The site design is a blatant ripoff of ligne claire [1], famously pioneered by French comic artist Hergé, creator of The Adventures of Tintin series.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_claire

What does your comment even mean? If I were to create an original piece of art of an famous style, would that be considered a “blatant rip-off”? For a sanity check, here’s the website of the artist that created this original illustration: https://janneiivonen.net/about

Wait, you mean to say this fraud didn't even design his own site? Regardless, it's clearly ripping off of a well-known art style. Disingenuous to claim "deep, strong branding" when it's simply a cheap imitation. What a joke.

Blatant ripoff, or homage?

It is simply impossible to ripoff an entire style of drawing.

It predates Hergé. Bécassine did it two decades prior. It is so old that it will enter public domain next June (death of the artist + 70 years in France).

100%

I saw that site and my first thought was "wow I suck at web design". My second thought was wow this guy's work is inspiring.

I'm generally unaware of the drama between he and Elon, and frankly I don't really care. I'm glad our world has both of them. Most of the commentary I see is from people who couldn't hold a candle to either of them.

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