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Superhero Shadows

Created by Jason Ratliff

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#Badgehunting Clubs

Minneapolis based designer Allan Peters started the hashtag #badgehunting when he went antiquing looking for old type, old logos and old packaging. The hashtag caught on and people were using it around the world. To pay respect to the movement he started, Allan created custom club badges for each state in the US.

so-true

#LOL but it's actually all of the alarms #have fun getting up to get to work by 9AM #suckers

halorvic

I hope everyone is having a good December ❄

micdotcom

A running list of all the people Donald Trump has offended while running for President:

Women

Mexican people

Black people

Iowans

New Jerseyans

Jewish people

People with disabilities

Refugees fleeing the Islamic State group

Overweight people

Asian people

Veterans

Native Americans

Muslims

America, this is your Republican presidential front runner. These highlights don’t even mention babies, civilians and half the country.

(This post will be updated as Donald Trump continues to distribute his two cents’ worth.)

humansofminneapolis

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“My goal for the future is to either go into Marketing, or be a hip-hop artist, whichever comes first. I love promoting stuff, I’m really good at using my voice, and that’s also the reason I wanna be a hip-hop artist, ‘cuz I’m good with my own literature.”

“What do you see as possible barriers to those things happening?”

“When you think of hip-hop, you don’t think of Minnesota, where it’s like, ‘Oh, he’s from Minnesota, is he serious or not?’ And I’m so young. There’s a few barriers, but I think I can break them down.”

“How do you think you would break those down?”

“Hard work and dedication. I know I got the talent, but hard work, it beats everything, so I just gotta keep working.”

Markel

#fucking inspiring #Minneapolis #humans of Minneapolis

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“I’m going to college to be a pediatrician. At first, I thought I was going to go to college for singing and acting, but then I realized that that might not work out as big…It’s to show the younger generation that you can do anything that you put your mind to, because I have a little sister and a little brother, and I want them to fulfill their dreams, and believe that they can do anything. If I really work hard and put dedication into it, I can do it. I WILL do it.”

Alyris

#fucking inspiring #Minneapolis #humans of Minneapolis

oatmeal

This is our #kittyconvict project. More info here.

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im not even an artist and these prices are hurting my feelings

This is what I have to dig through every time I look for new jobs to apply for.

For non-artists, let’s give you a little perspective.

For me, an illustration takes a bare minimum of 6 hours. Mind you, that’s JUST the drawing part. Not the research, or the communications, or gathering information. Just drawing.

That’s if it’s a simple illustration.

My art deco or more detailed stuff can take 20+ hours each.

Even simple, cartoony things still take at least 3 hours.

Let’s go with the second one. 2 illustrations for $25. Figuring 6 hours each. 12 hours total, for JUST the drawings. That’s approximately $2.08/hour.

Asking these prices is an insult. But what’s even more hurtful is there are people out there that will take these jobs. Which only encourages rates like this to be acceptable. And there are people who will try to say these are just what you have to do to get started.

I believed that. So my first coloring gigs were just $10/page. The day someone offered me $25/page for just flatting work, I realized just how wrong I’d been. I’m still not making the rates I’d like, but now I refuse anything below $25/page. Because there is value in my time.

In any standardized industry, even ones that pay piece rate over hourly, these numbers are criminal.

Do your fellow artists a favor. Never accept jobs like these. There are others that pay legitimate rates. Or at least closer to legitimate.

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Such baby bullshit. Don’t even get out of bed for these rates.

If you are an artist who wants to make money off their art, I highly suggest you buy The Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook. It goes in depth about copyright issues and even contains contract and model release templates. The 2013 book *I believe* states the average professional charges $72 an hour. This article calculated that to make a 40k annual salary you would need to charge about $60 per hour.

After graduating from Art Center in 2012, I think I asked for somewhere between $35-45 an hour and got laughed at by multiple big name clients, which was infuriating, sadly expected, and terrifying with over $100K worth of student loans staring me in the face. If they tell you it will be “great exposure” that’s a red flag. Ask yourself how their exposure can compare to your Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr and Facebook pages combined?

And when you do get a decent paying gig, PROTECT YOURSELF. You have the right to negotiate and revise a contract. Do not start a job until you have a contract signed. If they don’t provide you with one, MAKE ONE. And make sure you have your bases covered. You can specify in a contract that maybe two revisions are included in your cost, and if they ask you to revise the piece more than twice, they will have to pay extra. In terms of payment schedule, I usually do the 50/50 Method (50% before, 50% after) or the 3/3/3 Method (1/3 before, 1/3 in the middle, 1/3 after all work has been received). Both of those are pretty standard in the industry, as they guarantee you will get compensated for your time, even if the job goes bad.

Remember you have a skill, and you have spent time honing that skill and you deserve to be adequately paid for that time and effort. You will have clients dismiss you because, honest to God they think, “Well, I could do that if I wanted. Hell, my five year old does it now.” No they can’t, because they didn’t, they don’t, they won’t and they probably never will. And good luck hiring a five year old. They can’t keep a fucking deadline.

And in a last ditch effort they’ll say, “But that drawing only took you an hour!” Son, that drawing took me 20. fucking. years.

10 Dollars for 1 minute of animation. Oh my god my heart. It took my team 6 months and a team of 12 to make a 4 minute short.

briannacherrygarcia

The Graphic Artist’s Guild Handbook

I second this book! I’ve had it for several years now, and it’s been a HUGE help in my work as a freelance artist. It gives great advice on what to charge for different areas of art!

anatomicalart

Please remember. Your art is worth a respectable payment! Accepting ridiculously low prices actually hurts the arts/illustration/animation communities because it makes employers believe they can employ people without offering decent pay.

Check the internet if you need help figuring out what you should be charging for your commissions. Invest in the books that will inform you professionally, and put your foot down if you think someone is trying to cheat you out of your time and hard work. You have a right to refuse a job, and/or request decent payment. If your employer denies a you decent pay, well then they’re probably not a very good employer. Do not undersell your skills. it is bad for the art community and you are worth more then that.

linesinmotion

For any freelancers out there

myrmeen

This is fucking important information.

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Reblogging because I have a lot of great artists on my dash and they need to see this if they haven’t already. Don’t sell yourselves short, my lovelies.

emergencycommissions

I know that on here, everyone tends to be in a desperate situation and that something is usually better than nothing. And I totally understand that.

But at the same time, please read this, maybe check out the book, and be aware of what professional artists can make! The world doesn’t always understand the value of art. Sometimes it falls on the artists to remind them.

Another reason for posting - you guys are all super talented! Look at the prices professionals charge and know that you can make a living off your art! It may be tough but it is totally a thing that can happen!

<3 to all who are in a tough situation right now.

video game enemy: *heals self*

me: how dare you

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My daughter went to my husband and said “Dad, have you ever heard of Pokemon?” and I have never seen him so happy lol. He busted out all his old cards and is in full education mode

sunrisestoner

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mybuckystar

some things i’ve learned about adulthood that no one warns you about

you will in fact continue to have acne past the age of twenty

you will eventually hit a point where you start to feel icky inside if you go too long without eating some sort of vegetables

depending on your current level of athleticism/physical activity as well as the kind of activities you did as a kid/teenager, your joints may start acting whack in your twenties, despite what everyone says about that not happening until middle age

eventually you will reach a point where you wonder how you were able to stay up until 3am nearly every night and be perfectly fine the next day (and this moment will come much younger than you expect)

it is much harder to meet new people after you’re done with school than sitcoms would have you believe

don’t let society tell you shit: it is perfectly acceptable to live with your parents after you graduate, there’s no need to be broke and miserable just so you can have some misguided attempt at independence straight out of school