something extremely fucking sinister about corporations/companies holding "art/animation contests" for big money prizes. especially when that corporation has a known history for treating their artists like actual shit. it's pretty much FREE labor with the LOW possibility of getting paid. - ThreadSky

w0lfertinger666.bsky.social • 218 days ago

something extremely fucking sinister about corporations/companies holding "art/animation contests" for big money prizes. especially when that corporation has a known history for treating their artists like actual shit.

it's pretty much FREE labor with the LOW possibility of getting paid.

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thedc.bsky.social•217 days ago

It's even worse when you consider that many of these contests, in their terms, say they have all rights to the submitted art regardless of whether or not they win.

xenon-starz.neocities.org•217 days ago

^was about to say exactly this

thakillingmoon.bsky.social•218 days ago

It's basically "I'll pay you in exposure" with billionaires instead of some guy in ur instagram dms

flutterbruttershy.bsky.social•218 days ago

this is why the pokemon tcg art contest bugs me

ladondwolf.bsky.social•217 days ago

Time to hold a similar contest but for stocks and investing.

noxturnsyndicate.bsky.social•217 days ago

I always hated those kinds of contests.

birchly.bsky.social•218 days ago

Exactly. It’s -already- a competition just trying to hired by any of these, then they want us to compete to not even be compensated properly

w0lfertinger666.bsky.social•218 days ago

it's manipulative, exploitive and most of all fucking horrifying seeing large amounts of money dangled in front of the faces of many artist in need or wanting new opportunities.

blugh

sivkyne.bsky.social•217 days ago

100%. It's very predatory

mazobunny.bsky.social•217 days ago

I had like four coworkers tell me about an art contest with a prize to design a logo for our department. The ‘prize’ was a $100 gift card for smth the company would put on shirts they’d sell at $15 a pop

platinumeggs.bsky.social•218 days ago

Shaquille O'Neal moment

neoengel.bsky.social•217 days ago

Amen to that, it's exploitive at best, I've been known to refer to that stuff as predatory promotion.

I cover Spec Work & For Exposure in my Red Flags In Fandom project, there's an example of a convention actually trying to run a 'contest' where the 'prize' is to be used in their product.🤢

NOPE

gravitybreak.media•218 days ago

kill spec work

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