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Culture of cheap cr@p

...at least one designer landed a few bucks for his work and 3) other designers have another design for the portfolio.

It's exploitation as far as I'm concerned. Graphic design ... at least good graphic design ... is not a hobby some kid does when he runs out of things to tweet. It is a profession and a discipline.

This kind of thing gets gullible and hopeful amateurs to think they can just waltz into a career with the compansation of a "portfolio". This is spec work that no established designer should participate in beyond a proposal.

Walk into a restaurant and ask the chefs to prepare several entrees for you because you are hungry and you'll pay for the one you like. The others? they have a new recipe. Yeah, they'll fall over backwards to do that for you.

Posted by: Lunatic59   Posted on: 08/17/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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