/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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People here are forgetting a ton of important things, but I want to focus on two: rights & experience.

In regards to commercial commissions (not personal): you're not just selling your time & expertise, but you're selling the usage rights of the finished work as well. Negotiating the rights to your work is the reason a large business pays more than a smaller business for the same amount of work - i This is especially common for larger companies, but can also be true of smaller businesses. Is it going to be used in a physical product? Digital only? Is it going on the cover of a larger, international publication? On the cover of a smaller, regional publication? Will you get royalties if it's used in an end product? Etc., etc.. One of the benefits of having a good illustration agent is that they are experts at negotiating the sale of these rights, which will allow you to make much more money off your work.

In regards to experience: It's pretty self explanatory, but having work published and presented in a clean, professional portfolio is key to landing more clients and making more money. It's a bit of a snowball effect - hard as shit to get going at first, but gets much easier as you develop a portfolio of more & more published work. By becoming more & more of an established artist, you develop more authority in the industry and clients will expect to pay more to hire you.

There's a lot more to it, but the point is this: No one can look at an illustration and say "That's worth $X amount of dollars", because there are so many more variables that go into providing an accurate quote. A single illustration could be worth $300 in one context, or $3000 in another.

>it's a "/ic/ complains about Tumblr again" thread

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