There’s just one little catch: You have to design a logo for A Voice for Men.
But the logo contest is a real thing, as is the prize. Go here for the details.
You can see my first attempt above. Post yours below! And maybe even submit it to the official contest.
Also, read the comments over at AVFM to see Mr. Elam bring the banhammer down on a graphic designer who offers to do the logo for free. No, really.
The claim that A Voice for Men has “no income.” LIAR! What is that $100,000+ a year their cult followers send them?
The weird thing, for an observer, is that “Adam Catalyst” made some helpful and productive suggestions there, and even retained a positive tone after being savaged by one of the Elambots.
Of course, the commentroversy over there perfectly illustrates the problem they seem to keep running into. They want to do things their way, even if it means that they will pay more and get a less desirable product, because it is the way they want to do it. The fact that the way they want to do it is specifically not the way that
serious people and professionalsfeminists and their mangina and white knight enablers want them to do it is just icing on the cake.Because, as everyone can see from the call for proposals, they are absolutely serious, and prefer the simple and obvious over the subtle and complex (which, as we all know, are suuuuper-icky girly things!!)
Aww, for a moment there I was really excited! I got my pencils out and everything, but then it’s for them… somehow I don’t think they’d accept my design:
Top right corner – “A Voice
For Men”
Bottom right corner – “Counter-Humanist Theory”
Central left – a lovingly crafted dog poop icon, to really get to the heart of their philosophy and its rational basis.
Yup, because people who are fighting for their rights – for their very lives – are often too busy playing minecraft to actually engage in the fight.
Is it wrong of me that I totally hope that they choose a winner and it totally turns out to have been designed by an out of work single mother over 25 who has decided to turn to freelance graphic design to pay for her bonbon habit?
Or would it be worse to have the winning design produced by a firm of unmarried professional women who also do pro-bono work for lesbians and girls’ sports teams?
And you can tell how squee-full I am about this whole michigas by how many times I totally used the word “totally” up there.
Oh, and the fact that “Valley Girl” was playing when my alarm went off this morning.
The only reason Elam is putting the kibosh on talk of work being done for free may be because he believes he can lure more members by offering a cash prize.
Damn it, I have to open an image manipulation program to mock this, right?
I love how the replies to the web designer are like a perfect microcosm of all that’s wrong with the MRM.
– We’ve got an admission that they’ve got problems getting good volunteers. (Cuz human rights organisations…notoriously lacking in volunteer-minded people).
– And then right after that assertions to the contrary, that volunteering is the life blood of AVfM. – Which leads to the most bizarre contradiction – “We are a volunteer-run organisation, which is why we’re shouting at the web designer for suggesting we ask for volunteers for this.”
– There’s the “If you’re a good web designer, you don’t mind Paul badmouthing the others.” – Which just reeks of “The honey badgers don’t mind us saying shit about women, so it’s okay.”
– Accusations of “goalpost moving,” as if the web designer’s question is meant to be somehow a “gotcha,” type of question.
– So many insults, name-calling and mockery.
– Hating someone for knowing something and trying to educate them about it.
Also, I love how they’re hating on the web designer for not volunteering, totally failing to recognise his point that he CAN’T legally volunteer. That’s the whole reason he’s against the competition in the first place. Oh, for goodness sake.
Reading the comments: Wow, what if you offer to haul Elam’s ass out of a burning building where he’s trapped? What gets said to you by him and his henchmen then? Better wear earplugs and body armor.
Elam to Mr. Nice Graphic Designer:
Translation: We’re undergoing financial hardship, but your offer to help us out for free in order to lessen our financial burdens is unacceptable because CONTEST!
He’s an asshole in every way imaginable. And LOL @ at his implied thread of anger at the end. Real mature of him.
I like how the sliders are flipped to 100% masculine and 100% serious, but every other category is just a little “eh, just do something with these.”
Also, if I design a logo that looks identical to Man Boobz’ logo but with the AVFM text, do you think he’ll notice?
OK. So my first attempt at artistry here. It’s not witty or smart, not to mention too professional, but here I go:
http://www.anony.ws/i/2013/11/09/IMcOy.gif
Nice, Malitia. I’ve taken a stab at it too:
Attempt #1
Attempt #2
LOL cloudiah that second one is terrific XD
Here’s my contribution.
I’m debating actually submitting this to the contest. On one hand, submitting it would just be giving Paul Elam more of the attention he craves. On the other hand, I did spend five whole minutes of hard work on this…
http://imgur.com/KohsaiM
Here’s my attempt. Sorry I’m not a graphic designer. If there’s a problem, it’s probably the top right. I’ll remove that if you need to.
Augochlorella:
OMG. I love it.
Dunno… that monster ( http://mahou.imouto.org/board/pic/1a34216288ff9bb9c4003aaa960b6110.png ) could be more convincing. :3
Attempt #3
I love all your entries!
I’m pretty sure the reason they’re so hostile towards that designer is that he’s upset that his entire profession is being denigrated, except for the “few good ones”. The real heart of the whole thing is this:
Because, of course, if they admitted they were wrong for smearing an entire group, and that to be one of their ‘exceptions’ required not complaining about it, that would bring their whole worldview crashing down.
To be honest, I agree with Elam’s general point: paying for a creative service is better, for myriad reasons, than trying to get people to do it for free. I would’ve phrased my response as more “Thanks for your generous offer, but this is the way I’ve decided to do this, and I feel it’s important to compensate designers for their work” and less FUCK YOU CHARLIE YOU’RE BANNED, but I’m not one of the leaders of the most important human rights movement of the century.
I’m impressed by how quickly they all start screaming at each other the minute there’s a slight disagreement over how to design a friggin’ logo.
Ooh, some good ones so far!
I actually tried to submit mine to the contest, but they have to be in vector art form or some shit. So don’t bother to sign up and submit yours unless you actually know about all that sort of thing.