Go 'green screen' for solidarity with VFX artists!

The film "Life of Pi" recently won an Academy Award for visual effects, but the artists behind those have little to show for it. In fact, 250 of them were laid off when their company, Rhythm and Hues, had to file for bankruptcy.

Visual effects companies are being shortchanged by Hollywood filmmakers, which falls back on the artists, who are overworked, underpaid, and essentially underappreciated. This isn't fair at all, and the protest over it is going social now. People all over Facebook and Twitter are changing their avatars to green as an expression of solidarity with the VFX artists who deserve a lot better than what they're getting.

If you want more info on the issue, you can check out this article or just do a search for "green screen solidarity with visual effects artists".

I think it'd be great if deviants got on board with this, out of solidarity and because it does potentially affect all of us if the art industry continues to be devalued like this. Just change your avatar to green - either a solid green box, or your own avatar tinted green. Here's one you can just take and use:



Let's show some solidarity and help tell Hollywood that visual artists deserve a better deal! Change your avatar, tell your friends, and please fav this article or share a link so that lots of people see this!