Work for free

For Exposure: The People Who Want Artists To Work For Free

Emmie Tsumura illustrates the imagined faces of people who want you to work "for exposure."

When asking the scammers on this blog to work for free, they post outrageous prices, - US$20/hour, US$40/hour while, they ask artists to work for free.

https://www.format.com/magazine/galleries/illustration/for-exposure-artist-work-free

Trials of Ascension (Scam Game)

Scam Artist: Brad

Type of Scam Artist: Employer

Position of Scam Artist: Employer

Resolution: No Cooperation


How to Detect:
Employer who asks for free work

Does not pay for works done

Huge thread on their shady practices (more than 2000+ posts)
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1536961-Trials-of-Ascension-Shady-Practices-and-the-Big-Crowdfunding-Debate

PuyaCEO, Puya3D, Josh_SG1

PuyaCEO or Josh_SG1 is a well-known person asking for free work.


PuyaCEO is an artist without ANY portfolio and threatens others using his lawsuits, insults


You can see PuyaCEO's insults.
http://www.moddb.com/forum/thread/the-steam-house/page/2#thread




http://forums.devshed.com/hire-programmer-57/hacker-gay-com-xtube-com-350-500-a-614505.html

Puya3D makes trouble to others, by fake-posting on Gay Sex:




Josh_SG1 then later, threatened lawsuits to others.




PuyaCEO's art quality:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/puya-3d-development.124045/

Type of Scam Artist: Doesn't deliver
Position of Scam Artist: Employer, Fake Artist
Resolution: No Cooperation
Community Username: josh_sg1

How to Detect:
Does not have any portfolio, despite trolling the Unity forums for 5+ years.

Apprenticeneauxs - well-known scammer

Apprenticeneauxs is a scammer on the Unity3D forums:


http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/update-report-on-scammer-steven-davis.392080/

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/dont-hire-seven-davis-apprenticeneauxs.236927/

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/we-were-deceived.143183/



Here's the report card:

Type of Scam Artist: Doesn't deliver

Position of Scam Artist: Lowly Scam Artist

Resolution: No Cooperation

Community Username: Apprenticeneauxs

How to Detect:
Asks for upfront payment.

Does not deliver.

Michaelw352 - former Unreal Moderator

Here's the report card for Michael:

Type of Scam Artist: Asking artists to work for free.
Position of Scam Artist: Hiring Agent, Developer without Portfolio
Resolution: No Cooperation
Community Username: MicahelW352

How to Detect:
Doesn't pay when deliver artists deliver on contract.
Victims who argue against Michael gets put on the Unreal scam page.

Epic has removed Michael's moderation rights.
Epic should re-review the list of scammers, since some of them are innocent parties.

Updated article, part II