this one didn’t.
old client Wired, like Esquire, prefers to play games with budget and style. After green lighting me and feeding me the story WIRED rookie AD Christopher Imlay says “let’s chat tomorrow”. I start, send these sketches then the next day he decides he want a totally different direction. “Perhaps riff off of the public safety, hazard-warning style imagery. With lot’s of blood! Hit the red if you want. Might be really funny to have twisted bloody icon people.”
Urgh. You gotta be kidding me...and to top it off they won’t pay for my kill fee! Nice. If you have a preference to style, please notify me before you give me the go ahead and e mail the story! At $80 per illustration (the new rate for spots?) theres no time to nitpick and feet drag. Welcome to the shitlist WIRED!