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

#81

Post by stronglikedan »

whatshisface wrote: post #43
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…

> I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. When I checked I didn't see any white people, so assuming that you are white the explanation for your reaction is probably just that your race isn't represented. People identify more with other people that look like them. If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese, so my guess is that the author of th…

> In that light the "real humans" comment comes across as a little weird

But that's the light painted by you, not OP. OP gave very specific and valid examples of types of people that are missing. OP said, nor implied, anything about race. That's your straw man, and yours alone.

The only thing that's weird is that an illustration library called "humaaans" is no where near diverse enough to represent humans.

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

#82

Post by whatshisface »

jazzyk wrote: post #75
whatshisface wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. When I checked I didn't see any white people, so assuming that you are white the explanation for your reaction is probably just that your race isn't represented. People identify more with other people that look like them. If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese, so my guess is that the author of th…

> If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese That may be OK, but I can't think of a country where 80% of people are female?

At this point we're splitting hairs down to the subatomic level, but that can be explained by pointing out that the author made more distinct female hair styles than male hair styles.

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

#83

Post by whatshisface »

stronglikedan wrote: post #81
whatshisface wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't associate with any of it. Not because I'm a green space monster. When I checked I didn't see any white people, so assuming that you are white the explanation for your reaction is probably just that your race isn't represented. People identify more with other people that look like them. If you had a kid from China draw a picture of some people they would all look Chinese, so my guess is that the author of th…

> In that light the "real humans" comment comes across as a little weird But that's the light painted by you , not OP. OP gave very specific and valid examples of types of people that are missing. OP said, nor implied, anything about race. That's your straw man, and yours alone. The only thing that's weird is that an illustration library called "humaaans" is no where near diverse enough to represent humans.

>But that's the light painted by you, not OP.

Right, I'm saying that's the most accurate light. I'm not trying to accuse the OP of anything.

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

#84

Post by whatshisface »

theon144 wrote: post #68

Nice! This came at just the right time for me too. I find the general attitude in this comment section curious, though; lots of people are arguing about the skin tone choice which is notably brown. Yet I feel that if it were lighter in shade, there would be much less grumbling and criticism about not including every single possible body shape?

The author left out white people, and since he's white himself and from California the "he just doesn't live around white people" explanation that I was originally going for can't be right.

If he had left out a people group that he didn't see very often (if he lived in Nigeria that could be white people, if he lived in Norway that could be Native Americans) then nobody would be upset. But all signs point to this being some kind of misguided political expression. I can see why everyone is riled up; it's (apparently intentionally) tapping in to one of the lava pools of "this is unfair" sloshing around America these days.

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

#85

Post by gus_massa »

hliyan wrote: post #80
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…

Also, where are the front-facing people?

It's probably more difficult to draw people front-facing. Most videogames and cartoons show the characters from the side.

Also, to make a realistic drawing of a building it is difficult to paint from a point of view that is directly in the front, because you must hint the 3D shapes with the shadows and the draws. It's much easier to draw it from a point of view that is somewhere on the side, in front of a corner, like 45° or something like that. The perspective alone makes the 3D part visible, and the shadows only help to make the 3D effect better.

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

#86

Post by shanehoban »

KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #46
shanehoban wrote: post #4

Favourited. Really nice work and impressive landing page. Would love to have an online tool for this also, as others have said. The style of work really reminds me of undraw [1] [1] https://undraw.co

Oh my god, the real gold is in the comments. Can you share some other cool stuff from your bookmarks?

Undraw is like the only thing I have to mind that I've noticed isn't as widely known. Perhaps these:

- https://cruip.com

- https://unsplash.com

- https://feathericons.com

- Why didn't I get any money from my startup? - A guide to Liquidation Preferences and Cap Tables [1]

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/a8f6xz/why_didnt_...

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

#87

Post by porphyrogene »

whatshisface wrote: post #84
theon144 wrote: post #68

Nice! This came at just the right time for me too. I find the general attitude in this comment section curious, though; lots of people are arguing about the skin tone choice which is notably brown. Yet I feel that if it were lighter in shade, there would be much less grumbling and criticism about not including every single possible body shape?

The author left out white people, and since he's white himself and from California the "he just doesn't live around white people" explanation that I was originally going for can't be right. If he had left out a people group that he didn't see very often (if he lived in Nigeria that could be white people, if he lived in Norway that could be Native Americans) then nobody would be upset. But all signs point to this bein…

If you ever feel that you need to know the skin color of a project's author in order to judge it properly then you are the one with the problem.

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

#89

Post by otakucode »

theon144 wrote: post #68

Nice! This came at just the right time for me too. I find the general attitude in this comment section curious, though; lots of people are arguing about the skin tone choice which is notably brown. Yet I feel that if it were lighter in shade, there would be much less grumbling and criticism about not including every single possible body shape?

I didn't really notice the skin tone, but immediately keyed in on the age and anatomy, since those are the things I've most often noticed being neglected when people depict human beings. No children, no elderly, no genitals seems to be the image of humanity we want.

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

#90

Post by danielvf »

whatshisface wrote: post #84
theon144 wrote: post #68

Nice! This came at just the right time for me too. I find the general attitude in this comment section curious, though; lots of people are arguing about the skin tone choice which is notably brown. Yet I feel that if it were lighter in shade, there would be much less grumbling and criticism about not including every single possible body shape?

The author left out white people, and since he's white himself and from California the "he just doesn't live around white people" explanation that I was originally going for can't be right. If he had left out a people group that he didn't see very often (if he lived in Nigeria that could be white people, if he lived in Norway that could be Native Americans) then nobody would be upset. But all signs point to this bein…

Nah, there's a simple explanation. Humaaans uses an artistic style of solid patches of color against a white background. Very light skin tones work terribly in this style because they disappear into the background.
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