Design-snippet-sharing sites are all the rage right now, but for some sites and some designers, exclusivity can be a problem.
If youre looking for a way to share bits of designs for feedback (or vanity) but youre still waiting in the queue for an invite-only site, you might want to give Favwork a try.
The concept of the site is delightfully simple: Just upload a small- to medium-sized JPEG of your current favorite piece of work, and tell the world why you like it. Other users can comment on, like, share and link to your favorite; and you can browse popular images, new favorites or images that youve liked.
To say that Favwork is a clone of the so-hot-right-now Dribbble would be an understatement of the greatest magnitude. In the following! screens hot, you can see Favwork above and Dribbble below; while not identical to the last pixel, theres certainly a heavy amount of inspiration going on there.
However, Favwork does build upon Dribbbles offering in a way thats intriguing and likely to be popular with quite a few user-designers out there.
First, you dont need an invite to join and use the site, including uploading your images. Second, Dribbble only allows designers to upload 400 300 pixel images; Favwork increases the limit to 600 x 400 pixels. Mind you, youll have to make sure the image doesnt exceed those boundaries; unlike Dribbble, Favwork wont let you crop images in-app.
Like Dribbble, each image shared has its own comment thread, permalink, Twitter sharing button. All Favwork is missing is the rebound feature, which allows users to spin off and remix one anothers creations.
Heres the Favwork catch: Youre only allowed to post one piece at a time. Dribbble limits the number of shots allowed in its own way, but designers can still throw up a reasonable set of images to flesh out their portfolio.
Favwork creator UK dev/designer Stu Green writes on the site, The idea is that you upload just one item of work (your favorite) and change it every now and then. When you change your work, your old work will be archived, and your new work will be shown on the Latest Work page so people can like it.
And by archived, he means gone for good. The concept is very what have you done for me lately?, not so much check out my wall of trophies. Its an interesting and fresh approach, one that could lead to quite different user behaviors than those seen on other sites.
And again, Favworks concept is completely democratic. As Gree! n writes in an overt nod in Dribbbles general direction, Favwork is open to anyone who has creative work they want to share There is no invite only pre-requisite or exclusivity for joining; anyone can join, and your work will appear on the home page if you get enough likes.
If youre into design but not so much into exclusivity, give Favwork a shot, and let us know what you think about the concept and the execution.
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