The other day I got a message on Instagram from some random who wanted to draw me a logo for our account, @roving_tracks. I get them all the time. When I check out their profiles, they very rarely match what I'd like for our logo, so I always say no. Some I just don't trust, which is fair in the online world.

Anyway, this guy was pretending to be @the.over.landdesign. I really love their illustrations. I was fooled for a minute. He'd offered me an illustration for a reasonable price. Except there was this nagging feeling that something wasn't right, and with a little investigation, found out it was a copy account, and he was scamming me. I mean, the guy could probably draw, and maybe I was going to get a cool illustration, but I thought it was just so dishonest to ride off someone else's fame that I confronted him about it.

Of course, the usual guilt tripping ensued - that I was taking advantage of him when he'd done half the drawing already and blah blah blah. He got a bit nasty in the end. I reported him and blocked him, and made sure that the original artist knew about it. He'd been blocked of course, so the guy could avoid discovery as long as possible. I was keen to get the original guy to do it, but he's so ridiculously expensive there's no way I could afford it.

So, back to Canva it was. I like this design - the topography and the font is good in my opinion. The car, however, is simply done with the background remover tool, when I'd prefer an illustration. I've also done it in the wrong size - the quality wouldn't make a good sticker.

So, over to Hive. Is there anyone interested in creating a logo for me? Of course, I'd be happy to pay in HIVE or HBD, or if you like, I can use Paypal for the currency of your choice. Hopefully you understand a little about design - and 4x4 vehicles and overlanding - so you can get the right vibe.

I had no idea what community to put this in, so decided on rant/complain/TALK - it is a bit of a complaint, after all, haha. And certainly a talk! I don't even know what art communities are busy on Hive anymore - please let me know if you know!

Please DM me via Instagram @roving_tracks or Discord riverflows#4691 or river_flows.

Thanks in advance for any amazing Hive folk who can help out!