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[id_ivan]

this has been in my mind long enough..

I've seen some works done with superb quality in some website. but sometimes i saw different quality (same image) at another place. In your opinion, is this worth improving what you've done before just for a web sake? i mean there's some people (like me) who like to see the actual output to client rather than some postworked web imagery (i consider it's a cheat to another audience).. have you ever did this?

[ingo]

So if you go to a client you take the oldest but most comfortable shorts and a t-shirt you wear at least for a week to show him how you really are (no offense, just a picture) ?

Of course i work on projects when the project is already done, when i have time, to show my own ideas. I have some pictures on my website like they are done for the client, and many reworked that i like them. The future clients should see the work i like to do, and not the work another client "forced" me to do. In my humble opinion this is only natural, but if you dont like it you can make a section on your nice website for reworked pictures.

 

Just my two cents

[mbr]

I agree, it's about what you 'want' to do, not what some last minute change compromised, or a lack of time, etc.

I like to show what I feel is the best work I have, and I've gone back more than once to add additional details, rework lighting I thought needed improvement, etc. I may even go back and rerender some things to bring them up to current standards (with GI and all).

 

I believe most clients will want to see what you are capable of, without compromise. If they don't see something 'great', they won't have any idea you can do it. It's better to start at the top and move down a little, than vice versa.

[nuno]

The future clients should see the work i like to do, and not the work another client "forced" me to do.

I believe most clients will want to see what you are capable of, without compromise.

...nothing more to add

 

nuno

[nisus]

Well honestly I don't agree... or better: we don't work that way.

 

We never enhance images afterwards because we simply don't have the time... Where many may think this frustrates us, it actually doesn't since we try to make the best out of it directly, without the need for an enhancenment pass.

We also force ourselves to make every image great because we put every project online... So basicly we give ourselve only ONE SHOT and take the opportunity...

 

Sure, every image can be enhanced, but this can also give a wrong perspective on deadline work... It simply won't be that good... unless you know you won't work on it again!

 

Well... that's all very IMHO of course

 

nisus

[id_ivan]

why don't we put them in the WIP section? maybe sounds too personal (rather than professional), but isn't it mean that images there would be enchance in the near future? I agree what nisus say, i always force to get the best at deadline, not afterward.

 

I imagine when i logged to Joe's site i saw image 'bleh' with some poor enchancement. next month i came back and see superb 'bleh' sticked with the same old description (deadline, owner, project name) How do you feel if it was your design? your presentation didn't came up with the images there. I think you must be dissapointed orangeno .

[mbr]

I do agree wit Nisus about trying to do the best you can first go - I don't think many would say otherwise. The issue of time is important, and, obviously, if you don't have it you won't change it!

 

But for people like myself, that does not work for someone else, I do take time between projects (instead of catching up on new releases) to look over older projects for ways to 1. improve on or 2. experiment with a newly learned technique.

 

Some of us are still in 'learn' mode, and aren't quite at the 'pure production' mode, so these can be vital to improvement. In the future, I hope my skills increase and I never look back. Till then, practice makes perfect, right?

[Pavel Roder]

Originally posted by id_ivan:

I imagine when i logged to Joe's site i saw image 'bleh' with some poor enchancement. next month i came back and see superb 'bleh' sticked with the same old description (deadline, owner, project name) How do you feel if it was your design? your presentation didn't came up with the images there. I think you must be dissapointed orangeno .

Dissapointed is one thing and another is what did you pay for. If you are satisfied (as a client) with that product/idea you buy it and pay for it. Thats it.

I dont see any problem in enhancing quality of your portfolio (if you have enough time to)

[alexg]

Well, the whole idea of having a website is to advertise, isn't it?

So there's nothing wrong with tweaking your images to look better to promote yourself.

 

We have some clients with very bad taste, and the final images are always added on with lots of banners / balloons / stuff that turns the whole image to an ugly very-commercialized scene.

Sure our clients are happy with it, but we're not!, and it sure looks bad for our future prospective clients. So for our website, we just put 'behind-the-scene' image which is much better looking than the final 'client' version.