Absurd Design – Free Surrealist Illustrations and Vector Art

https://absurd.design/

by sansnomme • 7 years ago

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werber• 7 years ago

What makes these illustrations absurdist or surreal outside of the quarterly pricing?

johnmarinelli3• 7 years ago

I'm guessing it's the general aesthetic that makes it surrealist

But hey, that's just a guess

iamnotacrook• 7 years ago

They're free, billed quarterly. Got it.

mycall• 7 years ago

That's absurd!

duxup3• 7 years ago

In a digital era, we sometimes feel the need to interact with something more human that will make us appreciate both the beauty and the imperfection of something made by hand.

I appreciate the sentiment but I'm not sure a handful of illustrations actually does that.

I've often thought about what makes a website feel more natural but honestly sites like hacker news probabbly is as "natural" as an experience gets for a browser.

ztratar• 7 years ago

waves hands vigorously

Do you not understand art?!

johnmarinelli3• 7 years ago

Exactly my thoughts while reading most of the posts in this thread

duxup3• 7 years ago

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not.

johnxie• 7 years ago

Beautiful and minimalist style, but it isn't clear what happens when you cancel/pause the quarterly subscription.

coolvision• 7 years ago

Idea is great. Execution and the artworks... not good.

jasonsb• 7 years ago

Enjoying art is a subjective experience. Others might appreciate these illustrations.

hellofunk• 7 years ago

Such as myself, I found them rather fun to look at.

jorams• 7 years ago

Just a little feedback on the website: the animating text on the fourth slide makes everything below it constantly jump up and down, on mobile. It makes most of the site a chore to read, and practically unusable.

Manheim2• 7 years ago

I find the business model interesting. It is difficult to make a living as a content creator. Setting a limited number of subscribers on an exclusive illustration series will probably work better than giving illustrations away for free and then hope someone will hire you. Setting a quarterly subscription of $57 will give the designer $5700 a month if he manage to get 300 subscribers. I am sure this model can be duplicated by other independent content creators, and not only illustrators.

When it comes to the art itself I happen to like this artist's pen. That is a matter of taste and opinion of course. However, the business model is generic.

imagetic2• 7 years ago

It's also pricing a job market into extinction.

Manheim2• 7 years ago

That will depend on the market in question, wouldn't it? I mean, for example from the freelancers perspective it is not. From their perspective it could have the opposite effect; enable them to earn more by running parallel subscription based services.

jsinai• 7 years ago

I like this. Illustrations are great and whimsical and they made my day.

theelous3• 7 years ago

I can only applaud an artist taking a new approach to monitisation. I hope this catches on generally, as a way for artists to build sustainable patronage.

imagetic2• 7 years ago

I don't see how we're going to be able to produce good, quality, and original content with purpose with these types of pricing models and see media people earn a living wage.

Absurd Design – Free Surrealist Illustrations and Vector Art

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