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On Thursday 28 October 2010 14:24:19 John Culleton wrote:
On Thursday 28 October 2010 12:46:27 John A. Sullivan III wrote:
Hello, all. Our company is sponsoring a small logo contest (two logos - USD 150 each) and I'd like to advertise it to the Inkscape user community. I did not see a commercial announcements list and did not want to abuse the user list. What would be the appropriate way to distribute the details of the contest to Inkscape users? Thanks - John
As I understand it this "contest" is a way of getting graphic artists to submit designs, then you pick your favorites and pay that artist or pair of artists a total of $300. Many graphic artists object to doing work on spec. And $150 per logo is at the low end of the scale in my experience. I'll inquire further in the graphic arts community. My reaction is that I don't work on spec however the request is framed.
The replies I received on another list were all negative. In addition to not doing work on speculation the fee of $150 per design was considered ridiculously low. A fee of $1,000 was mentioned. You can probably get lower prices at elance.com. But it would pay to look over the portfolios of the bidders carefully, and ask for references.