14 new family tree designs, from Pop Star to Byzantine icons
PeoplePlotr now has 39 family tree designs, and there are 14 we've never shown you here. There's a neon Pop Star wall, collectable stat cards, a family of friendly monsters, felt and pencil sketches, Byzantine icons and more. Most designs also come in a dozen or more colour schemes now. Here's every new one, shown with the same made-up family so you can compare them.
Finding them
Open your story tree, click the designs in the top bar, then the arrow to see them all. The designs are now grouped into sections: Family album, Rich and grand, Fun and playful, Clean and elegant and Wedding. Premium designs have a ribbon across the corner, and on a free account the free ones come first in each section. Click one and your whole tree changes. Your story stays exactly as it is, so you can try as many as you like.
Every example below is the same story, with everyone given a skin tone:
My name is Maya and I am 24. I have curly brown hair and light brown skin. My mum is Grace and my dad is Tom. Grace has long black braids and brown skin. Tom has short red hair and fair skin. I have a brother called Sam, who is 20. Grace's dad is Arthur and her mum is Rose. Arthur is bald with a white beard and glasses and has dark brown skin. Rose has short white curly hair and dark brown skin. Arthur loves gardening and Rose loves baking. Arthur and Rose have a dog called Pepper.
(The full story also has Uncle Leon, Auntie Priya and cousin Zara.)
Fun and playful
Pop Star (premium)
A dark brick club wall lit by neon. Everyone is a glowing neon star with their portrait in the middle, wearing a headset mic under two coloured stage lights, with their name in neon script. Couples are joined by a neon tube with a neon heart.
Family Stats (free)
Everyone becomes a shiny collector's card on a dark table, with a chrome frame, a card number, a portrait on rainbow holo foil and four stats taken from your story: age, children, grandchildren and hobbies. Kids love it, and it's a good one for spotting who has the most grandchildren.
Monster (free)
The whole family as friendly monsters. Each one is made from what your story says about them: their hair becomes their fur, their eyes keep their colour and their glasses stay on. Children are small and round, and grown-ups get more character with age, from bigger horns to grey tufts.
Wanted (free)
Wanted posters nailed to wooden boards and joined with rope, each with a reward and a known as
line. Perfect for the family outlaws.
Family album
Felt (premium)
A family cut from felt and sewn together. Each person is a soft cream card with a stitched edge and felt waves along the bottom, their portrait in a felt rosette, and the lines are felt strips with running stitch down the middle.
Sketch (premium)
The family drawn by hand in pencil in a sketchbook. Every line is drawn twice, a little wobbly, as a quick hand does, each portrait is a pencil drawing, and one coloured pencil picks out what matters.
Polaroid (free)
A family scrapbook. Each person is an instant photo, a little crooked, stuck to kraft paper with washi tape, with their name written underneath in marker and the lines drawn in pen.
Family Bible (premium)
The family record page at the front of an old Bible: cream vellum ruled in red and gold, a great oak engraved in brown ink behind the family, and each name in copperplate. Couples are joined by wedding rings.
Rich and grand
Glass (free)
Stained glass windows set in a pale stone wall. Each person is an arched window of jewel-coloured glass held in lead, with a pool of coloured light beneath it.
Icons (free)
Byzantine icons on a glowing blue ground. Each person is a painted panel with gold leaf, their portrait under a round arch with a halo, and their name lettered in cinnabar red.
Clean and elegant
Greek (free)
The black and terracotta of a painted vase on pale limestone. Each person is a cream tablet under a band of Greek key, with their portrait in a round frame and their name cut in capitals. Couples are joined by an olive wreath.
Herbarium (premium)
A collector's folio of pressed plants. Each person is a mounting sheet with an oval portrait held down by linen tape and a botanical label giving their name in italic, with faint pressed specimens behind.
Moorish (premium)
The courtyards of the Alhambra: warm carved plaster, each portrait set like a window in a pointed arch ringed in glazed teal, and couples joined by a gold star.
Nordic (premium)
A winter cabin. Each person is a woven band of linen hung from a birch rod, with a red border, a small knitted star and a tassel below. Couples are joined by a red folk heart.
More colour schemes for every design
Each design has its own default colours and four quiet alternatives: Ocean, Berry, Sunset and Slate. Most now add more rows of those as well: Light, Colourful and Dark, so many designs have 13 or more to choose from. A scheme changes the background, cards and lines while the design keeps its character, so Royal keeps its gold and Wanted its paper posters. Pick one under the designs, in Colours for your design.
Free and premium
Family Stats, Monster, Wanted, Polaroid, Glass, Icons and Greek are free on every account, alongside Storybook, Royal, Superheroes, Space Crew and Water. Pop Star, Felt, Sketch, Family Bible, Herbarium, Moorish and Nordic come with a premium account. Whatever design you pick, you can share it, print it or order it as a framed print.
And there's a new way to make someone stand out in any of them: make them the star of your tree, and they're drawn full length in an outfit to suit the design.