Make it flashy
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- jox
I've just been asked to make a photo of a client's office building "more flashy, you know.. like 3D-ish".
Please kill me.
- tomkat0
oh no. i feel for you.
and i can already hear it coming:
"hmmm, nah.. make it like it was in the beginning."
- jox0
YES! Exactly, or
"Nah, I don't like it"
"What is wrong? What would you like to be different?"
"I dunno...you're the designer"
- godot0
post it up and we'll crayon all over it for you
- zeroblade0
male client:
"can you add pink? i like pink. makes me look sensitive"female client:
"make sure that it is photo quality when the user prints it"dog:
"woof"cat:
"Ignore those lesser mortals."
- ILuvSushi0
I bet they want it to rotate as well, heh.
- waynepixel0
Could you also make the building look like it is taking off and going into space. That would be amazing.
I now it can be done I sean it in a film The "Matrock" i think. Me son has it on DVD.
FUCK OFF.
- anon25730
These arguments have been around since design began !
But they still make me laugh !
- woodyBatts0
My latest client is a tech-head who is really good at photoshop...
Almost everyday i hear, "Let's add a glow"
"Add a Drop Shadow"
"Oh Pillow Emboss"
"I hear the electricity in After effects is really cool"
The list goes on and on...:(
- jox0
Oh, this is fuckin priceless. So I was asked to put a little counter on a client site and I used that nedstat, and put it in a hidden layer. I also registered everything for them.
And now, 5 minutes ago when I showed it to them, they said "nah, i don't like the name of the counter"
"What??"
"Yeah it says right there - [companyname] statistics, we want something cool instead!"
"But.. it's just the title of the statistics for -your-eyes-only, does it matter??"
"Well, it needs to be cool. Change the name to [stupid name] instead!I MEAN DOES IT FUCKING MATTER YOU FUCKIN IDIOT?
- iSolve0
omg.
*sharpens pencil, and jabs into clients eye socket....
*sigh of relief
- bug0
my favs are:
make it "pop"
make it more "snazzy"
it doesn't "wow" me...whatever.
- woodyBatts0
I like...
"I think we can do more"
I've learned if you stretch the text they get all hot and gooey...
- Blofeldt0
When the word's "Wow factor" get mentioned my heart sinks.
- jevad0
gotta love clients......
- crap0
I haven't had clients yet that have said such dumb things but
I did have a bunch of teachers who made the dumbest remarks.
- anon25730
my boss makes the dumbest remarks !!!
"cant we just download a script for free ?"
!!!
No ! can't you just fuck off back to the stoneage ??!!!
- evad0
the other week, my boss gave me a black and white photo of a top view of roses.
he told me he needs it in color, and pull out one of the long stem roses and have it laying across the page.
i told him i'll need a photo of a long stem rose instead of the top view of the rose buds.
"what?? you have photoshop, don't you? just pull it out of the photo i gave you."
umm...
- jevad0
jesus wept....
- evad0
just got another one!
i showed him a mockup for a billboard a week ago, i made the changes he wanted. then showed him the new version, and he hated it and tried to pass it off as my idea and the first one was perfect the way it was...
it's seriously neverending here. designer's nightmares happen to me 2-3 times a day here. my last day is tomorrow...
- ********0
I am re-designing a music distribution site. The Client (also my friend...first mistake) has me do a mock up of the new site with actual content images from his current site. So far I had to change to colors 6 times because certain colors didn't flow with the album images. His has 10,000 titles for sale. In the end he has me make the site into 7 or 8 colors then shows it off to get peoples opinion. Calls me in a few days and says he loves the design but everyone thinks there are TOO many colors... can we change that. I email him the first version I created 4 weeks prior and he calls and says he "loves it!"....
WTF!!!!