I’m not sure if you’re familiar with this blog, but if not, FreelanceSwitch will prove an excellent resource for dealing with clients. Failing that, take a look at my blog category, ‘dealing with designers‘, which may prove useful. Here are some creative resources to help out too. Good luck.

im a graphic design student , reading all the comments really helps me get a better idea of what is happening out there, which is great since I’m not really all that familiar with the bussiness world yet. Any advice on how to handle clients and how to boost your creative thinking when you simply just can’t think anymore would be really awesome.

Morris

Glad you like the commentary. Regarding your question, it’s one I’d like to answer in an upcoming Q&A post. Thanks for asking.

I have spent some time reading through the site and have enjoyed the commentary.

What would be the likely response of a GD to a request to design t-shirt artwork around a specific theme with the payment coming from a specific royalty per t-shirt sold?

My thoughts are that a contract that both agreed was fair coupled with sharing information about the means of marketing the products would give the GD some sense of whether it was worth their time investing their time in the project. What do you think?

Thanks and don’t let the cheapskates get you down :)

Once the new office is operational I’ll see about some snapshots.

Rick,

Glad you see some value to these post types. Thanks for letting me know.

Mike,

I fully agree. If a client is serious, they should be willing to invest up front.

Business is business. If they want it, they should be willing to invest the deposit because you’re investing the time into the beginning of the job as well.

Peace.