Deliberately put too many fingers on those comissions
this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
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yea, this is why i have rules that i don't do major edits past certain stages
timelines are important, folks!
Hasn't it always been that way?
it's different and noticeable, a while ago they'd actually try to explain what they want like "I want you to remove x and put instead y, change the colors here" something you can actually work with, now it's just adjectives like "make it more pretty"
I don’t do a ton of commissions, but it’s weirder now for sure. I feel like I’ve talked less uhhh… concretely to clients over the past few years. I have noticed that a lot requests do start with “Please” though, “please make it different” “please put more colors on it” “please redo the text.”
Whereas a few years ago a client would just say more clearly what they want you to do. “I’d like you to use a different font. Something that has more energy and pops out. Like this website…”
That rings true for my experience in corporate/medical media over a decade ago before swearing it off. It was dehumanizing then and I can imagine it's worse now with consumer expectations poisoned by AI.
Scope of work or bust, never take spec work without upfront pay