We Spent $10,000 on Art for Merch (and got RIPPED OFF!)
1,556,456
Published 2019-06-28
Sponsor: skl.sh/nerdcity5 - 2 free months
This is part two of the Try Hards series about creating a merch line. In order to sell graphic tees, first we'll need artwork. This video answers some common questions about hiring freelance artists, including “how much does it cost to hire an artist,” “how do I find a freelance artist”, “can I ask for revisions,” and “will I owe the artist royalties?” We go over some best practices we learned for contract work, as well as some mistakes we (intentionally) made regarding payments. We also shout out ten artists who are willing to take freelance gigs.
Part 1: “Who Makes the Worst Youtuber Merch” • WHO MAKES THE WORST YOUTUBER MERCH?
Recommended freelance artist contact info is as follows:
OmegaBlack - twitter.com/OmegaBlack1631 | www.instagram.com/omega_black_art/
Deathink - twitter.com/deathink | www.instagram.com/_deathink/
ChrisLinak - twitter.com/LinakXII | www.instagram.com/LinakXII/
Thaf 9 - twitter.com/Thafnine | www.instagram.com/thaf9/
Katrin Sirru - twitter.com/fetlock_flowers | www.instagram.com/fetlock_flowers/
Lucyan J.C. - twitter.com/CyanGorilla | www.instagram.com/cyangorilla/
Eliza Holzworth - twitter.com/ElizaHolzworth | www.instagram.com/elizaholzworth/
Ultra Joe - twitter.com/ultrajoecomic | www.instagram.com/ultrajoecomic/
LampBlakk - www.instagram.com/lampblakk/
Wormboy - twitter.com/Von_Grimsworth | www.instagram.com/wormguts/
Commission Artists Twitter List (curated by Nerd City): twitter.com/nerdcity/lists/commission-artists/memb…
Nerd City Merch:
nerd.city/
Poster:
nerd.city/collections/posters
Hat:
nerd.city/collections/hats/products/nerd-city-truc…
Follow Nerd City on Social Media:
Twitter | twitter.com/nerdcity
Subreddit | www.reddit.com/r/nerdcity/
Instagram | www.instagram.com/nerd.city/
Patreon | www.patreon.com/nerdcity
Collaborators:
Ask the Devil | twitter.com/tweetoftheBeast
Nicky Try Hard | twitter.com/nickytryhard
Nerd City News Team:
twitter.com/RyKinder
twitter.com/deercognition
Nerd City fan art featured:
twitter.com/robbierottin
twitter.com/sativadream
Outro 3D art by Brain In A Cat: twitter.com/braininacat | youtube.com/braininacat
Fractal Visualizations: twitter.com/hexeosis
Sound Mixing: youtube.com/user/Weaverbeats | twitter.com/weaverbeats
Mario-inspired sprites by Cynic Snacks: / @cynicsnacks | twitter.com/cynicsnacks
In the Devil's monologue on culture, these are the artists / celebrities in the order that they appear on screen:
Music featured:
0:01 – Pop Up! - “Time”
0:30 – Dan Mason - “Summer Love”
0:50 – Blank Banshee - “Dreamcast”
2:43 – Syllabus -“Cellular Control”
3:25 – BarbWalters – “My Eyes”
4:31 – Memory Voice – “Snake Goddess”
5:22 – Local 86 & 1969 - “t h e n i t e”
5:52 - Barb Walters (ft Childhood) - “Flipside”
9:09 – Robot Boyfriend - “Am Important”
12:47 – Sayohimebou - “23”
13:29 – 3D BLAST - “Talk to Me”
13:32 – 1969 - “Cruisin'”
13:54 – Scrimshawcarver - “Planar Travel”
13:59 – Channel Select - “20 Jeans”
15:11 – Scrimshawcarver - “Post-Trauma”
15:26 - Scrimshawcarver - “Nothing Will Survive Here”
16:18 – 1969 – “Floating Palace”
17:00 – Artemis - “Melon Tree”
17:15 – 1969 – “Cosmic Stalker”
18:01 – Graham Kartna - “Autistic Genius”
18:39 – Fla.mingo - “Soft Lion”
19:34 – Scrimshawcarver - “Parallax Background”
20:03 - Scrimshawcarver -”Infinite Warp Speed!”
21:38 – Windows96 - “Languages”
Outro – PopUp! – “Paradise City”
Artists / personalities mentioned by the Devil in the final montage about culture:
Ecce Homo Restoration Fail, MJ in Minecraft by OUCCH, Cardi B, Humanimals, Tekashi69, BTS, Tim and Eric ft Paul Rudd, Eric Andre, Juno Birch, Lushsux, Salvjiia, Kmac, Cool 3D World, Elliott Earls, Bombstrap, John Maus, Seth Everman, Michael Cusack, Pastelae, Zombie Unicorn, Ricky Berwick, Twomad, Belle Delphine, Sharknado 4, CGI Genie from Aladdin, Naked Attraction,Trisha Paytas, Humanimals, Ellen's Oscar selfie, Let Me Be Frank, Superman CGI mustache removal, Rusty Cage
All Comments (21)
-
jesus christ you're good at making videos
-
Every YouTuber has an audience. I feel like Nerd City's audience is other YouTubers.
-
#3 straight up put a paint filter on you in photoshop and charged you an arm and a leg for it, what a weasle
-
Nerd City's content is too good for YouTube
-
Hate to be the Devil’s advocate, but this is some solid advice. Glorious job Nerd City!
-
Nerd City is a youtuber for youtubers. I hope content creators legitimately use this to learn from and produce merch that they’re proud of & looks good. Btw thanks for putting me onto Ayylien. Love their stuff.
-
Welcome, Fam Squad 👤 Your Furvius suits are on the hangers in the back. Please get dressed and let’s get started.
-
You're not crazy: the thumbnail changed. I'm testing some advice I was given about redoing bad thumbs and editing metadata. If it works out, I'll share what we learned!
-
Oh my god. Nerd City has made 2 videos this year!
-
I'd say this is TV quality, but it feels like an insult.
-
I just realized that the Devil’s friend is Paul McCartney
-
how many times will the thumbnail change on this video making me think that its a new nerd city upload, ultimately leaving me disappointed
-
I get so sad when the video ends, you must be the greatest youtuber of all time Nerd City. Respect
-
Nerd City back at it with the BEST editing on youtube, hands down. As an artist, I have such a soft spot for this video. the creative way you represented each individual artists style was purely satisfying. The best presentation I’ve ever seen. Keep up the amazing work dude 🦖
-
As a full time artist myself, I agreed to be paid after the job is done 3 times. 3 times I got scammed and never got paid. So now I don't accept any commission without upfront payment. The way it works is that I have a long list of clients and never had anybody have a bad experience with me, so a way to know too is to do some research on the artist and see if you find a lot of happy clients or a lot of "where is my commission" comments on their page
-
Wish I could go 10 years ahead and binge nerd city
-
I know this is FOR the clients, but this is a great video for new commission artists, a teaching moment for both parties
-
"I would ask them how much they'd like to be paid" Jake Paul has left the chat
-
you need to call out those artists who scammed and did horrible jobs, you’d help a lot of people from having the same thing happen to them
-
“How will your culture be remembered?” Cats trailer: ...
