Asians and Bentleys

[Oakey]

What is it with Asians and the Bentley logo? I'm a graphic designer and whenever our Asian clients ask me to design them a new logo, what transpires is that they actually want me to (blatantly) rip off the Bentley logo and replace the 'B' with their initial.

Right now it's a solicitor asking this. You'd think a solicitor would know better than to rip off someone elses IP.

This isn't a one off case either, this is a regular occurrence.

I don't get it

[Oakey]

From solicitors to electricians... do these people think someone is going to look at it and say "Yeah, this electrician... this is the one to use.. he's part of Bentley!"

[Oakey]

What absolutely batters my head is that they're obsessed with making the 'Bentley' logo more prominent on their ads than their actual business name. "Make my business name smaller, increase the size of the logo!". I feel like saying to them "Who are you marketing? Yourself or Bentley?"

[Oakey]

Good work guys

[Oakey]

When I said 'it transpires they want me to rip off the Bentley logo', I'm not saying they ask for a design with wings in it, the conversation usually goes "I want the Bentley logo with my initial".

[Oakey]

Pixel Pusher, do you have any experience with Wacom tablets? Thinking of getting one

[Oakey]

Pixel Pusher said:

Indeed. Wacom Intuos 5 at work A3 size but they go down to A5 I think. Quite pricey as they are industry standard.

A great introduction is the Wacom Bamboo, again about A5 size and comes with all you need (tablet, lead, pens, spare nibs & software) for about £50.

I have one for home. Takes a bit of getting used to if you've never used one before and if you're doing more graphic stuff like Illustrator or CAD etc., you may find the mouse more exact, but for Photoshop (and I guess) most other brush based software, they are a must have.

Intuos 5 has a feature that works with photoshop where you can rotate the screen view if you are brushing in arcs so it's more comfortable.

They even have a version called Cintiq where you draw directly onto the screen. Mega bucks though.

http://www.wacom.com

Let me knowhow you get on?

I ordered a Bamboo earlier for £40 from Amazon to have a dabble but then saw the cintiq12 for £450 and was tempted to buy it right then and there, the reviews aren't too favourable though.

I mostly want it for pen tool related stuff in Photoshop because using the mouse can be painful at times.

[Oakey]

steve singh said:

Oh dear - I'm not surprised the mouse hurts you, too much wrist action when you've been tarring everyone with the same brush!

It's not my fault is it when Asian clients keep asking for the same thing?

[Oakey]

Just Asians or I wouldn't have said! This thread would be "Why do people want to rip off the Bentley logo?" instead.

[Oakey]

How was I being derogatory? My OP was clearly light hearted with no malice intended.

[Oakey]

You can't say 'oriental', remember when Wendy Richards used the word and got an ear bashing for it?

I'm exaggerating, that wasn't what the furore was over