NEED ARTWORK FOR MY MIXTAPE......
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Yea, but how else will you show people what you can accomplish when you do graphics? I mean, they have to see samples of what you can do, if I tell a person i'll do a album for them, they'll ask me, do you have any samples of artwork I can see? Thats when I show them the fake ones, just a sample of what kind of styles I can do, thats the way that I think of it, I mean, you didnt just start off making a album for a person without him seeing samples of something you did, you had to show them something so they would agree working with you, I know you werent trying to hate, but im just sayin, if you can give me an other way of showing people what I can do, then I would agree with what you said, but otherwise it don't really make sense.
you just have to find a way in the door man, like this is the perfect opportunity, you may not like that he doesn't want to pay, but at the same time you need to build up your portfolio and your rep so you do have some real work to show people, so he's giving anybody a chance to do this, so do a cover for him and even if he doesn't use it, at least you then have a piece of real work to show people, u just gotta keep workin on everything man, you will have to do some free work in the beginning nobody came in the game getting paid, and most of us still don't make that good of money at it
Spoken Like Poetry......Thats tha real, I remember my first cover I did for some one back in 97, All I got was a super burrito from tha mexican spot.....But the next time those cats wanted a cover they had a record deal and i got broke off....But since then Ive done album covers for money and some for nothin, But the bottom line is I now have over 100 covers that I have created, some where used and some wherent I still show them to Clients as Samples.......1ne
"But the bottom line is I now have over 100 covers that I have created, some where used and some wherent I still show them to Clients as Samples"
Exactly the point I was trying to make, look this is to everybody that wants to be a graphic designer, this game can be frustrating as fuck, sometimes you wont get no work at all for a while, or you might be doing hella work and think your name is gonna grow big because of all this work and then only one them ends up actually coming out on the market, never just think your shit is gonna jump off, you all have no idea how much work i'm sitting on that hasn't come out on the market yet, real work, not no 50 Cent cover I wanted to make to show my skills, I mean shit that I started on or stuff that I got paid half down for and did the cover but the album still aint out 6 months later, u just gotta swallow your pride and put that work in because exactly like he said above the more shit you got to show as samples, the more work, real work, you will get, because you can show that you have done real shit and like i said above, you gotta just keep workin at it, find a way in the door, so some shit free, or like homie said he only got a burrito but when they came back they looked out for him, keep strivin, this aint an easy line of work to be in, like I tell people you can easily be broke one minute and have G's in your hand the next.
Exactly the point I was trying to make, look this is to everybody that wants to be a graphic designer, this game can be frustrating as fuck, sometimes you wont get no work at all for a while, or you might be doing hella work and think your name is gonna grow big because of all this work and then only one them ends up actually coming out on the market, never just think your shit is gonna jump off, you all have no idea how much work i'm sitting on that hasn't come out on the market yet, real work, not no 50 Cent cover I wanted to make to show my skills, I mean shit that I started on or stuff that I got paid half down for and did the cover but the album still aint out 6 months later, u just gotta swallow your pride and put that work in because exactly like he said above the more shit you got to show as samples, the more work, real work, you will get, because you can show that you have done real shit and like i said above, you gotta just keep workin at it, find a way in the door, so some shit free, or like homie said he only got a burrito but when they came back they looked out for him, keep strivin, this aint an easy line of work to be in, like I tell people you can easily be broke one minute and have G's in your hand the next.
C-4 put it down like I should've in my first post. I didnt mean to come off hatin.
Shit Ive put in my share of free work, Ive been doing this shit almost 5 years. Been working for myself just over a full year now. Encourage these dudes who ask for free shit, they have low expectations and are giving you a chance to build a real portfolio, and maybe an oppurtunity to work with them later, like the homey said.
keep at it, dont be scared to try shit and put your balls out.
peace...
Shit Ive put in my share of free work, Ive been doing this shit almost 5 years. Been working for myself just over a full year now. Encourage these dudes who ask for free shit, they have low expectations and are giving you a chance to build a real portfolio, and maybe an oppurtunity to work with them later, like the homey said.
keep at it, dont be scared to try shit and put your balls out.
peace...
Im no graphic artist but Ive been fuckin around with graphics for a little while. Just for personal shit but I wound up doing a few websites and made some bones off that. But I ve seen work from most of you cats who where giving advice and I gotta tell you guys gots skillz. When I look at your work I would know how to make the pics u guys do. I mean as far as knowing how to do it. But thats looking at your pics. But I dont have that creativity to create it myself. So much props to u cats. Is there a specific name for that style of art? Because I mean the style thats on covers I dont really see else where. Its almost like fantasy gangster art. But dont get me wrong I like the style of art you guys do.
HAHAHAAHAHA , GOOD LOOKIN TO UPHEAVAL AND C-4 FOR THE FEEDBACK...BUT YEA ITS LIKE THIS I WAS LOOKIN AT MY POST AS A OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SOME NEW DESIGNERS THAT COULD PLUG ME WIT A COVER FOR THE MIXTAPE...I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM PAYIN CATS FOR THERE WORK , BUT IF U TALKIN BOUT CHARGIN ME YOU BETTER BE TIGHT ASS FUCK WHICH ELIMINATES LIKE 90% OF THE NIGGAZ DOIN GRAPHIX ON THIS SITE IN MY OPINION!!!!! MAN IM JUST TRYNA NETWORK WIT CATS, GET Y'ALL SOME EXPOSURE FOR YOUR ARTWORK AND MY MUSIC , AND IM A FAIR DUDE I'M SURE IF SOMEONE CAME @ ME WIT SOME QUALITY WORK WE COULD WORK SOMETHIN OUT BUT ITS FUNNY WHEN THESE GARBAGE ASS NIGGAZ BE TRYNA CHARGE IT JUS MAKES U LOOK LIKE A CLOWN.....
I dont know if I would have came with that response G. I see some shit on here that others liked and I really didnt but I would never call it garbage or call them garbage ass niggaz. Theres a huge difference between constructive criticism and str8 talkin shit. I post art that I do here in the art forum but I dont make covers or flyers and so far Ive gotton a positive response. And havent had any of the real graphic artists in here call my shit garbage because its not what everyone else is doin. I just do it for fun. But not everyone has the same tastes and not every style can work everywhere. I like the shit I do but I think it would look stupid on a cover. It really cant think of a commercial use for my style so you could say its useless but I like making them. Anyway my point is making good looking graphics isnt something you can learn in a day and nobody made there dopest shit there first time its forever a learning expierence at least with me. Im assuming your tape is rap. Theres lots of people that say rap altogether is garbage and not even real music and to them I say fuck you. But then some peeps just say no Im not really into rap and I say right. Its all in how you come accross. Since I dont like peeps talkin shit to me, so I dont talk shit to them. But thats just my 2 cents which aint even worth that. Lots of the shit you see on here even if you dont like it takes lots of time and skillz. And my guess would be if you thought you could do better youd be doin your own cover.