"here are some sites i like" she says
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- straightola0
i get this on a daily basis from the main guy I work for, went completely off the rails at him last night as a result.
Also happened a couple of weeks ago with a band im working with on motion graphics for their tour. They hired me specifically because of what I had done live at a show with them, worked through a load of ideas based on this and tried to get them to have a proper meeting to discuss ideas. I had initially quoted as a 2 or 3 day job and knocked a bit off because I liked them plus I ended up working a full week on it simply because I wanted to do something special. 3 weeks after I had handed over what I thought was the final dvd (and 4 days before their tour started) they email over a load of stuff about how this might be a bit too similar in theme to something another band might do and to redo something with a load of soviet animation off youtube. I suppose these are the mistakes you have to make early on to ensure you beat the info out of the client before you start
- scrap_paper0
It really all depends on hour the contract was worked out in the first place. Did you make sure to highlight process and indicate that changes to the creative phase of the project after sign off will result in a need to re address the estimate?
This really does suck and it happens to everyone. Just tell the client everything is doable (if it is actually, physically doable) with the correct assets of budget and timeline applied to the project. Deviation from the process will require a change in budget and timeline.
- kushman0
good luck!
- Ranger0
Was idiots the 'another designer'?
- JazX0
- idiots0
congrats to her.
site was shite.
- bigtrickagain0
it worked out well. basically she had an epiphany/change of heart about the whole identity of the restaurant (it is now more like... two restaurants in the same room. don't ask). she's cool about paying me for my work so far and will pay me more to redo the site in the new direction that she's thinking of.
plus, she fed me a delicious lunch! she is a-ok in my book (:
- C'mon, what did you 'feed' her for lunch? *wink* *wink*d_rek
- DeSiard0
glad to hear it went well!