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Annoying Things That Clients Say to Graphic Designers Pt2- Reader Submissions

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Written by Blake McCreary on Apr 01, 2010 | View Comments Comments

A few weeks ago, I published a post titled 8 Annoying Things That Clients Say to  Graphic Designers – Part 1. There was such a great response from the visitors that  I’ve decided to post part two as a list of reader suggestions.

As graphic designers we are approached by clients on a daily basis for work. Many are professional, but some are not. Below is an addition to the collection of things clients say, which are frustrating, yet slightly humorous.

  1. CLIENT: “I need a website. How much will that be?” – submitted by anonymous
  2. CLIENT: “Yes, I want you to design something. No, I don’t know what it should look like. No I can’t tell you what to put into it. You’re the designer, make it look good. Something artsy. Oh, and do it fast because the client doesn’t want to spend much money.” –  submitted by PhpDesigns
  3. CLIENT: “The logo needs to be bigger.” – Dave Aldrich
  4. CLIENT: ”It should only take you about an hour…” – submitted by Mixture Magazine
  5. CLIENT: “It’s pretty easy, isn’t it? And after all nowadays it’s all done by computers.” – submitted by Nic
  6. CLIENT: “Can you teach me how to design it myself so I don;t have to bother you again. I have a limited budget ($10) and can not afford to pay you to do it.” – submitted by Nicholas Nelson
  7. CLIENT: “I’ll have my assistant send the logo over. She designed it in Word.” – nancyG770
  8. CLIENT: “My wife’s favorite color is orange. Can you do the logo in orange?” – submitted by Michelle

I’m looking to expand the list so feel free to post suggestions in the comment thread. Thanks!

The Author of this post is Blake McCreary

  • http://www.gregorygerhart.com/ Gregory Gerhart

    “It's an open and print job.” (If it were that easy, why would the client pay to have it opened and printed?!?!?!)

  • http://www.gregorygerhart.com/ Gregory Gerhart

    “It's an open and print job.” (If it were that easy, why would the client pay to have it opened and printed?!?!?!)

  • Webme1

    CLIENT “But I like Comic Sans”

  • http://www.webme1.com Webme1

    CLIENT “But I like Comic Sans”

  • http://www.blakemccreary.com Blake McCreary

    Haha. Classic. Thanks!

  • http://www.blakemccreary.com Blake McCreary

    Haha. Classic. Thanks!

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  • http://www.blueflamedesign.biz Matt

    There seems to be some white space on the page. Can we fill it with another image or make the text or logo bigger!

  • http://www.blueflamedesign.biz Matt

    There seems to be some white space on the page. Can we fill it with another image or make the text or logo bigger!

  • 13thgeneral

    Well, we do own designs. We use Publisher/PowerPoint, all you have to do is clean it up and print it. That shouldn't cost too much and we need it by tomorrow.

  • 13thgeneral

    Well, we do our own designs. We use Publisher/PowerPoint, all you have to do is clean it up and print it. That shouldn't cost too much and we need it by tomorrow.

  • http://www.blueflamedesign.biz BlueFlameDesign

    A recent project had me receiving the following comment from a client and I thought of your list.

    'We would like to produce a small DL leaflet to help promote our company. Can you take ALL of the text from our 8pp corporate brochure and make it smaller so it fits. We would like to use the imagery too but maybe just on the front'

  • http://www.blueflamedesign.biz BlueFlameDesign

    A recent project had me receiving the following comment from a client and I thought of your list.

    'We would like to produce a small DL leaflet to help promote our company. Can you take ALL of the text from our 8pp corporate brochure and make it smaller so it fits. We would like to use the imagery too but maybe just on the front'

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