Chapter 23, The Interim

I have not posted anything is a while: Part of the reason for this is that Comic-con is in just 13-days and I have a few more things that I need to wrap up before we go; and part of the reason for this is that I have been inundated with freelance design projects. For the last couple of days, I have been working on this:

I don't know anything about NASCAR, or the drivers on this display; from what I've been told, some of these guys are kind of famous. At least one of them is really picky about his hair and wants to be certain that the contours of the cutout match his hair nearly perfectly.

Chapter 7, The Reason I'm Losing My Hair

If you know anything about Illustrator, then you know that receiving a file like this:

And being asked to turn it into something like this:

Is maddening.

I don't have a real reason for making this post other than to complain a little and to ask why some artists/designers are so sloppy?

How does working in the manner shown in the first example facilitate getting the job done quickly and to the satisfaction of your customer? I would, if I worked in this manner, especially dread the inevitable revision.