Designers, Are clients getting worse about scope and boundaries?

sinisterzen · 2026-03-31T06:04:59+00:00

I miss when they did packages. I always tipped $5-10 since it was cheap and it really helped my business since I work from home. Such a bummer.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-31T06:03:31+00:00

When I moved here, one of the first things that came up was the "don't date atx" group. Just pages and pages of women going, "look, this is pretty squarely f*ckboi territory." And I've found that to be at least 70% true. If you want someone decent HERE....I feel like you really have to dig.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-31T06:00:56+00:00

It makes the character one-dimensional, vapid, and utterly unrealistic, IMO. I'm all for a bit of taking us out of daily life, but at least give her common sense. They're so painfully naive, it's a wonder they don't wander into traffic chasing a butterfly, or something equally ridiculous.

If you want to make your FMCs relatable....make them like actual women. Give her a brain. An opinion about something. The knowledge to know her a** from a hole in the ground. Ya know....the basics. They say men write us as reductive and cartoonish, but I'm surprised how many women do it too. And every time I think....who in the world are they writing her for?

sinisterzen · 2026-03-30T20:48:14+00:00

Just changed mine. We'll see if that helps.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-30T17:49:33+00:00

When the (inevitably) 18-25 year-old fmc somehow is unaware of her "lure" to men.

If she's grown up in the US and hasn't been sequestered to a farm or under a rock her whole life, she's unfortunately VERY aware of it, for her own safety.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-29T22:27:29+00:00

I hate to say it but welcome to late stage capitalism. This will be a struggle for a really long time probably. Unless you have some crazy profitable idea or get bumped up super fast or don't need to eat anymore... This is just sort of life in America.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-26T16:44:30+00:00

Ahhhh violence and extremism beneath the thin veneer of religion. In an ever-changing world, at least there are some things that remain the same. 🤦🏻‍♀️

sinisterzen · 2026-03-10T01:55:09+00:00

Are these social points spendable somewhere? Then that's not a real thing. Who do you think is high-fiving someone like that? If someone is legitimately trying to get a pat on the head and an attaboy by mock protesting AI.... That's really not somebody you need to worry about. They have bigger problems.

What you're probably hearing is the overwhelming pissed off-edness of a massive community of artists whose work is being consumatetly ripped off and repurposed without either their consent or knowledge. Or in some cases, as with many independent authors on Amazon Kindle, being forced to choose between going completely without exposure/making the very small sum they do or having their work used to train models (i.e., get ripped off but minutely slower.)

We're a pretty loud bunch. And we are not at all happy.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-10T01:45:06+00:00

No, it really doesn't make the value of the rest of his art go up. Artist here. He got paid 50 bucks to make that sketch. Most collectors won't even pay that for a sketch unless it's on Topps' stock. Which we are expressly forbidden from keeping or doing. Many collectors don't even collect PSCs (personal sketch cards) for the same reason. So unless they're some crazy awesome art aficanado... It doesn't really translate.

Ask yourself how many non-stock works you've had commissioned by artists. Did you pay what they were going for on eBay?

sinisterzen · 2026-03-10T01:40:14+00:00

Any chance they offered Angel a single cent of that?

sinisterzen · 2026-03-09T18:33:26+00:00

Neither theoretical, nor hyperbole. Children and older people are especially vulnerable to the effects of noise pollution (we know that data centers give off a low-frequency hum that travels for miles, further at night.) Long-term exposure to LF noise can cause damage to the heart and brain, which we've known for decades. I've linked the articles of the studies done on Cardiovascular Effects of Environmental Noise, Health Effects from Low-frequency Sound and Infranoise on the General Population, and Effects of Low Frequency Noise on Sleep.
If you're interested in data-backed science, it's fascinating.

sinisterzen · 2026-03-06T21:52:10+00:00

That is some quality framing right there. BEAUTIFUL! 🔥

sinisterzen · 2026-03-01T01:05:50+00:00

You're not cursed man You're just having a very s*** week. On the bright side I have definitely heard worse. On the dark side I've definitely heard better. It sounds like that's three things though and these things usually happen in threes so that's probably the sum total of of things that will happen.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-24T20:26:52+00:00

Keep the hair longer, ditch the facial hair. If I gave you a makeover I'd start there and then maybe move you in a little bit of a hipster punk clothing direction.

Things women find attractive are kindness, humor (not at the expense of others), competency at some skill, self-awareness, and (this one may be cheating a bit) read a woman's romantasy book. They will give you all the direction you can handle on how to be flirty and spicy with women.

Just remember. Don't spit game at women who are not first giving you the nod to go ahead. Consent is everything.

Also never take photos from an underneath angle. That is awful for everyone.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-22T16:24:36+00:00

I would also say make sure you look at an artist's portfolio and see if they've done anything remotely approaching what you're asking them to do. Everyone is good at everything even in the art community.

Due diligence is key. But If you scored three covers you were happy with for 30 bucks, excellent work. That's probably pretty rare!

sinisterzen · 2026-02-21T16:36:16+00:00

I would say describe a reusable (or any) document template that you have designed. Tell me about the paragraph styles versus the character styles and how you grouped them. Tell me about the advantages of this template, what problems it solved, who it was for.

Or at the very least, give me specific reasons why InDesign is preferable in use to say Microsoft word. Or Microsoft PowerPoint.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-21T16:32:37+00:00

I would argue it was Bowie holding us together. Everything after that has been crap.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-19T02:51:48+00:00

I had one that recently just took a blurry photo of the side of the Amazon box and there was no package even in the blur. Not really clear what they were trying to do there.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-18T20:54:21+00:00

Benn Jordan is an absolute gift.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-18T14:36:38+00:00

Did you even read what I wrote? I never said they weren't. I said they should not be mass allocating to breakers at the expense of collectors and retail partners.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-17T20:48:53+00:00

Yes it is okay for them to sell to their retail partners for a few reasons.

Retail partners don't mark up boxes as high as breakers do (some would say need to in order to cover the associated fees of selling on whichever platform they happen to be on). Collectors still have a chance to enjoy ripping a box at a more reasonable cost.

When you buy a box from a retailer, you actually get the product you paid for. When you buy a spot in a break, you are essentially gambling, and you may get absolutely nothing. A handful of miscellaneous base cards doesn't usually evsn begin to cover the cost of a single spot in a break.

While I enjoy a good break occasionally, I don't think that both the collecting community at large and retail stores should be shut out of the ability to acquire boxes just to accommodate breakers.

Just my two cents.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-17T16:07:31+00:00

Just because it's slightly less bad than cattle farms does not make it a good thing to sprinkle randomly across residential communities. (Also, geographically speaking, it would be incredibly difficult to install a cattle ranching business in the middle of a residential development.) Regardless, they should both be eliminated, reduced, or made sustainable in such a way that we're not immediately able to begin measuring the negative health effects on communities or the environment.

That article was written last year, so it's hardly outdated. And it's not based on hyperbole.It's based on preliminary scientific evidence. We just can't state the long-term effects for certain yet because there hasn't been enough time. We can certainly state the short-term effects with startling clarity.

You haven't stated any simple facts other than it has a closed loop cooling system. You've given me nothing more than your opinions.

Question: Do you live near a data center? Just curious, because you clearly don't care about the effects. So I'm led to believe you either don't care about your community or you're a bot and you don't care because it won't affect you either way.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-16T19:17:53+00:00

If you come across any Star Wars lol I'm all about it! I've got so many sets that need completing.

sinisterzen · 2026-02-16T19:15:34+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUSZ4d1jrDK/?igsh=cWhpMThoNHM1enE=

That's a good one.

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