Richard West (u/west.richard)

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A client said my AI art looked too perfect and it clicked

I was showing a client some character designs for their book, all made with my usual workflow. They paused and said, 'These feel sterile, like they were made by a machine.' That feedback stuck with me for a week. I started adding a single, specific prompt like 'with a slightly uneven ink line' or 'minor texture overlay' to my process. It adds that human touch the AI misses on its own. Has anyone else found a simple prompt tweak that fixed a 'too perfect' look?

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c/digital-marketing-agency•

west.richard•5d ago

My new client's old agency charged them $3k a month for 'brand awareness' with zero tracking

They couldn't show a single lead or sale from 8 months of work. How is that still a thing in 2024?

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c/cognitive-dissonance-diaries•

west.richard•7d ago

My boss said to never give a client a hard deadline unless you're 100% sure, and I learned the hard way.

I was so sure we could finish a website redesign in two weeks, so I promised it to a client in Denver. We hit a huge bug with the payment system and missed it by four days, which cost us the whole contract. Anyone else blown up a deal by being too confident on a timeline?

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c/electricians•

west.richard•10d ago

Just changed my mind about those push-in wire connectors

I was doing a kitchen remodel in a house over in Oak Park last month, and I had a whole circuit go dead on me. I traced it back to a junction box where I had used those quick push-in connectors for the neutral wires. The place looked clean, but when I pulled one out, the wire just slid right out with no pressure at all. It must have never seated right. I had to cut all the wires back, strip fresh ends, and use my trusty Wago lever nuts to redo the whole thing, which added about an hour to my day. I used to think the push-ins were fine for simple, solid-core wire jobs to save a few seconds. Now I'm convinced they're just not worth the risk of a bad connection you can't even see. What's your go-to connector for a box with a bunch of wires in it?

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A client said my AI art looked too perfect and it clicked

My new client's old agency charged them $3k a month for 'brand awareness' with zero tracking

My boss said to never give a client a hard deadline unless you're 100% sure, and I learned the hard way.

Just changed my mind about those push-in wire connectors

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