CamarotaDesign
04-18-2007, 06:25 PM
Ugh,
Sorry I havent been posting for a few days, guys, things are a little... hmm how should I put this..... not looking good at work.
Anyways, aside from the problems with the company, we have a new client I'm doing a logo for, and like all clients we get, he's a moron!!!!
So, I ask him what type of look, feel, or colors he is interested in using. and his response is "I want to see what you come up with" I try to ask him "uhh, look we I need a little bit of background here" and he basically blows it off like it's not important. Theres my first mistake.
I do a round of 6 seperate logos. All are very simple, very fast. Since I have no idea what the douchebag wants I just do as many different looking ones as possible that look decently aesthetically.
Did a mention he wants to have it ready to go within a week?
So, I get no response after monday till today. Idiot (thats the client's name) says he likes one but wants to add a screened image to it. (he means using transparency in a logo). I try to explain for a few minutes that is called transparency and why using transparency in a logo is a bad idea and that black and white and simple solid colors should be used. Idiot must have Adult ADD, because apparently, he can't follow along and keeps repeating, " But can I have the screen in it" a number of times, disregarding anything I say.
So now he wants to get off the phone after 3 minutes of conversation and fax me over what he is talking about. Oh awesome! fax me over a design with your hand scribbled transparency, Yes!!! (Faxing is also the best way to use transparency, right?!!!)
I give up on trying to explain this and just say, "Ok, yeah, I can do it. But can I get some feedback as to how the designs are looking, are they what you like, etc. etc?" Idiot's reply is "thats what I've been trying to to do for the last 15 minutes and we arent getting anywhere" So I'll fax it over.
15 minutes? oh really?
I didn't realize those 180 seconds I took trying to explain why transparency wont work have magically morphed into 15 minutes. Or maybe I was just lobotomized while on the phone and the last 12 minutes of conversation that you were telling me what you liked about the logo and what you wanted changed were erased from my memory banks. Go ahead, Idiot. Fax me your "screen" and I'll design your shitty logo, it will fit your company perfectly.
ARGH! I need a punching bag!
Sorry I havent been posting for a few days, guys, things are a little... hmm how should I put this..... not looking good at work.
Anyways, aside from the problems with the company, we have a new client I'm doing a logo for, and like all clients we get, he's a moron!!!!
So, I ask him what type of look, feel, or colors he is interested in using. and his response is "I want to see what you come up with" I try to ask him "uhh, look we I need a little bit of background here" and he basically blows it off like it's not important. Theres my first mistake.
I do a round of 6 seperate logos. All are very simple, very fast. Since I have no idea what the douchebag wants I just do as many different looking ones as possible that look decently aesthetically.
Did a mention he wants to have it ready to go within a week?
So, I get no response after monday till today. Idiot (thats the client's name) says he likes one but wants to add a screened image to it. (he means using transparency in a logo). I try to explain for a few minutes that is called transparency and why using transparency in a logo is a bad idea and that black and white and simple solid colors should be used. Idiot must have Adult ADD, because apparently, he can't follow along and keeps repeating, " But can I have the screen in it" a number of times, disregarding anything I say.
So now he wants to get off the phone after 3 minutes of conversation and fax me over what he is talking about. Oh awesome! fax me over a design with your hand scribbled transparency, Yes!!! (Faxing is also the best way to use transparency, right?!!!)
I give up on trying to explain this and just say, "Ok, yeah, I can do it. But can I get some feedback as to how the designs are looking, are they what you like, etc. etc?" Idiot's reply is "thats what I've been trying to to do for the last 15 minutes and we arent getting anywhere" So I'll fax it over.
15 minutes? oh really?
I didn't realize those 180 seconds I took trying to explain why transparency wont work have magically morphed into 15 minutes. Or maybe I was just lobotomized while on the phone and the last 12 minutes of conversation that you were telling me what you liked about the logo and what you wanted changed were erased from my memory banks. Go ahead, Idiot. Fax me your "screen" and I'll design your shitty logo, it will fit your company perfectly.
ARGH! I need a punching bag!