Dear Edwina,
I thought we are not allowed to post work we have done online? I thought the studio “buy out” meant that except in an effort to gain employment none of us can post work that the masses can see? And yet I see far less punctilious art directors and photographers showing off their finishes and even comps on their websites! Am I a fool for not doing likewise?
Yes, if you argue that your website is a tool used to gain employment.
Posted by: Rhett Basterd | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 08:17 AM
You're a fool for being in this business... and you're probably a fucktard as well.
Posted by: Hired Hand | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 08:37 AM
Is that monkey in 3d?
Posted by: Bitter Lemon® | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 10:05 AM
That's why I always post work that I didn't have anything to do with, online.
Posted by: Douche Bigalow | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 10:43 AM
Oh and if we listened to those that employ us and those pesky contracts, none of us would be able to work 3-5 years in a competitive agency or studio after leaving any of the companies we worked for.
Nobody gives a shit about your padded resume, its all about the work you have done.
Posted by: AreGeeBee | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 12:46 PM
On my website I just have a link to IMP Awards. I tell my clients, "Just pick out something you like and I'll replicate it for you."
Posted by: Makin' Copies! | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 04:29 PM
HAHA!
I have seen a few people including my work in their portfolios.
I guess anything somebody has touched justifies them to include it in their book.
Much like many agencies that include DVD packaging that just slaps on key art and calls it their own.
Posted by: AreGeeBee | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 04:52 PM
Sandra Bullock was great last night...
Posted by: up | Monday, March 08, 2010 at 08:26 PM
I really liked the part when Steve punched Alec in the Paranormal skit.
Posted by: Lurkey McLurkerson | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 10:47 AM
The marketing a-holes at the studios are so afraid that some big director or producer is going to see a comp that was never shown to them because the marketing a-hole decided not to include it in the presentation and then the big director or producer is going to go, "Why didn't I see THIS one? This is so much better than those shitty ones you showed us!!" And then the big director or producer is going to go the marketing a-hole's boss and tell him what an a-hole the marketing a-hole is!
Posted by: Pepe La Puke | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 12:34 PM
You sound jaded, Pepe.
But I agree 100%.
Posted by: crispy frog | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 05:33 PM
I agree with Lurkey McLurkerson. It's a bunch of bullshit to push their weight around. When a hiring employer asks to see your website, they don't want to see, or care, what you did two years ago. They want to know what you are doing now.
As for the marketing execs? They all think they're art directors with all the right answers. (And, so do account execs., for that matter.)
Posted by: A Pro | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 05:41 PM
Steve and Alec really delivered on the promise that fabulous Oscar poster made!
Posted by: Peggy Olson | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 06:22 PM
Be Design on Facebook.
Posted by: Randy | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 07:40 PM
The person who pays the bills always has the right answer. You understand the "commercial" part of commercial art, right?
Posted by: FlAVor FlAVe | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 at 11:09 PM
Be Design? do thy even pay freelancers, i heard they still owe peeps from 2007
Posted by: Buttnuffigus | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 02:36 PM
Do whatever you want, everyone else seems to. FTW!
Posted by: don deezy von weezy | Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM