Why Clip Art Vanished After Being Everywhere
Why Clip Art Was Everywhere Until It Wasn't [video]
A video tracing the rise and fall of clip art, and a Hacker News thread reminiscing about browsing Microsoft's online clip art library in Internet Explorer during the Office XP and 2003 era. Commenters argue that classic clip art style still feels more authentic than the tacky AI-generated flyers now plastered everywhere, and trade memories of a surreal 2000-era clip art comic.
Even today, that style comes across as far more authentic than the tacky AI-generated flyers you see plastered everywhere now.