FLASH: BitMagic's Job Proposition to Flasher

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

Hi Flashers.


I wondered if this might be off-topic, but hope you will find it relevant

to the list, since it involves our livelihood as artists. A day or two ago,

there was a post here offering work with BitMagic, a web outfit in

Amsterdam. I replied to their post and received a long, form-email in

response (email me off-list, <

maildartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:maildartfrogmedia [dot] com)

>  if you want a

copy). In essence they are looking for Flash artists to go all-out

producing short animations and they will pay only if they feel like using

the final product. This would be after several rounds of revisions at their

direction.


Following is my response to them; I hope it is helpful to you in thinking

about this and similar "offers" of work.


-Marc


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Hi Derek,


I would be delighted to be a paid contributor to BitMagic, with some

clarification as to the financial understanding.


If I read your email correctly, you are asking for highly skilled Flash

developers to send you original animation ideas for your aproval and

direction. If you like the concept, you will invite them to develop the

piece further, and there may be substantial direction from you for changes

along the way. If the final piece meets with your approval, you will

purchase it for somewhere between $500 and $900. If you decide for any

reason that you do not want to use the piece, you owe the artist nothing.


It is not standard in the multimedia or graphics industry for artists to

produce content "on spec," that is, to create original work for a specific

purpose and then be paid only if the client feels like using it. Although

you might find some artists willing to work on this basis, I know of none

who will, and the Graphic Artist's Guild (among many others) considers this

sort of arrangement to be exploitive of artists.


I have provided you with a URL to a substantial portfolio of my work

(http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler). You are welcome to look this over

and decide if you want to hire my services. Although I do not work on spec,

I certainly guarantee that any work I do for you will be of similar quality

to my portfolio pieces. All the work I do requires a deposit at the outset

and the balance is due on delivery. I always include some client feedback

and final revisions in my job quotes.


I encourage you to look over my portfolio and to contact me if you want to

commission a piece.


Sincerely,


Marc Hoffman

Poison Dart Frog Media




At 12:58 PM 6/15/99 +0200, you wrote:

>Hi Marc --

>

>Thanks for your interest in BitMagic! 

>

>Please allow me to give you a not-too-brief intro. Basically, we're a new

>entertainment company looking for talented flash illustrator-animators to

>contribute BitFlicks. 


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Marc Hoffman

marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com (mailto:marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com)

Flash3 Portfolio: <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>, featured 

in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn.


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