There's this art studio called Cabeza Patata from Spain, and most of their illustrations are flat art people. Nothing new or original there, but the thing is they also make them 3-D or something, and they look so uncanny. I don't know, they freak me out. So many articles talking about them, but they just look like shit.
There's this art studio called Cabeza Patata from Spain, and most of their illustrations are flat art people. Nothing new or original there, but the thing is they also make them 3-D or something, and they look so uncanny. I don't know, they freak me out. So many articles talking about them, but they just look like shit.
What sort of anti-intellectualist agenda can glorify such tiny heads? To obviate the need for the obvious reply, yes, I know globalism precludes free thought but still.
Not sure if I'd consider this under the alegria bubble entirely, but the s&box 'art' """style""""" reminds me a lot of this terrible trend. View attachment 2955343
It's supposed to be a sequel game to Garry's Mod, even being worked on by the main developer of the original, but somehow he completely misses the point on part of what made the game... what it was.
For example these are the original basic player models in that game, without any mods. View attachment 2955347
They're assets from Half Life 2, just generally realistic people, but with a recognizable form. I don't know how anyone could prefer the new alternative.
This is one that I was thinking about today. Mailtrap's website used to greet you with this awesome Cuphead-style drawing of a flytrap on a murder spree against flying mails. Some are blissfully unaware of their shared end, some think they're above their pitiful destiny and are mocking our plant character, while others are horrified of the painful demise that awaits them (wayback machine archive). Something to consider is that the image didn't take long to load at all when you visited the site.
After that, around March 2019, they changed it to a flytrap eating mails while a barrier protects people (to give context, Mailtrap offers a staging SMTP server which mitigates end users receiving erroneous test emails if you're doing backend work). Not as good as the original in my opinion, but I still liked it because it was more colorful and people had human proportions (archive), plus it was a very simple way to visually explain Mailtrap's purpose.
Now when you access the site there's jack shit, only text.
When you scroll down though, you will find the bugmxn hiding in the page.
This was the first time I felt demoralized by flat art taking over. I know that's a dumb thing to say, but goddamn what they replaced that original art with is pure sin.
This is one that I was thinking about today. Mailtrap's website used to greet you with this awesome Cuphead-style drawing of a flytrap on a murder spree against flying mails. Some are blissfully unaware of their shared end, some think they're above their pitiful destiny and are mocking our plant character, while others are horrified of the painful demise that awaits them (wayback machine archive). Something to consider is that the image didn't take long to load at all when you visited the site.
After that, around March 2019, they changed it into a drawing of a flytrap eating mails while a barrier protects people (to give context, Mailtrap offers a staging SMTP server which mitigates end users receiving erroneous test emails if you're backend work). Not as good as the original in my opinion, but I still liked it because it's more colorful and the people have human proportions (archive), plus it's a very simple way to visually explain Mailtrap's purpose.
This was the first time I felt demoralized by flat art taking over. I know that's a dumb thing to say, but goddamn what they replaced that original art with is pure sin.
Yes, I can see why you feel disappointed. My only theory is thaf flat art is much cheaper to make and replicate than illustrations that require more time and effort.
Flat art is just colorful blobs with faces or simple, minimalistic lines with little to no color or shading. Anyone can do that, even me (well, to some extent).
So if one day the company has to fire the freelance illustrator or graphic designer because he/she dared to charge a bit more, it will be easy to find another sucker who can produce exactly the same drawings.
There's this art studio called Cabeza Patata from Spain, and most of their illustrations are flat art people. Nothing new or original there, but the thing is they also make them 3-D or something, and they look so uncanny. I don't know, they freak me out. So many articles talking about them, but they just look like shit.
The 3D-looking ones look like they took actual photos of people posing, but replaced any visible parts of their body with the flat art character's parts, and reshaping their proportions to match the style. It especially looks like that on the one with jeans.
Those ads have been everywhere for Krogers (Fry's parent company) for the past couple years. I remember my Mom finding them disturbing when they first started airing them on TV. No idea why they still have them around.
This is one that I was thinking about today. Mailtrap's website used to greet you with this awesome Cuphead-style drawing of a flytrap on a murder spree against flying mails. Some are blissfully unaware of their shared end, some think they're above their pitiful destiny and are mocking our plant character, while others are horrified of the painful demise that awaits them (wayback machine archive). Something to consider is that the image didn't take long to load at all when you visited the site.
After that, around March 2019, they changed it to a flytrap eating mails while a barrier protects people (to give context, Mailtrap offers a staging SMTP server which mitigates end users receiving erroneous test emails if you're doing backend work). Not as good as the original in my opinion, but I still liked it because it was more colorful and people had human proportions (archive), plus it was a very simple way to visually explain Mailtrap's purpose.
This was the first time I felt demoralized by flat art taking over. I know that's a dumb thing to say, but goddamn what they replaced that original art with is pure sin.
Every website has to become the same exact white website with childish illustrations that look like something from a book for babies who can't even read yet.
This is one that I was thinking about today. Mailtrap's website used to greet you with this awesome Cuphead-style drawing of a flytrap on a murder spree against flying mails. Some are blissfully unaware of their shared end, some think they're above their pitiful destiny and are mocking our plant character, while others are horrified of the painful demise that awaits them (wayback machine archive). Something to consider is that the image didn't take long to load at all when you visited the site.
After that, around March 2019, they changed it to a flytrap eating mails while a barrier protects people (to give context, Mailtrap offers a staging SMTP server which mitigates end users receiving erroneous test emails if you're doing backend work). Not as good as the original in my opinion, but I still liked it because it was more colorful and people had human proportions (archive), plus it was a very simple way to visually explain Mailtrap's purpose.
This was the first time I felt demoralized by flat art taking over. I know that's a dumb thing to say, but goddamn what they replaced that original art with is pure sin.
Not sure if I'd consider this under the alegria bubble entirely, but the s&box 'art' """style""""" reminds me a lot of this terrible trend. View attachment 2955343
It's supposed to be a sequel game to Garry's Mod, even being worked on by the main developer of the original, but somehow he completely misses the point on part of what made the game... what it was.
For example these are the original basic player models in that game, without any mods. View attachment 2955347
They're assets from Half Life 2, just generally realistic people, but with a recognizable form. I don't know how anyone could prefer the new alternative.
Wikipedia wants to remind you that international women's day is coming up:
At least it doesn't look like a troon, but there's still time for them to post more soulless trash.
Here is what comes up when you go into the "illustration" category on shutterstock, one of the biggest media bank of the internet. I also included some illustrators portfolio.
As you can see, when you ditch the Chinese new year artworks and few icon sets, most of the results have this cursed corporate memphis artwork. As you can guess, it gets even worse when you input specific themes. There are also several designers that specialize in this kind of illustration, and do nothing else. I wouldn't blame them, since most of them are second worlders that shutterstock pays with peanuts. According to the shutterstock wikipedia article :
In May 2020, the company announced that it will update its contributor earnings structure as of June 1, from a minimum flat-rate to a percentage-based model. Contributor income may be reduced from the previous minimum payment per downloaded image of 25 or 38 (based on lifetime earnings level) cents down to 10 cents, or 15 percent of sales, at the entry level, with author ratings reset to zero at the beginning of each year.[44] Many photographers voiced their opposition to the new changes.
What else can we expect of illustrators when they're literally paid in cents ?
Bonus pics :
What the hell is it even going on here ? It looks straight up like a (corporate) rattenkonig.
The usual LGBT stuff.
I also have a special kind of hatred for this kind of "cheerful" text stickers. Who even use these ? I see them popping up all the time in my searches. What are them even made for ?
I also have a special kind of hatred for this kind of "cheerful" text stickers. Who even use these ? I see them popping up all the time in my searches. What are them even made for ?
I suppose those stickers are for crafting purposes. For example, people who do scrapbooking or make their own handmade notebooks or journals, and use the stickers as a cute personal touch.
Either that, or they use them to decorate photos for Instagram and Facebook.
I stumbled upon some examples of corporate artstyle of the 90's and immediately thought of this thread.
Turns out it has a name, it's called "Global Village Coffehouse". I'm not gonna go explain its background or the themes it tries to convey, you can look it up yourself. What I'm thinking of is: sure, it looks more appealing than Alegria, but is it really so, or it is just my nostalgia speaking?
What do you think?
I stumbled upon some examples of corporate artstyle of the 90's and immediately thought of this thread. View attachment 3052555View attachment 3052556View attachment 3052559View attachment 3052560
Turns out it has a name, it's called "Global Village Coffehouse". I'm not gonna go explain its background or the themes it tries to convey, you can look it up yourself. What I'm thinking of is: sure, it looks more appealing than Alegria, but is it really so, or it is just my nostalgia speaking?
What do you think?
