http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Lemontainen&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Lemontainen en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:47:23 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/11661734/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/11661734/ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:36:16 PST

Every day, there are more and more Craigs List posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.

But what they’re NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.

To those who are “seeking artists”, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? …none?

More than likely, you don’t know any. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be posting on craigslist to find them.

And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the “opportunity” to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him “a few bucks” for “materials”. What a deal!)

Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?

If you answered “yes” to ANY of the above, you’re obviously insane. If you answered “no”, then kudos to you for living in the real world.

But then tell me… why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;

1. It is not a “great opportunity” for an artist to have his work seen on your car/’zine/website/bedroom wall, etc. It IS a “great opportunity” for YOU to have their work there.

2. It is not clever to seek a “student” or “beginner” in an attempt to get work for free. It’s ignorant and insulting. They may be “students”, but that does not mean they don’t deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a “student” once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.

3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it’s one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their “portfolio”. They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It’s not compensation. It’s their right, and it’s a given.

4. Stop thinking that you’re giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.

5. Students DO need “experience”. But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the “experience” they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother’s house when they were seventeen?

If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.

6. (This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to “submit work for consideration”. They may even be posing as some sort of “contest”. These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the “contest”, or be “chosen” for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or s... ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9678004/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9678004/ Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:23:12 PDT
ok, another chain thinggy.
this one I got from the everso awsome cheers bro!
seriously, take a look at his gallery and watch and fav some of his works, it`s worth it!!!

well the thing is, you can ask me whatever two questions come on your mind and I`ll answer them!
doesn`t matter what it is, but you`ll have to do the same in your journal!

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I must :
* list 10 things about my art
* pick 6 other Deviants

1- I started drawing as a need for survival
one day my dad was to busy to draw me something so I had to do it myself... was about 6 years.

2- I'm not yet that good at it, but soon will be

3- used to draw A LOT in classes but not so much anymore.

4- started drawing mostly creations of my own, then copying and nowwadays both.

5- I have about 13 unfinished comics, don't know where they are anymore...

6- I started recently to do a new one, that so far... is going well, slow, but well

7- never had any drawing or coloring lesson, when much, I had some support of great friends I've made.

8- I intend to start practicing oil and aquarela painting really soon

9- I'll take drawing to my future professional career

10- I REALLY need a scanner and a tablet, so if anyone is willing to give me one of those, just contact me ^^

and now I tag:


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The first 10 people to comment get free request deviations. The catch? You have to post this in your journal, too.

All you have to do is comment and make you're request!

ADDENDUM: Please don't bother commenting unless you're going to continue the chain!! I will not start your sketch until I see that you're making an effort in your own journal.

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Portugues ^^
As primeiras 10 pessoas que comentarem ganham uma deviation gratis. Mas você tem que postar isso no seu journal também senão não vale!

É só deixar um comentario dizendo o que vc quer que eu faça

so tem q fazer o mesmo no seu journal!
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Obs¹: originalmente, era foto. Mas como eu nao sou de tirar foto...
e segundo, é so comentarem e fazerem o seu pedido^^

LIST:
1. Fifi (friend of mine) with a tater (potatoe) in his mouth - requested by (done)
2.bones fanart - requested by (done)
3.something psychodelic involving e... ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9547131/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9547131/ Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:26:27 PDT I've been quite away lately....
well
again my net conection broke....
so there's the reason!

sorry for anyone who got disapointed!

hope to get back soon! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9166905/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9166905/ Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:04:21 PDT
first, I wont be posting any colored stuff of mine for a while...
though I don't think people would REALLY miss'em ^^
but the reason is that my paint shop pro started acting weird and I can no longer color anything. so I have to get myself once more the photoshop CS2

another reason is that I'm also quite busy to be coloring cuz have to study a lot(got two MAJOR colege exams, starting today ^^)
and I'm also working on a comic. Got Five pages till now! WOOT!!!

I would also like to draw different things, so please tell me what u would like to see my draw and I'll do it^^
give some ideias ok?

yes, and.. how've u guys been? ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9136272/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9136272/ Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:05:47 PDT yeah...
back with the old internet!!
WOOTS!! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9065035/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/9065035/ Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:39:45 PDT and since I rarely have the oportunity of accessing internet outside my home, I'll be quite unavailable for a while. sorry.

so till next time!
best wishes to ya all! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8775864/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8775864/ Mon, 15 May 2006 07:34:16 PDT just so u know what I'm talking about.

well, it seems that it's a drawing to color, since and have already sent me a their own interpretations. and I shall be posting them here so u can all check them out.
And I'll also be posting the linework alone, so that anyone who wants to, can get it and color it as well, if u do this, please send me a copy of how it turns out!!! ^^

thanks for reading!!
salut! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8762142/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8762142/ Sat, 13 May 2006 19:22:54 PDT LET'S HELP THE ARTIST: ME ^^

ok, this is the current situation... I have no scanner, and my good old pal
who usally scans things for me. just had he's pc bugged up..

so if any of u wanna help u can send me money to buy a scanner, or...
u can talk to and irritate until he get's his pc fixed^^
(I'm going for the irritation thingy ^^)

ps.: for those who rather just irritate and anoy , he's travelling like, in two months.... so u might just as well send me the money, cause I'll be back in to months asking for it anyway ^^

ps2.: for those who just wont help in any way.... I'm telling ur mamma!!!

ok, so that's about it... see ya!!! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8645956/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/8645956/ Mon, 01 May 2006 20:04:18 PDT
(yeah, like someone will read this...)

anyway, I've been kinda slow with my works...
actually I've been doin lots of tests so none of them were published here.

and.... mmm...
ow yeah check out the band SUHD's site: [link]

and ofcourse, their first demo cover that I did.

se ya and keep rocking guys!! ]]> ~Lemontainen http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/6969757/ http://Lemontainen.deviantart.com/journal/6969757/ Sun, 06 Nov 2005 08:56:44 PST Just to advertise the Beat IT' Studio

The ideia is quite simple, me and my friends decided to organize
and create our own manga/drawing studio, in order to unite our works;
enhance our works together, support art, draw and specially have fun.
Although It is really recent, been made only yesterday, I must say
that I'm already enjoying this like hell. It's always great to work with friends
and specially with theese guys...

so long till now...

And Cheers to all of my mates at the Beat IT' !!!!

Here they are:
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