If you’re like most clients, you’re fed up with greedy graphic artists charging you thousands of dollars for design projects.
Well, good news, America. At Centuple Design all projects are budgeted at a mere $100! And just wait, because in another year or two, it’ll only be $50!
We know many of you creative types out there are asking, “OMG! How can I afford to keep my 12-cylinder Ferrari tuned up and send my gifted children to boarding school with budgets like that?” The short answer is, "Duh." (For those of you billing this time to a client, the long answer is, "Uh, duh.")
Here at MonKeyArtAwards noblesse oblige isn’t just something we say when we’re sending our food back in a French restaurant. It’s part of our Great Effort to lift our fellow wage apes up from the muck enough that - while you're still in the muck - you now have a clearer understanding of who will and will not be rewarded in the New New Economy.
Hey, welcome to F.U. Design!
F.U. Design, according to the brief will create 2 designs from which the client much obligatorily choose one for validation within 48h. If client does not provide a choice, the project will be suspended. Suspended projects require a $25 reinstatement fee in order for our team to browse our archives and send you the final files.
Turnarounds are not accepted after validation of a concept. Turnarounds and corrections must be submitted as a new project through a new creative brief charged at the specific “Old Project rate” of $50.
F.U. Design determines the time required to execute a project and suggests it to client’s approval before working on the project.
F.U. Design will not provide you with a copy of your original files after final delivery.
"You need it when? F.U.!"
Posted by: F. U. Design | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 08:57 AM
One hundred dollars is generous. Just check out oDesk - there are thousands of people in Indonesia who will do this job for under ten bucks.
Posted by: Pierre Pressure | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 09:51 AM
But.. but... but... I thought WE were the chosen ones! That's what my all my art school teachers told me!
Posted by: Pixel Dusted | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 10:01 AM
How about free? Is free too much? Then how about if I pay YOU for the privilege of designing a logo for your multimillion $ project? How soon did you need that? http://tinyurl.com/4z8uywf
Posted by: F. U. Design | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Or you could Crowd Source your project and let the fans design the poster...
http://posterwire.com/archives/2005/12/07/you-can-do-it/
Posted by: Duck Phillips | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 01:21 PM
Nice ad with the comments closed. Art directors who can finish? Screw that! That's actual work. It usually takes me a day just to track down the unit/stock I used in some of my comps.
Posted by: Art Duhrektor | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 04:36 PM
that's some bogus bs. i bet u it's another art director with a made up email address trying to collect portfolios so he/she can steal ideas. stupid.
Posted by: suck this | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 05:12 PM
Thanks Edwina! Now I know who to call when I need a new ad for my wig shop!!!
Posted by: Sy Sperling | Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 11:05 PM
WANTED: Brain Surgeon/Janitor
What the hell is a "finisher" and what does it have to do with being an art director?
Posted by: Art Director/Period | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Obviously you haven't worked in this business since we got computers, old man.
You want to stay competitive in this job market?
Be willing and able to do your own finishes.
Posted by: Pixel Dusted | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Brain Surgeon/Janitor --- that's your Art Director/ Finisher comparison? What an asshole. You're probably still trying to get someone in production to put Chromateks on your C print.
Posted by: The Screaming Art Director | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM
Brain Surgeon, read the fine print: "If you're not sure if you are qualified, you probably aren’t."
Posted by: Pixel Dusted | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 10:33 AM
Brain Surgeon did the finish on Henry's Crime.
Posted by: Keanu Reeves | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Sadly with the bottom continuing to fall out of the industry AD's will have to do more and more themselves Which doesn't help the end product. You see the results daily on IMP. With the turnarounds and deadlines imposed by studios finishing the artwork is an afterthought usually crammed in to an eight hour deadline before you ship files to the printer.
Posted by: Not another rev. | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Wanted: Art Director/Typesetter/Retoucher/Production Artist/Go-fer. Willing to work long hours with minimum salary and benefits. If you're not sure you qualify, you probably do.
Posted by: Help Wanted | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 01:17 PM
I just make my own movies now and watch them in my head. Screw the middleman.
Posted by: BitterLemon® | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 04:43 PM
"Screw The Middleman"? So you're watching porn?
Posted by: Who Isn't | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 04:53 PM
"This is a full-time freelance position."
With all the full-time stress but none of the protective benefits of being an employee. Health-care?...you're on your own. Paid vacation?...lol. Severance?... Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Shame on MKAA for aiding and abetting this insidious (and technically illegal) industry practice.
Posted by: Tom Joad | Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 09:10 PM
The new, "New Normal"... http://tinyurl.com/4refjxt
Posted by: Sir Freelancealot | Friday, March 18, 2011 at 05:17 PM