How to Price your Art ✷ advice from a professional illustrator

Hello Art Friends! I'm Anoosha Syed, a professional children's book illustrator and character designer for animation.
I get a lot of questions on how to price artwork, and I'm happy to share the ULTIMATE GUIDE to pricing your work as a professional illustrator.
I will be talking about the following:

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?


---
MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO

✷ Xavier Coelho-Kostolny's Twitter - https://twitter.com/xavierck3d?lang=en
✷ Freelance Rate Calculator - https://medium.com/@xavierck/a-short-guide-to-freelance-rates-79de309658ac
✷ Freelance Rate Calculator Spreadsheet - https://t.co/MjOCw1A0WW?amp=1
✷ # WhatPublishingPaidMe article - https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/17/21285316/publishing-paid-me-diversity-black-authors-systemic-bias
✷ Graphic Artists Guild Handbook 2018 - https://amzn.to/3837yvG
✷ Graphic Artists Guild Handbook 2020 - https://amzn.to/3uMIm6x
✷ Association of Illustration - https://theaoi.com/
✷ Litebox Rate Finder - https://litebox.info/2019/08/02/wage-surveys/
✷ Lisa Maltby's Pricing Guide - https://www.lisamaltby.com/shop/pricingguide
✷ Lisa Maltby's Pricing Survey 2019 - https://www.lisamaltby.com/blog/illustration-pricing-survey-2019
✷ Third Eye Collective - https://twitter.com/thirdworld_art
✷ Agents 101 - https://youtu.be/Rfuha6pwzmA
✷ How to Get an Agent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_6W05ozq-c&t=1353s&ab_channel=AnooshaSyed
✷ Getting your Start in Illustration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwtDv7Xm3vc&t=1086s&ab_channel=AnooshaSyed
✷ How to make Portfolio website - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaYy9HXfSzk&ab_channel=AnooshaSyed




---
LINKS

★Twitter - https://twitter.com/foxville_art
★Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/foxville_art/
★Portfolio - https://www.anooshasyed.com
★Shop - https://www.anooshasyed.com/shop

---

MY GEAR

○ Tablet - https://amzn.to/2Z20on3
○ Tablet Stand - https://amzn.to/32UjVXB
○ Camera - https://amzn.to/338DN9N


DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you!

#illustration #arttutorial #pricingyourart

All music is from Epidemic Sound