Designer156
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Hi Guys,
I'm struggling.
I don't normally have a problem coming up with good designs for my clients:
Coasteering Wales
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Holyhead Town Council
However, my latest project is proving hard work. I have submitted a couple of concepts that I thought were a good start (not great, but ok):
Option 1: www.owensutton.com/Design-1.jpg
Option 2: www.owensutton.com/Design-2.jpg
However my client doesn't like either of them. Furthermore, she (a 70+ year old woman) is insisting using a blue/white/green gradient as the background (which I hate), and what's worse is that she doesn't want a containing element - she just wants the text etc to 'float' over the background.
She also wants to avoid the usual 'corporate' look (which I thought Design 2 above did).
The closest thing I've come to a design that she likes is: www.owensutton.com/Option-3.jpg But I know it's awful. She likes the background, the rounded elements that echo old train signs. She dislikes, as I do actually, the fact that the logo and 'welcome bar' takes up too much real estate, and that the 'welcome bar' over-powers the logo somewhat.
Any other client and I would return the deposit and walk away, saying that I'm not the right guy for the job. But I don't want to leave her in the lurch - she's old and not in great health.
I have spent ages trying to come up with something that she likes and that I'd be happy to put my name to, but am really struggling. Surely there is a solution here?!
Can anyone offer some advice or inspiration?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
I'm struggling.
I don't normally have a problem coming up with good designs for my clients:
Coasteering Wales
Home | SkillSearcher
Holyhead Town Council
However, my latest project is proving hard work. I have submitted a couple of concepts that I thought were a good start (not great, but ok):
Option 1: www.owensutton.com/Design-1.jpg
Option 2: www.owensutton.com/Design-2.jpg
However my client doesn't like either of them. Furthermore, she (a 70+ year old woman) is insisting using a blue/white/green gradient as the background (which I hate), and what's worse is that she doesn't want a containing element - she just wants the text etc to 'float' over the background.
She also wants to avoid the usual 'corporate' look (which I thought Design 2 above did).
The closest thing I've come to a design that she likes is: www.owensutton.com/Option-3.jpg But I know it's awful. She likes the background, the rounded elements that echo old train signs. She dislikes, as I do actually, the fact that the logo and 'welcome bar' takes up too much real estate, and that the 'welcome bar' over-powers the logo somewhat.
Any other client and I would return the deposit and walk away, saying that I'm not the right guy for the job. But I don't want to leave her in the lurch - she's old and not in great health.
I have spent ages trying to come up with something that she likes and that I'd be happy to put my name to, but am really struggling. Surely there is a solution here?!
Can anyone offer some advice or inspiration?
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks