[rownd]

Everlite has it right. I've been freelancing 25 years and have never been paid in advance. Although one time I comped a Prince album cover and I asked for half up front ( he had just declared bankruptcy, it was headlines in the newspaper at the time).

[yanggraphic]

As the last few post stated, it is true that normally freelance artist get paid 50% upon contract signing and the other 50% after completion and even sometimes only receive payment after the completion of a project. But from my experience as a freelance graphic designer that is just half the battle, please always state in written form on your contract "An hourly rate, if in doubt a client wants you endure numerous revisions" and make it reasonable. Consider time and cost, most clients will pay you upon contract fulfillment, if your work is impressive. They may even contract you for another project and even try to sneak in a "minor" change to a previous project. Now in this type of situation I am sure many freelance artist have been in, and weighed in the pros and cons.

Pros - From a business perspective charge an hourly rate or add an addition fee for revisions and adjustments that were not agree upon when signing a contract, because that contract was already fulfilled.

Cons - Sometimes your business sense is overwhelmed by your artistic pride and you don't charge your clients for you short comings. Wrong! If such corrections (whatever-they-may-be) were not stated upon signing a previous contract and that contract was already fulfilled, then these current changes to a previous project it is not your fault as the artist. It is the clients fault for wanting to modify a completed project.

And this is when you the artist make a business decision. Is this client wroth the effort? Do they pay well? Are they easy to work with? If not, then don't feel bad or greedy, be business smart with people you don't know.

[blue327]

Originally Posted by kovah

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4) Profit shares might mean you never get paid, I've yet to have enough confidence in a job to risk doing one for a share of the profit at the end. It might not be true for all things but if people are not willing to invest their own money in it they might not have the inclination to see it through.

It was too late when I saw this advice T.T. I already signed a comic contract that involves sharing 50% of the profit. Now I regret I accepted the offer, but I don't know how to get myself out of it because the contract is already signed. Anybody has any help on this?

[Zentrope]

@blue327...As kovah also mentioned "it might not be true for all things"!!
I have mailed you some details you should check!
That might help you!

[blue327]

Yea he might have said that, but I'm sure he's right about my case.

Thanks anyway for your information! It will definitely be a good read! Thank you for your kindness!

[timesheet]

Originally Posted by Topracer01

Anyone know of any good advice or resources for how to do freelance for 2d illustration and concept art?

If its freelancing that you are interested in, then you must know to manage and track your time. We use time clock and time billing software, to manage and track time as well as to manage and track projects and invoices.

Hope this helps...

[Rizo]

My best piece of advice is, before you start painting ANYTHING, first besides the time that you agree with the client that the work will take, calculate an additional 30% of time for revisions within that time/money budget, otherwise you might spent double the time just doing some "quick fixes that shouldn't take long". SO again from the 100% of the time you schedule for the work, 70% of time for normal straight forward work, and 30% of time for revisions.

[idskrishna]

you can choose many freelance site

Like o desk that big site in US