Feed The Starving Artist - Super Massive UPDATE!!!

in art •  7 years ago  (edited)


So this day started out a little differently to the others, actually rather excited about today.

This update was meant to come out yesterday but due to real world difficulties I had to push back the update to now.

So I got up, checked the account, yes, got the coin now, excellent. (there were some delays unfortunately).

Told the lovely mystery artist you are about to meet about what was happening, (she had forgotten but that's okay, this is like getting a gift twice instead of once!).

Set her onto my blog to read through all of the lovely messages on the post previously (which I am still yet to reply to, ugh I feel like a chump) and rushed off to the ATM.

This is where the fun started.


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"Hey, can you come outside for a minute" - "Sure no problem."


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"Remember those lovely comments on that blog I showed you? This is what happened as a result of that." hands over $130

And this is where things go a little out of control, in a good way. Incoming happy face.


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You can almost see the "Now what am I going to do with this" thought flashing through the mind. Looking so gangster, I giggled some at this.


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Shaking it like a Polaroid picture right there!!! Haha, the blur is real.


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After all the excitement came a concern that the wind might blow her precious win away, so it was folded and put into the pocket for safe keeping, good idea I thought.


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And as a bit of a sammo special, I figured we should throw the customary thumbs up for everyone that took the effort to comment and view the previous post.

She is actually signing up for Steemit right now, so that's a resounding success in my opinion.

I am beyond humbled by the response here, each and every one of you is an amazing individual and have so much respect from me it is not funny.

So many thank yous for giving me this chance to prove my integrity and honesty to you here with this update, the trust you put in me is beyond any dollar value I can name. I have no words for this feeling.

And infinitely more thank yous for helping someone dear to me, recognizing their work and allowing me to even write this.

You made her day, you made my year. I love you all.


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PS, actually considering anonsteeming an account for her if she gets sick of waiting, maybe that can be next gift from steemit to her?

https://steemit.com/art/@sammosk/to-feed-the-starving-artist-some-art-for-you

previous post there for anyone that would like to check out the other artworks.

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Incredible! thank you @sammosk for everything you do on this wonderful platform.

Thank you for participating so I have something to do!! :D

Much loves. <3

It's great to see the actual OUTCOME of giving a simple upvote on a post. This kind of stuff happens all the time for people who post sincere and earnest content on steemit and essentially anonymous strangers come along and tell them it's great. It's a good feeling, and it's sweet that you could capture that and share it with us. Well done, for her and you!

Artists always need all the help they can get especially finances side. Im usually on the same boat.
The massive industry exploitation of creatives using the 'exposure' card never puts food on the their table so always good seeing people helping out each other.

Yeah, she got roped into that one once, paid an 'art studio' or something some cash to present her work, they made some words about 'it is highly likely some will sell', nothing did unfortunately.

I hope she finds a home on steem it.

Young and naive musicians face this a lot as well. The pay to play model.

Yeah I don't know if it's a very good thing at all.

The places that show such art have a requirement for the artists, not the other way around, it seems backwards for the artist/performer to pay.

Writers do too. Everything that can be exploited will be exploited by one person or another. The thing that artists of all breed must try to avoid are those that, while exploiting, don't have any intention of sales or exposure. Those are the ones that give the entire lot of them a black eye.

It's all in the turn-of-phrase at that point, all about the gimmick where they can say "we never made any promises of sale." I'd love to see people like that have to back up their "likely"s with "if they don't sell, you will be refunded" such-and-such. That's what I'd like to see. I think if I were a curator or some such, I would do just that and offer to give back the money if nothing sells.

The publishing company I went through, I would not have if the contract did not stipulate that I get all profits until the money I paid in is refunded, then they only take 20 cents or something like that.

What you set up sounds good to me.

I just dislike the whole thing of being able to vaguely word things and get away with murder, and case in point the artist suffers from an intellectual impairment and I feel like there is potential they took advantage of her.

Makes me angry as hell.

Definitely. I know there is something called the 'Lemon Law' here in the states for car sales where, if you take it home and there's such-and-such wrong (I don't know all the details) you can return it to the owner and get your money back... at least, that's how I've heard it.

I also think there are some things in that same vein that can be done about people taking advantage of the intellectually impaired. Is there nothing she could do or have someone do to get her money back as she was taken advantage?

I guess, in the end, it would be difficult to prove.

if you pay to get in you invalidate the incentive that the organiser slash curator has to sell.

they've already been paid.

Only made that mistake once, but it was expensive and hard won lesson

I have later made several variations on the same mistake, as befits my creative nature
:)

Hahaha you are hilarious, I'm looking at my comment feed and you've been nailing it.

Yeah, I really don't think it is a quality way to encourage further development of the artist, not only does it encourage sameness because everyone emulates that which sells, but it discourages you because you pay to create, pay to have it seen, and pay in emotions when it doesn't work out.

Thanks for visiting, much loves and respects. <3

It infuriates me not only how many (especially beginner) artists get hoodwinked by that but how many people ("normal everyday" people not just massive industry people) actually seem to sincerely believe that this is okay.

aww her smile tho. ❤💋
Upvoted 100%
Im so happy for her. ^_^

She is super dooper happy that's for sure!!!

Thanks a bundle for your support @hayleyaerith.

If any of your friends over in TP want to help out, that'd be awesome!

Much love and respect. <3

Great stuff Sammo! That's awesome and even better she's signing up for steemit because of your efforts! You rock man, keep spreading that peach love <3

I plan on it. Steem it for the win!! Get in amongst it! :D

Thanks for taking the time to comment and support @sasha.shade, I hope things are doing better for you now.

Much love and respect. <3

Yay to feeding starving artists!!! I have some arty friends I keep telling them they should join steemit - I guess this is what it takes!!!

Yeah who knows hahaha, well it worked!

Thanks for your support and the comment. Much loves and many respects.

Actually, just looking through the art section inspired me to make a post of a drawing I did a couple of months back - take a look and tell me what you think!
https://steemit.com/art/@kate-m/the-panther-grabbed-me-encounters-with-the-mother

when is an artist become the artist - where is that line - anyone?

The moment you create.

This makes me so happy! That smile! Man, it made me crack one that hurt my cheeks.
Welcome to Steemit! Well... welcome soon! Can't wait to see what you bring to the community!

Awesome job, Sammo! You're good peoples!

I almost fell over laughing at the antics, it was super cute/funny/excitable. None of it was staged I just snapped a bunch of pictures while she danced about all excited. (Bar the thumbs up thing anyways)

Thanks for supporting me during these few steps in the greater journey. Much loves and respect. <3

Good peoples find good company. Wave of cheek pains just swept over Steemit :) (ouch!)

Seriously. A huge tidal of lovewaves and feelgoods. This made my night so much better to see.
And man, can we just talk about how genuine and awesome her smile is for a second?

Good to see someone get paid cash for their hard work and not for posting videos of themselves at the pool

Damn straight.

wait till summer!! Sammo's got it all worked out.

You one great steemians worthy of emulation. Keep it up !

You are too kind!!

Thanks for visiting and supporting mate. Have a good one. <3

welcome dear and check out my blog post

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

These are the moments that make me realize what life can and should really be about. This is a Steemit lovewave coming full circle and I know I'm not alone in saying thank you for bringing us all along for the ride. Moments of true selflessness and altruism are often brushed aside as the next Trump tweet boils our blood, but this community provides a beacon of light for us all to focus on. Thank you @sammosk ...no no, really. Thank you!

I was blown away by the responses earlier, and am getting blown away once more by yours.

It was a little nerve wracking as always writing up all the things, getting a message out there permanently onto the chain. But I am very glad that I did.

I can only hope that when she does come onto the platform that she gets a nice amount of attention for her hard works.

I'm going to teach her how to build a network first, and get established before starting to blog.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, I hope you have a wonderful day.

And no.. Thank YOU. <3

That's an amazing thing you did Sammo.
I'm so pleased she took the chance and is joining in.
Well done buddy, great work.

Yeah I'm super stoked to see the end result, I just hope she gets somewhere. But with the amount of time I see her putting into other social media like facebook, I think steem it will suit her VERY WELL.

Thanks for the support and comment and kind words, much respect and loves. <3

Again, you really amaze me with what you do for others. I have known you what, two weeks? And all I see you do is make sure others have a reason to smile!
And what a wonderful smile you gave that pretty young woman! You can read the excitement and happy feelings of her whole face. That is just pure happiness and the best thing to witness in a harsh world like this!

You are amazing and she is amazing! I love her work and I really hope I can reply to a post of her own soon!

All the best to you and warm snakey hugsssss

You are the best snakesssss I really enjoy your content as well and always am happy to burn some VP upboating you. :D

She is really open and unable to lie, you can see the happy written right on her.

It is great to see someone experiencing things so honestly.

Thank you for stopping by and hissing your lovely message, I'm sure human speak is hard for snake tonguesssss.

Much love and respect. <3

YES!!!! I just love the look on her face. So awesome you got those shots. I hope to see her on Steemit soon ❤ Well done Sammo 👍👍

Me too and love your comment which is on point...

Yeah she looked super happy, I really enjoyed taking those pictures. :)

Thanks for the support and kindly words. I keep getting asked from time to time.. "How long does it take for steem it to approve an account?"

haha.. oh dear.

So great to see that smile! And as an artist, myself, I know how great it feels to get money for your work. It adds legitimacy to everything that's let you to that point. I look forward to seeing more form her on Steemit!

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

I hope Steemit pick the game up on the new registrations, we need more minnows in this pond!!

I was very excited to go down and get the coin for her, made me feel good, we ended up getting her a new mouse for her brand new computer, and a even treated to some tasty noms.

Gonna be a poor week but that's okay, poor in money, rich in spirit.

Thanks for taking the time to comment and support moro.

I hope you and neg have a wonderful day, much loves. <3

"Poor in money, rich in spirit." I like that. :)

I'm so happy she is signing up! Another awesome artist for Steemit and wonderful job getting these photos ❤

Yeah I'm super stoked, and can't wait to see her first blog. :)

Thanks for visiting again oh wandering rose of the wilderness. I loved your latest blog entry btw, really awesome photos.

Much loves and respects for you Mi'lady. <3

I know her posts will sky rocket ❤ Totally a pleasure to be part of welcoming her artistic talents.

Thank you for the compliment on my recent blog, I really enjoyed seeing family again and look forward to more of the same. More to come on the gorgeous location. ❤

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Such a sweet, sweet thing to do, Sammo! :)

She's a lovely artist. Somebody so talented, Steemit's the place to be. :)

I just love how happy she looks in those pictures, all the smiles and dancing about. Hahaha.

Thanks for taking the time to comment and support @sandzat, much loves. <3

That is awesome mate - heaps cool that you just got her the cash to make it simple. Let us know when her Steemit account's approved so we can all follow!

Keep it up bro.

Up'd and Resteemed.

I will absolutely do this. Super stoked to even be a cog in the love machine right now.

She has always been concerned about the complexity of crypto, so this makes it so much easier. I said I'm happy to facilitate any transactions from here to the real world for her.

This will avoid any 'costly' mistakes. All she has to do is transfer the funds to me via steem it and I can take care of it beyond that point.

Thanks for the comment and support, take care buddy. <3

Nice to see her happy with her first earnings. Congratulation to both of you.

Yes indeed, I was nice enough to give her the entire earning of the previous post even tho I can't access the powered up SP for 3 months, but that is of no consequence to me, I am long on crypto and will be steeming for some years. :)

Thanks a bunch for the support and taking the time to comment, much love and respect. <3

Dam, Sam! U get to hang out with All the Babes!!! ;)

So glad I could be a small part of this, tell her I will be a staunch supporter and will supply many "Up-Boats" LOL Wishing my up-boat was worth a bit more ATM, but I was abusing it last night ;) :D
BTW, do we have a screen-name yet?

I'm not sure if we have picked a screen name yet, I'm pretty sure she promptly forgot her password so I'm busy installing truecrypt for her so she can manage her passwords locally from a encrypted vault, and syncing the other half to a google drive or something.

Thanks a bunch for the support and kind words underground, I hope you have a great day, much love and respects. <3

This is such a wonderful gesture of you! I truly do believe that artists always need support, it is what feeds us. I really love her paintings and hopefully she will find her freedom here on Steemit to share her art with the rest of the world! :)

It is a very exciting thing to have more creators on steem it, there is 100% a need for higher quality content on here and I have started up initiatives in order to make that happen. The creative comp and creativebot are two of them.

Bringing her onboard was another :)

Thanks so much for the kind words and support, I hope you have a great day and take care of yourself.

Much love and respect. <3

Thank you! Respect for you and you kindness! It isn't truly heartwarming! Keep spreading that positive vibe and mindset!

This is such a great initiative, very cool man. So many amazing things happening all around steemit.

Very exciting indeed, thanks for your support and the commenting @phelimint, I hope you have a wonderful day. <3

That's lovely. Let us know what her username is so we can welcome her .
Following you

I will be sure to do so.. <3

Thanks for taking the time to respond. <3

Much love and respect. <3

I am so happy to see that smile. I love when someone gets what they deserve after working so hard at their craft. She is quite good and I enjoyed being able to be a part of her world, even in such a small way.

You are amazing and it is a pleasure to count you among the friends I have at MSP.

Thank you for taking the time to comment and support @dbzfan4awhile, may the dragonballs forever be close at hand.

Much love and respect. <3

I shall wish for... well, my tattoo already takes precedence as I wish for One More Day with loved ones that I've lost. But if I had a second wish it might be for prosperity to those that deserve it.

I believe you get 3 wishes with the new dragon. :D

good choices.

Such a beautiful story<3 You have a warm heart, wonderful lifting a person like this!

Thanks for the lovely comment and fantastical support. <3

You are all those things and more. :)

Correct...nice comment ...keep it up

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Omg wow thanks!!!

Glad to see another artist join Steemit!

Pretty exciting stuff! :D

lovely art...

Thank you. <3

This is brilliant!! Well done @sammosk! It's amazing to see how the Steemit community bands together to help where they can. Good on you for following through and doing something to help.

Exactly this, together we are strong, there seems to be a lot of me vs them mentality but we need to realize this is a network and we are only as strong as our weakest link. So reach out grab a hand, uplift, empower, accept.

Thanks for the kind words and support @bmj, I hope you have a wonderful day, much loves. <3

Can't wait til she joins I'll follow here for sure!

How cool and kind @sammosk ! Thank you for making tha Steemit an even more wonderful community.

Doing what I can mate, I hope you are having a fantastic day, thanks for the kind words and support, steem on. <3

That's incredible! What an inspiration you are :)
I'm so happy to be a part of what you are doing here, thank you!

No no, thank YOU Sir. This is a network and a network is nothing without its peers.

I'm loving every second of this, had such a nice day today. <3

Thanks again. :)

I am inspired to see that it went so well. :) She most definitely deserves it.

I think it was a fantastic effort from all involved, thanks once again for taking the time to comment and support, You Sir, are a legend. <3

You're welcome, good Sir. Although I am unsure as to the legend comment lol.

Still a legend. :)

Fair enough. Thank you. :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

This post lifted my heart! How could you not be so tickled pink over her reaction! I admire the way you spread the love around. xoxox

I look forward to seeing her come to Steemit. My account got approved on the spot, my friends in two weeks. It's a crapshoot! :))

Yeah she was over the moon and I'm super happy about the result, we got a mouse and a feed which was nice.

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for the lovely comment and support, much loves and respect. <3

Beautifully done @sammosk! Always heartwarming and soul restoring to see good people sharing the love...

I am humbled once again by the responses here today, so my words might seem a little weak.

But know that I am just overwhelmed by all the loves.

Thank you for supporting and commenting, I hope you have an amazing day and enjoy many experiences. Respect and Love. <3

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This is wonderful @sammosk. What a fantastic gesture and now we'll have a new community member :)

I'm pretty happy to see her join MSP and just got mobbed. :'D

Thanks so much for taking the time to support and comment.

I trust you will have the best of days. <3

Much respectful loves.

Came across this post through #teamphilippines channel at discord chat. This is such an amazing story and you did a wonderful thing by sharing her gifts to us here at the steemit community.

Thank you for taking the time to visit!! it was kind of Aerith to talk about it in there, it was a bit daunting convincing her to share the art work on here. But I'm pretty sure it worked out well in the end.

Thanks again for visiting and supporting, much love and respect @jazzybells

man, I am so touched by this, as you know I think she's great, and now she's slightly less mystery, I love the trenchcoat look.

lol

funny seeing those familiar and yet not so familiar notes, they seem rather distant.

make sure you introduce her special to me so I realise what's going on. You know me sammo. (On here on steemit and discord I mean)
but anyway

this post is going off too

it's a multiple winner that's for sure

big hugs

Thanks for taking the time out of your busy posting schedule to come and visit my humble blog Sir Spain-ga-roo. I thought the coat and side on made her look totally gangster, and I had fun with that picture.

I'll be sure to introduce her to you when she arrives.

I hope you have a great day mate, much love and respect. <3 hat tip

You shall live forever, Sammosk. And i look forward to seeing this amazing artist steem to glory. It's a better world now!

I can't wait, it's a very exciting time for me.

Thanks for your awesome comment and amazing support, much love and respect Sir-Akpan. <3

I'm actually not through the rest of the comments yet, but I wanted to say that I think most people are missing the point of what happened here,

I mean that in the nicest possible way.

:)

or at least one of the points.

What I see here is that Sammo's friend has now had her most intimate creations, her artworks validated!
in public and in a way that is sure to make her want to create so much more.
dollars are powerful motivators

Or at least that's what I think I see.

jus' my two cents

Hitting that nail right on the head as always mate.

So awesome man, great thing you've done here : )

Doing great things mate, empowering all the peoples. Or at least the ones I can reach out to.

Thanks for visiting, hope you have a wonderful day. <3

Awwww!! You do all the good things, Sammo. ♡

SHE IS SO HAPPY OMG.. dead <2+1

Thanks for visiting uniwhisper, much loves and respects. <3

Yay!!

This post filled me with a tremendous happiness that good what you do sammosk <3

Steemit is the best thing that happened to social media! This is super awesome.

Way to go helping out an artist @sammosk

Rewards will shower down upon ye.

Awes <3 That makes my heart happy

Hahaha so much love and happiness! Very nice.

Awesome.

Great #spreadsmiles initiative my friend! I'm always impressed to see how much good goes on in this Steemit thing ;) Thank you for using this platform for good, this is a wonderful post to see and I hope that this kind of act becomes more regular. Our world needs more smiles =D XO

So awesome that you showed everyone the effects of their support coming full circle and the smile that a community that comes together can create.

Real world cause and effect right here. Love it! Make sure to update this post with the link to her account so we can all follow! <3

That is so amazing. Thank you Steemit, thank you @sammosk

And thank you @hopehuggs!!! <3

Congratulations @sammosk!
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What a beautiful post and feelings. I congratulate you for that simple but great gesture.

Hey there, I'm finally back online for a while.. ♥ From next week all the chaos should be over and I can full #steem blog on lol. lots of love

Warm colours probably reflecting the personality of the artist. Nice work.

Money is great, food is great. Feed the artists and give them money! Well done, Sir.

This made my day! Thank you for sharing

Her smile is priceless!!! So glad to see that she was pleasantly surprised and is ready to join the steemit community:). Please let us know her username so that I can begin to follow her posts from the get go! You are a wonderful person Sammo! Truly amazing friend 💕

Nice

You are a wonderful person Sammo. I'm happy to hear that she will be joining Steemit. Very lovely artwork indeed!

Those paintings are fantastic! Score!

Awesome. Great to have her in the community now. The art is pretty dope. Very tal

That was so nice. Artists like her are valued in this community. :)

Oh boy, this is interesting... Imagine if this was how we raised people up instead of running those sad, expensive donation ads on TV... Future is a comin' my friends! Future is a comin'!