With all the crap being slung around this week for me and others in the design game I just wanna say this and get it off my chest:
There's a million and one designers out there and I'm sure you've all shared some of the following...
Sometimes you get creativly stuck and although you can make something once you have the idea pretty quickly... sometimes getting a good idea takes a few days. What designer hasn't missed a deadline on rare occasion because of creative block?
Who hasn't had a client that no matter how many good designs you make them, they just won't like it or even try it? They either had something in mind that they can't find a way to communicate to you or they did their own work before and their ego won't let them accept something from outside themselves.
Who hasn't had a client (especially non-adult) who doesn't want to spend more than $500 and wants a big site that has all the bells and whistles and even after you explain what you can deliver for $500, still is upset that their site doesn't have everything that a huge corporate site has? Shit I even had one that asked for a refund because he couldn't get his FTP password to work and thought it was a design issue!
These things and more happen but if you're good you do 100 jobs and maybe they only happen one or two times out of that. I thnk I've been fortunate in that I've always done extra work for people and I have attracted mostly good honest clients like Local G, Max Cash, Pornholio, Wasteland, Janey, etc... people who understand the value of your work and appreciate it when you go that extra mile for them.
Anyway I thought with the tone of the posts regarding designers lately I should wonk a little and give ya'll an opportunity to add your commiseration. =]
There's a million and one designers out there and I'm sure you've all shared some of the following...
Sometimes you get creativly stuck and although you can make something once you have the idea pretty quickly... sometimes getting a good idea takes a few days. What designer hasn't missed a deadline on rare occasion because of creative block?
Who hasn't had a client that no matter how many good designs you make them, they just won't like it or even try it? They either had something in mind that they can't find a way to communicate to you or they did their own work before and their ego won't let them accept something from outside themselves.
Who hasn't had a client (especially non-adult) who doesn't want to spend more than $500 and wants a big site that has all the bells and whistles and even after you explain what you can deliver for $500, still is upset that their site doesn't have everything that a huge corporate site has? Shit I even had one that asked for a refund because he couldn't get his FTP password to work and thought it was a design issue!
These things and more happen but if you're good you do 100 jobs and maybe they only happen one or two times out of that. I thnk I've been fortunate in that I've always done extra work for people and I have attracted mostly good honest clients like Local G, Max Cash, Pornholio, Wasteland, Janey, etc... people who understand the value of your work and appreciate it when you go that extra mile for them.
Anyway I thought with the tone of the posts regarding designers lately I should wonk a little and give ya'll an opportunity to add your commiseration. =]
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