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Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Re: Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Post by somada141 »

Personally I find these gorgeous but I’ve seen some scrutiny on HN for apps that use such illustrations. I’ve considered using them for my app, still in alpha release so I haven’t felt confident to post here yet, but I worry usage of stock material may bias people to feel the app isn’t original cause the illustrations aren’t.

That being said I expect that people outside the tech-space wouldn’t be exposed to such designs often and would find then as lovely as I am :).

Have I misread the sentiment?

Re: Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Post by pengstrom »

pixelmonkey wrote: post #3

I prefer to source mine from @HumansOfFlat on Twitter :) https://twitter.com/humansofflat Here's my favorite recent offender: https://twitter.com/HumansOfFlat/status/1184867036679327744?...

I honestly can't decide if it's making fun of flat design or promoting it. Poe's law and all that.

Re: Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Post by TeMPOraL »

pixelmonkey wrote: post #3

I prefer to source mine from @HumansOfFlat on Twitter :) https://twitter.com/humansofflat Here's my favorite recent offender: https://twitter.com/HumansOfFlat/status/1184867036679327744?...

Nice. So I guess I'm not the only one who absolutely hates the "humaaans" ilustration set and other sets with similar uncanny deformations.

Re: Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Post by fimdomeio »

Don't use this year style trend if you want to make your brand recognizable. Also you'll have a problem next year because it will look dated.

I had this issue coming up a lot when I was doing more graphic design projects. Never really understand why small clients really wanted to look like everyone else. I always thought the aproach should be the oposite, the lower the budget the bolder you must be if you want anyone to remember you.

Re: Show HN: Glaze – Illustrations for Products and Presentations

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Post by guptaneil »

somada141 wrote: post #2

Personally I find these gorgeous but I’ve seen some scrutiny on HN for apps that use such illustrations. I’ve considered using them for my app, still in alpha release so I haven’t felt confident to post here yet, but I worry usage of stock material may bias people to feel the app isn’t original cause the illustrations aren’t. That being said I expect that people outside the tech-space wouldn’t be exposed to such desi…

You’re right that people outside of HN are far less likely to recognize these are clip art. Also for an alpha release, your priority should be making sure people want your app, not the landing page. Early adopters will look past stock art if you’re filling a need.
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