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

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Post by vertline3 »

JUSTed wrote: post #22

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.

I like that you said fast food illustration. That flatness is becoming draining. I assume it's a product of the tool Illustrator, which is very shape based.

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

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Post by seanhandley »

vertline3 wrote: post #27
freddie_mercury wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

You could always skew the image on the horizontal axis if you wanted broader people.

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

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Post by mromanuk »

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.

Come on guys, literally took me like 15s to change the colors and make pale skin, I think you are missing the point here. https://www.figma.com/file/cS2mfgCHEtB9k0XpbZFCNkdK/humaaans...

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

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Post by vertline3 »

seanhandley wrote: post #32
vertline3 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

You could always skew the image on the horizontal axis if you wanted broader people.

It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

But that's beside the point, I was only explaining what I think he was saying.

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

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Post by coldtea »

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?

Because she has the same styling as seen on people in Whole Foods and trendy startup ads...

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

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Post by coldtea »

vertline3 wrote: post #34
seanhandley wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You could always skew the image on the horizontal axis if you wanted broader people.

It's often said that one should not skew fonts. But that's beside the point, I was only explaining what I think he was saying.

>It's often said that one should not skew fonts.

Which is neither here not there, as these are not fonts.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

mromanuk wrote: post #33
Double_a_92 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Come on guys, literally took me like 15s to change the colors and make pale skin, I think you are missing the point here. https://www.figma.com/file/cS2mfgCHEtB9k0XpbZFCNkdK/humaaans...

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

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Post by coldtea »

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.

Well, since all are "mid-brown" the brown skinned people are somewhat represented.

Paler skin (whites, asians, latinos) is totally missing, so not really interesting how the parent singles it out.

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