So... I freelance whenever I can, and am signed up with a few websites that supposedly put clients & artists together, when someone has a project. Usually, the job is undoable, the pay they offer is low (not to mention that the website takes a cut), or it's just porn cartoons they want!
Anyhow, this morning I received this doozy:
Dear Christopher:
Within the last 24 hours, employers posted one or more projects that match your
profile(s).
How to find the below project(s):
---Sign in to your professional account: XXXXXXXXXXXX
---On the My Admin page, click the "View Project Notifications" link.
Profile ID: 555382 matches...
Project ID: 157570
Title: FOUR LINERS
Category: Illustration / Cartooning / Painting / Sculpting
Description:
I create four line "phonetic" poems that have a word used twice which
rhymes perfectly yet is spelled differently. This is better understood by reading
a few examples as follows:
IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY..........
SO I SENT HER.........
TICKETS TO THE CONCERT.........
AT THE CIVIC CENTER.
I WENT TO VISIT HIS GRAVE.........
THE FATHER OF LISA MINNELLI..........
HE HAD ENGRAVED ON HIS STONE.......
IN THIS GRAVE THERE LIES A MINNELLI
OFF THE EDGE OF A CLIFF........
HE PUSHED A BOULDER OVER.........
SHE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING..........
IT ALMOST BOWLED HER OVER.
I GOT A COLD DRINK...........
AND SAT DOWN BESIDE HER..........
IT TASTED SO GOOD............
HOW COULD THIS BE CIDER.
Anyway, you get the idea. I compose several of these every day in my spare time,
and creativity is no proble. In less than a year I have composed over 650 of these
little gems.
My idea is to have the "FOUR LINER" accompanied by a cartoon drawing depicting
the theme to help the reader see the action and make the connection even more obvious
and interesting and humorous.
I am a freelance writer just trying to get this project off the ground, so my budget
at this point is relatively small. I have $250.00 budgeted for and initial supply
of 8 to 10 cartoons. Just one panel depicting (in a humerous way) the basic theme
of that particular four liner.
All of my friends and work associates tell me that they believe these Four Liners
have great potential and usually approach me eagerly to hear the newest one.
Aside from the shockingly low pay offered, I am amazed at the poetic prowess of this author. Anyone else out there want to take a stab at some "Phonetic" poems...?
PJ, Tikifish & Sabu - I'm talking to you!
[ Edited by: Tangaroa 2005-08-11 08:16 ]
