Why Is It?

[mrlich]

 Why is it that every time someone asks me to do illustration work for them they feel the need to insist "It should be something easy for you." or "I'm sure you can whip that out in no time."

If it's so easy, then why aren't you doing it yourself and saving the money?

Because it's not. That's why you're hiring me.

I'm envisioning people greeting their surgeon with "Oh - it shouldn't be any big deal for you - you've done all that schooling, worked hard, and got some experience under your belt. You should be able to rip out my appendix in seconds! So let's say you give me a discount huh?"

/end grumbleBitchMoan

Comments

[glamour-junkie.livejournal.com]

Its really amazing to me just how many people out there think that what we do (illustration/design) "must be fun all the time!" and therefore we don't really need to get paid more than minimum wage for it.
I signed up to Guru.com and EVERY.SINGLE.design job that gets emailed to me is like "look I can't afford a lot this is like 30 images to photoshop I can pay you $50 its really simple you should be able to do it rally fast" (typos included).
It fills me with rage. I know exactly what you mean.
I have no advice you couldn't reason up on your own. I just sympathize. :)

[mrlich.livejournal.com]

Yeah. The problem is that it's a supply and demand kinda world. The supply of really good clients is painfully small, so the demand for them is painfully high. The clients who think we 'can do it rally fast!!11ONE'? Well, you know.