Graphic Artist Opportunity Cancelled!
Our good buddy Jonathan Fields has a pretty awesome book (Cash In On Your Passion®) coming out through Random House next year. After a bit a of cajoling, his editor has endorsed a competition for the cover. If you have the time, it would be a pretty sweet portfolio piece to have designed the cover of a NY Times Bestseller. Turns out though that the general Independent community decided he was trying to pull off some evil diabolical scheme. So sadly, no luck for you. That said, if you ask me – I’d still go to his site, chat him up and send him an email. It would be a sweet opportunity to get your work on the cover and now that all those grumpy people have removed themselves, it might be yours. But that’s my 2 cents. I happen to know the guy and drink beer with him.
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I couldn’t BELIEVE how many people were willing to spit in the face of that opportunity.
http://freelanceswitch.com/freelance-freedom/freelance-freedom-43/
It’s just that it sounds like spec work, and every freelancer out there has been screwed over by spec work. It devalues the industry. That’s why there was a stink. It came off like the general independent community was nothing more than a glorified hobby.
I’m sure Mr. Fields had good intentions (most people in the world do) It’s the execution that needs to be looked at.
…and kudos for his show of respect by suspending the contest. That takes a lot of character.
This is why I hate people…… A perfectly good opp to prove yourself to the world and what do people do? Turn it to evil. Good grief.