Re: FLASH: BIGNAME Media Co., Inc.

[Brian]

> My 2 pennies...

>

> Before you blow them off, ask yourself these questions:

>

> 1. Will being involved in this project, however segmented your role, help

you

> in the long run by being an excellent portfolio piece?


Will it?

What will I tell prospective clients/employers? That I drew all the pretty

pictures that someone else animated? And they'll ask why didn't _I_ get the

animation part of the job.


> 2. is there the possibility that you'll only design the character parts on

THIS

> project, but that down the road they might have other projects in which

you

> would play a more significant part?


I have no idea at this point.

And if "ifs" and "buts" were candy and nuts, what a great Christmas we'd

have...


> If you feel like they're planning to take your work, show you the door,

and

> then give someone else 100% credit when the final product comes out, you

might

> want to pass. Anytime you end up in a situation of trying to reclaim

credit for

> designs which others have already been lauded for, you invariably end up

> looking like a bitter and jealous designer who's trying to steal someone

elses

> glory, even if you really were the one with the vision. But if they'll

give you

> credit where its due, it could be worth it.


So how DO I get credited?

"Purty pitchurs by Brian Matthews"

Somehow this doesn't sound right.


-Brian Matthews





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