PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOM: The trouble with communication in design

I've been in this field for more than a decade and dealt with many different types of clients. Graphic design and illustration, especially in custom order is always a challenge when it comes to providing the best result and fulfilling the client's expectation. The good part would be when I can achieve the goal smoothly after providing and presenting my idea to them. However, that's not always the case with the happy ending. I sometimes bump into a tricky part in doing the work and the end would be less than expected.

This was one of the rare case. The psychedelic mushroom theme for a product. The communication played a crucial part in learning and moving in steps to finish the work but it was not as easy as it seemed. Whether it was out of hesitation to comment or rather gave a silent treatment or they just chose to do whatever they want without considering the time and the effort on the design itself. Sometimes I wonder what was so hard just to honestly tell what they had in mind and I will accept it fairly. In the end I preferred to stop rather than torturing myself with providing several options and overthinking everything about it after some times and considered it as a lesson that life is not always going my way. 

Who knows one day I would find a suitable person who can accept my idea the way it is, since it luckily happened a few times before. The AI also has become the bigger threat lately with how easy and accessible it is for anyone to 'make' something.