Being a creative nowadays is pretty good compared to the old days. The demand remains high for creative work as more and more brands are born and look for ways to present themselves, and new technology not only means that new creative techniques are developed, but also that it's much easier to network and let your talents be known to the world.
Instagram, Vimeo and Behance are all handy platforms for artists to showcase their work and let others find them for commissions and job opportunities. But using a social media platform to promote your work also has its downsides. Yes, you can get incredibly popular and attract hundreds of thousands of followers, but not all of them have your best interests at heart.
Illustrator Jon Arton from England draws incredibly detailed portraits, and he's recently shared some of the hilarious DMs he gets from fans. With his painstakingly complex depictions of people - more often than not drawn only with a ballpoint pen - it's not hard to see why he's got almost 100,000 followers. Just take a look at these:
They clearly don't look like they only take a few minutes, right? Well, that doesn't stop people from messaging Jon asking to draw them for free. For whatever reason, a lot of people think Jon would happily spend tens of hours drawing depictions of strangers simply because they asked him to. Do they think about whether those hours take away from an actual paid job? Or something else that could be helping him pay rent, buy groceries, enjoy life, etc.?
No. Because some people are either really daft, or they think so highly of themselves that Jon would just do it for free anyway.
But rather than getting annoyed or bitter about it, Jon found a way to hilariously teach these people a lesson. Responding to their requests for a free portrait, Jon usually obliges and plays along with it, telling them it will take a few days. However, the image he hands over in the end is not quite what they expected...
Here, take a look for yourself (and don't forget to scroll across):
In a sarcastic caption, Jon wrote about how "every now and again" he tries to do free drawings:
"I really appreciate all of you for following, liking and commenting on my Instagram. It really means a lot to me so when I can, I like to show my appreciation by accepting some of your wonderful free drawing requests in my inbox.
"As a full time artist who relies on selling art to survive, these requests come as a real treat and it means a lot to me to be given the opportunity to put the years of practice, time and the expensive materials into a free drawing of your face for yourself."
Here are some others (again, scroll across for more hilarious examples):
Photoshop. Whether you love it or hate it, you can't deny that it has revolutionized the world of photography. I personally think for the worst rather than the better because it allows people to be obviously fake about things. However, there is one guy, James Fridman, who likes to have fun with photoshop. He accepts people's photoshop requests and does exactly what they ask for, or at least, he gets it roughly in the ballpark of what they asked for...
Thankfully, he posts them to his Instagram account, so the rest of the world can have a good laugh or two. These images definitely will have you stalking his page till 2 am on a social media spiral, but the lack of sleep will be well worth it. And some of these are just savage AF! I wish I had this much bravado to go full savage on people, but then again I don't think I could ever get away with it. Instead, I will live vicariously through the savagery of James as he pokes fun at people through photoshop - the guy is a legend.
[post_page_title]#1 That Ugly Creature[/post_page_title]
Cats are so cute. They're adorable. They're so soft and fluffy, and when they're kittens it's even better. So I don't understand why someone would refer to them as an "ugly creature."
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Yet this woman did. She reached out to James, asking him to remove the kitten in the background claiming that it "spoiled" her picture. James's response couldn't have been any better. It's exactly what she deserved for being so mean and narcissistic over a little innocent kitten.
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[post_page_title]#2 Take Her Out[/post_page_title]
Someone from this group of friends wanted this girl removed from the picture for whatever reason. Something tells me that she was either a rando from that night's party, or she is a former friend and things ended dramatically.
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Either way, someone asked James if he could "take her out." In a hilarious twist, the photoshop wizard concocted a picture that shows the two of them out on a date. Very funny. [[pagebreak]]
This one is actually quite sweet. A girl reached out to him to basically erase her natural beauty and make her look more like a Kardashian.
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James gave her a nice reminder that she is pretty as she is by refusing to alter her photo and telling her that she doesn't need to look like the Kardashians as she's beautiful just being who she is. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#4 Coming to America[/post_page_title]
Sometimes we would like to be somewhere else, but unfortunately, we just can't make that journey for whatever reason. Photoshop is the next best thing because if you really want to, you can make it look to your social media following that you're out there living your best life.
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When James got a request from Andrei to transport him from a Russian beach to an American one, James went ahead and had a little fun with the location. I mean, Walmart, that's pretty American, right? It's embarrassing as hell though! [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#5 Man Boobs[/post_page_title]
This is another one of my favorites because James gets even with a guy who deserves it. This dude reached out to him, asking James to enhance his girlfriend's chest. As if that wasn't bad enough, the guy refers to her chest as an "ironing board."
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There is nothing wrong with having small breasts. Well, James taught this guy that lesson by enhancing the "ironing board," however that happened to be the guy's own flat chest rather than his girlfriend's small chest. Touché! [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#6 Bushy Brows[/post_page_title]
Ah, it's been a while since we've had a good George W. Bush meme. Can we dial it back to George W. Bush at Trump's inauguration? That was gold.
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Well, the next best thing is this: all three Bushmen on top of a woman's eyebrows because she asked James for more "bushy" brows. Well played James, well played. [[pagebreak]]
You know the saying, "be careful what you wish for." Well, this young man learned that lesson if he hadn't already, because James taught it to him.
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He wanted to be "behind a tank" as he put it. Most likely he meant in front of, just James did as he asked, and taught him a valuable lesson - mostly in the difference between in front of and behind. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#8 Space Odyssey[/post_page_title]
She got what she asked for, but at a price, as James decided to also add in a Jew as a way of poking fun at her terrible spelling. That is embarrassing enough.
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Now I am thankful that I spent time in class actually paying attention on how to properly spell things. I would hate to have this kind of embarrassment to follow my writing. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#9 Spell Check[/post_page_title]
Much like the one before, here is another perfect example of why you should invest some time in learning proper spelling and grammar skills. While this woman wanted an angel, she, in fact, got an angle.
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At least she got the wings as she asked. It could be a cool tattoo if you stare at it long enough. Could you imagine if she actually had texted a real tattoo artist rather than James the photoshopper? That would be pretty permanent and embarrassing. [[pagebreak]]
This guy asked for drama, and that is what he got. And it's actually a very true-to-life picture in terms of nothing will ever be more terrifying or dramatic than responsibilities.
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This young man may hate the photoshop job now, but as he gets older he will see that James was right. It's a cathartic photo actually. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#11 Bye Felipe[/post_page_title]
Sometimes, you might think you're being specific in what you want, but in actuality, you're not explaining it as well as you think you are. It happens all the time.
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Case and point, this guy thought he was going to get a background of Miami beach and hot women, but because he didn't explain it so well, he just got cut out. But at least it provided us with a laugh or two. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#12 Baby Face[/post_page_title]
This one is a bit more James just having fun messing around. Instead of removing the facial hair from this man's picture, he just gave him a babyface. But the babyface is like, really babyface as in pure baby.
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In a way it makes sense since most guys when they shave off a beard or mustache they get an immediate babyface. Don't think the wife is too happy with the outcome though. [[pagebreak]]
This woman wanted James to make her father look the other way because if not it was awkward. But honestly, I don't know why she just didn't ask him to be removed from the picture full stop.
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And James, in typical jokester form, ended up giving her what she wanted just not in the way that she would have wanted. So now, she has a vacation memory of her dad with a twisted head like in The Exorcist. [[pagebreak]]
This woman wanted a bigger butt in order to look more like a part of the Kardashian clan. What she ended up getting was a picture that looked more like Violet Beauregarde from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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She even had the purplish outfit to match. So instead of a Kardashian booty, she was made to look more like a blueberry...and we can't stop laughing. Wonder if she's going to go meet Willy Wonka now? [[pagebreak]]
Oh, this one is too funny. This man from India asked to be made to look like an American celebrity...and he used the fatal words "blond hair." Cue James having loads of fun with this look.
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Poor Arijit now looks like the love child of Donald Trump and one of those "bad hombres" that he constantly talks about in his xenophobic rants. That's all I'm going to say on that topic. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#16 Legs for Days[/post_page_title]
This woman thought her legs looked short in the picture. To the rest of us, I'm sure her legs look fine. She probably now thinks so too since James took the liberty to stretch her out like Gumby in her picture.
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We doubt she'll be asking for any more photoshopped appendages any time soon. And again, we can't stop laughing. This is just one great fail. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#17 No Pranks[/post_page_title]
This woman actually explicitly says in her request not to pull any pranks. But there is always a loophole.
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She made the mistake of asking for "the real Kylie look." Clearly, she's not that big of a Kardashian fan as she thinks, or else she'd know that the "real" Kylie look is something from before all the plastic surgery...and it's got some very thin lips. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#18 No Bums[/post_page_title]
A rather odd request, but James delivered. He cut her bum out as requested. Now, I do have a follow-up question.
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Does anyone know if this woman got the other half (no pun intended) of her request with the bum picture enclosed by a nice border? Can someone follow up on this for me because I really need to know? [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#19 Abs[/post_page_title]
Everyone likes to look more fit than they actually are in pictures. But sometimes, it's just not possible to achieve this with clothes in the way. I mean, where are the abs supposed to go?
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This kid asked for abs. He's wearing a shirt. Already, not the brightest request but James still delivered. And he gave him abs - sort of. They're more like Hawaiian rolls. But hey, women love Hawaiian rolls so he should be happy? [[pagebreak]]
Another odd request to say the least. Most people want to look happy in their pictures, not sad. Yet this young gentleman decided that he had to look sad in his picture.
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When he reached out to James, the photoshop master had a very logical point that he got across - no one can be sad for no reason. And he was also nice enough to include a reason: tuition fees. Yeah, those will make you cry every time. I still sometimes cry over tuition fees and I've been out of school for nearly two years now. Don't think I'll ever recover from the PTSD that my education gave me. [[pagebreak]]
[post_page_title]#21 There You Go, Buddy[/post_page_title]
Not a whole lot to say on this one. Mostly, because I can't stop laughing. I don't know why I find it so funny, but I do. I seriously just burst out laughing when I looked at this.
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Maybe because the guy asked to be placed somewhere sexy like a pool, and instead got a very tiny pool in his bathtub. James's response of "there you go buddy" just made it that much funnier.
When you gain hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, you can become an 'influencer.' That means brands will pay you to plug their product as you flaunt your luxurious life on social media. Sounds like a pretty good job, doesn't it? I mean, it's a pretty stupid job, and I'm skeptical how long this type of career lasts, but hey, beats making lattes at Starbucks.
Swedish native Johanna Olsson is one such 'influencer,' and boasts over 500,000 followers on The Gram. However, after sharing pictures from her glamorous trip to Paris, she's not basking in heart and fire emojis. Critics are mocking her for poorly Photoshopping several images; if you have eyes, you'll notice several glaring mistakes that show evidence of alteration.
In one photo, Olsson appears to have superimposed herself over the River Sienne, as it looks like she's floating over the pavement. So, either she modified the photo with Photoshop or she is some kind of sorceress, unbound by the laws of gravity.
In another photo, Olsson poses at an outdoor café, and an umbrella appeared to be missing from a table in the background. Either she used Microsoft Paint to modify the image, or, as Queen of the Swedish Witch Clan, she used her dark magic to zap that umbrella into another dimension. Bow down to Queen Olsson, lest she turn those spectral powers on you!
In the comment section, Instagram users called out Olsson for being the worst Photoshopper since Kim Kardashian. "My cat does better Photoshop," joked one person, while another added, "BAHAHAHA fake." Meanhwhile Twitter user commented, "loooool Johanna Olsson has been caught EDITING HERSELF IN PHOTOS to look like she’s travelling the world. Imagine bein that desperate t impress n be looked in such ways on Insta. When instead enjoyin life eye t eye ???? We live in a sad life it’s just so funny ??."
The Mirror reported that Olsson was on all-expenses-paid trip to Paris to model various items of clothing. So, if she actually visited the City of the Lights, why alter the images in such an obvious, terrible way? Olsson reportedly explained herself on Instagram Stories:
“I wanted to talk a little bit about the pictures I posted in Paris. So I did one picture, shot it and didn’t think it looked that nice… so I took a different background and put the background into it. And when I put it up, nobody noticed, so I thought, this is good. I admit it wasn’t my finest Photoshop skills.
"Now in Sweden this thing has gone crazy and TV shows want me to come on and talk about my ‘fake travelling.' It’s a bit ridiculous I think. There are a lot of influencers out there that Photoshop in birds, rainbows or crazy skies and I could do that but I don’t like that. I just wanted to make that clear that I was in Paris, but I did Photoshop the background, but I’m not going to take them down because it’s a collaboration."
In 2019, there's simply no denying that we Millenials idolise influencers - and particularly those who only show the so-called highlight reel of their lives.
Because while we might claim to look down our noses at them - and their apparent inability to get 'real jobs' - there is a reason why they manage to make a living off uploading photos and videos of their oh-so enviable lives. We're the ones who are following them by the millions, engaging with their every post, and thus driving their profitability.
Remember when this influencer cried about the prospect of having a 9-5 job?
The rise in social media platforms - such as Instagram - over the last 10 years has only encouraged this sort of admiration from followers.
But, on the flip side, it has also led the trolls amongst us to persistently criticise these social media darlings for the way in which they make their money.
This criticism was at an all-time high last week when Instagram ran a social experiment in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan and New Zealand to see what would happen if it hid the number of likes on our Instagram posts.
In wake of the trial, influencers in Australia, in particular, have lost thousands of followers - and they're certainly not getting any sympathy from your average Aussie, with many telling them to "go get jobs in the real world".
"I'm sure they're hiring at Woolies and Coles," one Australian woman wrote on Facebook on Monday, after the Daily Mail revealed the number of influencers who may now struggle to get new sponsorships.
"I'd be devastated too if I found a job that I had to do basically nothing and then had to now work for it," wrote another.
"Thank God Instagram found a way to rein in this freeloading lifestyle these influencers live," added a third.
Instagram influencers Marie Fe, 29, and her boyfriend Jake Snow, 27 are paid to travel the world together - while sharing some gorgeous snaps along the way. Both of them, however, have welcomed the Instagram's 'no like count' proposal.
Here's a little snapshot of the striking couple on their travels:
Marie and Jake certainly aren't bitter about society's perception of influencers and, in fact, they welcome debate on measures which put an end to what is often a mindless and superficial competition for "likes".
While many influencers believed their sponsorships would take a hit if the move were to come to fruition, the couple felt it would create less of a need for unhealthy and obsessive competition amongst peers.
"We can understand how some people would see the 'no like system' as somewhat demotivating," Marie, 29, told FEMAIL. "The amount of engagement you get (likes, views, comments) is the main metric that publicises how much influence a person/brand really has."
She continued: "In our opinion, as people who make a living from social media, we believe this move will be really healthy for society. As business owners, if we can still see our own like counts, we can still gauge how well our content is being received and adjust accordingly to provide value and keep our audience engaged. It doesn't matter who else can see our likes it only matters that we can."
Jake believes that, through running a successful Instagram account, he and Marie now have an "extreme awareness" of what it can do "if you're not careful".
"We have always seen Instagram as a tool to reach people to share our message, our art and our work," Jake said. "But there are definitely times we find ourselves playing the comparison game. The comparison game is something we all get caught up in from time to time and it has been going on long before Instagram was invented."
"But Instagram has become the perfect filtered, highlight reel of our lives and what's become really unhealthy; people are comparing their normal lives with other people's perfect filtered Instagram lives."
The couple also said that removing likes would drive more Instagram users to post about what they genuinely care about, rather than what they think will lead to a spike in their popularity.
So, apparently, the situation isn't necessarily a losing battle for influencers. To gain a better insight, we'll just have to wait and see what happens if the "no like count" ever comes to fruition.
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Ask most people what they think of notorious mass-murdering dictator Josef Stalin and most will tell you he was a really bad egg. Mind you, that practice he had of rewriting the history of his country by doctoring photos to remove people he didn't want to be in them - there's something in that. It's ruthless, insane and egomaniacal, yes. But who among us can honestly say we don't have some photos that we really like because they remind us of a great holiday, or because we look really great in them, or any number of reasons, but we're kept from truly enjoying them because they feature an ex who now brings a lot of bad associations to the photo itself? Wouldn't we all do as Stalin did and do a little editing of our own personal history to get rid of some bad memories if only there were some way to do it? Well, one clever entrepreneur offered this exact service on Twitter, with some very amusing results...
[post_page_title]It Starts Innocently Enough...[/post_page_title]
Whether or not this Twitter user has much of a professional background in graphic design or was just throwing this idea out onto the internet a propos of nothing, she seems pretty serious about her offer to Photoshop exes out of photos for $10 apiece.
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Credit - Twitter @hexappeal[/caption]
Hard to know if this started out at least partly tongue-in-cheek, but people certainly came back with some sincere requests.
[post_page_title]The First Attempt[/post_page_title]
Here's the first photo submission she received - one of these two looks much happier to be at this picnic in the park anyway, so the writing's very much on the wall already for this relationship.
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Credit - Twitter @hexappeal[/caption]
Enter our hero, ready to work her magic and make it possible for this lady to enjoy this photo again.
[post_page_title]Abracadabra![/post_page_title]
And just like that, he's gone! No longer doomed to look at a picture of herself and some weird bored-looking guy in a park, this lady can now just enjoy the sight of herself and her dog having a fun picnic together!
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And who wouldn't want that?
[post_page_title]Doubt Creeps In[/post_page_title]
Mind you, our hero had to step in to defend the fact that she had in fact Photoshopped him out in response to suggestions that he looked so weird in the original photo that she must have Photoshopped him in in the first place.
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Credit - Twitter @hexappeal[/caption]
I guess the fact that he looks so weird and tacked-on in the first photo is testament to just how much that relationship wasn't quite working?
[post_page_title]Another Job[/post_page_title]
After proving her skills at removing unwanted memories, the jobs came pouring in. This guy no longer has to superimpose a clown's head onto this photo in order to look at it without painful flashbacks.
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Credit - Twitter @chrisart00[/caption]
Now he's got a nice photo of himself just chilling at the beach - that's much better!
[post_page_title]More Happy Customers[/post_page_title]
This woman must have spent years trying to look at this delightful photo of herself having fun on a swing only to be reminded of the guy she's left behind - hexappeal to the rescue once again!
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Credit - Twitter @nahtchristine[/caption]
This is an advanced job, as she's even managed to remove his hands, both of which he's placed on his girlfriend as she swings. Painting out each individual finger must have taken a while!
[post_page_title]Yet Another[/post_page_title]
This woman, posing with her kitten, must have been very reluctant to just delete such a cute photo, but it seems a shame she has to see her ex's big grinning head every time she looks at it.
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Credit - Twitter @bramflake[/caption]
Hey presto! Just her and her cat! A great improvement!
[post_page_title]Another Clown Head[/post_page_title]
The trend of covering up an ex's face with a clown's head is back again and, once again, our hero hexappeal makes it completely unnecessary with another expert digital removal.
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Credit - Twitter @lalunelo[/caption]
True, it now looks like this woman went to the prom on her own, but hey, good on her for owning it, I guess.
[post_page_title]A Sad Story[/post_page_title]
This next request comes with its own sad story attached - all this woman wants to do is to be able to look back and remember being Student of the Year without being reminded of her terrible ex. Is that so much to ask?
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Things get competitive here, as hexappeal's original post has become so popular that others vying for her crown are ready to swoop in and poach the next big job from her.
[post_page_title]A Second Hero Enters[/post_page_title]
Another fine job from our old friend...wait, what? Looks like another Photoshop wiz has swooped in and done the work on this one!
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Credit - Twitter @Vivaalauren[/caption]
Hope our original Photoshopper got some sort of finder's fee for this one.
[post_page_title]Further Requests[/post_page_title]
In fact, people were enjoying the thread so much by this point that they were throwing in outlandish requests of their own that require a bit of extra-sensory perception.
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I can't help but feel that asking a graphic designer to accurately predict someone's next boyfriend and Photoshop them into a picture is a bit of a tall order.
[post_page_title]Looking Happier[/post_page_title]
Soon enough, people started observing that the woman in the first picture even seemed to look happier without her ex!
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Credit - Twitter @BiscuitofYork[/caption]
Maybe this is why Stalin started doing it in the first place - maybe he just thought he looked happier on his own?
[post_page_title]High Praise[/post_page_title]
And as the jobs keep rolling in, so too does the praise.
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Mind you, not everybody on the internet felt she did a totally flawless job on that first picture...
[post_page_title]A Slight Mistake[/post_page_title]
A couple of accounts got very eagle-eyed and noticed that, while the ex in question was gone and forgotten, a little part of him managed to stick around.
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Mind you, it's nice to have some kind of thing to hold onto and remind you of old relationships, right?
[post_page_title]The Shoe Again[/post_page_title]
Oh no! Sometimes when you make a tiny mistake that only one person notices, you can feel like you got away with it. But when lots of people start spotting it, it starts to feel like you'll never live it down.
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Still, they didn't need to call her professionalism into question while doing it!
[post_page_title]Another Rival[/post_page_title]
And, shoe or no shoe, I think we can all agree that her work is considerably better than that of the, er...less naturally talented Photoshoppers who tried to undercut her prices.
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Maybe it's just me, but I feel like it's a bit easier with that one to tell that something's not quite right.
[post_page_title]A Big Order[/post_page_title]
By and large, the people of the internet are impressed with her work. This woman got in touch seemingly with the promise of a very big order - sounds like she's got quite a few photos that need correcting.
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Credit - Twitter @00sgurl[/caption]
Mind you, she's only offering the same price as the one our Photoshopper originally quoted for just one photo, so she doesn't seem to have much of a head for business.
[post_page_title]One Final Request[/post_page_title]
And here's one last daft request - calling for her to make a qualitative judgement on who this stranger could feasibly stand a chance with, and then Photoshop in people who don't fit that category. Another tall order.
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Credit - Twitter @2kew4u[/caption]
Quite why he wants these pictures is anybody's guess. Will anybody believe him?
[post_page_title]Business Expands[/post_page_title]
Eventually, our Photoshopper has been inundated with so many requests that she has no choice but to increase her prices. The story of a truly successful business built from the ground up.
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Credit - Twitter @hexappeal[/caption]
We wish her every success and I can't wait to see the business inevitably expand into the world of predicting people's future partners and Photoshopping them in.
A man is demanding that his girlfriend pay him "royalties" as she brings home nearly $10,000 a month while posting on OnlyFans.
OnlyFans can be a divisive topic, especially amongst couples. But the site has turned into a very lucrative way for people to make money.
For those unfamiliar with the platform, OnlyFans is a subscription-based service where people may fees to see content from creators - and it has mainly been taken over with sexual content.
Dimitri, 30, wants his girlfriend to cough up some of the AU$15,000 ($10,000) a month she makes on the platform, and they even appeared on the Kyle and Jackie O Show to discuss it.
OnlyFans is a subscription-based service that is dominated by sexual content. Credit: SOPA Images / Getty
The couple admitted that they split rent and bills equally, but Dimitri claims he is "expected" to pay for dinner when they go out on date nights.
Feeling a bit hard done by, the 30-year-old bricklayer said: "I allowed her to start [OnlyFans] because times were a bit tough and finances were hard to come by. Now that she's raking in all this money I feel like I'm just being pushed to the side.
"She's making big dollars. If I told you the figure, you probably wouldn't believe it. At the moment she's keeping it all to herself - it's pretty frustrating. I just don't think it's fair."
He explained that his girlfriend used to work in recruitment and earned a "steady wage" but after he "let her" post images on OnlyFans, things really took off.
"She sits at home and sends her photos. I allow her to do it and we had a talk about it," Dimitri said. "She's happy to buy herself fancy shoes and bags, but I'm still paying for dinners. If I'm going to allow this to keep happening, I think I should be financially rewarded as well."
Dimitri feels hard done by that his girlfriend doesn't give him any money. (Stock photo) Credit: urbazon / Getty
Jackie 'O' Henderson, the presenter, took issue with Dimitri's attitude, stating that she felt like he was "entitled" and that using language such as "allowing" is disrespectful.
It would seem that jealousy is starting to creep into Dimitri's relationship, as he questions whether he can stay with his girlfriend as things have "gone too far".
Listeners were not overly happy with Dimitri and the terminology he used when describing his girlfriend's job, as they flooded the radio show with their thoughts.
"My issue is with the language you're using. If he had said he was supporting his partner in doing this, that's a different matter, then they can support each other financially. You don't have the right to allow her to do that or tell her what she should give you," one listener said.
Dimitri argued back at this, stating that he was being supportive by "allowing" his girlfriend to make money posting sexual content of herself online.
Another listener questioned Dimitri's ego, while a male listener called in to state that Dimitri was being "disrespected" by his girlfriend.
Kyle and Jackie O were left stunned at the call. Credit: Ryan Pierse / Getty
The caller said: "She's disrespecting you, bro. Wake up to yourself. Are you for real? She's your girlfriend, she's your woman."
Some of the terminology being used is sure to ruffle feathers... what are your thoughts on the matter? Let us know in the comments!