Pinoy Big Brother alumni and Hashtag member Jameson Blake is currently facing controversy on social media for asking free graphic design services. Meanwhile, Twitter has been flooded with hilarious posts answering his tweet.
Lucid Express, Here’s why it went viral and stirred up controversy
Jameson Blake tweeted on July 5 that was looking for graphic designers to make a cover photo for him as well as a banner with the username “LucidExpress.” The best graphic design will then get a shout out from him as an exchange for the rendered service.
The tweet was deleted after receiving a large amount of funny and negative replies from mostly graphic designers. The reason why most of these designers made fun, as well as attack Blake’s request, was that it lowers the image of the graphic designing industry. It also somehow constitutes that graphic designing is easy and could be easily acquired for free.
Some even mentioned that his actions were belittling the compensation for labor in the creative industry of the country. Others even said that it “downgrades” creatives.
Jameson Blake later posted an apology on Twitter and explained that his post was misunderstood. He said that he did not mean to offend anyone or to degrade graphic designers because he knows for a fact that graphic designing is not easy and requires effort and a lot of time.
He also added that he was merely asking for volunteers and was not insinuating anyone to render their services.
Jameson also pointed out that the shout out offer would treat the artwork to a wider platform where it will be exposed or will serve as a promotion for the designer’s work.
Unfortunately, before his apologies, a lot of artworks were already sent for his banner with the username “LucidExpress.” Here are some hilarious tweets you should not miss about Jameson Blake’s “LucidExpress”