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Why UI Design Needs More Than Just Function Modern user interfaces are cleaner, faster, and more intuitive than ever. Design systems have matured. Icons are precise. Navigation is predictable. Everything works. However, somewhere in all that polish, something important got lost: personality. Users don’t just want interfaces that work. Instead, they want interfaces that feel.....


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Why UI Teams Misuse Cartoons More Than They Realize Cartoons can enhance UI clarity, tone, and personality—when used intentionally. They add warmth to cold interfaces, humor to dry moments, and personality to otherwise sterile experiences. But without guidelines, they create inconsistency, distraction, or tonal mismatch. A cartoon that works beautifully in one context can fee...


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Last month’s contest featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist P.C. Vey. He didn’t join us for the judging video—he claims to be camera-shy—but he did send us his top ten entries.  Vey’s drawing, set in the middle of an arid wasteland, is just the latest variation on the “man crawling through the desert” trope....


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Why Dark Mode Creates Unique Challenges for Cartoons Part of our full guide -> UI & Visual Design with Cartoons (coming soon) 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 line-based single-panel ones—can lose clarity...


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Why Cartoons Need Rules Just Like Every Other UI Asset Part of our UI & Visual Design with Cartoons guide (coming soon) Design systems thrive on consistency, predictability, and clear hierarchy. Every button, color, and spacing rule exists for a reason: to create coherent experiences that users can trust. Cartoons might seem like the creative...


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