Freelance Freedom #58


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N.C. Winters is always drawing. When he isn't making comics, doodling or working as a freelance graphic artist, he spends his time painting pretty pictures for galleries from his home studio in sunny southern California.


  1. Haha, so true.

  2. PG Alex Fraiser

    Ah, gotta love the client from hell!

  3. PG Tosin Matti

    so true.. I hate when that happens.

  4. PG Katharine

    N.C., I’m an editor, not a designer, but I always find your cartoons right on target. Thank you for sharing your talents with us.

  5. PG liz

    i think i know that guy…

  6. PG trs21219

    i have a client like that. he seems to think #CCCCCC is a great background color….for alll the content on a website….. right….. lol

  7. PG MyRule

    Sounds familiar, I had a client like that.

  8. PG Benek

    So true

  9. PG Gregmayo

    Italy is the same :)

  10. PG Chris Hoeppner

    I had one of those. After 8 months of continuous “I thought I told you that I wanted it this way”, he ended up taking the work to someone else “because you are working too slow”.

    I usually don’t ever know if I should fire the client or continue to give in.

  11. PG Olivier

    Argl ! I’m living this right now ! Please, send me an exorsist to cast that client back to hell !!! (Experienced exorsist only please as i d’ like his money no to go in hell with him but in my paradisiac pocket :p)

  12. PG Niki Brown
  13. PG Omar

    LOL trs21219 – I like the way you used a hex code in the middle :P

    Like going out to buy a new shirt and asking the sales assistant: “Hi, do you have this shirt in #FF9900?” – I think web terminology is getting to us.

  14. PG Filosof

    And after three iterations of color changes client completely changes his mind.. a throws away the whole concept.. :-)

  15. PG The Fen

    Every client goes to hell :)

  16. PG Melek

    my old boss (before i went freelance) used to stand behind me and say, “that yellow isn’t quite right. add 1% magenta to it. ahhhhh, that’s it. perfect.” whatever dude.

    your cartoons are always right on the mark.

  17. PG A3sthetix

    I got that call this morning. I’m glad my cellphone manufacturer placed a nice big ignore button on my phone.

  18. PG Gabrielle

    His face in the last shot is hilarious!! I feel your pain buddy!!!

  19. PG Martha Retallick

    Just be sure to tell such clients that a certain number of changes are included in your contract. And, after they’ve exceeded that number, they’re going to pay extra.

    Sometimes, this brings the changes to a screeching halt. It can also mean that you could be billing a lot more for the project.

  20. PG Aaron Riddle

    We’ve all been there before…

  21. PG Larry V.

    Haha N.C.! We still use Vintage Taupe™ here.

  22. PG Johan

    That’s so true lol, I’ve also experienced this before. :P

  23. PG Chris O'Connor

    This is why I only do design work hourly.

    I went to art college, but until a previous client, I never knew there were so many different colors that are the same color.

    Doesn’t make sense?

    Exactly.

  24. PG Adrian | Rubiqube

    This has to be the best comic ever! Awesome! And sad at the same time. :(

  25. PG Gabe S.

    “Just be sure to tell such clients that a certain number of changes are included in your contract. And, after they’ve exceeded that number, they’re going to pay extra.”

    Martha, that’s the spot on solution to this one. :) Good comic.

  26. PG Alex Stubbs

    Thats 90% of my clients right now…! :(

  27. That at least happens to me once a week.

  28. PG Mef Designs

    Am I the only one that charges per every change that wasnt specified in the original email?

  29. PG trs21219

    @OMAR

    yeah it happens sometimes…. such as when they make my steak just a little too #CC0000. idk why they dont understand it lol… i actually had someone comment on my shirt the other day… it reads, “There are 10 kinds of people in this world, Those who can understand binary and those who cant.” it took me about 15 minutes to make them understand that 10 in binary is two lol…. maybe its only funny to us programmers

  30. PG Behzad Saeedi

    Hell yea! :P so true! most of them don’t know what they exactly want!! lol

  31. Dirty white! Throw some mud on it and coffee rings please, and burn the edges while you are at it.

  32. PG BANAGO

    True indeed. I have once sliced into xhtml/css/wordpress tree times. Everything was ok, but he did not like the designs he did himself. :) However, I was paid well for that.

  33. PG freelancer

    ooo bloody hell! soo true :D :D

    this situation is what I currently have with my client! so annoying!

  34. PG Lu Sancea

    HA! I am dealing with two clients just like that!

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