Comments on: The shot heard round the creative internet. http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/ Artist + Web Geek Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: George http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-331 George Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:38:46 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-331 That was.............priceless... I really enjoyed the comparison between other career industries, it just makes us designers realize that just because we are rare doesn't mean our services are not valuable. Thanks for sharing, George That was………….priceless… I really enjoyed the comparison between other career industries, it just makes us designers realize that just because we are rare doesn’t mean our services are not valuable.

Thanks for sharing,
George

]]> By: Leon Kadoch - Panama Web Design and Information Architecture - » The Shot Heard round the Creative Internet http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Leon Kadoch - Panama Web Design and Information Architecture - » The Shot Heard round the Creative Internet Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:37:15 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-330 [...] A few minutes ago while reading my bloglines RSS feeds. I saw this interesting article from Larissa Meek’s blog…and I think it’s a good thing to copy-paste right here in my blog as well. To those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world. [...] [...] A few minutes ago while reading my bloglines RSS feeds. I saw this interesting article from Larissa Meek’s blog…and I think it’s a good thing to copy-paste right here in my blog as well. To those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world. [...]

]]> By: ghostboy http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-329 ghostboy Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:18:13 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-329 Can you design me a free charicature for my blog? It'll be great to promote yourself... :lol: Can you design me a free charicature for my blog? It’ll be great to promote yourself… :lol:

]]> By: Nico Zwemstra http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Nico Zwemstra Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:36:21 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-328 Great to read something like this, indeed about time someone posted something like this. As a 17 year old student I recognise most of the elements mentioned in this post. People forget what time, skill, and experience has be to invested to be a good artist. Good work should be rewarded sufficiently. Thanks for posting this! Greetings from the Netherlands, Nico Great to read something like this, indeed about time someone posted something like this. As a 17 year old student I recognise most of the elements mentioned in this post. People forget what time, skill, and experience has be to invested to be a good artist. Good work should be rewarded sufficiently.

Thanks for posting this!
Greetings from the Netherlands,
Nico

]]> By: Phil Renaud http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Phil Renaud Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:56:15 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-327 wow yeah, I remember reading this on digg blew my mind. Happy to finally be out of the portfolio-building stage of my design work. Thanks for posting this, Larissa. wow yeah, I remember reading this on digg

blew my mind. Happy to finally be out of the portfolio-building stage of my design work.

Thanks for posting this, Larissa.

]]> By: Harol http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Harol Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:31:56 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-326 Hey Larissa!!! I made a post about you, check it out, good luck with everything and nice job, I'm a fan of your designs. Link: <a href="http://www.harolsblog.com/2007/02/la-blogger-ms-guapa.html" rel="nofollow">www.HarolsBlog.com</a> Take care! Hey Larissa!!! I made a post about you, check it out, good luck with everything and nice job, I’m a fan of your designs.

Link: http://www.HarolsBlog.com

Take care!

]]> By: Harol http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Harol Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:47:04 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-325 Hello Larissa!!! Check out my blog I made a post about you. Greetings!!! take care <a href="http://www.harolsblog.com/2007/02/la-blogger-ms-guapa.html" rel="nofollow">La Blogger más guapa</a> Hello Larissa!!! Check out my blog I made a post about you. Greetings!!! take care

La Blogger más guapa

]]> By: Ronalfy http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Ronalfy Sat, 03 Feb 2007 20:50:02 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-324 I'm not an artist or graphic designer. I was (until recently) on the look-out for someone to create a new logo for my site. I was surprised how hard it was to find someone that could: a) Draw what I wanted b) Translate that drawing onto the computer c) Meet my technical requirements Illustrators aren't cheap and are hard to find. Like the author says, it's hard to find someone that is truly an illustrator. I’m not an artist or graphic designer. I was (until recently) on the look-out for someone to create a new logo for my site. I was surprised how hard it was to find someone that could:

a) Draw what I wanted
b) Translate that drawing onto the computer
c) Meet my technical requirements

Illustrators aren’t cheap and are hard to find. Like the author says, it’s hard to find someone that is truly an illustrator.

]]> By: Links for the Weekend, 2-3-2007 http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Links for the Weekend, 2-3-2007 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:58:56 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-323 [...] http://www.larissameek.com/The Shot Heard Round The Creative Internet/#comments Book it: del.icio.us, digg, Reddit, YahooMyWeb [...] [...] http://www.larissameek.com/The Shot Heard Round The Creative Internet/#comments Book it: del.icio.us, digg, Reddit, YahooMyWeb [...]

]]> By: Michel http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Michel Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:42:20 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-322 I agree with this opinion on 100%! Well said! Thank you for sharing this:) I agree with this opinion on 100%!

Well said!

Thank you for sharing this:)

]]> By: A.N. http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-321 A.N. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:59:07 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-321 I'm not so sure about artists being rare these days because I know quite a few people who can draw (in secret, I suppose)... But I agree with this post. I started doing portraits for fun but people just assume that if I do it for fun that I wouldn't mind giving out "freebies". HELLO!?!! Even though I do it for fun, it doesn't mean that my time and efforts are invaluable. It's one thing you draw something you find appealing but being asked to draw something that you have no real interest in is "work". Yeah, I'll draw for them...but I need some sort of incentives to keep me motivated. And it is such an insult when people think they can place a low unreasonable price on your work. So that's my two cents and a bit of vent =) I’m not so sure about artists being rare these days because I know quite a few people who can draw (in secret, I suppose)…

But I agree with this post. I started doing portraits for fun but people just assume that if I do it for fun that I wouldn’t mind giving out “freebies”. HELLO!?!! Even though I do it for fun, it doesn’t mean that my time and efforts are invaluable. It’s one thing you draw something you find appealing but being asked to draw something that you have no real interest in is “work”. Yeah, I’ll draw for them…but I need some sort of incentives to keep me motivated. And it is such an insult when people think they can place a low unreasonable price on your work.

So that’s my two cents and a bit of vent =)

]]> By: gali_fr http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-320 gali_fr Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:39:34 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-320 I already experienced this feeling, when you begin to work and you are a student, you must face clients thinking you "work well" but that you don' t need a real salary. Course students can' t legitimate a pro remuneration, but you really feel you must work harder and longer to be paid like an Indian. Now i don' t experience it anymore, i would tell (and i surprise myself) it has been benefic to me to work for fake-salaries, it learned me it' s not always "easy" to earn money and now that i' m paid as i deserve, i really think i would not had understand "how the business work" if i hadn' t been under-paid when i began to work, i would have thought it was just natural to be paid as a pro while a student ... life is not always easy ! _________________ i' m french, so i make grammatical mistakes I already experienced this feeling, when you begin to work and you are a student, you must face clients thinking you “work well” but that you don’ t need a real salary.
Course students can’ t legitimate a pro remuneration, but you really feel you must work harder and longer to be paid like an Indian.

Now i don’ t experience it anymore, i would tell (and i surprise myself) it has been benefic to me to work for fake-salaries, it learned me it’ s not always “easy” to earn money and now that i’ m paid as i deserve, i really think i would not had understand “how the business work” if i hadn’ t been under-paid when i began to work, i would have thought it was just natural to be paid as a pro while a student … life is not always easy !

_________________
i’ m french, so i make grammatical mistakes

]]> By: efrain http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-319 efrain Thu, 01 Feb 2007 06:26:23 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-319 it did get really popular, cuz i even posted it earlier today. and i live in a bubble, haha. i totally agreed with it, especially since I do illustration. thanks for spreadin' the good news, sister-friend ;) keep it chilled, :: efrain :: bytheway: your site is rockin crazycool. it did get really popular, cuz i even posted it earlier today. and i live in a bubble, haha.

i totally agreed with it, especially since I do illustration. thanks for spreadin’ the good news, sister-friend ;)

keep it chilled,
:: efrain ::
bytheway: your site is rockin crazycool.

]]> By: mark http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-318 mark Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:59:42 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-318 I think this is a computer/web thing in general. I'm not a graphic illustrator, but I am a computer / web geek. As such my friends are always asking me to help them with their computer and web needs. They are my friends so of course I do it. I really experienced this first hand over the weekend. My friend needed help with his computer as it was acting slow. No problem, I told him. I went to his place, cleaned it up and then went to the store to get him some more memory, came back installed it. Total time spent - about 3 hours. The next day I went to his clinic to get therapy on my knee because I tore my ACL playing soccer and he is my physical therapist. I would never ask his for a 'friend' discount for my therapy. It's his job and that's what he does. But, why is it that I can make house calls for him? Just and interesting piece of culture is what it is... mark I think this is a computer/web thing in general. I’m not a graphic illustrator, but I am a computer / web geek. As such my friends are always asking me to help them with their computer and web needs. They are my friends so of course I do it.

I really experienced this first hand over the weekend. My friend needed help with his computer as it was acting slow. No problem, I told him. I went to his place, cleaned it up and then went to the store to get him some more memory, came back installed it. Total time spent – about 3 hours.

The next day I went to his clinic to get therapy on my knee because I tore my ACL playing soccer and he is my physical therapist. I would never ask his for a ‘friend’ discount for my therapy. It’s his job and that’s what he does. But, why is it that I can make house calls for him?

Just and interesting piece of culture is what it is…

mark

]]> By: Moody http://larissameek.com/2007/01/29/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Moody Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:05:29 +0000 http://www.larissameek.com/the-shot-heard-round-the-creative-internet/#comment-317 its true , & i agree as well ... how can the author be anonymous ? did he choose to be unknown ? good post ! its true , & i agree as well …
how can the author be anonymous ? did he choose to be unknown ?
good post !

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