Comments on: How to get mediocre work from an artist http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/ Fresh & bright design for licensing Sat, 05 May 2012 02:39:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Risk and Choice: clients and artists face both | Sparky Firepants: Art is Work http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Risk and Choice: clients and artists face both | Sparky Firepants: Art is Work Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:37:48 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-94 [...] Sparky Firepants: Art is Work Inside the Pants: The Business End of the Artist « How to get mediocre work from an artist [...] [...] Sparky Firepants: Art is Work Inside the Pants: The Business End of the Artist « How to get mediocre work from an artist [...]

]]> By: xadrian http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-93 xadrian Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:18:56 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-93 I approve of this. Here's how we ease the pain. Up front payments and hourly charges once you start "changing" things. The only way to discourage this kind of behavior is to get the money we deserve for being subjected to it. They'll learn eventually. Oh they'll learn.... I approve of this.

Here’s how we ease the pain. Up front payments and hourly charges once you start “changing” things. The only way to discourage this kind of behavior is to get the money we deserve for being subjected to it. They’ll learn eventually. Oh they’ll learn….

]]> By: How to Get Mediocre Work From An Artist | Bayou Design http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-92 How to Get Mediocre Work From An Artist | Bayou Design Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:47:44 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-92 [...] Taken from: http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/2009/07/07/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/ [...] [...] Taken from: http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/2009/07/07/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/ [...]

]]> By: Sarah Bray http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Sarah Bray Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:05:04 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-91 "She just took that scrapbooking class." Oh YES! You nailed it *exactly*. I can't even think of anything to add. “She just took that scrapbooking class.” Oh YES! You nailed it *exactly*. I can’t even think of anything to add.

]]> By: jaydub http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-90 jaydub Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:39:36 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-90 One good rule I learned the hard way: never work with a husband and wife. Work with one or the other, but never both. In my current job, a directive comes down from the big cheese, hopelessly garbled by middle managers desperately trying to please her. Then they all clamor to stick their fingers into the project until it's a muddled disaster before they carry it back to the big cheese. Then they return with a hopelessly garbled interpretation of the big cheese's impressions, and this process goes on and on until the project is a steaming pile of uninspired mediocrity. Of course, on big projects, they include focus groups and questionnaires and outside input, just to ensure that no sparks of creativity lie smoldering in the ashes. I recently did a logo for a client that did it right - your two-step method - and it was an amazing experience. Everyone was happy, and I was proud of the work. What a treat! One good rule I learned the hard way: never work with a husband and wife. Work with one or the other, but never both.

In my current job, a directive comes down from the big cheese, hopelessly garbled by middle managers desperately trying to please her. Then they all clamor to stick their fingers into the project until it’s a muddled disaster before they carry it back to the big cheese. Then they return with a hopelessly garbled interpretation of the big cheese’s impressions, and this process goes on and on until the project is a steaming pile of uninspired mediocrity.

Of course, on big projects, they include focus groups and questionnaires and outside input, just to ensure that no sparks of creativity lie smoldering in the ashes.

I recently did a logo for a client that did it right – your two-step method – and it was an amazing experience. Everyone was happy, and I was proud of the work. What a treat!

]]> By: Jim http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Jim Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:01:06 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-89 The truth is... well, truly painful! The truth is… well, truly painful!

]]> By: Kyle http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Kyle Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:51:41 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-88 The truth was never so bitter. The truth was never so bitter.

]]> By: Bill Thompson http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Bill Thompson Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:47:36 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-87 Having spent the better part of the last 25 years in the print and design industries, and being married to a recovering graphic designer, this speaks all too well. And I would have to agree with Olivier, that the parallels in business are just as predictable. If you hire someone for the expertise that you do not possess, why crush their creative vision with endless noodling? Having spent the better part of the last 25 years in the print and design industries, and being married to a recovering graphic designer, this speaks all too well. And I would have to agree with Olivier, that the parallels in business are just as predictable.

If you hire someone for the expertise that you do not possess, why crush their creative vision with endless noodling?

]]> By: olivier blanchard http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-86 olivier blanchard Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:38:39 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-86 This has so many business parallels, I don't even know where to start. :D This has so many business parallels, I don’t even know where to start. :D

]]> By: LU http://sparkyfirepants.com/bloggitywordypants/how-to-get-mediocre-work-from-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-85 LU Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:28:16 +0000 http://sparkyfirepants.com/blog/?p=629#comment-85 Oh the pain! Oh the truth! Excellent post!! Oh the pain! Oh the truth! Excellent post!!

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