5000$ loan no interest TO: software

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:25 am

So I've decided to enter the fun, stressful, liver poisoning, life style of being a freelancer.

I plan to buy:
3dsmaxr8 or 9
mudbox
Adobe creative suite cs3: production premium
web hosting (upgrade)

I might need a bigger loan and plus there's probably more that I'll need.

August will be the month I do this and i'll be a graphic artist once again!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:12 pm

freelancing sucks man. No one ever wants to pay you what you're worth. Sometimes when a project is finished i realise i was getting below min wage because of all the revisions.

Canuck · Post by **Canuck** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:27 pm

Get a non-refundable deposit to start work.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:48 pm

Canuck wrote:Get a non-refundable deposit to start work.

elaborate please. Any good ideas could help me grow faster.

Sllik · Post by **Sllik** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:04 pm

I know a friend of a friend that's going to work for Epic as a graphic artist, and my biggest suggestion to you is this: Spend a bunch of time building your skills, create a portfolio of your best work, and use it to make a website. Then, once you think that's looking good enough to impress others in the industry, use the website as a portfolio.

You're also going to be expected to produce at a somewhat rapid pace, so if your best work took you 6 months to polish and perfect, you're taking way too long. Get good enough that you can produce an above-average piece of work in 2 weeks time or less.

Isaac · Post by **Isaac** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:53 pm

Sllik wrote:I know a friend of a friend that's going to work for Epic as a graphic artist, and my biggest suggestion to you is this: Spend a bunch of time building your skills, create a portfolio of your best work, and use it to make a website. Then, once you think that's looking good enough to impress others in the industry, use the website as a portfolio.

You're also going to be expected to produce at a somewhat rapid pace, so if your best work took you 6 months to polish and perfect, you're taking way too long. Get good enough that you can produce an above-average piece of work in 2 weeks time or less.

I guess i do need to get good at mudbox. Have you done anything in the art industry?

Deathwinger · Post by **Deathwinger** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:54 pm

I just recently started an online portfolio. I don't have much work to my name but I'm always scoping out tutorials to learn more about each field I am doing (Graphic Art, Web Design, Video Production).

I'm looking for constructive criticism for the website. If anyone has any suggestions, please contact me

http://www.khanscrusade.com

5000$ loan no interest TO: software

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