Problems Designers Face
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- Dancer0
"Can we have purple, cos thats my wife's favorite colour??"
phatlee
(Sep 21 05, 12:55)-----------
OMG, I went for an interview a few years back at a company called Purple Fish, I asked why they were called that and the response was "because the owner is a Pisces and her favorite colour is purple"I nearly walked out...
- renaphuah0
bosses/clients has bad taste
they dont understand that i refuse to steal low res pictures from the internet
they thought doing changes only takes 5mins
they thought graphic designers know Autocad or other architecture/3d softwares.
they think black is the best color.
they thought designing is as easy as filling and typing.
they love to buy expensive art magazines/books and want you to follow whatever's that are inside.
it sucks!!!!
- jamble0
Having to get to work.
- jco0
the big problems i face are the 'frustrated' i hesitate to call designers. the guys runnig sign shops and screen-print shops. they have no education in design but saddly no respect for those who do.
example: boss at sign shop says 'designing a bilboard is not like designing for print.'
ok point taken.he follows with..
'have you designed for the web?'
yeah i have
'well it's like that.'wtf?!
- anzelina0
boss micromanaging
- anzelina0
this thread perfectly reflects my sentiments from the 'hate my job' thread.
someone in here is farting and it smells bad, it's challenging working in these conditions, i tell you!
- robmoff0
designer: "ok i need your new clients logo in vector format."
Account Executive: "here it is."
D: "this is a low res jpeg"
AE: "what is a vector again?"
D:"like an eps."
AE:"they don't have it"
D:"somebody does, they just don't realizze it because they can't view it in Word"
AE: "i'll see what i can do"
LATER THAT SAME DAY
AE:" i got the tiff you wanted"
D:"here, i made some kool-aid for you..."
AE:"this smells like drano"
- HumanMale0
Creating artwork for someone who isn't a designer and have them rip it to bits and change it.
"Can we (we!) make that a bit darker"
"Can we move that up/down/left/right because the spacing isn't right"
Tell you what, I've broken a few noses in my head over that sorta thing...
- HumanMale0
designer: "ok i need your new clients logo in vector format."
etc.
robmoff
(Sep 22 05, 08:54)Fucking amen to that! Asking people for eps logos and getting everything but an eps back... jesus!!!
- Gucci0
bosses/clients has bad taste
they dont understand that i refuse to steal low res pictures from the internet
they thought doing changes only takes 5mins
they thought graphic designers know Autocad or other architecture/3d softwares.
they think black is the best color.
they thought designing is as easy as filling and typing.
they love to buy expensive art magazines/books and want you to follow whatever's that are inside.
it sucks!!!!
renaphuah
(Sep 22 05, 08:21)amen to that.
and an eps? fuck... i've explained the whole vector vs. raster thing a million times.
I have an e-mail i would send out every time i had a problem getting a logo from a client service rep. i would send the exact same e-mail out every time the issue came up.
It started to get to the reps when they saw the EXACT same e-mail every time. one poor lady broke down into tears after she realized her own ineptitude.