Has anybody noticed that some of the graphic designers out there seems are using a portfolio that they didn't create to promote their service and then you get their work and it's stock photos with some font that you can make in MS Paint.
I tried to hire a graphic designer from rent-a-coder, it's a good thing they have escrow. I won the arbritration easily, his portfolio had all these really good designs that looked like Web 2.0 type stuff really clean and the graphics and fonts were illustrated.
What I got was stock photos with a title in Times New Roman in dark orange shading.
I hired somebody else recently to do some work, and while the job was not exceptional and identical to the work in his portfolio, for the price it wasn't a bad deal and the work was not bad.
Does anybody have any advise how to advise these types of situations in the future? I suppose nothing you can really go except to a place like rent-a-coder so your funds are in escrow and just go with the user ratings. Even if you see exceptional work but they haven't been there long enough or nobody has been able to review their work then don't go with them.
I tried to hire a graphic designer from rent-a-coder, it's a good thing they have escrow. I won the arbritration easily, his portfolio had all these really good designs that looked like Web 2.0 type stuff really clean and the graphics and fonts were illustrated.
What I got was stock photos with a title in Times New Roman in dark orange shading.
I hired somebody else recently to do some work, and while the job was not exceptional and identical to the work in his portfolio, for the price it wasn't a bad deal and the work was not bad.
Does anybody have any advise how to advise these types of situations in the future? I suppose nothing you can really go except to a place like rent-a-coder so your funds are in escrow and just go with the user ratings. Even if you see exceptional work but they haven't been there long enough or nobody has been able to review their work then don't go with them.
