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UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by hmhrex »

Vincenius wrote: post #55
ignoramous wrote: post #3

I have used undraw.co and the illustrations are plenty, neat, and customizable to a degree. For something that's royalty-free, it is an incredible body of work. Here are some more related resources I've seen recommended by others: Photoshop but for Illustrations (paid): https://www.drawkit.io/peach https://icons8.com/ouch https://www.humaaans.com/ https://www.manypixels.co/gallery/

I can add following: https://illlustrations.co/ https://isometric.online/ https://www.glazestock.com/ https://lukaszadam.com/illustrations https://woobro.design/ https://fresh-folk.com/ https://www.opendoodles.com/

Thank you so much for all these resources! I've been looking for stuff like this for my next project.

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by gvjddbnvdrbv »

amelius wrote: post #52
usrusr wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The licence itself is fine. Calling that licence "open source" is what's questionable. It's almost like taking a term laboriously established by others and claiming it your own.

The term "open source" really doesn't say anything about the license. It just says that the source is open. Which in case of vector graphics might not say much.

Open Source has a precise and well widely understood meaning that is entirely related to the license. If you use it to mean something else people will be confused.

You want the word shared source maybe? Or viewable source?

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by anges244 »

dorkandstormy wrote: post #59

It’s great and impressive that this was created and exists. As a professional designer, however, I strongly recommend avoiding this illustration style as it’s already considered passé and derivative. A popular twitter feed exists just to mock it. Try hiring an illustrator from upwork or directly via portfolios on behance or dribbble and make something unique. Many illustrators charge next to nothing because they have…

Could argue about categorising all illustrations as same because a Twitter feed said so. As a designer, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want your own work to be dismissed like that, without much thought by anyone with an HN/Twitter/Reddit account. But won't argue on that too.

What I think is really unfair to mention is that unDraw has contributed to the commoditization of illustrations. On the contrary, there have been many many projects available to illustrators just because the initial design/proposal/prototype could be built with that and win over the clients. Project designs that would otherwise use photographs but not illustrations.

Sites like Upwork, Freelancer, etc. existed long before unDraw and you could find creative work there for truly humiliating prices. It's extremely inaccurate to blame unDraw for that.

The fact is that unDraw helped bring attention to illustrators and illustrations, which were called icons even a few years ago, by opening up a discussion and many new projects.

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by anges244 »

VvR-Ox wrote: post #46

+1 to Katarina & Aggelos for creating and sharing this with us! I often need graphics like these and my design skills don't match Katarina's so I am really thankful you give us the right to use the work in commercial projects as well. Have a great time with your beloved one's and hopefully some awesome food :)

Thank you so much for this sweet message and I'll relay your wishes to Katerina! She'll appreciate the food part!

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by usrusr »

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #60
amelius wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The term "open source" really doesn't say anything about the license. It just says that the source is open. Which in case of vector graphics might not say much.

I think you're going to run into the same thing I ran into here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20864837 which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org. Although I suppose you won't get as many downvotes as I did (the reason for which still eludes me)

> “which is that the term Open Source has been taken over by opensource.org“

https://opensource.org/history claims that the term did not really exist before those behind OSI/opensource.org started using it. While the originality of any composition of dictionary terms is debatable, I'm quite willing to accept that claim. I remember hot debates about the conceptual differences between FSF and OSI but none about prior use of the term.

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by ItsMattyG »

dorkandstormy wrote: post #59

It’s great and impressive that this was created and exists. As a professional designer, however, I strongly recommend avoiding this illustration style as it’s already considered passé and derivative. A popular twitter feed exists just to mock it. Try hiring an illustrator from upwork or directly via portfolios on behance or dribbble and make something unique. Many illustrators charge next to nothing because they have…

Really this is only a problem if your audience is other graphic designers or people who are familiar with them. Most people won't care.

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by resoluteteeth »

amelius wrote: post #52
usrusr wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The licence itself is fine. Calling that licence "open source" is what's questionable. It's almost like taking a term laboriously established by others and claiming it your own.

The term "open source" really doesn't say anything about the license. It just says that the source is open. Which in case of vector graphics might not say much.

That is not true. "Open source" specifically implies certain rights beyond simply allowing people to view the source code (which is known as "shared source").

Many companies like Microsoft allow people to view the source code to their closed-source products under restrictive licenses, but nobody would claim that these products are "open source" as a result.

"Open" doesn't just mean "viewable."

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by jonquark »

ignoramous wrote: post #3

I have used undraw.co and the illustrations are plenty, neat, and customizable to a degree. For something that's royalty-free, it is an incredible body of work. Here are some more related resources I've seen recommended by others: Photoshop but for Illustrations (paid): https://www.drawkit.io/peach https://icons8.com/ouch https://www.humaaans.com/ https://www.manypixels.co/gallery/

There are lots here: https://freesvg.org/ (It has the archive from the now-defunct (temporarily?) openclipart.org)

Re: UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you can imagine and create

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Post by jonquark »

jonquark wrote: post #69
ignoramous wrote: post #3

I have used undraw.co and the illustrations are plenty, neat, and customizable to a degree. For something that's royalty-free, it is an incredible body of work. Here are some more related resources I've seen recommended by others: Photoshop but for Illustrations (paid): https://www.drawkit.io/peach https://icons8.com/ouch https://www.humaaans.com/ https://www.manypixels.co/gallery/

There are lots here: https://freesvg.org/ (It has the archive from the now-defunct (temporarily?) openclipart.org)

A few details about freesvg rising from the ashes of the Open Clip Art Library are here: https://opensource.com/article/19/10/how-community-saved-art...
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