Last week’s blog comic set up, in my mind at least, the return of the Wandering Design Ninja, last seen (no joke) almost a year ago. It’s still one of my favorites, despite the terrible hack-job logo I shat out for it. At least we got some red up in here, though.
This one goes out to a friend from whom I pulled the initial client quote, which I think we’ve all heard at one point or another. I call it the kiss of death, generally with “projects” and “success” as the victims. There could be other interpretations, I suppose.
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I’d say worse than indecision at the start of a project is the client (or boss) who sells you a virtual blank slate of creativity and open-mindedness, only to reject every concept and belittle every idea and basically prove himself to be completely uncreative and closed-minded.
Not that that’s ever happened to me, of course.
Thus would begin a process of slowly torturing the Designer. Oh he deserved to die.