LicensArt.com Logo Contest? You’ve Got to be Kidding…

Here we go again… How many times are designers going to have to say this? LicensArt.com and others who don’t want to pay for professional services: STOP ASKING FOR FREE WORK. STOP CALLING YOUR EXPLOITATIONS “CONTESTS.”

LicensArt.com claims to be a place “where artists can showcase their work to companies interested in licensing art for commercial use.” However, by asking professionals, students and amateurs to provide their skills, time and labor pro bono, they’re showing us that they have no understanding of the industry that they’re pretending to support. And for a $1,000 prize? They should be paying a contracted professional at least $1,000 to go through a true development process. But instead they’re going to get dozens of submissions from design idiots who place no value on their own skills.

Also, a HUGE thumbs-down to Design Sessions: Notes on Design. This blog site is supposed to be a community of design professionals and educators, and they’re posting/advertising this trash on their site? I’ve lost a lot of respect for Notes on Design, and hope they stop posting Spec contests.

For more information on free work, “contests” and other exploitations, visit No!Spec.