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felidaefatigue · 1 year

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Hey just a reminder for any young artists who might see this

do not do unpaid art labour for corporations or any formal body do not apply to competitions where the winner will get the art job and win prize money but the company gets to have rights to advertise with any and all submissions

do not.

ask to be paid by companies. always. no matter how good the cause.

#brought to you by i messaged a good initiative doing an art competitions being like hey this isnt a great practice #and their response was well weve paid any artists whose asked to be paid #which...... im sorry thats not.... really good enough #if youre engaging in social justice and mutual aid you should not be willingly turning a blind eye to exploitation #which is what that is #you are getting THOUSANDS of dollars of free labour and content in these kinds of things #often from vulnerable artists who dont know better #like listeb i give away my work for free a lot #i know theres desire to do that #but it should NEVER be intentionally perpetuated in a formal setting

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