Fair enough, Gino, as I can except some of what you are saying. I did not take what you were saying as trying to be funny. Don't mind criticism at all as long as it is helpful. Telling someone that it is crap, but not saying anything about why it is crap, especially when it is not asked for in the first place, is just childish. Now let me explain MY thought process.
As for the white overwhelming the grey, that is why I suggested cutting around the tooth in the first place, so there actually will be very little white showing. They WANT the grey to be understated. The original thought from the customer was having all the grey cut out, no white whatsoever. I thought, that on the light tinted glass, it would blend in and not look like a tooth at all, as that is what they want it to look like. You may say it is being lazy on my part doing it that way, but I thought it was the best option with what we have to work with. This is not a sign that will be seen from 30' away. At the most, 10' viewing distance and closer.
The artwork is what they use on all of their business forms and business cards, and is what they want. Not going to talk them out of it. We have been printing their small format printing stuff for years.
Now, maybe you misunderstood what I said about the pricing. What I was saying is that the graphic is costing them $40. That is NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. I guess, after rereading, I could have been clearer about that. Now, I did not think when pricing it out that it would take very long to correct the artwork, so did not include any additional time for that. Just as a side note, the dentist is the husband of a very good print customer of ours that just gave us a $15,000 order for small format printing, so the last thing we want to do is highball the pricing on this single small window graphic.
Are we new to the large format side of this business? Darn right we are! That is why I stepped into a more hands on part of the business and am now dealing hands on with the graphics designer. Do I know her job? As I stated in the first post, no I do not. That is why I posted it on here, to get some confirmation on what my gut was telling me, that it is a 10 minute job, not an hour + job. Don't know about you, but I do want to be sure I am being fed a line of BS before we take the actions required to correct it.
As for the white overwhelming the grey, that is why I suggested cutting around the tooth in the first place, so there actually will be very little white showing. They WANT the grey to be understated. The original thought from the customer was having all the grey cut out, no white whatsoever. I thought, that on the light tinted glass, it would blend in and not look like a tooth at all, as that is what they want it to look like. You may say it is being lazy on my part doing it that way, but I thought it was the best option with what we have to work with. This is not a sign that will be seen from 30' away. At the most, 10' viewing distance and closer.
The artwork is what they use on all of their business forms and business cards, and is what they want. Not going to talk them out of it. We have been printing their small format printing stuff for years.
Now, maybe you misunderstood what I said about the pricing. What I was saying is that the graphic is costing them $40. That is NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. I guess, after rereading, I could have been clearer about that. Now, I did not think when pricing it out that it would take very long to correct the artwork, so did not include any additional time for that. Just as a side note, the dentist is the husband of a very good print customer of ours that just gave us a $15,000 order for small format printing, so the last thing we want to do is highball the pricing on this single small window graphic.
Are we new to the large format side of this business? Darn right we are! That is why I stepped into a more hands on part of the business and am now dealing hands on with the graphics designer. Do I know her job? As I stated in the first post, no I do not. That is why I posted it on here, to get some confirmation on what my gut was telling me, that it is a 10 minute job, not an hour + job. Don't know about you, but I do want to be sure I am being fed a line of BS before we take the actions required to correct it.
