Now I remember why I stopped doing client work...
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- sublocked
I thought it would be really fun to do some client design work again instead of working 100% on my apps. Ha ha ha...
I present the client with a great design comp, and one of the stakeholders quips about the LOWER CASE A in the font I'm using. Turns out he "prefers" the one that looks like an O with a stick attached to it, instead of the more legible one.
I thought the quibble was just with the logotype, so I present multiple other logotypes that all look great with the original type choice for body copy.
Of course, I'm an idiot and include a 6th, the worst looking to me - and they choose that one.
Never fails :)
Yeah!
- bmacneill0
Something I learned and started using myself while freelancing at an agency:
Only present concepts to a client that you like. If you show the client a concept that you're not happy with, chances are they will choose that one and you'll end up hating the project (and the client in time). If you only have one concept that you're happy with, show that one concept and sell it as the right concept.
- Great advice I used to follow. Thanks for the reminder.sublocked
- d_rek0
It's really easy actually.
One your estimates just add 'additional concept' as a separate line item. I guarantee they wont want any additional concepts.
- sublocked0
^ Actually I did that - and they paid for the addtl concepts. I guess I shouldn't be complaining because $$$...but somehow I'm always more pleased with the results of personal or 100% creative control projects.
I guess those might be called "art" instead of "client work" though.
- d_rek0
Ah well, a red flag on a hill of red flags. When there's a bunch of dollar signs floating around the red flag we tend to ignore the red flag.
- fadein110
Get project signed off and paid and move onto the next one.
This aint Utopia.
- vaxorcist0
if you pitch 3 concepts/mockups, take the one you like the least, and claim you spent the most effort on it, take the one you like the most, and make sure the client thinks you're not so into it, usually they will assert their own opinion which is contrary to what you seem to radiate...