Say NO! to Spec Work (Speculative Work)
http://www.no-spec.com/faq/ From a post on Facebook by Alvin Yap, my former-mentor in CG Protege, I came to know about this no-spec website. Speculative work (or spec-work) is a "test" set up by a prospective employer or client, that promises to secure a particular job or project, if the quality of your work that is representative of your skills is "chosen" amongst many other that are "bidding" for that job or to clinch the project, all of them doing the same "test". The prospective clients / employers think they can get more choices, having many people present many alternatives so they can select the best artist to get the job done. Sometimes it is an ongoing job on their end, and by doing those "tests" the freelancers and artists unknowingly completes part of the project, or even worse, the whole project for the prospective clients / employers. If the project involves creativity, the prospective employers could sometimes...