Tired Of Being Asked To Work For Free, This Artist Started Drawing These Client Requests

Will you please take your smileys down to the supermarket and buy me some groceries? Thank you for the support

Artwork = Art + Work...and work must be paid

I know! Send the smileys to your landlord! I'm sure he'll let you, now his friend, live there for free. Pay your meals with smileys. The currency of friendship has finally been invented!

"I'd like to purchase a hot dog" "That'll be two and half smileys" -_- Smileys...

Ironic, that this one is stolen directly from a post on Clients From Hell. http://clientsfromhell.net/post/147447079513/i-was-surprised-by-your-invoice-i-put-lots-of

As someone who draws traditionally and is trying to learn the digital medium, it's not as simple as clicking a 'do art' button. You have to learn brushes and if you don't have one of the pricier tablets you have to really figure out hand eye coordination. It's pretty difficult and I respect anyone who excels in digital art making.

If you were a real business, you'd have real money

As a graphic designer, this especially pisses me off. Digital artwork is just as labor intensive as traditional artwork, possibly even more so. Graphic designers have to translate a client's criteria into a non physical concept and then have to painstakingly tweak their work to the client's desired idea of perfection.

beyatch!

I feel like this lady's home has shag carpet with The Price Is Right droning in the background.

"I prefer stealing, you know"

So... you're saying you want to hire me as a consultant right? That's a paying gig too.

Your not paying me for the 20 minutes it took me to design your cards! Your paying me for the Thirty years it took me to learn how to do it and do it fast! Tell Joanne to buy a book on color theory 101, design principles 101, digital design he 101, Adobe illustrator 101, and a dozen other books

I tell them just as a lawyer, accountant and plumber are not asked or expected to work for free, neither do I, a professional graphic artist. It's called art WORK for a reason. I have invested time and money to acquire the skills, experience and expert knowledge, the hardware and software none of which can be shared with your secretary to get the same results. What I have learned by going to school, continuing my education with events, tutorials, workshops, classes etc. cannot be taught to someone in an hour or so. Nor do I participate in contests, do spec work, or do work for exposure or a nice portfolio piece. I work for money, just as you do.

"sure, actually i could give her a full course about it. It will only take 20 hours or something, we could also slip in a few things about work ethics and designing, since she can't seem to make this, if you want... I think I can squeze them in 40h maybe 100h. Of course, if you are willing to pay by the hour."

And in the end the end the artist doesn't receive a single penny out of the hard work he/she might've done, while the business makes thousands of dollars BECAUSE the artwork helped with it. That's "business" for ya!

This is one of the few quotes that merits immediately walking out of a meeting. It is also a good indicator that the final art will not merit a spot in your portfolio.

I get this one a lot, BUT the most popular is when companies want to license my images they start off saying they are non profit almost all the time and they don't have much money. In the beginning it made me feel bad and give them a break but started seeing it too often that I rarely give a break anymore. I tell them now this is how I support myself and do they work for free? Or when a company say this will be good exposure for you. LOL

The irony of the cards being 'used in a pro business manner' but not being PAID for in a "professional business manner."

I've got so much exposure that EVERYONE thinks I work for free. Thanks Mr. Manager! t(>.< t)

People who say this always think that artists live from stuff like hopes, dreams and unicorn magic. They don't realize that the artist is actually a human being who needs to buy food in order to live.

Money hunger is just hunger and you need money to remedy that

We all have to pay for food, mortgage and medical care. There is no such thing as a starving artist

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Wow. Then it sucks to be you. Bare walls it is.

Have a Japanese person do your artwork then

Seen this one a couple times... the inverse is "I came back from living abroad, so I have no money and this is now your problem somehow."

F*ck off to Japan.

Sionara

I didn't ask if I could make you a website, you asked me!

Kinda appreciate the honesty of this one

Reply “Can sadly relate to the last six words due to the first four words!”

people really don't understand how websites work. lol. get off your lazy a*s and run your business.

Then design your own s****y graphics so that your artwork matches your broke as s**t state of mind...

Are these to be good-a*s pics, or good a*s-pics? Either way, better pay some good-a*s money, or get to grabbin' your selfie stick.

I used to have a mechanic friend who would do work on my car. As long as I supplied the parts his usual charge was about $20 and a couple beers. Sure, a 12 pack may only cost about $10 which, as some have pointed out, is a pittance, but there's also the convenience factor. That's a couple beers you don't have to spend time or gas driving to the store to buy, and if the work is something you really do enjoy doing anyway as a hobby, having a few beers to enjoy outside on a nice day while doing it is pretty nice. I'm a cab driver and I live on my tips. While I've never had someone try paying their fare with drinks, I've gotten plenty of tips in beer form and honestly it kinda makes my day.

It's a tinder profile come on how much would you so called photographers charge? Keep it real this is funny

No thanks. I can buy as much beer as I want.

Yeah ... people tried to pay me with chocolate for illustrations, I was confused ...

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You should just be happy for the work!!

You forgot: "thanks for the wonderful concept and design! Now I'll go have an art student do it for free!"

Pay me or pay they lawyers.

I wanna die kthanksbye