Comments on: I AM AN ARTIST – WILL NOT WORK FOR FREE T-Shirt

By: The Shirt List

The Shirt List — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:09:08 +0000

@Klara – I think many will disagree with you on this point. I believe that art is art no matter what the motivation for creating it.

By: Klara

Klara — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 10:03:21 +0000

@Jp: True art is what you HAVE TO create cause it’s inside you and has to be expressed. Otherwise it is not art. And things go completely wrong when something is considered art just because someone is willing to pay for it.

By: Jp

Jp — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:28:33 +0000

If you want to get paid to be an artist then you should create art people want to buy, not just whatever floats your boat. Just saying.

By: artfrankmiami

artfrankmiami — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:56:55 +0000

I was doing a job for free for a neighbor who asked me for the favor for a friend of their’s. Basically retyping and recreating an existing layout of a simple brochure. I wanted it to look better, so i chose on my own to redraw their logo so it would print better. When I was finished, I turned it over to my neighbor. Done. Then the neighbor came back and said her friend needed some pictures added. OK, I had to re-align the text a bit to find the space to insert the pictures, but after a couple of hours, I did it, no real sweat. Then a few days after that, they told the neighbor that they had sent the wrong pictures and wanted two others instead, which will not fit the existing layout without substantial reworking. I’m not being paid and after a month, they are impatient. Too bad, send money or wait until I can do it when I’m not trying to earn money.

By: artfrankmiami

artfrankmiami — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:51:15 +0000

Being a typesetter, Bob, there is a lot more art in the type layout of that shirt than what you can do in MS Word. That’s why I have trouble when working for people who don’t understand the process and think taking pictures should only cost $20 bucks while I bring in my hundreds of dollars worth of equipment to shoot it. They just don’t see the effort and thought that went into the layout of that shirt.

By: artfrankmiami

artfrankmiami — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:45:20 +0000

Moe, I fully agree with you that’s 3 1/2 hrs and the makeup people are being paid I presume. Don’t know where you work, but I have a friend who works at Hangman’s in Dallas(?) If it’s a charity fundraiser, then maybe have a little bit of leniency with them.

By: Moe Lester

Moe Lester — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:04:12 +0000

I work at a hounted house and I LOVE how they have me come in at 3:30 for makeup, but don’t start the MINIMUM WAGE timeclock until 7, which is when the haunt opens. I should be paid from the time I put my costume on, to the time I take my latex off.

By: James VanHoose

James VanHoose — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:01:44 +0000

Margaret, we are working on getting international orders up and running. Check our facebook for updates on this. http://www.facebook.com/hesaidteeshed

By: Margaret Ellis

Margaret Ellis — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:20:32 +0000

I really want one of these but I live in England and it seems that they are only available in the U.S.

By: Shelley

Shelley — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:04:56 +0000

I regularly put great t-shirts on the back of my chair in my studio. It dresses up the chair a little bit and gives me a laugh every time I walk in. Another favorite is “Step away from the beads and no one will get hurt”.