Design the Community Face of The Pending

Every new member who opens our upcoming community app will see one image first: its background. We want that image to come from you, our community. ✨

Why we’re doing this
On our new community app, launching soon, we won’t allow generative AI, because we believe in human creativity and in the people behind the work. That should apply to us too. So instead of generating or buying a stock visual, we’re sourcing our new background from the artists and creatives who make this community what it is.

What we’re looking for
An original visual that captures what The Pending stands for: creativity, art, and the many disciplines that come together here, from dance, circus and music to acting, design, photography and everything in between. Any medium is welcome: illustration, painting, collage, photography, mixed media, digital art. It just has to be made by human hands and a human mind.

What you get

• Visible credit on the background, seen by every new user who joins
• Free access to all premium features of The Pending (core features are always free for everyone)
• A fee, open to negotiation. We’re a young company and our budget is limited, but we want to pay fairly. Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll talk.

How to apply (via the form below)

• Describe your idea or send a first sketch (a finished piece is welcome but not required)
• Your portfolio, ideally your The Pending portfolio (preferred), or alternatively a link to your website or 2–3 examples of previous work (create your free portfolio here: https://agency.thepending.com/creatives/ )
• Your fee expectations

Good to know

• The image needs to work on both mobile and desktop screens: portrait and landscape, with the logo and text sitting in the center. Please keep the middle area calm enough for the overlay and make sure the key elements still read when cropped. Minimum resolution: [z. B. 3840 × 2160 px]
• The work must be 100% your own and made without generative AI
• You keep the copyright and can always show the piece in your portfolio, exhibit it or sell the original. We ask for exclusive commercial use for the time it serves as our background, meaning it won’t be licensed to other brands, apps or platforms. We’ll also need to crop or adapt it for different screens. All details will be agreed in a short contract.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with. ✨

The Pending Team