"Attached is our logo"

[MacBoobsPro]

"Please find attached our logo. The text for the advert will follow shortly". (note the .bmp format).

This nearly made me laugh as much as when I had a client ask if there were any limits on colour and I said "Yes, you may only use Pantone Warm Red, Pantone Reflex Blue and Black."

The artwork that followed was full colour with a red car, a blue car and a black car on it.

Sometimes all you can do is laugh (or cry).

 

[Jaffa Cake]

'Can't you just Photoshop it?' the client then asks incredulously...

 

[ezekielrage_99]

At least they gave you the hi-rez BMP version, not the animated GIF version


But seriously that it EPIC, best thing I've read all day

 

[Tilpots]

Subtle, yet bursting with creativity.


"It belongs in a museum."
-I. Jones

 

[MacBoobsPro]

'Can't you just Photoshop it?' the client then asks incredulously...

I think it's safe to say they have never heard of Photoshop. I did however spend all afternoon 'redrawing' it in Illustrator.

 

[chown33]

I would have asked if the jaggies are part of the design.

Or whatever the diplomatic non-judgemental term for "jaggies" is.

 

[chrono1081]

Wow, some businesses are completely clueless. I'm no business expert but if I saw a logo like that I'd instantly assume the company had no clue what they were doing and assume it was some mom and pop store.

 

[citizenzen]

I did however spend all afternoon 'redrawing' it in Illustrator.

I hope that by "all afternoon" you meant 5 minutes.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I hope that by "all afternoon" you meant 5 minutes.

Unless he bills by the hour... Punishment for doing it themselves...

 

[YESimBLUNTED]

One of the companies' executives 5 year olds did an amazing job in MSPaint.

 

[citizenzen]

Unless he bills by the hour... Punishment for doing it themselves...

I thought of that angle too ... but really ... I mean, c'mon.

 

[ezekielrage_99]

I think it's safe to say they have never heard of Photoshop. I did however spend all afternoon 'redrawing' it in Illustrator.

I hope when you said Illustrator you mean Publisher

 

[chaosbunny]

Sadly that is soooo common - even in big companies.

Can you believe it took us 3 weeks and 5 times the same pixel logo until we got a propper vector logo from a major international fashion label?

Also I love it when they just resave the tiny jpg as an eps and send the same thing again.

That's why I don't ask for an eps anymore, I ask for a vectorized version and explain briefly what this means. But that doesn't help too often.

 

[AndyOrr]

I've dealt with this before, and honestly, it's just easier rebuilding the logo yourself properly and charging it on their invoice. No complaints here.

 

[Shoesy]

I've dealt with this before, and honestly, it's just easier rebuilding the logo yourself properly and charging it on their invoice. No complaints here.

Should never assume tho- I just did and then had the original offered- time down the drain

 

[Contiguous]

Sadly that is soooo common - even in big companies.


Also I love it when they just resave the tiny jpg as an eps and send the same thing again.

Ooh, the jpg as EPS file! I love that route. One time, after several emails with an international company, I thought I had explained what a vector logo was....and I got a screenshot... of their website... that had been 'traced'... into about 5000 clipping masks.