logo contest

Woo! One more edit… I have decided to end this contest. On one side, I have an amazing group of artists who want this and on the other I have a group of really pissed off designers. I have decided to leave the post up and not just hide it so hopefully other businesses considering doing logo contests see both sides. Personally, I am sad to end this but I am being harassed with hate email/comments/texts/phone calls and I honestly don’t have the mental strength to do this right now. HOWEVER, if you did start working on a logo or completed one, do feel free to still email me with ideas! I’m still looking for someone to work with and I’m absolutely open to what you can bring to the table!!

So. Keeping on a positive note, and thanking those who have been so supportive and excited to work with me, I would like to offer you a place in the Artist Series! 100% of the proceeds received from every soap in the Artist Series are going directly to the Artist’s charity of choice! It is very simple. You make the art, I make the soap and all funds raised (ALL, I take no monetary amount for supplies or anything) go right to helping an art themed project or fund.

Interested in showcasing your skills and helping raise funds to keep art alive? Please feel free to contact me anytime with your ideas!

I look forward to seeing what we can create together and I wish everyone a beautiful day!!

-Kylee

EDITED TO ADD: Wow this little post has gotten a lot of traffic and hate/love mail! I want to clear one thing up before you read any further…

This “contest” was in NO WAY meant to offend any designer or artist of any level, paid or not. I want to make it very clear that my primary audience is not professional designers. It is high school and college students, along with people who want to freelance and go into design but are afraid to take the jump. People who are not in the field yet, who have no or little work to submit for consideration, who have requested their work not be seen unless it wins. People who do not get paid for this type of work, but want to in the future. Anyone looking for a little push to maybe try and go into design.

I am sorry to anyone who feels I am taking advantage of their talents. Please do not enter. What I DO want are people who doodle and draw all the time for fun. People thinking they could finally leave their job to work for themselves if they just got noticed once, but don’t know where to start. People who design for the fun of designing and for the sake of creating. People who never tried something like this and feel they have nothing to loose.

I worked for 5 years making no money until I finally got a little publicity and because of that publicity, I have a business. If you were to tell me then that I could quit my crappy job and work for myself making soap, I would have laughed at you, but blog publicity gave me the courage to finally do it. I was only simply trying to give to someone what was given to me. I honestly didn’t even think this would reach highly paid professionals and I never meant to insult anyone. -Kylee

So…Onward!