Its not that all Graphic designers are primadonna's, but we like to be professional and conduct ourselves in a stress free environment (as much as possible anyway), especially if we are up against a deadline. We like projects to go smoothly so we can complete them to the specified deadline and that keeps us happy and our customers. Here are 10 ways that really get our goat. For more infographics and blog articles for designers and small business owners, check out our blog at: http://www.print-print.co.uk/blog/

1. Graphic
Designer
How to really annoy a
Go ahead and show our work to your friends and family but don’t rely
solely on their feedback unless they’re adept with graphic design or
marketing.
Business colleagues would be better placed to provide valuable input
and will have some marketing experience to draw on, understanding
your company mission, market position and target audience.
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Are you a potential client? A new graphic designer?
Or someone who just enjoys annoying people?
If you’ve never worked with graphic designers before
or you simply want to tick us off, here are 10 ways
to drive graphic designers mad.
Before we started our project, we laid out a timetable to gauge the
production time. That timetable can only be followed if we get your
feedback for revisions promptly, you may not have a specific deadline,
but we like to finish projects on time so we can get paid.
Initial proof Delayed Revised Proofs Still proofing.
..Can you Jazz it up a bit?
..Make it more Stylish?
..It lacks Sparkle.
..There’s no Oomph!
..Can you make it Pop?
Please try to be as specific
as possible because vague
comments lead to vague
revisions.
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Although it is possible on some levels, there is a limit to how much we can edit
your flattened files. Please make sure that you send us the original files with
editable layers. Most final artwork files are usually saved to PDF, some of
these are editable, but more aren’t. Jpegs and .png files are also non-editable.
Seeing MS Word file attachments in our e-mails makes us want to pull our
hair out, even more so when you treat MS Word as a photo album.
Graphic designers are always asked to scale images and it’s hard to
stretch a low-res file without sacrificing its sharpness. It’ll be hard for us to
“make your logo bigger,” (which is bound to be requested). Or what’s even
worse, ask us to download images from your website.
The web has a resolution of 72dpi, we and all other quality printing
companies the word over print at 300dpi. So any image taken directly
from a website is unlikely to print properly.
THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY
GaGa!
NANU!
NANU!That’s
Nice!
Ask us to work for free and tell us
“it’s good for our portfolio”.
The eyes of a graphic designer
sparkle when they find work that
would be good for their portfolios,
but that’s not for anyone else to
decide but the designer.
We want to give you your
money’s worth but we have
to consider our cost of living.
Please don’t tell us about the
graphic designers you found on the
internet who charge $5 for a logo.
Most professional graphic designers
have had many years of formal
training and experience .
You can see from a designers portfolio
the calibre of their work, comparing us to
an automated design website is not going
to give you the unique creative design
your looking for.
I create
860 logos
per day
Deal ?
Erm..
Haggling is only minimally considered before the project starts.
At the end of the day you ‘gets what you pays for’, you chose to
use us because you like our work , we are in a creative market,
not a fish market.
Almost!
Happy
now?
We hate hearing ‘make the logo
bigger’, big isn’t always better.
The client has to understand that
the logo is not the artwork, it’s only
a small part of it. White space
is equally important,
it allows the
design to
breathe.
Although it is possible on some
levels, there is a limit to how
much we can edit your flat files.
Please make sure that you send
us files with editable layers.
Most final artwork files are
usually saved to PDF, some
of these are editable, but
more aren’t. Jpegs and
.png files are non-editable.
Here’s your
FINAL proof!
Compare us to other designers..
Ask us to edit flattened files
Send low-res images in MS Word
Ask feedback from non-authorities
Ask us to make the ‘Logo Bigger!’
Take too much time sending revisions
Expect Unlimited Revisions
Provide vague instructions
Haggle endlessly