg

Bee Honeycomb = organisation
Rock climbing = risk

Use your imagination instead of falling onto overused clipart, will make your presentation all that much more credible and add impact.

Good luck.

I agree with you, however, the pertinent sentence was "...depending upon your audience...". My audience is not very sophisticated so I think they are unlikely to be jaded by them

floydbloke

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#1261693 18-Mar-2015 13:54

reven: heres a page selling the icons. so looks like the set.

I don't know diddly about the going prices for digital media like this, but that could get expensive pretty quickly.

Did Eric Clapton really think she looked wonderful...or was it after the 15th outfit she tried on and he just wanted to get to the party and get a drink?