Comments on: Pixish.

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:58:42 +0000

Derek addresses your (and the internet’s) cries of “spec work!” here.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:37:25 +0000

Any way you look at it, spec work is a bad thing, and Pixish is equally bad. This is just another company operating under the guise of promoting new artists, when underneath it all they are just exploiting those artists.

By: Chris Coyier

Chris Coyier — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:11:00 +0000

@Michael: I’m not trying to exploit anyone’s creative genius for chicken scraps here. Like I said, this particular contest is “just for fun”. I understand the frustration of the creative profession though, I am a freelance designer myself. Jumping through hoops is the business we are in. Unless you enter so many contests that you become so talented and sought after that you get to make the rules =)

@yachris: Thanks for the catch. Yes, I meant contests, fixed.

By: yachris

yachris — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:00:37 +0000

“The collaboration part happens in the form of little contents.”

Did you mean “little contests”, perhaps? Stooopid spellchecker :-)

By: Michael Truese

Michael Truese — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:32:22 +0000

And can we take those ‘hearty thanks’ and pay the rent or get a starbucks?

So do you also sample a bunch of dishes at a restaurant, and then decide which you will pay for and how much you want to pay for it?

Why does the creative world always need to beg and pander to the holders of cash, enter free or low-ball contests such as this and generally jump through hoops in hopes of getting paid (or maybe some hearty thanks!)???

I don’t get it.