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Embracing Your #AwkwardYears with @merileeloo
To view more of Merilee’s photos and submit your own, check out the #awkwardyearsproject hashtag. You can also email submissions to her at awkwardyearsproject@yahoo.com.
October is Bullying Prevention Month. To mark the occasion, we’re sharing the story of one Instagrammer who came up with a creative approach to reflect on her own childhood experiences and help today’s kids feel better about themselves.
When a friend asked Merilee Allred (@merileeloo) to see her old, awkward photos, she didn’t suspect it would kickstart an entire photo series and a blog. “I had a hard time wanting to show any of them to her because I was embarrassed of those pictures and my past,” Merilee says. “But then it sparked this idea to hold up my younger picture in portraits as a before-and-after. I realized I wanted to start a project that highlights our awkward years. Since I was teased and bullied, I thought it would be a good idea to raise awareness with it, and, maybe, hopefully help kids currently going through struggles, to let them know that life does get better.”
Enter the #awkwardyearsproject series on Instagram. "When I first started, I asked my friends and family to participate,” she explains. The project started on Instagram, but has since expanded to other platforms. “I only post the portraits I take on Instagram, but on my blog, Facebook and Twitter, I feature my portraits alongside guest submissions.”
Want to learn more about what you can do to combat bullying? Check out the following anti-bullying organizations on Instagram:
- To Write Love on Her Arms (@twloha)
- NOH8 Campaign (@noh8campaign)
To see what we’re doing to fight bullying and harassment on Instagram, check out our Bullying Prevention Resources in the Instagram Help Center.
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Not all clients are like this, I may add, but the ones who are usually have little appreciation for art or artists and they make me feel a little like something like this happens at times. They both give little appreciation, and don’t realize they will get passed around the art community as people to avoid [We’re not so solitary as it seems!] and also, they can destroy the dreams of new artists who thought they were getting a job opportunity. They also end up with the wrong idea as they end up having bad experiences too. If you offer a biscuit, you’ll get a biscuit’s worth.
If you’re a person who needs to outsource a skill such as drawing, please treat us as professionals who can do something you cannot. asking us to apply for your job is not doing us a favour. Listen to us especially when we bring up the fact that even the best may not be able to give you what you want if the time and fees are not equitable to the outcome you want. If you’re a great boss, who treats us well, we can be AMAZING.
Drawing is MAGIC. Pay us for MAGIC. @_@
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The Mysterious Superman Painting
While doing research for the Superman infographic, I came across this intriguing illustration by pulp artist H.J. Ward. It’s said to be the first time Superman ever appeared in painted form, and is the subject of not one, but two mysteries.
The first mystery was of the painting’s disappearance. It hung on a wall in Harry Donenfeld’s office at DC Comics until he retired in 1957, and then was considered lost for over 50 years. However, a few years ago art historian David Saunders discovered it hanging on the wall at the Lehman College library in New York. You can read the full story on that here.
The other mystery was why an image painted in 1940 has a version of Superman’s emblem that didn’t appear until 1941.The easiest explanation would be that this is the first appearance of the emblem appeared, and it took a year before the artists at DC adopted it.
But wait, what’s this?
This photograph of the same painting hanging in Donenfeld’s office reveals that it was originally painted with the 1939 emblem! Not only that, but he also had a stronger jaw, and his hair was styled differently!
Saunders says the image was originally commissioned to help promote the 1940 radio serial (“an image for a medium you cannot see,” as the New York Times article says). You can see how it was used in this photograph, with the stars of the radio serial:
But this photograph was taken no earlier than 1942. How do I know? Because the microphone says “Mutual,” and the Superman radio series wasn’t broadcast on Mutual until August of 1942, by which time the 1941 emblem was well in use.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the emblem was repainted just for this occasion, especially if it’s true that the painting was originally commissioned for the start of the radio serial in early 1940. Do any photos exist from the original promotional campaign?
But even if they did exist, they wouldn’t be in color. And that’s what saddens me. It appears no color, or even high quality reproduction exists of the painting in its original form.
What’s worse, according to this source the retouching may not have even been done by Ward himself. Instead it was modified by airbrush artist Joseph Szokoli, who was experienced at doing touch-up work. (It’s unknown why he decided to paint the emblem with six sides, the only time Superman’s shield has been represented that way.)
The physical painting may have since been found, but in some ways the original still remains lost.