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Not really related to the article, but what's the origin of picutres like the one used in the article? A few years ago https://www.humaaans.com/ https://www.hum

by Zababa 5y ago

Not really related to the article, but what's the origin of picutres like the one used in the article? A few years ago https://www.humaaans.com/ https://www.humaaans.com/ was all the rage, is this something like this too? I can't imagine that each of these images is individually produced, I feel like they are assembled, but I can't find the origin. Edit: answering my own question, https://blush.design/ https://blush.design/ (link found on the humaans page) has things that look a lot like that. So that's probably the origin. There are multiple artists listed on the website (https://blush.design/artists https://blush.design/artists) but I can't tell which one did what. I can understand that it's very practical to be able to mix and match parts of images like that, but I personally find them very unappealing. But seeing how much they are used, maybe most people like them?

mmastrac 5y ago
It reminds me of the styles from the 60s/70s, like from David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1974-basic-computer-games-david-ahl-1728201856 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1974-basic-computer-g...
schleck8 5y ago
It's called Alegria and all hip tech companies use it. It's pretty widely hated https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/jwsagt/big_tech_corporate_artstyle_starter_pack/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/jwsagt/big_te... https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/groh5e/big_tech_corporate_artstyle_starter_pack/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/groh5e/big_te... https://youtu.be/lFb7BOI_QFc https://youtu.be/lFb7BOI_QFc
- tvanantwerp 5y ago
  I once heard it called "toddlers' bauhaus" and I'm sticking with that.
- solarpunk 5y ago
  I've only ever seen it referred to as Corporate Memphis[0]. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis
  - vageli 5y ago
    Alegria is mentioned in the third paragraph in the article you linked.
chrissnell 5y ago
Eh, it's more common than that. I worked for a roboinvestor tech company that paid an artist to draw a bunch of this crap. The deal was that it was supposed to appeal to Gen-Zers, with diverse racial cartoon characters doing their best not to look like they were at work. It seemed super cringey to me at the time
vlaabx 5y ago

by Zababa 5y ago

mmastrac 5y ago

It reminds me of the styles from the 60s/70s, like from David Ahl's BASIC Computer Games. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1974-basic-computer-games-david-ahl-1728201856 https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1974-basic-computer-g...

schleck8 5y ago

It's called Alegria and all hip tech companies use it. It's pretty widely hated https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/jwsagt/big_tech_corporate_artstyle_starter_pack/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/jwsagt/big_te... https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/groh5e/big_tech_corporate_artstyle_starter_pack/ https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/groh5e/big_te... https://youtu.be/lFb7BOI_QFc https://youtu.be/lFb7BOI_QFc

tvanantwerp 5y ago
I once heard it called "toddlers' bauhaus" and I'm sticking with that.
solarpunk 5y ago
I've only ever seen it referred to as Corporate Memphis[0]. [0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_Memphis
- vageli 5y ago
  Alegria is mentioned in the third paragraph in the article you linked.

chrissnell 5y ago

Eh, it's more common than that. I worked for a roboinvestor tech company that paid an artist to draw a bunch of this crap. The deal was that it was supposed to appeal to Gen-Zers, with diverse racial cartoon characters doing their best not to look like they were at work. It seemed super cringey to me at the time

vlaabx 5y ago