Rejected work on site?
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- boobs
Anybody ever show work that was completed, but ultimately rejected by the client, on their web site?
I did some book cover designs I'm fond of, that were rejected by the author, that I'm thinking of putting up in my samples...
- bulletfactory0
yup. i would make it known that the work was unused, or conceptual.
- itstimefortea0
just call it 'proposed'
like 'proposed identity for....'
- 23kon0
nothing wrong with putting up that stuff as long as you mark it conceptual.
the only problems youd run into was if the product still wasnt released but was sideshelved for the future by the client or you were privvy to secret r&d work for a product that shouldnt be shown or promoted yet as its not actually launched
- boobs0
Well, yeah, the book hasn't been published yet.
- Mr_Right0
I think you will find, as you move along in your career, that there's a discrepancy between the work you design and the work that finally makes it out into the world. I am of the opinion that alot of the work I see in portfolios on the innerwebs are not client approved and produced projects but just design fantasy. Having said that I think you should show your best work, show the work that represents the work you CAN do, and the work you WANT to do. Man I'm old and whiney... sorry.
- Projectile0
remove the big pink starburst that the absolute moron in marketing told you to put on and it's no longer real work?
shit.
- vaxorcist0
Often the best work isn't used by clients.... er, the best work from the designers perspective, to impress other designers is different from the best work from clients perspective, to make $$ou and / or impress his/her friends.... and/or actual customers.....
I once worked at a creative boutique where, after showing lots of amazing work in an internal review, the creative director half-jokingly said "and now for the paying work" and showed all the stuff that was less impressive but paid the bills.....