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Sahil
September 17th, 2007
It’s actually number 18 now.
Arun
September 17th, 2007
Ha ha… LOL
Prescott Perez-Fox
September 17th, 2007
Wow, this sounds quite like a true story that broke a few weeks ago. I blogged about it — http://www.perezfox.com/2007/08/16/logo-created-by-a-6-year-old/
Pedro Villalobos
September 17th, 2007
I’ve been there, and it really sux. But it’s easyer to manipulate some old guy who trust his daughter design than some old guy that is making his own sketchs.
DiThi
September 17th, 2007
That #17 confused me. I didn’t click it in the RSS reader. It wasn’t until I went to the front page when I noted it’s a different strip.
This story reminds me of the simpsons’ chapter about the talented convict and skinner’s napkin sketch.
Omar
September 18th, 2007
I have had countless situations like these, you dont know how to express your feelings to the client at this point - what an insult.
Jermayn Parker
September 18th, 2007
been there
cindy@staged4more
September 18th, 2007
LOL oh my goodness even though i am a stager, not a graphic design professional, it’s so often that i hear the same exact thing or show up at the home and things have been re-arranged.. oh the best is people add more things so the home can look cluttered… oy!
Timothy Diokno
September 18th, 2007
Hey! Wait guys! Kids’ works are just as precious as ours! They can be a gold mine for inspiration and creativity. Come on, even scribbles, doodles, spatters, they’re not actually ridiculous. I mean, where did grunge start? Yes, I would rather have my baby sister sketch a header for my site because it was from her creativity, it’s how she sees design in her age. But still N.C., you get some kudos. And I close this comment with no LOLs.
Fouad Masoud
September 18th, 2007
Laughing my head off here
u know its not just the case of an 8 years old, i just hate the idea of a client calling me to tell me that someone at his family or company or what ever has some gr8 ideas that i should work on.
Viktor Reiter
September 18th, 2007
Great, I love it. I think everybody was ever in that situation.
Artform
September 18th, 2007
I haven’t been there yet… and I hope I never will be. However, it might be a blessing in disguise if it does!
sarah d
September 18th, 2007
translators hear something similar i.e. “my daughter/wife/friend spent 6 months in Spain/Germany/France and they translated it for me” - only we usually hear it when there’s been a massive mess-up and the client want us to fix it super-fast! Funny.
Stan Grabowski
September 18th, 2007
My worst fear is: “My son/daughter is taking a website class and maybe they can take care of some of the maintenance…”
Or even: “…they are good with computers…”
celsius
September 18th, 2007
yup, this happened last week. =)
sascha/hdrs
September 19th, 2007
Hehe, once again pretty much reflects the truth! Love these cartoons! Who of us hadn’t a client who thinks that the design/idea that their child/children/brother/sister/whatnot had is great but in the eye of a professional it’s utter crap?!