Forged Performance Time Attack 370Z: Help us design our graphics scheme!

Dark_Sub_Rosa · 02-06-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

You've got it wrong... it's community involvement.

Racing teams, especially in NASCAR, do this all the time... They have contests where fans submit paint schemes and the best one gets their scheme on the car, a trip to the race it's run at, etc.

This is pretty much the same -- the best scheme, if used, will have their design on Forged's race car and get $250.

Yeah, it's called spec work. No offense but $250 isn't much to design a car scheme. Just because NASCRAP does it doesn't make it ok. I'd rather see them just hire someone in the community to design it for maybe parts or some sort of equal valued compensation. Honestly this type of stuff happens a lot and a lot of people think nothing of it but to professional designers it's a huge slap in the face. I'm sure someone will do that and that's fine but it doesn't hurt to try and educate people about it.

NO!SPEC

syntax1269 · 02-07-2010, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark_Sub_Rosa

Yeah, it's called spec work. No offense but $250 isn't much to design a car scheme. Just because NASCRAP does it doesn't make it ok. I'd rather see them just hire someone in the community to design it for maybe parts or some sort of equal valued compensation. Honestly this type of stuff happens a lot and a lot of people think nothing of it but to professional designers it's a huge slap in the face. I'm sure someone will do that and that's fine but it doesn't hurt to try and educate people about it.

NO!SPEC

i can relate to this.... same thing happens in the computer industry. once you tell people that you work on computers, 95% of the time the next question is "hey, i got this problem with my computer....."

m4a1mustang · 02-07-2010, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by syntax1269

i can relate to this.... same thing happens in the computer industry. once you tell people that you work on computers, 95% of the time the next question is "hey, i got this problem with my computer....."

This happens with most every service industry.

travisjb · 02-07-2010, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

This happens with most every service industry.

Free labor markets = good... I'm so tempted to make the analogy to unionized labor, but I can only imagine where that would go... back on topic

Xan · 02-07-2010, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by travisjb

back on topic

So let's get some high res pictures, I would say one side profile and a front "iso view"

Then a list of sponsors you want to include on the car would be handy.
Any race number requirements for the class you're planning on entering (if there is something like that)

And some info on limitations, are you looking for one color vinyl's or are you getting vinyl's printed?

Anything else I'm missing guys (and girls)?

Sharif@Forged · 02-07-2010, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Xan

So let's get some high res pictures, I would say one side profile and a front "iso view"

Then a list of sponsors you want to include on the car would be handy.
Any race number requirements for the class you're planning on entering (if there is something like that)

And some info on limitations, are you looking for one color vinyl's or are you getting vinyl's printed?

Anything else I'm missing guys (and girls)?

Working on it guys, but the 370Z is on the rack as we are making some adjustments to the front suspension. As soon as I have the car on the ground, and leveled again I will take some more high res pics. I wish this Z was the only project we were working on, but we have 30 other cars here that need some attention as well.

stormcrow · 02-07-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by syntax1269

i can relate to this.... same thing happens in the computer industry. once you tell people that you work on computers, 95% of the time the next question is "hey, i got this problem with my computer....."

and do you have to resolve their issue for free? or at all? no. my canned answer is "i can fix that for you for X amount." if they balk the next response is "sucks to be you."

as far as spec work goes, who cares if the established graphic artists aren't supported? you don't have to be involved...go handle the paying clients you already have.

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