Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:45:13 -0600 From: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <20050210154513.4d649527@jacob.6texans.net> In-Reply-To: <535601999.20050210213743@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <1709665858.20050210101217@wanadoo.fr> <20050210114338.B30327@one.thequestion.net> <299713472.20050210210055@wanadoo.fr> <1108067044.658.12.camel@hatter.wonderland.dn> <535601999.20050210213743@wanadoo.fr>
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:37:43 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Julio Capote writes: > > > Untrue, I know a NUMBER of emerging graphic artists, who would kill > > for this kind of exposure, and are much better than any > > commercialized firm I've seen. > > If they are so good, why would they kill for this kind of exposure? > > The world of commercial art is no exception to the rule that you get > what you pay for. Good graphic art is worth paying for; for a price > of zero dollars, you'll get zero quality. Exceptions are very, very > rare, and cannot be depended on. And an amateurish logo would be > quite a liability. You make it sound as if the FreeBSD project paid a million dollars for the current drawing of "Beastie". After all, we get what we pay for, and the current mascot/logo is "perfect", right? Jacob
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