Draw ABOL, earn one US dollar.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 8:37 am

Woah, this is some very cool stuff.

Thank you tons. I'm on my pathetic 56k line at home; I'll work on the mural, send out payments, etcetera, when at work on Monday. I still have some of the $20 left for anyone who still wants to post a pic!

Mr. Elkshin wrote: ...handcuff me...

No, no handcuffs for you. I doubt whomever owns the seyfert galaxy and/or the frying pan will be coming after you.

JexKerome wrote:I'm actually offended that you offer cash for this.

You shouldn't be. Artists should get paid for participating in something they might not otherwise voluntarily participate in. I'd pay more, but all I had available was $20.

Jackhass wrote:Hmmmm...considering minimum wage is about 8 bucks an hour...and it would take me at least 15 minutes to draw a picture...nope, not worth it.

Fair enough.

chibiartstudios wrote:...

omfg. *stare*

YarpsDat wrote:Yeah, a contest with 5 dollars main prize, and 15 secondary prizes of 1$ would feel better.

But it's not a contest! I'm not judging any of the entries; they're all going into the mural.

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:19 am

Jackhass wrote:A buck eh?

Hmmmm...considering minimum wage is about 8 bucks an hour...and it would take me at least 15 minutes to draw a picture...nope, not worth it.

Ya...

This says something about me doesn't it?

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:03 pm

I'll draw something up on Monday. Right now I'm a little busy.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:00 pm

My entry! I'm not going to worry if the money is no longer available...just being in the mural is enough for me. But, if you are going to send money, I'd prefer it by mail, I'll send you the info if you need it.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:51 am

It's Monday Morning, time for the announcements:

12 images so far for the mural!

PAID / DONE
Geoduck - Paypal - Paid!
Joel Fagin - Charity - Paid! (Hugz from Heaven - stuffed animals for sick kids.)
Psiogen - Buy yourself a candy bar - Paid! (Mmm.. Three Musketeers)
ChibiArtStudios - Paypal - Paid!
Malimar - Paypal - Paid!
Sippan - No Payment Please - Done!

GOT INFO FOR MAIL PAYMENT
Axonite
Supernerdcore
Toxic Avenger

Need Information for payment (paypal or address)
Mr. Ekshin
Rpin
Tim

Keep 'em coming in, I have more one-dollar bills.

And thank you for the great reply! This is gonna be a fun mural.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:06 am

I just know you're using these for world domination somehow....

Hejhox · Post by **Hejhox** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 9:35 am

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:31 pm

Looky.

I'll skip the dollar, being in the mural is reward enough.

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 10:14 pm

Nice doing business with ya! I do commisions cheap so ask anytime.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:43 am

Tuesday updates:

Hejhox - paid via paypal
Vorticus - no payment requested.

Still working on the mural. I realized belatedly I now have over 2mb of image files, and probably should try to move some of the bigger ones to jpgs so people who don't have the blessing of bandwidth can still view the mural.

Keep 'em coming. And thanks tons to those who have submitted.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:50 am

I'll PM you my addy Rkolter.

But don't forget: you have ta draw sumthin' on da bill. I'm goin' ta keep it.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:58 am

Updates!

Toxic Avenger - Sent your dollar via mail.
Axonite - Sent your dollar via mail.

Rpin - still gotta draw you something on your dollar first.
Supernerdcore - Gotta decide what to write on your dollar first.

Tim - Tim requested that I buy a lottery ticket with the dollar and if I win, donate some of the money towards getting people together for future cookouts. I'll buy the ticket tonight and post the numbers tomorrow. Drawing is saturday: http://www.molottery.com

Mr. Ekshin - Still need your info.

I'm still collecting pics for the mural - and still have some dollars left!

The mural is by no means complete, but you can see all the pics in one spot here: http://www.reasonedcognition.com/mural.html

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:13 am

rkolter wrote:
JexKerome wrote:I'm actually offended that you offer cash for this.
You shouldn't be. Artists should get paid for participating in something they might not otherwise voluntarily participate in. I'd pay more, but all I had available was $20.

IF we were complete strangers then I would agree; however we are a community and it seemed like we were more or less comfortable "around" each other, specially if you consider the amount of jibing that goes on in here. So dangling money around (regardless of the amount) is like saying "though I see you guys pretty much fall over each other to do fan/guest arts for pretty much everyone in these forums, for some reason I don't believe you'd be willing to afford me the same courtesy".

Like we are biased against you or something. And then you go and imply it AGAIN.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:26 am

JexKerome wrote:
rkolter wrote:
JexKerome wrote:I'm actually offended that you offer cash for this.
You shouldn't be. Artists should get paid for participating in something they might not otherwise voluntarily participate in. I'd pay more, but all I had available was $20.
IF we were complete strangers then I would agree; however we are a community and it seemed like we were more or less comfortable "around" each other, specially if you consider the amount of jibing that goes on in here. So dangling money around (regardless of the amount) is like saying "though I see you guys pretty much fall over each other to do fan/guest arts for pretty much everyone in these forums, for some reason I don't believe you'd be willing to afford me the same courtesy".

Like we are biased against you or something. And then you go and imply it AGAIN.

Dude, chill. Seriously.

The buck is (as has been pointed out) mostly symbolic. I've had people who didn't want the buck, wanted me to buy a candy bar with it, donate it to charity, draw on it, buy a lottery ticket with it, etcetera. Basically I'm saying, "The buck's yours if you want it, or if you want me to do something else with it, tell me and I'll do it if it isn't painful."

You already made your point earlier. If you don't want to participate, that's cool. No harm, no foul. But if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you please stop assuming the worst about my intentions?

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:27 am

JexKerome wrote:Like we are biased against you or something. And then you go and imply it AGAIN.

Well, normally, he'd have a point. Twenty pieces of fan art is a great deal and I wouldn't normally expect twenty pieces coming from a request like this sans money.

It's just that, well, it's ABOL. He's sort of pathetically easy to draw.

- Joel Fagin

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:28 am

Hejhox ABOL is totally my favorite ^.^

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:06 am

1$...
For me, is just enough to wake up the lazy/rebelious part that says "Dude, that would be _working_" (as opposed to drawing for fun), but not enough to wake the reasonable part that would say "But you'd get money for that! I'm sure you can work a bit for a big pile of money.".

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:17 am

YarpsDat wrote:1$...
For me, is just enough to wake up the lazy/rebelious part that says "Dude, that would be _working_" (as opposed to drawing for fun), but not enough to wake the reasonable part that would say "But you'd get money for that! I'm sure you can work a bit for a big pile of money.".

So wake up your mischevious side and say... Hm... I can make Ryan do nearly anything not-painful with that dollar. Then, draw Abol and make your strange, twisted request.

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 10:49 am

Who says you can't make money on a lunch break? My 5-minute MS Paint version of ABOL.

Istructions for dollar. Draw a handlebar mustache on Washington and photograph the bill in various unsavory locations of your choosing. Post photographs here.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 11:51 am

Skylark_King wrote:Istructions for dollar. Draw a handlebar mustache on Washington and photograph the bill in various unsavory locations of your choosing. Post photographs here.

Jeez.

... ok.

But in the future, it aught to be a way to spend the dollar.

Hmm... I have some great ideas for the pics though...