Pixish: Beta

Derek Powazek sure knows how to make lemonade out of lemons. Even after the sudden (and forced) disassociation of both himself and his wife, Heather, from JPG Magazine, a magazine they founded, together, he’s turned around to create yet another community for photographers. This time, though, Pixish directly connects creatives with the people who need them. As the site itself explains:

“Say you’re a magazine. You have a story that you need an illustration for. Your options are to find an artist for a custom job (time-consuming and expensive) or spend all day trolling microstock sites to find the perfect image (cheap, but just as time-consumung, and very frustrating).

Pixish is a middle path. With Pixish, you can create an Assignment that asks for what you want. Pixish peeps can submit their work and collaboratively vote the best up. All you have to do is pick the winning entry!”

Taking it a step further, Pixish is an interactive community which will hopefully make ensure everyone gets exactly what they need for truly inspiring collaborations. Pixish is currently in beta, and you can sign up for it right here.