blog

Out of context: Reply #72596

  • Started
  • Last post
  • 76,748 Responses
  • bainbridge0

    Casual acquaintance emailed me asking me if I wanted to be featured and put personal work in a magazine he’s making.

    It’s free to put in content but I’m not really feeling the rest of the contributors or the design of the last issue he designed.

    What do I say to decline?

    • Could be some free advertising and if the other designers are shity it just makes you look better and more work 4 uGuyFawkes
    • ^ yeah, but I feel like it makes my work look bad. Or if I’m not into the other work, he won’t show it to people looking for good work?bainbridge
    • Tell the fellas "Fuck you, Pay Me!"utopian
    • kiss my unwashed assholeautoflavour
    • If you've got concerns about the other content watering down your work, don't do it. A proper decline is just a professional one.garbage
    • It sounds like he's got some particular content in mind, so just throw him a white lie that you had other plans for it.garbage
    • My two cents anyway. Been in a similar situation, and it is an awkward jam to be in.garbage
    • What's a proper decline? Do I say it doesn't interest me?bainbridge
    • ShutterStock + 5 mins photoshopping with some free actions and Luts.shapesalad
    • If it's a casual acquaintance, then yeah? Just say you had other plans for it. Or shovel out shape's idea lol.garbage
    • tell him you're stuck in an oil painting or "i have other priorities at the moment, maybe next time"dorf
    • Whats the downside to participating?drgs
    • ^ They give me press on their instagram and website and cooler clients think the design is badbainbridge
    • ^ like a nice clothing brand in a bad storebainbridge

View thread