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 love your second one, cloudiah, and the one where you sneaked in a Tom of Finland pic.
… I wonder how many MRAs would actually recognise Tom of Finland’s stuff if they saw it?
heheheheh
I wish you the best of luck, LBT.
Vectors, huh. Give me a minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_U7z-I2ygY Song “Tom of Finland” with Cat Rapes Dog. When I first heard this tune (I was in my teens) I didn’t know who Tom of Finland was, and so was a bit confused by the lyrics.
Oh, and all these MRA:s should love “true love” by Cat Rapes Dog as well! It’s a bit a 62-year-old banging a 17-year-old!
…. oh wait, it’s about gay “ephebophilic” sex, forget it.
Good luck with the apartment, LBT – fingers and toes crossed!
*clicks link about pro-bono web design, feels soul crush*
Wow, they really are dumb. That just hurts. There’s a reason I hate doing paid web design, clients suck. They give you money and suddenly you can make picture with beige and blue backgrounds match. I suspect that’s why they won’t just hire someone though, then they may not get 100% control.
Otoh, I only work for free for things I like — our little project, some work for friends, stuff like that. Contests…eh, only if I’m already interested, not going to try making a living off it.
But I’ve never actually tried paying the bills off my art // design, more my side project than income (which is nice since it means I can keep doing it without SSI issues if I get SSI)
Anyways, good luck LBT!
I made a vector!
Oh, missed it at first, but yeah, congrats to LBT as well! 😀
And it is submitted. I hope Paul likes it.
augochlorella, that is spoooooooooooooooooky. And Howard, I bet yours could win if you submitted it! Here’s your welcome package, by the way:
http://artistryforfeminismandkittens.wordpress.com/the-official-man-boobz-complimentary-welcome-package/
Also, typical. Their new theme is all black and white (which is fine), until the multiple colors for the donation buttons. I mean really guys, toss a color in your theme and make that the button color, this isn’t difficult.
…I like the typography though, I may shamelessly steal that font…
They really don’t get that web design is not pulled from one’s arse. And that I’ve gotten done in a week what would’ve taken a month if I had an actual job currently (I *think* all the major PHP headaches are smoothed out, chibigodzilla, I misplaced your email, what was it? We need some disemvowelment ^.^ )
Yay LBT! Lots of hugs if you want them. x
My lovely fuzzy hubby and I have been having the best time reading everybody’s contributions, you are all awesome. 🙂
Our contribution:
http://i.imgur.com/LzDOlGj.jpg
Wow, that flame war between Elam&co and the web designer was freakin’ dee-lish. It embodies the attitude of entitlement and superiority of the AVfM gaggle. And it all goes down in public <3
Good thing PaulE’s willing to settle for mediocrity (which is exactly what he’ll get). That pretty much sums up the entire MRM.
Best part? If he has the following he claims, someone there is willing and able to do free design. *says someone doing free design*
Argh, PHP, argh.
I went with the contrarian approach. If they keep in mind the art-as-conversation theory, they’ll get it. Account successfully created and I submitted this sure winner to their contest:
http://imgur.com/Ys7qYZx
Yes, good luck with the apartment. Where I am, the rental market is worse than the job market and that’s saying something.
AAAAAAH OMG OMG GAIZ I HAS HOUSING I HAS LONG-TERM HOUSING THAT I CAN AFFORD AAAAAAAH! Now I only have to find housing for the rest of this year; come New Year’s, I’m moving to Ohio!
AAAAAAH! 8D
And in honor of my glorious success, I posted Argenti’s Tree That Wasn’t story! For those of you Boobzers who’re into my writeathons, today and tomorrow are the LAST DAYS for your donations to count towards the bonus writing meter! I still have three stories I wrote up that haven’t been sponsored, and still have three more to write! Hit me up!
Congrats on housing, LBT!
In lieu of the theme “Mediocre” I did the… not quite worst ever. (Also, hopefully I do this correctly).
The winning slogan.
Happy to hear LBT has housing.
I approve of all your logo contest entries.
LBT I’m so happy, that’s fantastic! This calls for a muppet’s original!
http://youtu.be/8N_tupPBtWQ
Also, wanna sponsor, but the…and the…I look but it no makey the sense…how?…must be missing something…I is the stoopid. 🙁
Translation: can’t understand how to sponsor.
Wow, went and looked at the comments, as you suggested, and boy, Elam and Alec (whoever he is) were really harsh. All the guy did, as far as I could see was tell them something they didn’t want to hear – that professional designers couldn’t enter their contest, then try to explain himself. And for that they came down on him like a ton of bricks. I suppose that is what being manly is all about in their eyes? Spare me, please.
Michael Farkness, I’m laughing so hard I’m literally crying.