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Tired Of Being Asked To Work For Free, This Artist Started Drawing These Client Requests
@forexposure_txt is a Twitter account dedicated to compiling quotes from artists who were expected to work for free. It was created by artist and writer Ryan Estrada, and we previously wrote about it here.
Well now an artist has decided to take some of those quotes and use them to inspire various portraits of what she imagines those people look like. They're part of a series titled "For Exposure," and they were created for Format Magazine by Emmie Tsumura, a Toronto-based illustrator and graphic designer. Check out some of our favorites below. If you're an artist then chances are that more than a few of them will resonate with you!
More info: Twitter | Instagram (h/t: juxtapoz, format magazine)
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#1
Mark Jaress 7 years ago
Will you please take your smileys down to the supermarket and buy me some groceries? Thank you for the support
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#2
Scully 7 years ago
As someone who draws traditionally and is trying to learn the digital medium, it's not as simple as clicking a 'do art' button. You have to learn brushes and if you don't have one of the pricier tablets you have to really figure out hand eye coordination. It's pretty difficult and I respect anyone who excels in digital art making.
#4
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
And in the end the end the artist doesn't receive a single penny out of the hard work he/she might've done, while the business makes thousands of dollars BECAUSE the artwork helped with it. That's "business" for ya!
#5
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
People who say this always think that artists live from stuff like hopes, dreams and unicorn magic. They don't realize that the artist is actually a human being who needs to buy food in order to live.
#8
Carl Frank 7 years ago
Are these to be good-a*s pics, or good a*s-pics? Either way, better pay some good-a*s money, or get to grabbin' your selfie stick.
#10
Dan Weldon 7 years ago
I'll do it...for 10% of the gross profits from your company...forever...
#12
Tamia Müller 7 years ago
If you don't have capital, you don't have a business. Hope is not a strategy.
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What do you think ?
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
I love the idea that he's linked the words to faces, great job Ryan! The amount of people who still ask artists to work for free is insane. Artists love their work, sure, but there are many cases where we just have to make money. And this costs time, focus and energy. Whether people want to accept it or not: Being an artist / designer is also a job and it's not always fun.
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Sometimes artists shoot themselves in the foot, though. I know a couple who left parts of their portfolio with people "for approval" who later howled that, "It was GIFT! You gave it to us as a sample!" As a full time artist, I don't work for free. Ever.
John Ashley 7 years ago
There's a website dedicated to these situations. It's called Clients from Hell. This kind of stuff gets posted there all the time. I can only attribute these client notions to two attitudes in the general population. 1) Doing almost anything creative (art, writing, etc.) is not "real" work... you know, the kind of work that drenches you in sweat when you do it. 2) If you enjoy it, it's not "real" work. If either of these two conditions are present (and Heaven help you if both are), you should be embarrassed to be paid for what you do.
Michel M. Prins 7 years ago
I love the idea that he's linked the words to faces, great job Ryan! The amount of people who still ask artists to work for free is insane. Artists love their work, sure, but there are many cases where we just have to make money. And this costs time, focus and energy. Whether people want to accept it or not: Being an artist / designer is also a job and it's not always fun.
Aunt Messy 7 years ago
Sometimes artists shoot themselves in the foot, though. I know a couple who left parts of their portfolio with people "for approval" who later howled that, "It was GIFT! You gave it to us as a sample!" As a full time artist, I don't work for free. Ever.
John Ashley 7 years ago
There's a website dedicated to these situations. It's called Clients from Hell. This kind of stuff gets posted there all the time. I can only attribute these client notions to two attitudes in the general population. 1) Doing almost anything creative (art, writing, etc.) is not "real" work... you know, the kind of work that drenches you in sweat when you do it. 2) If you enjoy it, it's not "real" work. If either of these two conditions are present (and Heaven help you if both are), you should be embarrassed to be paid for what you do.
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