http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:lildv8&section=today deviantART RSS for by:lildv8 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:30:16 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/13221251/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/13221251/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:30:58 PDT [link] its got sum good points.. worth a read ^^

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 someone who works... ]]> ~lildv8 http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9956284/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9956284/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:28:21 PDT

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Here's and extract from the frontpage

Due to overwhelming demand we are extending this offer through Midnight Friday September 8th, 2006.

(That is 5PM this Saturday, September the 9th AEST). ~lildv8 edit.

To our valued community members and loyal customers:
We in no way anticipated that the worldwide demand for Poser 5 would be so great. We apologize for any inconveniences this may have caused you while attempting to download items or browse the site. We have solved the issues related to the unusual amount of traffic this promotion has generated and will continue to monitor this as the demand for simultaneous connections continues to grow rapidly.

Thank you for your support and loyalty,

The Content Paradise Team ]]> ~lildv8 http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9956266/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9956266/ Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:25:16 PDT and cold
Listening to: Feel So Good- Jamiroquai
Reading: Acts - Luke (Letter to Theophilus)
Watching: You

TYPE YOUR NAME WITH YOUR

FINGERS: Ian
CHIN: iaz
ONE FINGER WITH EYES CLOSED: iab
ELBOW: iqjh
LIPS: ian
PALM: ia nm
BACK OF HAND: ian
NOSE: qjh
-----------------DESCRIBE--------------- ---

-- YOUR HERITAGE: English/Irish
-- THE SHOES YOU WORE TODAY:Black and White smiley shoes with checkered laces
-- YOUR EYES: black/brown
-- YOUR WEAKNESS: procrastination
-- YOUR FEARS: losing my friends
-- ONE THING YOU'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE: Pass Uni this year

-----------------WHAT IS------------------

-- YOUR FIRST THROUGHTS WAKING UP THIS MORNING: My bed is just another for of Satan tempting me back into it's clutches
-- YOUR BEDTIME: anywhere between 12-3 am
-- YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Making it through the birth canal
-- YOUR MOST MISSED MEMORY: if i knew it i wouldn't be missing it !! LOL Amlin.

-----------------YOU PREFER------------------

-- PEPSI OR COKE: Coke, pepsi is evil
-- MCDONALD'S OR BURGER KING: Hungry Jacks is that the same as Burger King??
-- SINGLE OR GROUP DATES: What's a date
-- ADIDAS OR NIKE: Nike
-- CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA: chocolate all the way
-- CAPPUCCINO OR COFFEE: Mochachino

-----------------DO YOU------------------

-- SMOKE: NEVER urgh !!
-- CUSS: rarely
-- TAKE A SHOWER EVERYDAY: every 2nd day
-- HAVE A CRUSH(ES): a few too many
-- WANT TO GET MARRIED: i would love too, but first i have to find someone crazy enough of patient enough to put up with me.. yeh tru tru
-- TYPE WITH YOUR FINGERS ON THE RIGHT KEYS:yeah
-- GET MOTION SICKNESS: nope
-- THINK YOU'RE ATTRACTIVE: depends, sometimes yes mostly no
-- THINK YOU'RE A HEALTH FREAK: What is this health you speak of?
-- GET ALONG WITH YOUR PARENTS: Most of the time
-- LIKE THUNDERSTORMS: YEAH, I love storms
-- PLAY AN INSTRUMENT: Im learning piano.

-----------------HAVE YOU EVER------------------

-- FLOWN ON A PLANE: yes
-- MISSED SCHOOL BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING?: no
-- TOLD A GUY/GIRL THAT YOU LIKED THEM?: not really, I usually take a backseat to my friends 'cause we usually end up liking the same girl...refer to my Fear.
-- CRIED DURING A MOVIE?: meh, maybe.
-- EVER THOUGHT AN ANIME CHARACTER WAS HOT?: yeah
-- HAD AN IMAGINARY FRIEND: no surpisingly
-- BEEN ON STAGE?: once or twice
-- CUT YOUR HAIR: Yes
-- HAD CRUSH ON A TEACHER?:most likely, loosing memory in old age.
-- GOTTEN BEATEN UP?: yes
-- BEEN IN A FIGHT: yes
-- SHOPLIFTED: A shell ring when I was 9, couple of lollies when I was 12, ate a couple of mini bread rolls in store at franklins when I was 20. lol, was probably stoned at the time. possibly other times growing up, Nothing was over a dollar which is pretty lame lol

-----------------NUMBER OF-----------------

-- NUMBER OF ( REAL LIFE! ) BOYFRIENDS/GIRLFRIENDS ( NOT INTERWEB!! ) YOU'VE HAD: 1
-- NUMBER OF PEOPLE I COULD TRUST WITH MY LIFE: moved around a fair bit, maybe at the time, dunno about now, current friendships well I dunno, I guess so.
-- NUMBER OF PIERCINGS: none
-- NUMBER OF TATTOOS: none (has considered getting a Quake Symbol or Shadows of Amn symbol splayed over back)
-- NUMBER OF TIMES MY NAME HAS APPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPER?: 5-6 times just in the local paper
-- NUMBER OF SCARS ON MY BODY: a few, rollerblading, stitches, other stuff, some have healed and been replaced with new scars.
-- NUMBER OF THINGS IN MY PAST THAT I REGRET: i can't affix a number to the number of regrets i have, biggest regret I'm struggling with is not coming to christianity sooner although God has a plan for each and every one of us, so I try not to regret that and try not to regret at all.

----------------FAVORITES--------------- ---

-- SHAMPOO: Head and Shoulders:Silky and Smooth
-- FAV COLOR: Is rainbow a colour, other wise a dark blue like cobalt.
-- DAY/NIGHT: twilight
-- SUMMER/WINTER: Summer
-- FAVE CARTOON CHARACTER: hmm too many to choose, Armitage (Armitage Poly Matrix)
-- FAVE FOOD: dunno, um anything with rice.
-- FAVE MOVIES: Pirates of the Carribean I, The Fifth Element, Jonatomberry, LOTR trilogy, Matrix Trilogy (Matrix was the best), Anime.
-- FAVE SPORT:... ]]> ~lildv8 http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9881134/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9881134/ Mon, 28 Aug 2006 05:54:39 PDT List 10 things about your art and post it in your journal. Then pick six other deviants to do the same.

1) My work is random
2) Mostly computer based
3) my ideas usually come to me when i am the most depressed
4) im most creative between 12midnight and 3am
5) i often spend upward of 4hrs on one piece
6) i usually keep working til i finish what i started
7) if i get stuck i move on
8) "All my poems are are based on some current mood or emotion i have at the time of writing" ~Amlin

As above except I'm too lazy to write poems.
9) i can be a perfectionist on one detail, and totally neglect another
10) I like the abstractiness of random ]]> ~lildv8 http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9869668/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9869668/ Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:45:28 PDT 1. How you’re feeling today: Hard to Explain-Cat Empire

2. A preview of your night ahead: You Gotta Love Someone-Elton John

3. Next week will be like this: Sweet Thing-Van Morrison

4. Your love life:I Do(Cherish You)-98 Degrees

5. Your biggest problem right now: New Kid in Town-The Eagles

6. Your worst fear: I Could Have Danced All Night-Joe Loss and His Orchestra

7. You’ll die because: The Journey-Tommy Emmanuel & The Australian Philharmonic Orchestra

8. Your friends say this about you: Taste of Chocolate-Rachael Portman

9. Your parents feel this way about you: Hold the line-Toto

10. Tomorrow…: Isengard Unleashed-Howard Shore The Lord of the Rings Soundtrack (The Two Towers)

11. Next year looks like this: Lilac Wine-Katie Melua

12. Tonight…: Chicken Out-Gomez

13. You are…: Unfinished Sympathy-Massive Attack

14. Your life is:They thought I was asleep-Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys

15. That feeling that won’t go away is: The Rice-David Gray

16. Don’t forget: Surrender-George

17. Forget: Smooth Operator-Sade

18. Be more:83-John Mayer

19. Your wedding song:Yesterdays-Guns N' Roses

20. Your funeral song: .My Completeness-Thirsty Merc

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yeh number 2 and 12 are about how it goes lol ]]> ~lildv8 http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9869655/ http://lildv8.deviantart.com/journal/9869655/ Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:42:45 PDT
1. If I unexpectedly touch something, sometimes I have to touch it again to get a balance, kinda like some people have to wash both hands even though one hand may be clean.

2. My most whole hearted uncontrollabe laughter comes from some of the lamest things, otherwise I just usually chuckle at funny things.

3. My moods can change rapidly and unexpectedly
4. At random times I have uncontrollable SBDs made worse by the fact that they largely go unnoticed by me until a classmate says something. Dunno how my friends keep straight faces, I just love them for that.

5. I walk too quietly for most peoples comfort.

6. I have a few of my friends talk to me about their inner most secrets and problems, but i have trouble confiding in them in return... when i know they will listen. ]]> ~lildv8