Posts Tagged “Photoshoppers”

Well, I didn’t make the shortlist for still image viral but that’s the way the rolling stone crumbles and the cookie gathers no moss.
I now realise that when I won first and second place last year, I must have been the only one who entered that category.
A bit like sex, I suppose. I only have a chance of a result when I’m on my own.

Personally, I think there is only one image that anyone with a spine should vote for.
I hope the image I prefer ends up at the top of The Leaders board.
Call me old-fashioned, but I see it as a battle of the broadsheets/broadloids vs. the tabloids.

You can vote for your favourite still image viral (category B) here and I recommend you do.

There is another update here btw. Link

Yes, I know I said I’d put all the stuff on the new site, and I will, but just for now, I thought I’d let you listen to one of the guys at Zoo offer me work doing images for them.

These are 100% genuine.

An apology and the offer

and an ego massage for me from Zoo

This recording is of a guy called Ben Wilson, who emailed me and we set up a time to talk. His email said he was the Associate Editor of Zoo Magazine but I see he is now listed as Film Editor. Date of recording - 14th August 2006.
Sorry Ben, but you’re the one I have the recordings of.

Quite embarrassing - for me - all this talent crap talk - Anyone can create decent images as long as you can use the undo function of photoshop when you make a mistake.

Now, Zoo magazine are asking for more and more proof that I created the compositions they published (a burden of proof much greater than they are currently asking from others.) and I’m certain they’re just dicking me around.
Zoo’s agents were told of the type of evidence I would supply but they did not say it was unacceptable until they received the data that I had spent weeks collating.
So, maybe you can understand why I am reluctant to spend further time providing evidence that they will, I’m sure, knock back again.
(A new pc, hard drives etc. make it a pretty thankless task collating photoshop files, some of which are over 3 years old.)

So, considering the proof they require, they are stating that they doubt I created the compositions. They don’t trust me.
I’m probably not the guy whose work they deemed of sufficient quality (!) to run in their magazine.

SO WHY DID THEY ASK ME TO CREATE ARTWORK FOR THEM ?
SURELY YOU WOULDN’T MAKE AN OFFER TO SOMEONE UNLESS YOU’D SEEN HIS WORK?