Step by Step: How a good web design goes straight to hell. - GoFuckYourself.com

seeric · 12-04-2009, 12:06 PM

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell

Don't know how old it is, but it's happened to every great designer.

BFT3K · 12-04-2009, 12:09 PM

That was great!

Pedro Pink Robot · 12-04-2009, 12:16 PM

Yeah, this is something that happened with almost everyone that worked on design.

That's why the creative briefing and definition of a scope of the project, stages that are sometimes neglected by some professionals, are so important - they avoid situations like this.
But of course, sometimes its's inevitable

L-Pink · 12-04-2009, 12:32 PM

I thought the final design was the best ....

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Zuzana Designs · 12-04-2009, 01:17 PM

LOL, that's great. I have had that happen so many times. I guess what matters is if the client is happy with the end product they created lol..

bobby666 · 12-04-2009, 01:48 PM

nice to read that

naughtylaura · 12-04-2009, 02:10 PM

haha that made me laugh xx

Tom_PM · 12-04-2009, 02:14 PM

Everybody loves kittens!

JD · 12-04-2009, 02:30 PM

jesus christ that's 100% true :/

JamesK · 12-04-2009, 02:34 PM

that's the funniest thing I've seen in a long time

DefaultMan · 12-04-2009, 02:36 PM

OMG that is 100% true but I guess the only thing that matters in the end is if you get the $$$

XD2 · 12-04-2009, 03:23 PM

About 5 years ago I was working at a website design company when we was forced to produce this. bandetransport.co.uk The top bar the skip navigation and the general layout was all done with the client stood behind the designer specifying where and how everything should go.

Another design had been done but was totally dis-regarded by the client :-\

duff · 12-04-2009, 03:43 PM

Great post

LeRoy · 12-04-2009, 04:11 PM

Thats pretty darn accurate

Platinumpimp · 12-04-2009, 04:21 PM

lololololol

digitaldivas · 12-04-2009, 04:27 PM

oh so true

PornMD · 12-04-2009, 08:27 PM

So true and not just for designs. Some people are so delusional in what they know and what they don't, and no one regardless of true expertise and experience can tell them otherwise. You should see some of the convos I have with mainstream people about domains.

okny · 12-04-2009, 08:38 PM

So true so true, i rather have the designer do his or her thing no point to bump them of their vision.

ArsewithClass · 12-04-2009, 08:47 PM

Nice thread!

I could relate slightly with my designer & myself. We change this & change that. He says this is going to look shite, so he does it. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesnt!

Its a fact, that nothing is perfect to everyone. We all have different views & moods. One day something looks right & then another it looks wrong. hehe!

I like getting things perfect to what most of us can relate to.

Iron Fist · 12-04-2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD

jesus christ that's 100% true :/

Hey how's that header coming along?

JD · 12-05-2009, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by sharphead

Hey how's that header coming along?

been waiting for the image you wanted to use... told you that several times ;)

Bossman · 12-05-2009, 12:42 AM

Hahaha

.... oh wait, I´m usual the person that make pretty design turn ugly

HandballJim · 12-05-2009, 12:50 AM

thats pretty creative marketing, my boss always asks my opinion...and learned to always agree with him...all he wants is confirmation...if I don't agree he says I am nagative.

raven1083 · 12-05-2009, 12:58 AM

nice post thanks for sharing

Max_PuZcash · 12-05-2009, 04:04 AM

haha, kind of know that...

Paul&John · 12-05-2009, 05:15 AM

Haha that was awesome

Zorgman · 12-05-2009, 05:48 AM

So fucken true. I had a client once ask me to have flying pigs holding rapped boxed of googies fly in from left to right. If you clicked the box you got a message. It was stupid as she wanted each product on different pigs. There was 4000 types of boxes they sold. I told her she was fired. Mind you this is the 14th day into the job. Fuck that.
Moved to writting scripts, never looked back.

kane · 12-05-2009, 05:54 AM

While I don't design I did have a similar situation with a writing job once.

A guy contacts me and asks for a price on blog posts. So I ask a few questions and he tells me basically he wants me to look at picture or two and come up with a 200 word post for it. So I tell him my price ($2.50 per post). He says, "Great. I want 120 per month. I have 4 sites I want to update once a day."

No problem. We come up with a schedule and he emails me over the directions. He told me he would send pictures (or links to them), I would write posts and send them back. He then asks if I can write them in wordpress for him. No problem I say. When the directions come he now wants me to go into a site, pick out two pictures from an update (one hardcore and one softcore), crop them and use PhotoShop to touch them up then log into wordpress, write the post, insert the pictures and use a link code he supplies to link the pictures and selected text then set the time stamp feature for the correct day so it will auto update.

Basically, he wants me to run his blog for him at $2.50 a post. When I tell him I can't do it for that price he gets pissed. I explain I thought I was going to look at a couple of pictures, write a post and send it to him or write it in wordpress and save it. All this other stuff now takes me 20 minutes to do. At this rate I would make more making Burrito Supremes at Taco Bell.

alias · 12-05-2009, 06:00 AM

And this is why I only design for myself now.

alias · 12-05-2009, 06:03 AM

This is an internet classic.

CaptainHowdy · 12-05-2009, 06:37 AM

Aaaaaaaaaahahahaha...

Ditosta · 12-05-2009, 06:58 AM

This shit is so funny,but what I personally hate though as a client is when a designer goes ahead finishes the design cuts it up only after one conversation and did not even take the time to show you the direction they were going in before hand because they are so confident in their work.

The Ghost · 12-05-2009, 11:57 PM

Designers can have it rough sometimes lol

fatfoo · 12-06-2009, 12:27 AM

Abomination is born, yeah, I know. It's a dog whose sex cannot be determined saying, "I am miffles. My owner is a retard." It leads to suicide. Suicide is a sin - the commiter of suicide goes to hell. I love the dark humor in that.

Thanks for posting, seeric.

Deej · 12-06-2009, 12:37 AM

Funny because its true...

Loch · 12-06-2009, 12:48 AM

I will stay out of this one as we all know designers work in the most dangerous business there is!

Especially on delivery day when the tree hit their house.

Deej · 12-06-2009, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loch

I will stay out of this one as we all know designers work in the most dangerous business there is!

Especially on delivery day when the tree hit their house.

also true...

Odysseus · 12-06-2009, 01:00 AM

Designer (GOOD WEB-designer) must know, whats better for Client. In many cases designer work like artist or painter for his own satisfaction and portfolio (not for Client). It like his own work and DOT! Its not true...
BTW, I think 1st re-design (TA-DA!) is not better for Toast site.. It better for personal blog homepage and looks like template.

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Pedro Pink Robot Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brazil Posts: 64	Yeah, this is something that happened with almost everyone that worked on design. That's why the creative briefing and definition of a scope of the project, stages that are sometimes neglected by some professionals, are so important - they avoid situations like this. But of course, sometimes its's inevitable

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