But my experience designing and working with these guys did become quite problematic and I had to stick up for myself and my practise to get paid in the end.
As prioritised in the initial briefing, the inspiration for this poster came directly from the genre - dark, minimal techno.
They were very keen on my past marbling experimentation for my Secret 7 submission, and wanted something original for them but alot darker. I had no problems doing this but they could not appreciate the time it took to carry out new marble experiments and then scan in and manipulate them on Photoshop to get the final outcome, which was then paired with the very minimalistic but bold type layout. I created the required collateral for them, with the different versions and copies for Facebook banners and then different sized printed posters and banners.
All of this process involved consistent communication and constant minor adjustments to content and layout, etc. Which once finished, was very appreciated and hyped about, but I made the mistake of not discussing the specific payment and rates I was happy to work for with them before hand - which led to sour messages, refusing the payment I was entitled to, undermining the role of a graphic designer and the value of the original work I had produced.
This was my first bad experience of working with clients and quickly realised how if I was to be taken seriously, I needed to approach every client based project with a much more professional viewpoint which is communicated in the most appropriate way with the client.
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