12-18-2014, 01:20 AM
Didn't look in here for a while, sorry Amit.
Not much to say though, I simply disagree with all you've said to some extent.
Getting paid for your work has nothing to do with greed. The "clients" opffering unpaid/spec work are the greedy ones. The artist is just trying to make a living.
Also, the argument that noone starts out as a pro is misleading. If you do work for a client, you're a "professional", technically at least. That means you can't let yourself get taken advantage of.
To quote Ben Mauro from the very page you linked to:
There's nothing more to say about this. Nobody has to share that point of view, but I don't know any professional who doesn't. That's because professionals usually know it from first hand experience what it feels like to get screwed over.
e/ just to make this clear, I'm not saying you can't do personal projects with your friends or whatever. But doing unpaid work for commercial projects with people you haven't known for a long time is asking for trouble and just unprofessional in my eyes.
Not much to say though, I simply disagree with all you've said to some extent.
Getting paid for your work has nothing to do with greed. The "clients" opffering unpaid/spec work are the greedy ones. The artist is just trying to make a living.
Also, the argument that noone starts out as a pro is misleading. If you do work for a client, you're a "professional", technically at least. That means you can't let yourself get taken advantage of.
To quote Ben Mauro from the very page you linked to:
Quote:-Never do free work, ever.
There's nothing more to say about this. Nobody has to share that point of view, but I don't know any professional who doesn't. That's because professionals usually know it from first hand experience what it feels like to get screwed over.
e/ just to make this clear, I'm not saying you can't do personal projects with your friends or whatever. But doing unpaid work for commercial projects with people you haven't known for a long time is asking for trouble and just unprofessional in my eyes.
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