It doesn’t matter where they work, December always means one thing for graphic designers — Christmas cards. And this year Viewpoint Creative has given us a behind-the-scenes look at what really goes into their creation.
I’d like to say the hellish process has been over-exaggerated for comedic purposes. But having created many corporate Christmas greetings over the years, the back and forth and vague feedback in this video are pretty accurate. Almost too accurate. In fact, I’m going to go bust my Wacom tablet over my knee so I never have to go through that again. [Vimeo via John Nack]
MotorMouth
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 5:01 PMHow is that any different to any other graphics job? Thankfully I have not had to do a work Xmas card for more than a decade.
ozoneocean
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:06 AMBecause you’re not dealing with an external client, your entire office wants input and they can harass you about it at any time. Plus, they don’t have to worry about paying for changes.
RJ
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 5:08 PMthey forgot to show the part where he send the invoice for $10,000 cause of all the changes that were requested ;D
Franz
Monday, December 26, 2011 at 10:22 PMThis guy doesn’t make christmas cards though, it says so on the screen.
ozoneocean
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 7:02 AMAll so true! Corporate Christmas cards are a nightmare because your own work is the client. You can’t charge for changes.. You HAVE to go with most of the stupid suggestions and everyone wants input!