My friend and fellow illustrator Tom Richmond recently posted this YouTube video on his blog. It’s a hilarious illustration of the ways some clients will try to take advantage of freelancers. Fortunately I don’t run into this kind of thing much anymore. My clients for the most part have been great and treat me like a total professional, and I’ve been at it long enough that I can usually sniff out the bad ones before the project ever gets off the ground. But they are out there and every once in a while someone will try to pull something like this.
If you’re relatively new to freelancing, watching this video might be good therapy:
Incidentally, if you find yourself relating to this video a little too much you might benefit from reading my two-part article, “How To Bid Out A Project”. You might also want to visit the Buiness/Freelancing section of my Recommended Resources list on Amazon.com.
Wow…. so true, so true. Hilarious and yet sad at the same time (because it’s so true). Great find. Thanks for posting it! ^_^
Hi Cedric, this is the first time what I visit your blog and I loved it. Congratulations by yours designs, they are very beauty and I’ll visit it frequently.
Best regards from Brazil.
Hey, Cedric. I was just browsing some of the older stuff on your blog when I came across this. Hilarious!! The funniest thing about it is that it’s so very true.
there are so many funny videos on the internet to watch, i can laugh all day watching funny videos “:`