Some clients just don’t understand the importance of aesthetics and concepts when it comes to branding. It’s not like shopping in a convenience store, where you can mix and match your weekly branding menu. Well so it’s one of those days again. A word of enlightenment, bad clients take up more of our time than they should.
To err is human, but to forgive is divine. Thanks Max for sharing this video.
It has been kinda of strange these days as i tend to wake up in the middle of the night around 3 am, thinking that i had some unfinished work to be done. But sometimes i am just wondering is it because i am putting stress on myself, or there is really a lot of work to be done. The nature of the job i am in is well known for it’s taxing working hours and exhilarating brain juicing sessions. Of recent, i kinda found out that the extra load of work i am doing is actually trying to explain things to people. It’s kinda of an all by myself battle and i guess it will take a long time for me to iron out things and make them see from my perspective. So, do you have a demon to make you stay up all night like me?
Have you ever wonder why working professionals always wish they were back in school? The group of friends, the random stuff we did and the endless late night rush for project deadlines. All these were times we miss. But I guess deep down inside we all miss the purity of the ideas and concepts we have in our work.
A couple of months ago, I gave my students an open topic task on creative thinking. I was surprise on the originality of their ideas and it was indeed quite mind blowing. So out of curosity, I gave them another brief, but this time round, the idea must have a commercial value to it. And just as I expected, the ideas were dull and quite superficial.
This small experiment really sets me thinking whether commercial requirements kills the purity of an idea. It’s inevitable that as artist in this society, we are often told to sallow our pride and do what the client wishes. No doubt the argument of the viablity of us as creative stays, I still believe that there should be some creative lisence to the work we do. So the next big question, how long can we last to see a happily ever after?
It has been some time since i step into the creative industry, and things were pretty alright, we are valued by people for our expertise. However, things have turn on to the down side when you see clients cutting cost and asking us to give them work for free. In order to win bid, agencies have to lower their charges and hence indirectly affects both our personal and monetary value. Once deem a glam job has been ruined by greedy people that don’t care about us. Creative in all industry strive to keep a living with minimal wages.So i hail and urge all creatives in the industry to say no to spec work and hope that we will be truly valued for our skillset one day.
It’s a shame to say that creatives nowadays choose to take the easier way out, especially when being confront by clients. I mean honestly, if the idea is good and it’s worth the fight, why not try to educate and make the client see your wonderful solution. Instead of telling yourself that there is always a tomorrow for the client to buy in your creative ideas.
Can’t sleep last night as some irking thoughts were lingering around. And this quote helped me cleared up my thoughts abit. It’s inevitable that people and things changes, but the key is that i guess i am in a least favorable situation. A change which i cannot control.
Made me smile when i looked at it. So true as it is what we all face every single day.
