WorkToons was started in September 2013 by writer and until then-suppressed
artist Akweli Parker … who will from this point forward cease referring to
himself in the third person. Aghast at the proliferation of tasteless clip art
he, er, I saw being used by otherwise
reputable businesses, I decided to take pixels into my own hands.
Having long been a
hobbyist at cartooning and comic superhero-style illustration, I began to
notice I was drawing the same things over and over. It was a horror show of
inefficiency. Enough was enough: Instead of continuing to give birth to the same
characters from scratch repeatedly, I decided to start keeping a running
repository of my creations. And I decided to make it open, so that other people
could use my stuff for their own purposes if they wanted. The result is
WorkToons, a modest but cancerously expanding database of whimsical, free, work-themed cartoons issued
on a quasi-regular/energy-permitting basis.
WorkToons is also a behavioral experiment in personal
development: I’ve always admired the discipline of daily strip cartoonists, and
I’ve set a goal to sketch an average of at least one new WorkToon a day (though actual posting might be a bit more irregular), for
one year. If you have special requests for a corporate or work-related toon let me know – you might have a WorkToon created in your
honor, gratis!
WorkToons are free to use in any type of work, personal or
commercial, under a standard creative commons license. I, the author (Akweli),
only ask that you do not attempt to sell WorkToons, created by the sweat of my
brow thank-you-very-much, in their original state either singly or as part of a
package. You are free, on the other hand, to use WorkToons to illustrate books,
presentations, employee newsletters, websites, etc.
While I certainly don’t require you to link back to this
site, I sure would appreciate any linking or mentioning you feel compelled to
give out of your generous heart. Doing so will also help keep the individual
toons free! At some point, I’ll create a collection of toons in multiple
formats and sizes that you can download in one shot, at one convenient,
affordable fee. Until then, have fun browsing, downloading, and sharing them
one-by-one.
This site’s ultimate objective is to help people in the
workplace unleash their creativity, by finding the humor in work situations and
characters we’re all familiar with. I hope you get as much a kick out of using
and chuckling at these toons as I do in making them.
Legal Mumbo Jumbo:
Worktoons by Akweli Parker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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