I was approached by a recruiter at Dunedin this year who was interested in having my work featured in an Iphone/Ipad app. When we finally talked $$$, he told me the cost was about $350 to have 3 images in the app, but artists get a certain percentage of the apps purchased( I forgot now what it was). Needless to say I'm not about to give away money to someone claiming the latest "I'll show your artwork" routine. I questioned him as to why he wasn't searching a more viable funding source, a venture capital firm or something, and his response was it's a startup company interested in retaining as much creative control as they could. I told him no thanks. A couple of weeks later, he pops up in my email again to inform me that they found alternate funding, and participating artists will not have to lay out any money and he'd still love to have a few of my pieces.
I've googled the app and all I can really find on it is the FB page, Twitter, and a few small references. (http://www.facebook.com/PuzzleFalls?v=wall)
Guy is based out of Clearwater, FL, so it seemed legit, his search for artists at the Dunedin show. But my gut is saying my artwork is gonna show up in China on a coffeemug. What is my next approach to determine whether it's a legit app being developed and to make him vanish if he's not?
Sorry for the long-winded story, but it's a bit convoluted to me too.
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