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- MrOneHundred0
Neither of my boys are affected by sugar this way. I guess we are just lucky.
On a related note, I was just at the hairdresser’s (my last concession to wankerism left over from my failed-rockstar former life), and I noticed some of Horpie’s work in a GQ magazine. Now the quality of the layout which used the drawings and the horrid graphic reproduction of said drawings leads me to believe he may not have been compensated – just a thought, mind...
- Someone remind me to re-post this when the GMTers come on.MrOneHundred
- coolJaline
- Greedo0
I look pretty tall but my heels are high
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young, but I'm just back-dated
- Greedo0
*This is a reminder to Mr100 to repost about Horpie's work in about 4 hours from now.
- Ah, thanks!
* loads up Mr Fusion with can and banana peel.MrOneHundred
- Ah, thanks!
- MrOneHundred0
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- Horp0
Morning, just got back to work.
GREAT NEWS!
Only 18 hours and 35minutes to go now!!!
- Right! Migration Assistant. When I got my new machine I backed up manually and used MA for ...MrOneHundred
- ...just emails, contacts, bookmarks and settings.MrOneHundred
- MrOneHundred0
Morning Horp.
Do you read any previous entries in the blog anymore or just dog-ear at the last post and start typing? ;-)
Anyway, as previously posted...
I was just at the hairdresser’s (my last concession to wankerism left over from my failed-rockstar former life), and I noticed some of Horpie’s work in a GQ magazine. Now the quality of the layout which used the drawings and the horrid graphic reproduction of said drawings leads me to believe he may not have been compensated – just a thought, mind...
- Horp0
^ Mr100, was it this pieces?
If so, I was compensated for it but it was meant to be a black and white across a spread with the article's text columns placed around the different parts of the illo. It was all worked out with the designer at GQ and designed to perfectly fit his spread layout.
At the last minute GQ uk said they wanted to put a rainbow colour effect over the illo, which was the first horrible thing that happened, and then all the other GQ's like Australia and Romania, India etc all commissioned a re-print but did it as a half single page, so it looks like shit. They're all sending me files copies with compliment slips saying "It looks really lovely!" and it beggars belief really because it looks like an abomination.
THis is my big big problem really. I don't seem to be able to retain control over my work and it more often than not gets mashed up horribly by editors before going to print no matter how carefully I go about agreeing the illo up front. I just don't know how other illustrators manage to retain control and get nice consistent work into print, I really don't.
Last year every single book cover I tried to create had a disco ball forced into it by various editors at various publishing houses aroudn the world. It was like a memo had gone round saying "Disco Balls Sell Books" because no matter what the genre of book I was doing, no matter what age group or subject matter, I would be forced to take a promising illustration and obliterate it with a giant disco ball. In the end I just dropped the same disco ball into each one.
Its just not my destiny I guess!
- MrOneHundred0
that's the one. Australian edition, single page, rainbow tint. If it's any help, my hairdresser was impressed. I took pics if you would like to see it, but it sounds like you're up to speed. Sorry to hear of your lube-free fisting.
- HAHAHAHA. Thanks for flagging it up though, if that had been a rip I would have been grateful for the heads up.Horp
- No prob. Sorry to say it looked bad enough to be a rip. But the drawings look great in your previous post.MrOneHundred
- No need to apologise I think it looks awful too.Horp
- neue75_bold0
Thinking about applying here http://www.beginstudio.com/index… as I've been told that they're looking for senior people as well...
What do ya reckon?
I only really like the Mexx stuff, and have my sights set on London, but fuck me I've gotta get out of where I am soon and I don't see London logistically happening until late summer...
- Nice site. There is some nice stuff but also some real howlers in that folio.Horp
- yeah and doubt they could afford me as well.. fuck me, I'm doomed..neue75_bold
- We're all doomed old chap.Horp
- aye, some sooner than others...neue75_bold
- if you can go there for 6 months and not get stuck in amsterdam I don't see why not.kelpie
- but if you and I aren't scrounging dinner off Ellie by August I will kill us both, me first.kelpie
- if there's howlers in the portfolio doesn't that mean they need you more?kelpie
- haha, all very good points...neue75_bold
- Horp0
Locustsloth, please don't ever attempt to resolve a hot fat fire by blowing on it again. Thats like trying to suffocate the flames with vaporised petrol. You may as well peel your face off with a can opener.
- Coulda been worse, i coulda tried to put it out with waterlocustsloth
- Horp0
First, it said 'NEW: Portfolio Hosting' in red and yellow at the top. Now it also has a shitty looking blue speech bubble saying "by QBN".
The overall effect it creates is "We're desperate to sell this crap!"
- The speech bubble I mean. It looks cheap and doesn't fit with the QBN brand I don't think.Horp
- They need to add an animated gif of a revolving potato that says "REALLY CHEAP!!!"Horp
- and then have Flav emerging from behind it saying "I've Got mine!!"Horp
- could be the fact that the placement doesn't seem considered and the colours can be found no where elseneue75_bold
- on the site...neue75_bold
- I can see why do the link that way, to bring it out from the page, but the speech bubble is daftkelpie
- yeah, noticed that earlier and even still totally dead my brain managed to scream WTF!Fariska
- < that's a proof of my brain being still deadFariska
- kelpie0
is anyone else utterly underwhelmed by Krop? and mystified by the shouts to "just get a Krop portfolio" that have been bandied about here lately when someone's been thinking about getting a new site?
- I'm always up to whore myself out, but in this case, I think I'll pass... the interface is worse than a bag of old cock..neue75_bold
- oh c'mon, That's how an "out of the box" portfolio interface should be.Fariska
- they should think about keeping it in the box... maybe put that box in the closet too...neue75_bold
- chossy0
Popped the car into the garage today, upgraded brake hoses, new greenstuff pads, change the gear box oil. I'm off for a track day in a month up to Crail so I'll let you guys know how I get on, I'll be in the up to 2.0L NA class, which means I will come last :D vroooooommmm
- chossy0
I don't mind the tic tac speech bubble but the new portfolio hosting and yellow strip makes me want to cry from my ass.
- Fariska0
I personally think that the krop-folio is as good as be ha nce - coro flot and linkedin one (actually better done and more straight to the point).
As Neue once said i consider the above places as good chances to whore yourself, nothing more.
And i firmly believe that an interactive designer should have a folio.
At least to fuck around with stuff and play. And host fmt music and stupid images.
And the fact that on my kropfolio the main image is a drawing done by my gf is the proof of what i'm saying.
- kelpie0
hmmm. leave the lines in or take them out and use the space to suggest the lines. oh decisions decisions.
My hand may be forced by the resemblance to work by Biblioteque. yeah, taking the lines out. That'll fool them...
- ian0
Hello all! This morning I was woken by the sound of a neighbour drilling. It was awesome. Much better than the silly alarm on my phone, I must thank them when I get home!
Im eating a breakfast bar and working on some vector stuff now. I got positive feedback from a client yesterday on identity work I'd done for them so Im going to be positive today. Woot!
- Ain't nothin' gonna to break my stride, Nobody's gonna slow me down, oh-noian
- I got to keep on movin'!ian
- Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride, I'm running and I won't touch ground, Oh-no, I got to keep on movin'ian
- I envy your positivity.MrOneHundred
- Just got another call from them with queries on the web designs I sent over. Positivity may be premature here!ian
- ian0
Oh and I forgot:
IT PAL!
- Horp0
Hello Ian!
Listen, sorry to be a pain in the arse everyone, but having finally got through the pain of Migration manager only to discover it actually sets up a SECOND user on the machine as a direwct emulation of your old machine, as opposed to just transferring all of your settings to the crisp new user on the crisp new machine with its nice GUI... is there now anyway way I can delete the user that is an emulation of my old G5 becuase its nae fucking use to me at all. I have STILL had to copy all the settings for my email accounts, my wireless settings and my internet access anyway. I could have just fucking done that yesterday morning.
So now I have the frustration of being presented with two 'users' on start up, one for the new and one for the old.
Anyone know how I can delete the unwanted user???
- Fariska0
^No idea horpy :-(