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.
I made another one:
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/03/26/5503262d54435dd07e3175a8ddbd2a20.jpg
My entry before I go put my laundry in the dryer (I might make a few):
http://i.imgur.com/opbGLCN.png
I like how their movement both had no income and pays Elam’s salary.
And one from a lurker:
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/6b/4e/5b/6b4e5b5a1fc75c5d49a153b81ed18003.jpg
I think the winner needs to have this image in it:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130701113427/theamazingworldofgumball/images/thumb/f/f9/Famous-characters-Troll-face-Troll-face-poker-45046.png/640px-Famous-characters-Troll-face-Troll-face-poker-45046.png
(tw: contains paul elam’s rape jokes) http://i.imgur.com/ExV7bwD.png
Proudfootz – Done.
http://i.imgur.com/OlvX9Au.png
To start bringing in the crowds & boosing the movement all Elam has to do is show off some of his er, “Greatest hits” to the people out there who stumble on his message:
(TRIGGER WARNING for violent shit said by Elam)link
But the “Don’t be that guy” posters are complete misandry, right?
Even on that point, I agree with the other guy. If you want to pay for the design, that’s awesome, but actually do that. If you actually feel strongly about people being compensated for their creative work, you absolutely should not be doing one of these shitty design contests. That’s just asking a whole bunch of people to work for free instead.
There’s been a lot of pushback from the design community against these kinds of things, along with work-for-art-credit and we’ll-pay-if-we-use-it schemes, because they’re almost always taking advantage of struggling and inexperienced artists, and because they instill the same crappy attitude that Elam has that art/design isn’t real work and doesn’t deserve real compensation.
RE: Shaenon
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.
Yeah, same here. There are a LOT of folks who seem to think that artists live on air and sunlight, and should just be happy for any work at all, even if they don’t get paid, and pretty much anything to fight against that, I’m glad about.
That said, contests are a different thing than a commission. If Elam has $300 to blow on a header banner, wouldn’t it be quicker and more cost-effective to just higher a designer? Surely he has enough of a comment base to have at least ONE competent artist among them who’s up for hire.
Though adding on with PsychoDan, yeah, I’d NEVER try and make money through contests.
Uuuuugh, I wish there were a goddamned artists’ union or something. I feel lucky, in that I’ve got a non-douchey fanbase, but some of the practices regarding paying for artwork are just AWFUL.
Also ZOMG ZOMG GAIZ I MIGHT HAVE HOUSING 8D
::crosses fingers & toes for LBT’s housing situation::
Also, 999papercranes on r/amr made two fantastic logos for AVfM:
http://i.imgur.com/jpekMOq.jpg
and
http://i.imgur.com/LleJr2i.jpg
*crossing fingers for LBT also*
@David
Bwa-hahaha! “A Voice Foreman,” you’re killin’ me here!
Good luck LBT! Housing is good!
“Wait! Don’t get on that space ship! We just finished translating A Voice Foreman. It’s not a human rights document, it’s a cookbook!”
Since I couldn’t find a decent dog poop icon, I went with Proudfootz’s suggestion.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/NvN3TDzu-O1EF6PPHF-iBoJ1IK_ZbzB_IgCrfuTpWRZ2p0raqmEKR7tYeCkPm_GuFnmLna2WcBQ
Another great one from r/amr, by ywatch: http://i.imgur.com/Zq8FFMP.jpg
& good luck, LBT
Yeah, it’s a REALLY nice apartment in Ohio that I’d be sharing with a couple friends, for pennies compared to what I’m used to here, and it’d be in just a month or two, instead of surviving the grueling Boston winter. Fingers crossed! 😀
Fingers and toes crossed for you, too, LBT!
@athywren – your pic ain’t working for me unfortunately 🙁 It’s saying its forbidden
One more.
First-time commenter here 🙂 I decided to take a stab at making one: http://imgur.com/eAHPIWR