how picky are you when you order a design/toon?

[basschick]

i must admit that there are some things i'll compromise on - and some things i won't. and it sometimes seems like most designers / artists manage to find a way to do the "no compromise" stuff so i have to sort of remind them of stuff i already told them.

i don't get this. if i say i specifically want a toon with a smile or a page with 3 columns the size of which was mentioned in advance, why work harder by making something that doesn't have features i specifically asked for?

which leads me to the question that is the subject of this thread: if you get quality work but part of it is neither what you had in mind nor what you specified in writing, how far as you willing to compromise?

[Relentless]

Never try to compare writers to designers hahahahahaha

I think it's a different part of the brain or something. Writers (even the bad ones) seem to methodically stick to the requests of a client while designers seem to do whatever they want... though in fairness the good designers often do a better job than the one they were asked to do.

When I order a toon etc I give a designer as much info about the SITE as I can and almost no info about the toon. Then I say "go make a toon for that." The results are great 90% of the time and its wayyyyy less frustrating.