Spec Work Roundup
Spec work, simply put, is speculative work, work for maybe-profits down the road, or just for creds. For example, someone has an idea for a T-shirt. It is expensive to print T-shirts, so we can’t pay you now to make the design. But if well sell lots of shirts we’ll pay you later, plus you will get lots of publicity. How about that?
Trying to make a living doing something creative will have you facing it almost every day, especially if you are just getting started and are just about ready to take any job you can find.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve encountered lots of good reads on the subject, so here are links.
This first one was actually from a discussion thread from a forum for Flash animators.
The funniest / saddest job posting you will see
This next one is a site that is aaaall about it.
Dani of DaniDraws has a thing or two to say about those guys on Pixish. A good little read.
Tom gets all spec worked up.
Brad is pissed.
Brad Fitzpatrick