Uh oh, problem!
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- jox
Im doing some print work for a small friend / client. I ask for their logo - they give me some piece of crap blurry jpeg that I'm supposed to place on letterheads, business cards etc.
Now, they don't have the EPS (there never was one), and I can't trace the jpeg because it's almost a small painting, full of details (and ugly as fuck).
So, what do I do? I've been thinking about telling the client to fuck off and come back when he's got proper materials, but i can't really do that either because it's sort of a friend of a friend.
I don't work for small clients anymore because of this, but this is an exception since it's a favor.
Help!
- stewart0
scale it down to 1,5 x 1,5 cm and place it in the left bottom corner on the back of all printed matter.
- crap0
'Im doing some print work for a small friend'
how small is he or she exactly, jox?
- meok0
Hey hottie, How about posting it so we can figure it out.. together.
- jox0
hehe i meant to say "for a small client" but im a lil stressed out.. haha
- jox0
yeah i guess i could post it, but i haven't received it yet, it's still on their computers. All i got for now is an even shittier print-out of the ugly-ass blurry fucker.
But picture this: 80x110 px, one color, looks like it's made with the pencil tool but with decent accuracy, add 4 layers of different blur effects, save it in Gif, close. Open the app again, open the gif, re-save in jpg. And there's the logo!
Today's lesson: Don't get involved in "favors" between friends.
- zaven0
rebrand them!
- jox0
yea, um.. well its not that type of client. I just want to get rid of them as soon as possible but I don't want to deliver shitty results either.
So, i'm the only one here whose friends' friend gives me blurry jaypeggies for a logo?
- vespa0
offer to do an update of their brand, but as you're short on time and energy don't worry about the concept etc, just redraw the logo as an eps and make sure it is legible at all sizes, b&w etc.
won't be one for the portfolio, but should be fairly quick and easy, and will probably be a billion times better than what they have. don't suffer over it.
don't do jobs for friends in future. plead exhaustion.
- k770
redraw it, and charge for it.
- JazX0
redraw the thing
- jox0
yay! i just talked them out of the whole thing. Not the -whole- thing, but at least they're not using their logo anymore.
Thanks anyway people. I'll tell Santa you've been real good this year.
Now i'm going to celebrate...!