We, as creatives, love to spend a lot of time and energy blaming the client for making our work look bad. There’s thousands of memes, gifs, and blogs out there solely focused on expressing our frustrations with client feedback.
Usually the sentiment is along the lines of “I had such a great idea to begin with, and then the client came in with a bunch of stupid changes and ruined my work. Now I can’t show this on my portfolio.”
We’ve all been there, but we’re pointing the finger in the wrong direction. The real reason why creatives hate clients, is because creatives view themselves as artists, instead of professionals.
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