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im still not quite done adjusting things, but wahoo graphic design

Information presented in a clear and organized way is worth its weight printed on gold. Absolutely cooking on this- I hope people find it helpful!

This is so clear and SO helpful!! too often I look for advice on being a beginner with no following only to find out the advice giver Assumes you have 100+ followers, as if That’s nothing and it drives me CRAZY

This might be coming at a perfect time for me. Skill level im comfortable but been entirely lost as to how to transition that into getting comms. Keep up the good work 🙏if its as good as your last guide this will be awesome

I'm not actually the target audience for this, but I think this is amazing. So much advice and "how to" comes without any context. This is so well done. Looks great, too!

Do you have slides on how you decorate slides?

LMFAO unfortunately no since its not relevant to the overall topic of freelancing!

That pretty much sums up my journey. I've been a freelance artist since 2020 and now I'm at the booked but still lacking phase, that's also why i have a job, since burn out was a constant to try make ends meet as a freelance. Best of luck to the freelance artists out there, it is tough!

knowing/having the ability to pick up a job on the side is SO important get your basic necessities figured out first, then worry about creative fulfillment

This is looking so good! I'm really happy you've added about the growth and stages of freelance. Thank you! 💜 I've been watching videos on YouTube to learn more about freelance/marketing, but the one thing I notice they teach more about is rushing than steady growth and being part of a community.

i definitely think once you've been doing anything for long enough, you forget just how much Unknown there was at the beginning to figure out I definitely had to backtrack a couple times and rearrange info to cover a better range

This is exactly what I tell any artist friends when they are worried about commissions. Very organized and very helpful especially for newer artists and artists who are doubting themselves

This is a great chart! I see SO MANY ARTIST get stuck in the "booked but broke" phase. They'll offer "emergency discount commissions" every few weeks bc they cant pay rent, actually making their problem worse because they are already months behind and making their work cheaper...

funnily i JUST finished drafting a slide about exactly this issue 💯 imo its far better to ask for help without rewards OR at most, offer something incredibly easy in return for a reasonable minimum price far more likely to get aid without burnout. discounts on your usual is a recipe for disaster

Yep, because you will burn clients that way too. If I spend months getting ghosted / repeat delays and excuses on a commission because I'm actually in a queue of dozens of owed work, I will not commission that artist again or recommend them, because they come across as unreliable.

This summarizes my journey from 2018-23 very accurately, but I couldn't break past "Booked But Broke". I ended up pivoting my career away from freelance. but if I had seen this maybe I could've pushed on. Very well-made and I hope it gives support to those who need it!

Oh wow, this is actually super helpful. I love having a linear map to refer to, it makes me feel less of a failure for just being at the "getting there" stage.