68 A minimal illustration for when you are late.

In case you were wondering how my minimal illustrations can be put to good use—this is the most likely scenario.

You were supposed to make a social media post an hour ago. You are currently staring at a screen.

The alternatives are not ideal. You could use a stock photo, but stock photos usually involve people in suits smiling unnaturally at a whiteboard. No one smiles at a whiteboard.

You could also try an image generator, which is fine if you enjoy endlessly adjusting your prompt, only to end up with a picture so perfectly average that it induces a sense of mild existential dread. On the 'plus' side, the competitors have probably achieved the very same result.

So I made this. It's a simple minimal conceptual business illustration with a twist. A businessman is standing on a watch face, pretending to be the hands of the watch. He is slightly worried too, which is the correct emotion for the situation.

If you are an art director, an entrepreneur, or just an agency trying to avoid the usual visual clutter, these exist. I can also draw different ones. Custom ones, even. Get in touch if that sounds like something you'd want to exchange money for.