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I don't know what the graphic style is called but I despise it. How is that type of drawing not something anyone can do? Honestly. Unless these drawings are don
by redorb 7y ago
I don't know what the graphic style is called but I despise it. How is that type of drawing not something anyone can do? Honestly. Unless these drawings are done by children they are horrible, if they are I apologize and feel bad. I think Box.com or Dropbox used similar graphics early on.. apple had some going with apple.com/today but they have moved along.
- mjrbrennan 7y agoI totally agree I find this drawing style of goofy-looking characters with weird proportions that is going through so many tech companies right now so confusing. I hate it.
- userbinator 7y agoThe "big bodies, tiny heads" style seems exactly the opposite notion of what you'd want to convey with a tech company too[1]. It's like the exact opposite of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_(slang) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chibi_(slang) [1] Unless it's some sly reference to "smart technology, dumb people"?
- mjrbrennan 7y agoI honestly think it's done to look more "whimsical" and "accessible" and to dodge any sort of accusation of discrimination or exclusion. Which isn't a bad thing at all. Just the art style is so weird and blobby.
- malvosenior 7y agoIt's called pretentious. It's an attempt to appear to be working on a higher level by deliberately discarding aesthetics and what would commonly be thought of as good design. A sort of purposefully ugly. It was a trend in fashion for a while and sadly it looks to have bled over into places like Google in a desire to be hip. To me it just looks like bad 4chan memes and trying too hard.
- shantly 7y agoEw, you weren’t kidding. I haven’t seen anything like these elsewhere, luckily. They’re really off-putting.