Comments on: No Love for the Illustrator? Skool’d on How to do Handmade Web Design

By: laryedwards

laryedwards — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:56:17 +0000

great article.illustrator sure make the web look awesomely better

By: laryedwards

laryedwards — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:56:00 +0000

great article.illustrator sure make the web look awesomely better

By: Michael Grills

Michael Grills — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:06:33 +0000

As a games artist (And I have to put “artist” in the name because that is what they call us even though we are illustrators), this article is really exciting to me.

If designers are starting to see the value of illustration as a part of their websites then guys like me have a real chance of getting to partner with folks who have a different problem to solve.

I have been solving the problem of interactive entertainment for 10 years. I want to get a bigger presence on the web. Hopefully this trend really takes off and illustrators everywhere get to take part.

By: Michael Grills

Michael Grills — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:06:00 +0000

As a games artist (And I have to put “artist” in the name because that is what they call us even though we are illustrators), this article is really exciting to me.

If designers are starting to see the value of illustration as a part of their websites then guys like me have a real chance of getting to partner with folks who have a different problem to solve.

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:23:59 +0000

Word dude. Illustration is where the heck it is at.

By: Pasquale

Pasquale — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:23:00 +0000

Word dude. Illustration is where the heck it is at.

By: blogging tips

blogging tips — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:11:26 +0000

Hello… You’re right Illustration is the best key to understand the object or picture specially the young ones and even the older…

By: blogging tips

blogging tips — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:11:00 +0000

Hello… You’re right Illustration is the best key to understand the object or picture specially the young ones and even the older…

By: Kyle Steed

Kyle Steed — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:02:52 +0000

@Tuhin – For me, I have always drawn. It’s just a part of who I am. So as I started learning about graphic design and eventually web design, I wanted to merge those together. My process is a simple one, where I sketch everything out in a journal or something, followed by scanning it in and then going back over it in illustrator. I think the last part in illustrator is what takes the longest time.

And regarding illustration as “yet another trend for now” I would respectfully disagree. Illustrations have been popular well over a thousand years. Sure it may seem like more people are catching on to the use of it in modern web design, but I don’t think that changes the history of the importance/popularity of illustrations.

By: Kyle Steed

Kyle Steed — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:02:00 +0000

By: Izzat Aziz

Izzat Aziz — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:06:58 +0000

well, illustrator sure make the web look awesomely better.
but i have no talent in it, so what the best i can do just, enjoy the beauty
of other people work.

and i just stay design the ‘old’ design :)

By: Izzat Aziz

Izzat Aziz — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:06:00 +0000

well, illustrator sure make the web look awesomely better.
but i have no talent in it, so what the best i can do just, enjoy the beauty
of other people work.

and i just stay design the ‘old’ design :)

By: Jarkko Sibenberg

Jarkko Sibenberg — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:24:57 +0000

Well made and personalized illustrations can be so much more powerful than stock images. I really enjoy the work of creative individuals who have genuine imagination, and their portfolio consists of more than just re-traced photos.

I’m also a fan of rough look in illustrations. You can’t do everything with vectors and gradients (well, maybe you can if you are really stubborn and have too much time on your hands), so I don’t think Illustrator shouldn’t be THE place to jump in straight away when you’re thinking of making an illustration.

By: Jarkko Sibenberg

Jarkko Sibenberg — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 08:24:00 +0000

By: Tuhin Kumar

Tuhin Kumar — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:36:51 +0000

Been following all the designers mentioned at the end of the list. What I would love to know more is probably some nice resources to get started. I know the web is full of them, but I would love to know how the designers mentioned here, got it. Was it simply sketching the ideas and then converting it into vectors or practicing stuff from tutorials?
Also as Jordan mentioned, the idea of illustrations being used to step out of the shiny pixelated world is more of yet another trend for now but yes illustrations definitely have a great storytelling power in them.

By: Tuhin Kumar

Tuhin Kumar — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:36:00 +0000

By: Todd Gail

Todd Gail — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:56:50 +0000

Ditto on the scanner. Only I think it was in ’94 or ’95 and weighed slightly more an a Yugo…

By: Todd Gail

Todd Gail — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:56:00 +0000

Ditto on the scanner. Only I think it was in ’94 or ’95 and weighed slightly more an a Yugo…

By: Brad C

Brad C — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:07:05 +0000

Thanks for including me in this fine collection of illustrators. And for the record I got my first scanner in 1996, It was an HP, weighed more than a small dog and I got it used for $500.

By: Brad C

Brad C — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:07:00 +0000

Thanks for including me in this fine collection of illustrators. And for the record I got my first scanner in 1996, It was an HP, weighed more than a small dog and I got it used for $500.

By: Kyle Steed

Kyle Steed — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:57:25 +0000

@Jordan – I think you hit the nail on the head. I’ve always been more drawn to the “DIY” mentality, and so I like to carry that over to the web. I think shiny pixels definitely have their place on the web and in applications, just look at Apple (geez), but I think when the masses get a hold of a new trend they just run it in to the ground.

Thanks for sharing your insight. Rock on!

By: Kyle Steed

Kyle Steed — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:57:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your insight. Rock on!

By: Jordan Koschei

Jordan Koschei — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:15:37 +0000

I think the handmade look is a reaction to the pixel-perfection we’ve seen recently. Everything became so glossy and overproduced, it lost any sense that there were human beings behind it.

It looks like this trend is influencing other fields of design as well; take a look at this trailer from E3 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Qhhf-FsPA

By: Jordan Koschei

Jordan Koschei — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:15:00 +0000

I think the handmade look is a reaction to the pixel-perfection we’ve seen recently. Everything became so glossy and overproduced, it lost any sense that there were human beings behind it.

It looks like this trend is influencing other fields of design as well; take a look at this trailer from E3 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Qhhf-FsPA

By: Klaus Shmidheiser

Klaus Shmidheiser — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:42:39 +0000

RIGHT ON! As a professional Web Designer & Illustrator, this article really hit home. I’m glad to see there are folks out there who appreciate the value of illustration. Now if bring in the narrative illustration to tell the story of a company on the web, then you REALLY will have something special.

keep up the great articles!

By: Klaus Shmidheiser

Klaus Shmidheiser — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:42:00 +0000

keep up the great articles!