I'm having a hard time to follow his train of thought as well.
If he's trying to get in with the startups, it would be better if he was totally transparent with his files. I'm pretty sure if any start up wants to use his visual design, they'd reach out and offer either a job or compensation or other projects.
Like you mentioned, he's reusing alot of the company's assets. What exactly is he selling? What about copyright issues? The only target audience that'd buy this are the companies themselves. There are countless tutorials, all free, that offers both code and PSD version.
Doing a company's redesign is a great way to showcase your skills, but turning it around to sell it for half a grand seems really thoughtless.
Not trying to knock the guy but it seems conflicted with the original intent of his redesign blog series.
I was a bit conflicted about whether I should post those links. I figured it'd be no different than people purchasing site templates. In any case, I'll opt for being transparent and stick to the initial intention. Links removed.
If he's trying to get in with the startups, it would be better if he was totally transparent with his files. I'm pretty sure if any start up wants to use his visual design, they'd reach out and offer either a job or compensation or other projects.
Like you mentioned, he's reusing alot of the company's assets. What exactly is he selling? What about copyright issues? The only target audience that'd buy this are the companies themselves. There are countless tutorials, all free, that offers both code and PSD version.
Doing a company's redesign is a great way to showcase your skills, but turning it around to sell it for half a grand seems really thoughtless.
Not trying to knock the guy but it seems conflicted with the original intent of his redesign blog series.