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James Li

James Li

March 4th, 2010 Category: Portfolio

11 comments to “James Li”

  1. Too Inspired Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 10:50 am

    *cough* Analog = http://analog.coop/ *cough*

  2. Rich Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 11:08 am

    Haha… agreed. And the line heights seem so tight that they are making me claustrophobic, even with all that white space

  3. Myriad Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 11:11 am

    Yeah… it’s too similar to analog’s site (not that analog invented that “style”). These soft background textures seems to be everywhere nowadays.

  4. Ruben Says:
    March 4th, 2010 at 11:17 am

    The images behind the links when you hover over them is even the same as the logo of analog… this isn’t really best of the web..

  5. Vern Says:
    March 5th, 2010 at 9:05 am

    Quite harsh comments for something that has clearly been “INSPIRED” by.

    Let’s not lose focus on that word because there certainly are similarities between james’s site and analogs but there is a clear disitnction between the two.

    There’s no plagiarism involved here, which would be a real concern!

    Let’s get down from our high horses and stop acting like we’re all pioneers, as them designers/developers are rare as to what they used to be.

    We’re all inspired by what wee see and what we encounter in our daily lives. Maybe these online galleries can be too inspiring at times?

    All I can say is that James has a very clear and concise site with some very astute portfolio work.

    Nice job!

  6. Conor Says:
    March 6th, 2010 at 9:03 am

    Vern,

    I agree, people are being ridiculous by calling this a rip-off of Analog. If this site looks too much like Analog.coop, then Analog.coop looks too much like SimpleBits.com. Both have the same kind of red color and both have the same kind of ribbon as a design element.

    Just because someone like Jon Tangerine designed Analog doesn’t mean that anything that has a similar style in some way is a rip-off of Jon’s work/

    -Conor

  7. Myriad Says:
    March 7th, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    @Vern @Connor. Graphic design is about developing a visual identity, mainly. If we, as professionals, can’t do our homework and create something that differenciates us from the rest in some way, I think we fail. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel and it’s ok to be inspired by other people’s works, but it’s clear that this line was crossed here. The problem is that everyone seems to “borrow” elements from other sites.

  8. Vern Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 4:09 am

    @myriad

    I agree with what you’re saying to a certain degree but for me aside from one element there’s enough distinction between James’ site and analogs.

  9. shod4n Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 4:43 am

    The similarity is really startling. But yes, I can accept it as ‘just inspiration’.

  10. Myriad Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 12:23 pm

    Besides all that, I really like it.

  11. Vera from Bucharest Says:
    April 3rd, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    It is dry and sad like a rumpled page of a newspaper.

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