Why Dark Mode Creates Unique Challenges for Cartoons Part of our full guide ->UI & Visual Design with Cartoons: Strategic Visual Identity, Interface Elements, and Design System Integration Dark mode isn’t simply light mode inverted. It fundamentally changes contrast, tone, and readability. What works perfectly on a white background can completely disappear on black. Cartoons—especially…
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The New Cash-Prize Caption Contest.
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Cartoon Style for UI: How to Choose the Right Cartoons for Your Digital Product
Why Cartoon Style Matters in UI UI has become polished and minimal. That’s a good thing—clean interfaces help users focus. But somewhere between efficiency and elegance, personality can get lost. Cartoons introduce warmth and humanity back into digital products, but only if the style fits. The cartoon style you choose dictates how the cartoon interacts…
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Using Cartoons in UI Design: How Cartoons Complement Icons, Avatars and Mascots
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Cartoons in UX Design: How Visual Communication Transforms Digital Experiences
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“Gun-Toting Family” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Because of this past weekend’s horrific mass shootings at Brown University in Rhode Island and at the Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, we came very close to pulling the following commentary on our 200th caption contest, which featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh. It’s set in a living room, where a…
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