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Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Re: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Post by aetherspawn »

Double_a_92 wrote: post #10
fredley wrote: post #6

This is great, and I really, really love the inclusive-by-default approach.

> inclusive-by-default Except for people with pale skin... I guess.

I noticed this when I tried to make a diverse scene on the online tester .. could only make a scene full of people with similar darker skin tones. Not that diverse at all.

Re: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Post by JUSTed »

This is the new version of stock photos for lazy and conformist people. But instead of having some young attractive models smiling at the camera with a flipchart in their hands, now you get a fast-food-style illustration, devoid of soul and personality, identical to the other designs used by some other startup, that's going to age like milk and will require a rebranding in two years. tl;dr — it's a fad.

Re: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Post by bane »

Waterluvian wrote: post #13

Something's fascinating to me. Clearly there's a lot of diversity. But there also isn't. I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. But where's the potbellied, grizzled 55 year old welder? Or the "I hate kale, more bacon please" mother of three? Everyone looks so... Chic and young and modern and... Silicon Valley. Is it the art style? Is that the point? Is that what the robotic "HUMAAAAN…

You may be using the wrong definition of diversity. It's often used to mean containsminorities(thing) == true vs giniindex(thing) == high .

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Post by freddie_mercury »

Waterluvian wrote: post #13

Something's fascinating to me. Clearly there's a lot of diversity. But there also isn't. I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. But where's the potbellied, grizzled 55 year old welder? Or the "I hate kale, more bacon please" mother of three? Everyone looks so... Chic and young and modern and... Silicon Valley. Is it the art style? Is that the point? Is that what the robotic "HUMAAAAN…

How do you know the woman on the splash page isn't a mother of three who hates kale?

I'm serious. What does that look like to you?

Re: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Post by vertline3 »

freddie_mercury wrote: post #26
Waterluvian wrote: post #13

Something's fascinating to me. Clearly there's a lot of diversity. But there also isn't. I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. But where's the potbellied, grizzled 55 year old welder? Or the "I hate kale, more bacon please" mother of three? Everyone looks so... Chic and young and modern and... Silicon Valley. Is it the art style? Is that the point? Is that what the robotic "HUMAAAAN…

How do you know the woman on the splash page isn't a mother of three who hates kale? I'm serious. What does that look like to you?

He's saying someone who is very overweight, I assume. I felt he was saying it in a diplomatic fashion?

Re: Humaaans: Mix-and-match illustrations of people with a design library

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Post by detritus »

fredley wrote: post #15
Double_a_92 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> inclusive-by-default Except for people with pale skin... I guess.

All the skin tones are mid-brown, there is nothing darker and nothing lighter, though this would be an easy thing to change when using the library. Interesting how you single out pale skin.

As a blue-skinned ginger of Scottish descent, I'm unsure why his observation has to be 'interesting' - if by 'interesting' you mean to imply racist?
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