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Work visually with icons

Show what you’re thinking about without drawing anything from scratch.

Access over two million icons in a mural
Add and edit icons

Show rather than tell

Icons are powerful ways to represent concepts and ideas. When collaborators in your mural need an introduction to working visually, icons act as an introduction to explore what’s possible when you think and work visually. In MURAL, you can choose from millions of free icons in the Noun Project library to enhance your murals.

Search and add icons to murals

If you're looking for something specific, you can search by keyword for exactly the concept you want to represent visually.

  1. In the left toolbar in the mural, click the star icon. The mural displays examples of popular icons from the Noun project.
  2. Within the icon menu, click into the search bar. Type in a keyword for your concept.
  3. Select the icon you want to use by clicking and dragging it onto the desired location in the mural

Once you add an icon, you can edit its size, shape, color, and more using the formatting menu.

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Oh hey. I didn't see you there. Gino for MURAL here. And why don't we use this time to talk a little bit more about icons. Icons in MURAL are a great way for you to actually showcase what you were thinking about visually without having to draw anything from scratch. In order to pull from our icon library, head to the left toolbar and click on the star icon. Once you click that, all of our icons will pop out, and you can simply scroll down to view all the different ones we have. But as there are over 2 million different icons to choose from, you might want to search by a keyword. First thing that comes to my mind is Thor. He's a pretty buff dude. So we're imagining myself as Thor. It's not the worst thing I've ever thought. But save some time rather than just one. Why don't we use a bunch of different icons together we've got Iron Man, wearing a bikini with a buff arm and a cartoony arm. And he's looking pretty good there. Other than just having fun with icons, you can actually use these when people are getting together with their ideas rather than just stating you're going to go to the park. Why not actually show people the idea of going to the park? This is how you can use icons to showcase your thoughts more visually. Go forth and prosper.