![How Creative People See the World How Creative People See the World](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/square/000/022/871/thumb.png)
How Creative People See the World
About
How Creative People See the World is a series of comics published by the arts and entertainment website Bright Side, which depict contrast how people with a creative mindset view every-day situations compared to "ordinary" people. Online, the comics were widely mocked and parodied, with many accusing the artwork of being pretentious and absurd.
Origin
In July 2016, Bright Side published a series of comics juxtaposing various scenarios comparing the perspective of "ordinary people" with "creative people," depicting creative people as viewing the world through a fantastical lens (shown below).
![How Creative People See Clouds ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE ⓒ BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/276/89f.jpg)
![How Creative People See Cooking ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE GHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/284/2da.jpg)
![How Creative People Play ORDINARY PEOPLE Ca CREATIVE PEOPLE ⓒ BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/285/5a1.jpg)
![How Creative People See the woods ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE © BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/278/f1e.jpg)
![How Creative People See Travel ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/280/a0a.jpg)
![How Creative People See Watering Flowers ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE ⓒ BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/277/db3.jpg)
![How Creative People See Their Boss ORDINARY PEOPLE #1 BOSS CREATIVE PEOPLE 0 O BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/282/3cf.jpg)
![How Creative People See Cats ORDINARY PEOPLE Purrrr... CREATIVE PEOPLE It's not that I don't like the dog, but really - what do we need him for? ⓒ BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/287/601.jpg)
Spread
On August 11th, 2016, the Bright Side Facebook page uploaded an animated version of the comic series, which gathered upwards of 838,000 views, 19,000 reactions and 7,300 shares over the next eight months (shown below). In the comments section, many users mocked the comic for portraying creative people as schizophrenics witnessing vivid hallucinations.
The comic fell into relative obscurity until late April 2017, when it was posted on the "Thank Mr Banky" Facebook Group.[2] On April 28th, Twitter user @ollymoss[5] posted a parody of the comic featuring screen captures from the animated series Turbo Teen (shown below, left). from That day, CollegeHumor[3] published a listicle highlighting various online reactions to the comics. Several days later, the Cheezburger[4] site FAILBlog posted similar reactions to the comics in a post titled "Painfully Pretentious Comic About Creative vs. Ordinary People's Getting Roasted to Oblivion." On May 2nd, Tumblr user babyfawnlegs[6] posted a parody in which a "creative" person swings a lawnmower in a circle (shown below, right).
![Ordinary People Vs Turbo Teen ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/290/3e5.jpg)
![Ordinary Mowing Vs Creative Mowing ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/311/96b.gif)
Various Examples
![How Creative People Prepare Food ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/307/676.png)
![YOU HAVE JUST BEEN VISITED BY THE AZTEC GODS OF FITNESS wetza ORDINARY PEOPLE Xoch Ozomatl CREATIVE PEOPLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/309/34a.png)
![Ordinary People Vs Creative People ORDINARY PEOPLE CREATIVE PEOPLE © BRIGHTSIDE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/302/673.png)
![Normal Platypodes Vs Creative Platypodes ORDINARY PEOPLE NE HD CREATIVE PEOPLE](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/250/305/792.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Brightside – 10 Illustrations Showing How Creative People See the World
[2] Facebook – thank mr banky
[3] CollegeHumor (via Wayback Machine)- The Whole Internet Is Roasting This Pretentious "Creative People" Comic
[4] Cheezburger – Painfully Pretentious Comic About Creative vs. Ordinary People's Getting Roasted to Oblivion
[6] Tumblr – babyfawnlegs
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