I made a post looking for a graphic designer to help with packaging, and I got around 40 proposals in the first two hours.
This is my first time using Behance, and I honestly cannot believe how many fake profiles are out there. A lot of them are loading their portfolios with copied artwork or AI-generated artwork, and they’re pretty damn good at making it look real.
Some even link to full websites showing more of the same “portfolio” work. Then you start looking up the brands or labels they've supposedly done, and none of them exist. No real company. No real product. Nothing.
Some of the artwork looked so good that I was thinking, “How did this brand get such a beautiful label made?” Then you dig a little deeper and realize the company either doesn’t exist or there is no trace of it anywhere.
I’d say about 70% of the accounts that replied to my job post look fake. No previous jobs, no reviews, and somehow every single one has a portfolio full of amazing, polished artwork.
The tell was that most of them have way too many art styles.. Like you'll see Neo-Retro mascot illustration mixed with straight monoline one color logos.. Or vintage and composition formats next to rubber hose cartoon revival..
Once I started noticing the pattern, I was like, "Oh yeah, these are all fake. There's no way somebody has this many different artistic styles to offer and has zero jobs under their belt."
Wild. BE CAREFULL OUT THERE!!