08/09/2004 by Paul Taylor on August 9, 2004 at 12:00 am Story: ArchiveCharacters: Amanda, Monica, ShellyLocation: Amanda's Place └ Tags: product shoots, snobby winery Related Comics ¬ Illcallyoulater 07/27/2004 09/01/2004 Veryinsightful 11/23/2001
Uh oh, I didn’t much like the sound of that… :-/
Snobby, because you can’t go wrong when you’re getting snobby.
Every single graphic designer and commercial artist in the world absolutely DESPISES that sort of instruction: http://clientsfromhell.net/
Oh yes, I give you no idea at all what I wish for but I will yell for an hour if I don’t get it!
I know the feeling.
“Okay, here’s some text. Can you turn it into a brochure?”
“Do you have any photos to go with it?”
“Can’t you just use Google?”
“…No.”
Two of my heroes (Neil Gaiman and Stephen Sondheim) have said pretty much the same thing. “The hardest thing to write is when you’re told, oh just write whatever you want”
I’ve heard of Snobby Winery, its an ice wine and when its opened it has a nasal tone that makes you say “I wanna go to MI-AM-MI!”