I actually see no reason to do it with tikzpeople if you can do it easily in tikz alone with just a view commands.
\documentclass[border=3.5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[fill=black] (0,0) circle [radius=18pt] node[yshift=10mm] {Alice};
\draw[thick,fill=black] (1,-1.8) arc(0:180:1cm and 1 cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

But by loading draft you can draw tikzpeople in their basic shape. But is not really meant to work with, but to compile huge pictures faster.
\documentclass[border=3.5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage[draft]{tikzpeople}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[bob,minimum size=1.5cm] {Bob};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
