Pricing going down typically = bad for one industry, good for entire rest of world. However, the rest of the world isn't so invested as to loudly argue against

Pricing going down typically = bad for one industry, good for entire rest of world. However, the rest of the world isn't so invested as to loudly argue against it. I've always payed graphic design people well and been an easy customer. Find a guy I like, give him a set of adjectives describing the look and feel I want, and let him loose. Pay on time or early. You get good relationships and people will work for you on the drop of a hat if you're easy. And good graphic design people are worth it. But that "finding a guy I like" is the trickiest part - this spec design work sounds great. Good designers ought to get lots of recurring work from it, and great designers won't need to since their schedule will be full.