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I hate myself for saying it, but this feels like an artistic variation on "we spent 500 hours manually perfecting React button animations" or "I built a Lisp so

I hate myself for saying it, but this feels like an artistic variation on "we spent 500 hours manually perfecting React button animations" or "I built a Lisp so we can have more interesting configuration files for our ... todo list app". I guess I'm jaded. > Creative Director: GMUNK > Managing Director, Live Action: Oliver Fuselier > Managing Partner, Digital: Dustin Callif > Executive Producer: Robert Helphand > Head of Production: Amy DeLossa > Producer: Mary Church > Associate Producer: John Stern > Production Supervisor: Liz Welonek > etc ... I mean, come on.

cl3misch 2y ago
You're not wrong, but the production team might be more justified when you account for the huge number of users seeing this image. Would a synthetic image sufficed? Yes. Can it be worth it to invest in artists creating something nice if millions of people see it? Yes.
- huygens6363 2y ago
  Bah. You're right. I'm being obtuse and need more coffee. Nerding out on things is fun, my whole life is based on it. I guess I feel some rivalry with the artistic world. Maybe it's jealousy.
- autoexec 2y ago
  It's kind of sad how often the best way for artists to get paid and have their work seen is by creating corporate advertising. At least in this case it's just a pretty logo and not a direct lie or manipulation.
microtonal 2y ago
I don't know. I think a nice wallpaper can cheer up the day and make a system more lovely. Seems relevant when it reaches so many people. However, I have never really liked this wallpaper (the few times I have seen it as a non-Windows user). The random desertscapes and dynamic wallpapers in macOS are really much more appealing.
omnimus 2y ago
Two main reasons to make it this way is to also generate movies for possible ads etc. And creative process - you get a lot more happy accidents and variety doing it this way over “draw anything” in photoshop which can be pretty daunting.

cl3misch 2y ago

You're not wrong, but the production team might be more justified when you account for the huge number of users seeing this image. Would a synthetic image sufficed? Yes. Can it be worth it to invest in artists creating something nice if millions of people see it? Yes.

huygens6363 2y ago
Bah. You're right. I'm being obtuse and need more coffee. Nerding out on things is fun, my whole life is based on it. I guess I feel some rivalry with the artistic world. Maybe it's jealousy.
autoexec 2y ago
It's kind of sad how often the best way for artists to get paid and have their work seen is by creating corporate advertising. At least in this case it's just a pretty logo and not a direct lie or manipulation.

microtonal 2y ago

I don't know. I think a nice wallpaper can cheer up the day and make a system more lovely. Seems relevant when it reaches so many people. However, I have never really liked this wallpaper (the few times I have seen it as a non-Windows user). The random desertscapes and dynamic wallpapers in macOS are really much more appealing.

omnimus 2y ago

Two main reasons to make it this way is to also generate movies for possible ads etc. And creative process - you get a lot more happy accidents and variety doing it this way over “draw anything” in photoshop which can be pretty daunting.