Comments on: Minimalist superhero posters http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 11:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: fritz from london http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1330265 fritz from london Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1330265 Gimmicky  Gimmicky 

]]> By: AviSolomon http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1330157 AviSolomon Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1330157 Reminded me of these pixel-art posters by Michael Myers: http://www.drawsgood.com/9923/147086/gallery/comic-book-pixel-posters Reminded me of these pixel-art posters by Michael Myers:
http://www.drawsgood.com/9923/147086/gallery/comic-book-pixel-posters

]]> By: DMStone http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1330026 DMStone Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1330026 From the link: "We love the idea of minimalist reinterpretation because we enjoy seeing how an artist can strip icons to their barest elements and still be recongnizable to a mass audience" I think the problem here is the objective of designing a superhero costume is to make it iconic. All the work has already been done by the original artists, all he really has done is taken off the arms and legs.  From the link: “We love the idea of minimalist reinterpretation because we enjoy seeing how an artist can strip icons to their barest elements and still be recongnizable to a mass audience”

I think the problem here is the objective of designing a superhero costume is to make it iconic. All the work has already been done by the original artists, all he really has done is taken off the arms and legs. 

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1330010 AwesomeRobot Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1330010 Yeah, this type of design has become super cliché - the false weathering and folding makes it doubly so.  Yeah, this type of design has become super cliché – the false weathering and folding makes it doubly so. 

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1330008 AwesomeRobot Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1330008 Removing pupils is minimalist?  Removing pupils is minimalist? 

]]> By: Ross Bearman http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1329787 Ross Bearman Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1329787 How about these instead, by a different artist but along similar lines: http://imgur.com/a/TYfWa How about these instead, by a different artist but along similar lines: http://imgur.com/a/TYfWa

]]> By: Ryan Gregson http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1329776 Ryan Gregson Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1329776 Perhaps these have just become a pet peeve for me, but aren't these now far from original, even cliché? Perhaps these have just become a pet peeve for me, but aren’t these now far from original, even cliché?

]]> By: retchdog http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1329768 retchdog Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1329768 Unlicensed derivative works! For sale! ARREST THIS MAN! Unlicensed derivative works! For sale! ARREST THIS MAN!

]]> By: Nick Cheatham http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1329715 Nick Cheatham Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1329715 I found a minimalist poster for UP one time and I haven't been able to find it since, but every once in a while I search the interwebs for it and invariably come across a website hosting these I found a minimalist poster for UP one time and I haven’t been able to find it since, but every once in a while I search the interwebs for it and invariably come across a website hosting these

]]> By: petershultz http://boingboing.net/2012/01/26/minimalist-superhero-posters.html#comment-1329632 petershultz Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=140773#comment-1329632 While these are nice, and the designs are minimalist, the overall presentation is not. Adding fake fold lines, scratches, and dirt in photoshop is the antithesis of minimal design.  While these are nice, and the designs are minimalist, the overall presentation is not. Adding fake fold lines, scratches, and dirt in photoshop is the antithesis of minimal design. 

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