SignManiac
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I'm okay that some are not a fan of this particular sign. Everyone is entitled to have their own opinion and everyone has different taste. But in the end, we must remember... I.O.A.F.S.
To understand the situation better, this is what I had to deal with. And the client was a true PITA and one of the factors in pricing this job. I was told on original contact that their sign was destroyed and need to be replaced. So I asked if they had a photo for me to go by and they said all they had was an old one, the one shown here in this thread. To my knowledge, that sign no longer existed and could not be used for the new one.
I was also told by the homeowners, they did not want the sign made like the old one, but similar was okay. I was asked to make a simple sign on two post but they wanted a carved shell or a crab, and they wanted the colors from their house which were coral pink and watermelon green. I never was on site to see where it would be going. They were doing the install. After designing what they asked for, they requested a complete change to what you see as the finished product. They even sent me the final colors you see here that I had to color match from an old Benjamin Moore color chart.
This is by no means representative of the work I typically do, and I did not state anywhere in the posts that it was a work of art that I was proud of and gloating over. I post a lot of my work so that others can learn about the different materials and tricks I use and have learned over the years to build signs with.
I wish more people would show their work but like a few said, the critics can be pretty harsh and I understand why many would rather not put up their work for review.
Me, I don't really care what anyone thinks, it's all subjective anyway. My final objective is to get paid well for my time, and if the sign can look good, all the better.
Whether you like the sign or not, I'm not ashamed that I charged a PITA client $1k for a 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' sign on two 4"x4"s. I understand what it takes to make a sign and not lose money on it.
Would I have done something different for the client if I had complete control? Hell yeah! I don't always hit a home run out of the park, and this sign is in fact boring. But sometimes we must compromise when I customer seems to think they know more about what looks good than we do. This design is pretty much the customers and in the end, I gave him what he wanted. Not something I normally do, but you get to a stage where you just want it to go away.
Unfortunately I see it happening more and more in this day of computers and MS Publisher. It's easy to be an overnight professional in this day and age.
To understand the situation better, this is what I had to deal with. And the client was a true PITA and one of the factors in pricing this job. I was told on original contact that their sign was destroyed and need to be replaced. So I asked if they had a photo for me to go by and they said all they had was an old one, the one shown here in this thread. To my knowledge, that sign no longer existed and could not be used for the new one.
I was also told by the homeowners, they did not want the sign made like the old one, but similar was okay. I was asked to make a simple sign on two post but they wanted a carved shell or a crab, and they wanted the colors from their house which were coral pink and watermelon green. I never was on site to see where it would be going. They were doing the install. After designing what they asked for, they requested a complete change to what you see as the finished product. They even sent me the final colors you see here that I had to color match from an old Benjamin Moore color chart.
This is by no means representative of the work I typically do, and I did not state anywhere in the posts that it was a work of art that I was proud of and gloating over. I post a lot of my work so that others can learn about the different materials and tricks I use and have learned over the years to build signs with.
I wish more people would show their work but like a few said, the critics can be pretty harsh and I understand why many would rather not put up their work for review.
Me, I don't really care what anyone thinks, it's all subjective anyway. My final objective is to get paid well for my time, and if the sign can look good, all the better.
Whether you like the sign or not, I'm not ashamed that I charged a PITA client $1k for a 2-1/2' x 2-1/2' sign on two 4"x4"s. I understand what it takes to make a sign and not lose money on it.
Would I have done something different for the client if I had complete control? Hell yeah! I don't always hit a home run out of the park, and this sign is in fact boring. But sometimes we must compromise when I customer seems to think they know more about what looks good than we do. This design is pretty much the customers and in the end, I gave him what he wanted. Not something I normally do, but you get to a stage where you just want it to go away.
Unfortunately I see it happening more and more in this day of computers and MS Publisher. It's easy to be an overnight professional in this day and age.
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