A Better Tomorrow Book - Update?
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- emukid0
if i am not in the book i will set this place on fire
- Rand0
When you think about it, being left out of the ABT book might actually put some people over the edge. It could be the final straw. There could be suicides, even.
- horton0
there's a jury selecting which pieces made the cut... ?
oh good god i am so glad i passed on this drama.
- emukid0
i just got this...
Dear Emukid
Thank you for submitting your work to A Better Tomorrow book and for your gracious patience in awaiting our decision. We truly appreciated the chance to look at you work. Unfortunately, we were unable to invite all the worthy designers who submitted. While in some circles your work may be regarded as decent or mediocre even, most judges on our team gouged their eyes out after looking at your (lack of) skills. We wish you the very best of success with this and other creative projects, but let's be honest -- you need much more than our best wishes. We look forward to your participation in the future. Once again, thank you for your interest and for your sake, we hope that design is not something you do for a living -- think of the children, ffs!
Sincerely,
A Better Tomorrow team- hahajuhls
- That is great.Knuckleberry
- oh noes... now i feel bad for all the layouts emu did for all them nters...e-pill
- and no mention of Patrick O'Brienmonospaced
- u got that email too???OSFA
- Knuckleberry0
Seriously though - I am kind of scared of not being in it now. I worked hard to get everything ready. Damnage!
- uberdesigner0
the people of this board are usually working on at least two books at any given time yet they never produce anything.
- Who are these "people of this board" you are referring to?NotByHand
- he means frank sinatraRand
- ok. the gimps of this board.uberdesigner
- Me for example?NotByHand
- emukid0
i am trying to be positive -- thinking of my work as deleted scenes. only the special few who buy the director's cut will get to see it. in this case, the special few is just me and my mom.
- emukid0
everyone who doesn't get in -- let's make our own book! it will be even better. it will be the best. the best fucking book ever made. people will look at this book and weep in disbelief. there world will be shattered. their lives will never be the same again. reality as we know it will cease to exist. come brethren, let;s make the best fucking book ever made! who's with me? who's with me besides flipper here?
- spelling and grammar is not my strongpointemukid
- nor is designemukid
- but we'll hire a copywriter and a designer to make this best fucking book ever made!emukid
- To the batmobile!ian
- only if ian provides his "special" photographs.juhls
- Those go straight to the judging panel j. Anything that goes in my favour. Winksian
- I am kind of jealous that I am not the only one seeing them.juhls
- MrOneHundred0
I am more worried about getting in and then being scorned by other, more worthy designers.
- I can't decide which would be more humiliating: getting in, or being left outRand
- forecast : humiliationRand
- humiliation comes in many forms, and this will be another to add to my long list.MrOneHundred
- take it from me, it's the gift that keeps on givingRand
- morilla0
What do the judges like? Women, Men, Drink , Drugs? What is their address?
- KarlFreeman0
Come on, everyone is thinking the same as me. A Better Tommorow == Batestoled?
- no i wasn't thinking that at allemukid
- who the fuck is Karl?monospaced
- NotByHand0
We're really looking to cut the content down to a collection of Moamoa's buttoned-down-hairless-chest-ima... and NoPattern.
It'll be a classic.- don't forget wordmarks with ligaturesRand
- Let me know when the hairy chests are in. I think it might be next season.Knuckleberry
- actually, moamoa is naked under that fur coat.juhls
- CUNT..... I can still read with one eyeMau
- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...NotByHand
- ian0
I may need to develop a tougher, less sensitive persona to deal with this.
- emukid0
i am scared. hold me.
- Scotch_Roman0
Who exactly is on this panel of judges?
- me and randemukid
- and richard dawkinsemukid
- shamwowjuhls
- wim crowel, Erik Spiekerman & meMau
- And no freaking Weingart? What kind of Ma & Pa shop are you running?!?Scotch_Roman
- ;)Scotch_Roman
- You grew out your 5-o'clock shadow for them didn't you, you suave man-steak.Scotch_Roman
- Randy Jackson, paula abdul and Simon cowell.ian
- Kiggen0
Well I thinks its a good thing its judged by outsiders.
- 'THE OTHERS'Kiggen
- Ok srsly who are the judges.Scotch_Roman
- I don't know, I'm just following this thread...Kiggen
- NotByHand0
In all seriousness, the reality is that we secured on a publishing deal based on certain parameters for the book. One of these being page-count, which obviously affects the cost-matrix dramatically on a project like this if altered. We were operating with the idea of a set number of participants from the beginning, and the publishing agreement was based on such.
The "list" of participants I've seen referred to here, is/was in no way updated and doesn't reflect the actual list of all people that signed up to participate. So please don't look to that list as a reference for who will ultimately be in the book.
At the end of the day, to put it clearly, we received more entries than we have room for in the book. So, how do we select who's in and who's out? Well, DGV obviously is looking to create as high of a quality product as possible. So are we. Of course we'd rather not have to exclude anyone from being in the book that took the time and effort to participate, but it's simply the situation we're faced with. I hope you understand this.
We want to be absolutely fair to every single submitter, and I can assure you that these rejected selections will be made from a completely democratic voting process between all the people involved - QBN'ers and the publisher.
We should have this part of the process finalized by the end of this week.
- See 2 posts down.MrOneHundred
- thanks, it's very understandable.morilla
- Much as I would be disappointed to be omitted, I don't envy your task.ian
- thanks for explaining. I'll be here with popcorn on Friday.juhls
- emukid0
i am starting my campaign "Keep Emu in" right now