Somebody in a Discord chat said CSS art is pointless because it's just gradients, and now I can't stop thinking about it | CSS Art Club - The Design Community Hub
Somebody in a Discord chat said CSS art is pointless because it's just gradients, and now I can't stop thinking about it
Last Thursday I was lurking in a front end Discord and a guy with a VS Code avatar said pure CSS landscapes are "just stacked box-shadows dressed up as talent," then a few people laughed along with him. I've spent maybe 40 hours this month building a sunset over water with nothing but radial gradients and clip-path, and hearing that made me question whether I'm just wasting my afternoons. Has anyone else had a moment where someone dismissed this stuff and it got under your skin, or am I the only one who took it personally?