7 things you should NEVER ask a designer!
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Guy LeDouche
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Any sentence that begins -
"Can you just QUICKLY change/add/try etc..."
or even worse,
"Can you just REALLY QUICKLY change/add/try etc..." followed by a fundamental change to the design (and they're sat next to you!)
"Can you just QUICKLY change/add/try etc..."
or even worse,
"Can you just REALLY QUICKLY change/add/try etc..." followed by a fundamental change to the design (and they're sat next to you!)
@GCarlD
Well-Known Member
"Can't you just bump up the 72dpi image to 300dpi?"
"I like all three options, can you morph them into one?"
"SUPERIMPOSE" (in every sentence as it's the most/only 'technical' word they can think of)
When a client asks for too many colours and/or different fonts to be used in a design.
"I like all three options, can you morph them into one?"
"SUPERIMPOSE" (in every sentence as it's the most/only 'technical' word they can think of)
When a client asks for too many colours and/or different fonts to be used in a design.
"Could we maybe use Comic-Sans"
FurnitureGuy
Member
Oh goodness no!
@GCarlD
Well-Known Member
Ha ha, I haven't had the pleasure of having Comic Sans requested yet but I have experienced a request for Times New Roman. :icon_eek:
Lol, no way, you made that one up, surely!
Paul Murray
Ultimate Member
"Could you just..."
Can I sleep with your wife/husband.
"... it should only take a few minutes."
Not had that one. I'd want at least a week's work out of it if I did though.
TDesignCo
Member
I had this yesterday!
'can you just edit that now and resend it' (ignoring the fact that I am no where near the Mac and have already told the customer that I won't be back in front of it for 6 hours):crazy:
The one I get regularly is
Client: "Can you design something for us, similar to this <insert link to document>"
Me: "Sure no problem!"
[sends design with same layout]
Client: "Can you change x,y,z"
Me: "Ok"
Client: "Now change x,y,z and see how that looks"
Client: "Hmmm doesn't look at all like what I sent you originally???"
Client: "What way do you think it should be done?"
Me: "The way I did it the first time."
Client: "Can you design something for us, similar to this <insert link to document>"
Me: "Sure no problem!"
[sends design with same layout]
Client: "Can you change x,y,z"
Me: "Ok"
Client: "Now change x,y,z and see how that looks"
Client: "Hmmm doesn't look at all like what I sent you originally???"
Client: "What way do you think it should be done?"
Me: "The way I did it the first time."
"I've scanned in this document, can you just copy and paste the text and use the same layout and get it back to us? Shouldn't take too long as you have everything you need"
I mean REALLY?!!
I have had far too many encounters to put them all down but this was my most recent.
I mean REALLY?!!
I have had far too many encounters to put them all down but this was my most recent.
Dodfaefife
New Member
Client: "If I get the brief to you by first thing, final copy to you by 11.20, photography by 1.10, final artwork back from you by 4.23 and we get sign-off by 4.45, can we get it printed tonight and couriered to the client event for breakfast?
Me: No! And not because I couldn't hit everyone of your ridiculous deadlines but because we both know YOU couldn't hit ANY of these deadlines so why pretend you could!
Me: No! And not because I couldn't hit everyone of your ridiculous deadlines but because we both know YOU couldn't hit ANY of these deadlines so why pretend you could!