Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
Shop deviantART for the
holidays and save BIG!
Click here! :holly:
[x]

deviantART

 
:iconyaytime:

~yaytime

yaytime
ProfileGalleryPrintsFavesJournal
Sign up to follow this artist's work

Advice for building a career as a freelance artist

Wed Nov 14, 2007, 8:18 PM
I've been asked a lot of questions and done a lot of public speaking about "your career" and how you can "make it", which feels ironic, since I'm still a few thousand dollars shy of paying off my art school loans!

But at any rate, I've been compiling a lot of this advice in one place for easier correspondences, and recently a few people insisted that I share it online. So if you are interested in that kind of stuff, here's the link to an essay I wrote:

Advice for building a career as a freelance artist
and/or paid cartoonist

--I'm sure a lot of the details are up for debate and I plan to add and change things over time. Hope you find some of it useful.
Cheers!





35 Comments
  • Listening to: The Gothic Archies: Lemony Snicket songs
  • Watching: Avatar!!, Fruits Basket, The Mighty Boosh
  • Eating: bread sticks
  • Drinking: pineapple juice

Devious Comments

love 1 1 joy 0 0 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:icontoktobis:
~toktobis Nov 14, 2007, 8:20:56 PM
I read this earlier today, that's a lot of really good, helpful information! Thank you very much for sharing your advice.
:iconzvko:
~zvko Nov 14, 2007, 8:27:32 PM
Mr. Roman is way too kind. :thanks:

(If you ever write one for aspiring pharmacists, do let me know! :p)
:iconalexds1:
`alexds1 Nov 14, 2007, 8:39:21 PM
I read that this morning! Its so useful :heart: :heart:
:iconyfrontninja:
~yfrontninja Nov 14, 2007, 8:55:51 PM
Cute AND lots of good info. I really like the drawing at the end with the dancing gum people hee hee hee.

--
:star: Online portfolio: [link]
:star: Sketch blog: [link]
:icondhstyle:
~dhstyle Nov 14, 2007, 8:57:04 PM
Wow! Great read with a lot of stuff that seems so obvious, yet I'm not doing. I TOTALLY agree with not arguing with your art director. I get more work from referrals than I do from mailers and website traffic. Be nice, kids.
:iconrufftoon:
*rufftoon Nov 14, 2007, 9:04:13 PM
Also read it earlier today, and a very good read it was too. Very sound advice. I will definitely link to it in next journal.
:iconpinksy456:
~pinksy456 Nov 14, 2007, 9:05:18 PM
i read this information and thought it was cool. but on the nick magazine link, there was a colbert report video about avatar on there too. the problem was, i couldn't see it. can u help me?

--
Do you like avatar lollipops? [link]
~
Spamming hurts. Think of the children...
:iconnenimo:
`Nenimo Nov 14, 2007, 9:05:51 PM
probably one of the best and most complete articles I've read on freelancing
bookmarked and forwarding to friends!
I have to say though, while it may not be professional "hotstudcartoonist@earthlink.net." is an awesome e-mail address
:D

--
Craig Arndt
:iconriza-cifra:
~Riza-Cifra Nov 14, 2007, 9:06:03 PM
Fantastic! I was just searching the website for helpful guidelines for becoming a freelance artist. You're timing is impeccable. <3 Bookmark'd.

--
The Big Brain am winning again! I am the greetest! Mrahahahaha! Now I am leaving Earth, for no raisin!
Previous Page1234Next Page

Site Map