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# My flatmate got paid £300 by some chinese company to draw those Olympic mascots differently...
(I helped save b3ta! Brims Spurts., Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:36, archived)
# I got paid £300 by a PR company to translate Beowulf into text message speak
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:42, archived)
# want to trade?
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:43, archived)
# you both got shafted a bit IMHO
could've expected a fair bit more for either job i think
(I helped save b3ta! grey kid is breakdancing to save a community centre, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:45, archived)
# well my flatmate said he would've done it for free since he's Chinese
...for the pride of China he said.
(I helped save b3ta! Brims Spurts., Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:48, archived)
# It went a bit like this


I get a call out of the blue saying
'hi, I heard you were clever and from Oxford - I have £300 quid for you if you can translate Beowulf into text messages'

Me: 'you do know its the length of a large novel?'
PR:' oh... erm one minute'
*pause*
PR: 'can you just cut all the boring bits out?'
Me: 'Most of it is quite boring'
PR: 'We don't need very much - can you get it to us by the end of the week'

took about 2 hours
(I helped save b3ta! WormuIus, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:50, archived)
# GOOD LORD!
if i could draw like that i'd never leave the studio.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:48, archived)
# *sigh* Me too...
he's a talented git. He's off to Canada next year to study animation and then he's going to go work for Pixar.

I think I'm going to hide in his luggage...

(I helped save b3ta! Brims Spurts., Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:53, archived)
# The same company aproached me and said they'd give me £300
to stay the fuck away from the drawing board:P
(I helped save b3ta! riverghost servicing your mum since, Mon 16 Jun 2008, 14:50, archived)