There's a really good discussion over at Drawger right now, over Gary Taxali's flipping off at wannabe-clients who ask illustrators to work for insulting fees, or for free!Go read it, because it's an absolutely wonderful display of a creative community coming together to support each other and offer advice, but here's the gist of Gary's anger:Gee, Google sure has been hit by some hard times! I had no idea. I'll have to make sure I use their services more, maybe click on some ads. Help them get back thoseIn an effort to somehow get by, Google has been forced to ask a great number of commercial illustrators for free work. It's the only way! The mean and unreasonable Melinda Beck thoughtlessly send back this reply to such a request:Really. Google.And although I'm sure you've either already read the discussion or shall do right after this, I'm going to post this short quote from William Self I think the advice coming from everyone here is important not only to illustrators or artists in general, but also of course to businesses big and small, and just to people in general.EDIT: Brian Stauffer has done some fantastic illustrations for Google