Hey Anoosha, thanks for your great contents ! I'm a full-time children's book illustrator from a third world country so I totally could relate to what you said about getting low budgets because of my location... But it's all a matter of being confident enough and trusting in your ability to create amazing works ! I can say I'm proud of myself for making it into the traditional publishing world and getting represented, but it's never a definitive win because we artists are always learning and growing. Keep up the great content ! Love from Madagascar ! Sawyer
Hi Anoosha, could you do a video talking about working with studios like Disney, Netflix, PBS etc. How do you ask for work for your portfolio when the project is completed, what are you allowed to use and what not to use.
@@AmnaAbbas04 I'll note that for my character design work (for the studios you mentioned), since I do development work (early exploration design work), I'm never allowed to share that work. :( For full-time projects there is a bit more leniency if you ask, but I haven't had a lot of experience in those positions. I have a secret password-protected page in my portfolio which includes that work, so if animation recruiters need to see my portfolio, I direct them there.
@@AnooshaSyed Im currently working with an animation studio in Pakistan, and I wanted to know if I leave mid project (due to personal reasons), how will I acquire the objects and assets I designed and all the shots I animated from key frames to clean up? Is there any official process or will it vary from studio to studio? It would be unfortunate to have worked 3 years on this film and nothing to show for it.
I’m right at the edge where I feel I have the skills to jump off! I published a comic, and learned print on demand! And all this info is making me more confident thank you for your time!!
Thank you for your transparency and thank you for sharing your experience! I already know I'll come back to this video from time to time just to try and learn more about how to price my work :"D (also your voice is always so soothingggg)
This is the most thorough pricing video I've seen, thank you for your work Anoosha! Being a freelance illustrator based in France, it's super interesting to hear about market prices from other countries and how the industry work elsewhere!
Anoosha, you are awesome and the art community is lucky to have someone who is willing to lift others up and be transparent to help people make a sustainable living doing art. We appreciate it so much!! For anyone interested, Nicholas Kole had a seminar he gave during lightbox where he talked about similar subjects such as payment/pricing. I think it's still on his twitch. Let's all work together to make sure artists are receiving fair and comfortable wages!!
This video is so helpful! I watched it all the way through probably twice already and keep referencing parts of it whenever I get a new commission. I usually illustrate for individuals/super small non-profit organizations or for small departments at public universities, so it's been interesting to figure out how to shift my rate based on folks' budgets.
Thank you so much, Anoosha! I can't tell you how much of a godsend your advice is and I can't thank you enough for your time and energy put into this for all of us! Please know how worth it is to us. I hang on to your every word, refer back to your videos all the time, and love your vibe, energy, and outlook (and your art of course!) Please keep inspiring us all!
I put this on intending for it to be a bit of background learning while I draw and ended up taking actual notes in a real life notebook instead 😂 I’m only 16 minutes in but I had to pause to comment and say thank you! This has been so easy to digest, I finally feel like I understand rates in a way that makes me feel confident asking for the right payment now!
thank you so much for this. I keep putting pricing off because it stresses me out and in my mind I want to start looking for an agent as soon as I'm happy with my portfolio but in the meantime people keep reaching out and I'm always flustered and definitely undercharge! this is the most helpful thing I've seen on pricing so thank you!
OMG the quality of the advices you're giving us in this video is INSANE ! Thank you so much, this video goes directly in my fav advices of all time ! ♥
00:00 - Intro 02:29 - Should you Work for Free? 06:26 - Terminology (What are flat fees? What are rates??) 08:07 - Value-based pricing vs Time-based pricing 10:14 - Calculating your Hourly Rate 17:00 - Pricing flat fees for illustration 19:03 - Pricing Critera 26:05 - How to Price an Illustration job in 4 Steps 43:00 - Royalties 44:31 - Real World Scenarios 47:22 - Q&A 52:19 - How Much Was I Paid for my First Picture Book?
these videos are so good! i've been lost trying to figure rates, and contracts, and you've actually provided an in depth guide that i've struggled to find elsewhere, thank you!
You're welcome! I ended up buying the handbook and doing a little review of it in my 'ART BOOKS' video. I quite enjoyed it but feel like not all the info in it was relevant for me
Omg, something I certainly need! I took the leap and set myself to pursue illustration seriously. No longer second guessing. Tuning in! Also happy you're getting a larger audience Anoosha 😍
This is SO helpful! And, I agree with you on how damaging it is on the entire industry ($ and respect) when some people undercut their prices! I completely agree that artists need to band together to raise our value to where it should be. I also found that fellow artists are extremely supportive and not the back-stabbing competitors as they have been portrayed. ❤ Shirley
Absolutely!! I have always been able to ask an artist for advice; if I don't get a response I understand that they are probably just busy and not out of malice.
Hi Anoosha. This is superb advice! I know I'm 3 years late, but I was just watching your video because I'm stuck with pricing a fully illustrated book cover art for an indie author. I've done 2 covers for him already, but each time they get more and more complex. The 3rd one I finished illustrating the front cover (with various characters, effects, backgrounds etc), but I felt it was a bit underpriced. Now I'm doing the back cover, and I'm pricing this separately because author wants something different for the back (which I'm taking as a separate illustration). I break each illustration Concept Phase and Final Phase (line art+coloring+effects etc) because each is its own beast. Concept Phase we're brainstorming ideas and I'm sending him many sketches until he's happy. Final phase is where it all comes together, and anything that didn't work in concept is updated here. I'm having a hard time pricing each phase up front, because the art evolves so much from initial talk, and I find myself putting in more work than I initially intended and planned. Ex: Artist will find a pose of a character awkward, and they;ll want to keep changing it until it's right. I can't foresee this before I start, or even in sketch phase, so it's hard to give just a flat fee upfront. I can charge hourly, and even give a price AFTER each phase is done, but my issue is that he'll think I'm taking advantage of him and racking up the price over every little thing. I don't want to break our relationship. However considering that these are complex projects with not a definite timeframe, I can justify an hourly rate if it comes to it. I would just like to know what a happy medium would be in this circumstance. This is an open-ended question for all. Any advice will help from any illustrators out there (and totally fine if not because I am late to this chat lol).
I think setting up some boundaries at the beginning of the project in the contract might be beneficial (check out my contract video for this). Having an agreed number of concepts to send (5 max maybe) and two rounds of revisions for each stage could be a starting point. And if they need more, then an additional revision fee would be required. This can make sure that there are limits set to your work and make the client more aware of their decisions. Otherwise, if the client needs that unlimited use of your time then an hourly rate might work better!
This is the best pricing video I have ever watched! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your hard work. I appreciate it so much! I am really happy that you have made this channel.
Oh my gosh I have been watching skillshare videos and litterally was confusing myself. But after watching this everything just clicked! You explain everything sooo well and give great examples ahhhh. Thank youuuuuuu.
The detail is incredible and to hear from a an experienced professional herself...! All this info is the amount I expected from going through my graphic design course in college but my professors never went into detail about this. All they said was "Do thr research" or we had to pester them to tell us minimal advice. Thank you so much Anoosha!! 💕
Saaaame. I asked an artist friend, who was working in a similar line of client work, what I should charge because it was my first freelance thing. All he would respond with was "what ever you think is fair" and refused to give me any more info. I understand it's a touchy subject, but how are new artists supposed to know what IS a fair price unless we know what others are charging??? This is how clients take advantage of inexperienced workers and I'm sure it hurts senior artists too since people can get cheaper work from those who are ignorant of what is a fair wage.
Wowie... from the looks of the time stamps I’m a little scared but I know you’ll nail the details like always... so I trust u 😊❤️ I’ve honestly never seen anyone go into the ittie bitties of art in depth as much as u do!
Thank you, Anoosha. Your video and my 16th edition Graphic Artists Guild Handbook have been very helpful in getting a handle on pricing illustration projects. I am a graphic designer by trade, but have been approached to provide illustrations for digital children’s picture books that are offered for free to parents and teachers but subsidized by a Canadian government funding organization, so mine is a very particular situation. I’ll be submitting an estimate in the next few days and this is invaluable information. Still a big fan of your content and artwork.
On the off chance that I actually open commissions, this is definitely going to be the video I reference when I'm dealing with prices This is the best video I've found and it's definitely making me consider starting commissions as a small side job :)
off course these videos are labour of love and dedication. Congratulations Anoosha for these videos and for our moral boosting about pricing. Here in Pakistani publishers the pricing is like peanuts. We really work together the whole community of artists and illustrators to maintain a good pricing, thanks again for all this valuable info.
Wow thank you sooo much for putting this together and sharing your knowledge! As someone he just got back into art, I found this extremely helpful and I know I will be coming back to refer to it! 💗💗
I have been working as an illustrator for years this topic gives me a headache. I follow your work (it´s amazing!) and thank you for this video. I took notes!
I love your video! it was super helpful! Could you please talk a bit more about contracts and terms? I know nothing about this and I know that this is really important. Thank you so much for the help you have been giving so far!
Wow this is SO helpful! I design oracle decks and spiritual books and this info is not easy to find! I love how you broke down the pricing budget based on your expenses, genius. 🙂
Thanks for this insightful content Anoosha! I'd love to see a video on how to speed up for illustrators who can't yet work at a marketable speed and where to draw the line between what is and isn't a marketable speed. Right now, it takes me on average 2 weeks (8 hours a day) to do a double page spread, if I went any faster I'd be compromising the result. My current teaching salary pays me 3k CAD every 2 weeks (not including vacation and benefits) so at this rate I'd need to be paid around 50k CAD for a 32 page book for it to be worth leaving my job, I get the feeling this might not be very realistic.
Thank you so much for this, I have been freelancing for eleven years and this is the first time I have considered lots of what you have said! So helpful xx
Anoosha! Thank you so so much! This video helped me a lot. As an artist from third world country, who is just starting out, I've been super super supeeer undercharged by some people or agencies. Maybe I'm at the fault as well. Looking back where I Was a year and half ago, I was pretty good and could deliver the best quality that they would expect. But I had lower self-esteem or didn't know the industry rates, so I let myself being charged less and less. But I learnt a lot from this video, I hope I'll do better in terms of pricing in future. Thank you again!
Thankyou. This is very informative! Unfortunately, for some freelancer with no art degree, its a bit harder to even get commissioners in 3rd world country.
Hi, I‘m new here, I’m just into the first couple of minutes and I already feel very comfortable in your video. Makes me feel like getting advice from the big sister I never had. Thanks for the video!
How do you document/track your time to the client when getting paid by the hour? By the way, your videos help the masses in this profession. Your are very generous to share your life experience in this process to price art. Cheers!
Thank you sooooooooo much for your advises and experiences! Is so important to have videos like this one that are truly helpful for artists and illustrators all over the world! xx
Hi Anoosha, Thank you so much for this wonderful content! It has immediately made me feel much more confident in figuring out pricing for my digital art which I'm just starting to pursue professionally. So thank you, thank you, thank you! This is super helpful.
thank you SO much. I recently worked on my first commissioned piece, it was a logo. I ended up charging Rs. 350 for it because I was afraid anything more than that would be overcharging. It was after all just a simple logo. And then I see other artists, just as new as me, charging Rs. 1000 for designing logos and people being willing to pay that much and that was such a shock to me but ultimately my own fault. Which is precisely why I'm here and this helped a lot. Thank you!
Thank you for this video Anoosha and thank you so much for highlighting third world and POC illustrators. It's difficult to be taken seriously when most clients still have the mentality of us being "cheap foreign labor." It's also so difficult to break into the industry knowing that we don't have the same access to resources as first world artists. This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!
The artist undercharging is really only a problem for the artist. The client would love this. Having to pay less for a service is always good for the buyer. The seller, though, has to operate at a loss. Some artists may actually take advantage of this and intentionally reduce prices as a promotion, but once they get a stable stream of clients, they will jack up the prices at a more sustainable level.
Thank you for this! this is so informative and straight forward. I'm so glad to see a fellow Torontonian making it in the arts. will be starting up my art work for sale soon
Thank you for sharing a lot of resources! This is so helpful and insightful as someone who started as a hobbyist and is looking to be a full time illustrator.
Thank you so much Anoosha! This video was amazing and full of really helpful tips! It’s definitely better than the pricing tips I received at University.
Thank you so much for this video Anoosha! You're a life safer! I took so many notes while watching this video and I'm feeling much more confident now about pricing my work! Thank you so much!
This video was extremely helpful! I took notes the entire time. A lot of this info I actually discovered myself years ago but it was great to have it reinforced and discussed from your unique perspective. Thank you so much!
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Me, forgetting cursive exists: "Bees: value based pricing."
BEES!!!
sammeee even though i knew it was fees, my head was constantly like FLAT BEES! FLAT BEES!
I actually looked to find a comment saying this.
Hey Anoosha, thanks for your great contents ! I'm a full-time children's book illustrator from a third world country so I totally could relate to what you said about getting low budgets because of my location... But it's all a matter of being confident enough and trusting in your ability to create amazing works ! I can say I'm proud of myself for making it into the traditional publishing world and getting represented, but it's never a definitive win because we artists are always learning and growing. Keep up the great content ! Love from Madagascar ! Sawyer
Being confident and voicing your worth is key!! Congrats on your success!!! :)
Fellow third world creative here!
@Sawyer Cloud just visited your channel and subbed! It’s so cute!
@@Chillmaisha aww thank you !
same, here from Kenya! hopefully I can start getting the courage to ask for more considering the amount of time i put in
Hi Anoosha, could you do a video talking about working with studios like Disney, Netflix, PBS etc. How do you ask for work for your portfolio when the project is completed, what are you allowed to use and what not to use.
That’s a good idea!
@@AnooshaSyed ah im so happy you replied, I left this question on your instagram DMs too. Ignore that haha
@@AmnaAbbas04 I'll note that for my character design work (for the studios you mentioned), since I do development work (early exploration design work), I'm never allowed to share that work. :(
For full-time projects there is a bit more leniency if you ask, but I haven't had a lot of experience in those positions. I have a secret password-protected page in my portfolio which includes that work, so if animation recruiters need to see my portfolio, I direct them there.
@@AnooshaSyed Im currently working with an animation studio in Pakistan, and I wanted to know if I leave mid project (due to personal reasons), how will I acquire the objects and assets I designed and all the shots I animated from key frames to clean up? Is there any official process or will it vary from studio to studio? It would be unfortunate to have worked 3 years on this film and nothing to show for it.
I’m right at the edge where I feel I have the skills to jump off! I published a comic, and learned print on demand! And all this info is making me more confident thank you for your time!!
Thank you for your transparency and thank you for sharing your experience! I already know I'll come back to this video from time to time just to try and learn more about how to price my work :"D (also your voice is always so soothingggg)
Thank you malin!!!!!
This is the most thorough pricing video I've seen, thank you for your work Anoosha! Being a freelance illustrator based in France, it's super interesting to hear about market prices from other countries and how the industry work elsewhere!
I tried my best to be inclusive of artists around the world but I know that a lot of things will be specific to location! I hope this was helpful!!
Anoosha, you are awesome and the art community is lucky to have someone who is willing to lift others up and be transparent to help people make a sustainable living doing art. We appreciate it so much!! For anyone interested, Nicholas Kole had a seminar he gave during lightbox where he talked about similar subjects such as payment/pricing. I think it's still on his twitch. Let's all work together to make sure artists are receiving fair and comfortable wages!!
Thank you so much! And thanks for sharing!
This video is so helpful! I watched it all the way through probably twice already and keep referencing parts of it whenever I get a new commission. I usually illustrate for individuals/super small non-profit organizations or for small departments at public universities, so it's been interesting to figure out how to shift my rate based on folks' budgets.
Awesome! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much, Anoosha! I can't tell you how much of a godsend your advice is and I can't thank you enough for your time and energy put into this for all of us! Please know how worth it is to us. I hang on to your every word, refer back to your videos all the time, and love your vibe, energy, and outlook (and your art of course!) Please keep inspiring us all!
Happy to help!!! :))
I put this on intending for it to be a bit of background learning while I draw and ended up taking actual notes in a real life notebook instead 😂 I’m only 16 minutes in but I had to pause to comment and say thank you! This has been so easy to digest, I finally feel like I understand rates in a way that makes me feel confident asking for the right payment now!
thank you so much for this. I keep putting pricing off because it stresses me out and in my mind I want to start looking for an agent as soon as I'm happy with my portfolio but in the meantime people keep reaching out and I'm always flustered and definitely undercharge! this is the most helpful thing I've seen on pricing so thank you!
I’m glad it was helpful :)
I can’t thank you enough for this absolutely useful video Anoosha!!! 🥲✨✨ Really!! Thanks a lot 💖
Ahh thank you for watching!!
OMG the quality of the advices you're giving us in this video is INSANE ! Thank you so much, this video goes directly in my fav advices of all time ! ♥
Thank you so much!
00:00 - Intro
02:29 - Should you Work for Free?
06:26 - Terminology (What are flat fees? What are rates??)
08:07 - Value-based pricing vs Time-based pricing
10:14 - Calculating your Hourly Rate
17:00 - Pricing flat fees for illustration
19:03 - Pricing Critera
26:05 - How to Price an Illustration job in 4 Steps
43:00 - Royalties
44:31 - Real World Scenarios
47:22 - Q&A
52:19 - How Much Was I Paid for my First Picture Book?
these videos are so good! i've been lost trying to figure rates, and contracts, and you've actually provided an in depth guide that i've struggled to find elsewhere, thank you!
Happy to help!
I thought of buying the illustration handbook but I watched the whole video and there’s much more to think about before buying 📖 thank you
You're welcome! I ended up buying the handbook and doing a little review of it in my 'ART BOOKS' video. I quite enjoyed it but feel like not all the info in it was relevant for me
This was amazing!! Thank you so so much Anoosha!
Thank you for watching!!
Omg, something I certainly need! I took the leap and set myself to pursue illustration seriously. No longer second guessing. Tuning in! Also happy you're getting a larger audience Anoosha 😍
Ahh thanks for watching!
This is SO helpful! And, I agree with you on how damaging it is on the entire industry ($ and respect) when some people undercut their prices! I completely agree that artists need to band together to raise our value to where it should be.
I also found that fellow artists are extremely supportive and not the back-stabbing competitors as they have been portrayed.
❤ Shirley
Absolutely!! I have always been able to ask an artist for advice; if I don't get a response I understand that they are probably just busy and not out of malice.
Yessss! thank you for letting people know that it's okay to charge for their work!!! Please stop underselling yourselves, you deserve to live well!
Exactly!
Hi Anoosha. This is superb advice! I know I'm 3 years late, but I was just watching your video because I'm stuck with pricing a fully illustrated book cover art for an indie author. I've done 2 covers for him already, but each time they get more and more complex. The 3rd one I finished illustrating the front cover (with various characters, effects, backgrounds etc), but I felt it was a bit underpriced. Now I'm doing the back cover, and I'm pricing this separately because author wants something different for the back (which I'm taking as a separate illustration). I break each illustration Concept Phase and Final Phase (line art+coloring+effects etc) because each is its own beast. Concept Phase we're brainstorming ideas and I'm sending him many sketches until he's happy. Final phase is where it all comes together, and anything that didn't work in concept is updated here. I'm having a hard time pricing each phase up front, because the art evolves so much from initial talk, and I find myself putting in more work than I initially intended and planned. Ex: Artist will find a pose of a character awkward, and they;ll want to keep changing it until it's right. I can't foresee this before I start, or even in sketch phase, so it's hard to give just a flat fee upfront. I can charge hourly, and even give a price AFTER each phase is done, but my issue is that he'll think I'm taking advantage of him and racking up the price over every little thing. I don't want to break our relationship. However considering that these are complex projects with not a definite timeframe, I can justify an hourly rate if it comes to it. I would just like to know what a happy medium would be in this circumstance. This is an open-ended question for all. Any advice will help from any illustrators out there (and totally fine if not because I am late to this chat lol).
I think setting up some boundaries at the beginning of the project in the contract might be beneficial (check out my contract video for this). Having an agreed number of concepts to send (5 max maybe) and two rounds of revisions for each stage could be a starting point. And if they need more, then an additional revision fee would be required. This can make sure that there are limits set to your work and make the client more aware of their decisions.
Otherwise, if the client needs that unlimited use of your time then an hourly rate might work better!
This is the best pricing video I have ever watched! Thank you SO MUCH for all of your hard work. I appreciate it so much! I am really happy that you have made this channel.
Wow, thank you!!!
Oh my gosh I have been watching skillshare videos and litterally was confusing myself. But after watching this everything just clicked! You explain everything sooo well and give great examples ahhhh. Thank youuuuuuu.
You're welcome!!
The detail is incredible and to hear from a an experienced professional herself...! All this info is the amount I expected from going through my graphic design course in college but my professors never went into detail about this. All they said was "Do thr research" or we had to pester them to tell us minimal advice. Thank you so much Anoosha!! 💕
You are so welcome!!
Saaaame. I asked an artist friend, who was working in a similar line of client work, what I should charge because it was my first freelance thing. All he would respond with was "what ever you think is fair" and refused to give me any more info. I understand it's a touchy subject, but how are new artists supposed to know what IS a fair price unless we know what others are charging??? This is how clients take advantage of inexperienced workers and I'm sure it hurts senior artists too since people can get cheaper work from those who are ignorant of what is a fair wage.
Wowie... from the looks of the time stamps I’m a little scared but I know you’ll nail the details like always... so I trust u 😊❤️ I’ve honestly never seen anyone go into the ittie bitties of art in depth as much as u do!
I hope it’s helpful!!
listening to those noteable speech topics while drawing for a commission is a therapy for me as a beginner artist
Yesss a spreadsheet. I’m terrible with numbers 😩
Its so much easier haha
Thank you, Anoosha. Your video and my 16th edition Graphic Artists Guild Handbook have been very helpful in getting a handle on pricing illustration projects. I am a graphic designer by trade, but have been approached to provide illustrations for digital children’s picture books that are offered for free to parents and teachers but subsidized by a Canadian government funding organization, so mine is a very particular situation. I’ll be submitting an estimate in the next few days and this is invaluable information. Still a big fan of your content and artwork.
Good luck!!
@@AnooshaSyed thanks! got the gig 🤩 I’m like a for-real illustrator now 😀
On the off chance that I actually open commissions, this is definitely going to be the video I reference when I'm dealing with prices
This is the best video I've found and it's definitely making me consider starting commissions as a small side job :)
off course these videos are labour of love and dedication. Congratulations Anoosha for these videos and for our moral boosting about pricing. Here in Pakistani publishers the pricing is like peanuts. We really work together the whole community of artists and illustrators to maintain a good pricing, thanks again for all this valuable info.
Thank you!!
This was super helpful!! I felt like I just took a small class on how to "charge for your work". Big Big thanks!!
Wow thank you sooo much for putting this together and sharing your knowledge! As someone he just got back into art, I found this extremely helpful and I know I will be coming back to refer to it! 💗💗
I'm glad it was helpful!!
This has been extremely helpful, as a black illustrator in the third world you get picked taken advantage of thanks for this
I have been working as an illustrator for years this topic gives me a headache. I follow your work (it´s amazing!) and thank you for this video. I took notes!
Thank you!
I love your video! it was super helpful! Could you please talk a bit more about contracts and terms? I know nothing about this and I know that this is really important. Thank you so much for the help you have been giving so far!
Thank you! Contracts are definitely a topic I want to cover in the future :)
Wow this is SO helpful! I design oracle decks and spiritual books and this info is not easy to find! I love how you broke down the pricing budget based on your expenses, genius. 🙂
Hope it helped in your situation!! :))
I've been pulling my hair out trying to price things. Thank you so much for this video!
Thanks for this insightful content Anoosha! I'd love to see a video on how to speed up for illustrators who can't yet work at a marketable speed and where to draw the line between what is and isn't a marketable speed. Right now, it takes me on average 2 weeks (8 hours a day) to do a double page spread, if I went any faster I'd be compromising the result. My current teaching salary pays me 3k CAD every 2 weeks (not including vacation and benefits) so at this rate I'd need to be paid around 50k CAD for a 32 page book for it to be worth leaving my job, I get the feeling this might not be very realistic.
Thank you so much for this, I have been freelancing for eleven years and this is the first time I have considered lots of what you have said! So helpful xx
ok this literally needs to be seen by every artist youre making me wanna try freelancing again bc I was DEFINITELYYYYY undercharging TT
Ahh I'm so glad it's helpful!!!!
Anoosha! Thank you so so much! This video helped me a lot. As an artist from third world country, who is just starting out, I've been super super supeeer undercharged by some people or agencies. Maybe I'm at the fault as well. Looking back where I Was a year and half ago, I was pretty good and could deliver the best quality that they would expect. But I had lower self-esteem or didn't know the industry rates, so I let myself being charged less and less. But I learnt a lot from this video, I hope I'll do better in terms of pricing in future. Thank you again!
Thankyou. This is very informative! Unfortunately, for some freelancer with no art degree, its a bit harder to even get commissioners in 3rd world country.
omggg such pretty eyes
Your video is incredible helpful for me right now, thank you so muchhhhh!!!!
So much helpful info and transparency!
Thank you very much! This video is everything we wanted to know but no one would talk about it out loud! ❤️ 🙂 👏
I’m glad it was helpful!!
Thank you so much
Super thorough and valuable! Thank you so much 🌞
Hi, Anoosha! Thank you for the generous information! It helps for all art community. ❤️
You're welcome!!
Thank you so so much!! I'm a new emerging artist and I can tell you how helpful this was! I'll probably watch it another two times at least :D
I was told charging €50 per hour as too much but after watching your video I’m going to stick to my price. Thanks for this video.
Good for you!
You are a complete champion for making this video. Thanks a lot, Anoosha!
honestly, thank you SO much for this video. incredibly helpful information, and easy to understand!
Ah thank you!!
Thank God I found your channel! New fan here. I'm a starting fashion illustrator/ beginner and I find your videos so helpful. Thank you!💕
Thank you for watching!!
Hi, I‘m new here, I’m just into the first couple of minutes and I already feel very comfortable in your video. Makes me feel like getting advice from the big sister I never had. Thanks for the video!
That’s so kind of you to say! 🥰
Thank you for this video. Your content is always so detailed and accessible.
You are so welcome!!
This is the sort of lecture i need in school! Thank you sm Anoosha this is so helpful!!!💗💗
You’re welcome!
Amazing video. So much valuable content!
How do you document/track your time to the client when getting paid by the hour? By the way, your videos help the masses in this profession. Your are very generous to share your life experience in this process to price art. Cheers!
I just manually write down how much I worked in a little notebook, but there are lots of time tracking apps out there! Thank you :)
Thank you so so so so much for this video, it fell at a perfect time for me and I'll be forever grateful to you ! You're such a ray of sunshine ! ☀️
You're welcome!
This video was so so insightful thank you! Pricing up an illustration job for a children’s book right now, grateful for your help ❤️
I'm glad it was helpful :))
Thanks a lot for this. This was extremely informative 🙏🏽
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful thank you so much!
So i watched this entire video spread in 3 days and totally LOVED it! This is indeed a super helpful source of information for which I'm grateful
Thank you!!
Thank you so much! Was very informative and helpful, please keep it up!
Thank you!
Very informative vid! I will re-watch this over and over since there is a lot to unpack. Thank you for this
Thank you sooooooooo much for your advises and experiences! Is so important to have videos like this one that are truly helpful for artists and illustrators all over the world! xx
Hi Anoosha, Thank you so much for this wonderful content! It has immediately made me feel much more confident in figuring out pricing for my digital art which I'm just starting to pursue professionally. So thank you, thank you, thank you! This is super helpful.
thank you SO much. I recently worked on my first commissioned piece, it was a logo. I ended up charging Rs. 350 for it because I was afraid anything more than that would be overcharging. It was after all just a simple logo. And then I see other artists, just as new as me, charging Rs. 1000 for designing logos and people being willing to pay that much and that was such a shock to me but ultimately my own fault. Which is precisely why I'm here and this helped a lot. Thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thank you for this video Anoosha and thank you so much for highlighting third world and POC illustrators. It's difficult to be taken seriously when most clients still have the mentality of us being "cheap foreign labor." It's also so difficult to break into the industry knowing that we don't have the same access to resources as first world artists. This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much!
I'm so glad it was helpful!
The artist undercharging is really only a problem for the artist. The client would love this.
Having to pay less for a service is always good for the buyer. The seller, though, has to operate at a loss.
Some artists may actually take advantage of this and intentionally reduce prices as a promotion, but once they get a stable stream of clients, they will jack up the prices at a more sustainable level.
This is so amazingly helpful, thank you for putting in SO MUCH WORK to put this video together!
Thank you for this! this is so informative and straight forward. I'm so glad to see a fellow Torontonian making it in the arts. will be starting up my art work for sale soon
I’m glad it was helpful!!
thank you so much!! Art schools don't even cover these topics.
You’re welcome!!
This was excellent! Thank you for this experience and knowledge; this really helps.
Thank you!
Excellent advice!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and information 🙏🙏😊❤️
Great video! 😊👍🍀
2 minutes in, already Liked. I can do the 55 min xD You are real, speak at a great pace, and keep me engaged. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!!
This is my 3rd time watching this video, just so i don't make the mistake of pricing wrongly.
Thank you so much. Your videos are so amazing.
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing a lot of resources! This is so helpful and insightful as someone who started as a hobbyist and is looking to be a full time illustrator.
I’m glad it was helpful :))
Thank you so much Anoosha! This video was amazing and full of really helpful tips! It’s definitely better than the pricing tips I received at University.
You’re welcome!!
I loved your video so much! thank you for taking the time to do something so complete
Another awesomely helpful and insightful video. I appreciate what you've done!
Thank you!
Thank you so much! This is so useful and I have rewatched it already three times!
Ahh thank you!
Thank you so much for this video Anoosha! You're a life safer! I took so many notes while watching this video and I'm feeling much more confident now about pricing my work! Thank you so much!
You're so welcome!
This is so important, thank you so much Anoosha!
You're so welcome!
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! Very comprehensive and helpful
You’re so welcome :))
I'm an elementary school teacher, so this doesn't apply to me at all, but I still watched the whole video because I found it really interesting!
Ahh thanks!!
This is soo useful! Thank you Anoosha for taking the time to share this info with us :)
Thank you!
31:30 is my fav
Thank you Anoosha!! this was really helpful.
You’re welcome!
This video was extremely helpful! I took notes the entire time. A lot of this info I actually discovered myself years ago but it was great to have it reinforced and discussed from your unique perspective. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much for all your info!! Could you still create the video about how to negotiate with clients? Love your vibe😊❤️
Yes I’m working on it right now!
Your videos are so precious ! Thank you so much for all the hard work you do for your RUclips channel !
You are so kind!
Thank you so much for this video! I really needed it right now!!
You’re so welcome!
Assalmu-alaikum, hi!!!
Anoosha thank you so much for this video, yet again you save me from blindly accepting art prices :'D
Great video!!! Thanks a lot for all the info! ☺️
This was sooo helpful and informative!! It's really hard to figure out pricing as a newer art business! Loved it!❤
Thank you!!