Use your creative for free? Some artists say NO to Google!
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:38 am
For cheap clients who make billions themselves but want creatives to share their work for free in lieu of 'exposure', Gary Taxali had the following to say:
“So for you, I give you a special salute that I hope will keep you away because I don’t need your work,” Mr. Taxali wrote, followed by his own drawing of a hand gesture popular with impatient motorists.
Google representatives recently approached some prominent artists to 'share' their work with Google for their new browser, Chrome, for free, citing exposure to millions as the benefit. Some, like Gary Taxali were not impressed.
Exposure often is a given for illustrators, who are rankled that Google is asking them to work for exposure alone.
“I have done gift cards for Target that are in stores nationwide and animations for Nickelodeon that run 24 hours a day worldwide on cable TV,” Melinda Beck, an illustrator who is based in Brooklyn, wrote in an e-mail message to Google rejecting its offer. “Both of these jobs were high-profile and gave my work great exposure but both clients still paid me.”
Read the full post at New York Times
And read here at Drawn!
Illustration from FormFiftyFive , cant seem to find the original source yet.
So what do readers feel? How many times many of us have been asked to work for free, just because we are gettiong a 'break' or 'exposure'. I really appreciate Gary's and the other artists' stand!
“So for you, I give you a special salute that I hope will keep you away because I don’t need your work,” Mr. Taxali wrote, followed by his own drawing of a hand gesture popular with impatient motorists.
Google representatives recently approached some prominent artists to 'share' their work with Google for their new browser, Chrome, for free, citing exposure to millions as the benefit. Some, like Gary Taxali were not impressed.
Exposure often is a given for illustrators, who are rankled that Google is asking them to work for exposure alone.
“I have done gift cards for Target that are in stores nationwide and animations for Nickelodeon that run 24 hours a day worldwide on cable TV,” Melinda Beck, an illustrator who is based in Brooklyn, wrote in an e-mail message to Google rejecting its offer. “Both of these jobs were high-profile and gave my work great exposure but both clients still paid me.”
Read the full post at New York Times
And read here at Drawn!
Illustration from FormFiftyFive , cant seem to find the original source yet.
So what do readers feel? How many times many of us have been asked to work for free, just because we are gettiong a 'break' or 'exposure'. I really appreciate Gary's and the other artists' stand!