Freelancing help please

# 1 12-05-2007 , 08:49 PM

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Hi all, I am a recent graduate from the UK and have been trying to break into the industry like most! A few fellow 3d animator/artist students have got jobs. I myself however have been trying to break into the industry freelancing and have had a few jobs. I was hoping to get some advice on to how much an animator/3d artist would usually charge because the jobs in the past have just been a set amount for a particular task. However I just wanted to get an idea of how much people charge, say per hour or project. Any help would be great.

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Sunnee

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# 2 12-05-2007 , 10:23 PM

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im not freelance or anything right now im still learning but my suggestion is start cheap, and then work your way up when your skills improve even more. and then if more people like how you work looks they will then refer you to their friends and then you can slowly increase. hope this helps a little.

good luck

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# 3 12-05-2007 , 10:53 PM

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Someone posted a question about this last month, if I remeber rightly, and the answer was really, "It's up to you". Cost depends on factors like.

Size
Time
Skills

I would make a few fake calls to freelancers, in the area you wish to work, and see how much they charge. Also there are sites setup to support freelancers, with Contracts etc.. online for you to download and use free.

Have a good search in Google and see what comes up.

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# 4 14-05-2007 , 10:55 PM

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I dont' know if anything on this link is helpful to you but It was interesting and hopefully wil help someone. I found it on the 3dm3.com site and thought of this thread immediately.
https://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tut...ers/index.html

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# 5 15-05-2007 , 07:02 AM

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Rhetoric,

Great Thread, read it just now and it has some good pointers on how to get yourself in place and how best to tackle it. He has also provided some great links also.

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