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 -- 🎨 OTHER VIDEOS TO WATCH ○ How I Illustrate My Books - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3w0gLfgP5UUKKQZpatyWXYhohLMa06k ○ Illustration Guides and Advice - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3w0gLfgP5X4HsRn66MZrqtPKO3FgFyW ○ Picture Book Basics - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3w0gLfgP5UoYuy4Nl4pmcBNKUPc8O4o -- 🖥️ LINKS ★ Portfolio, Social Media, and Artist Resources - https://www.anooshasyed.com/links ★ Buy My Books - https://www.amazon.com/stores/Anoosha%20Syed/author/B085HZ41SB --- ✏️ MY GEAR ✷ Tablet - https://amzn.to/48onMOc ✷ Desktop - https://amzn.to/3YBZA7D ✷ Tablet Stand - https://amzn.to/32UjVXB ✷ Lightbox - https://amzn.to/49Xssdn ✷ Scanner - https://amzn.to/49Wq5aL ✷ iPad Matte Screen Protector - https://amzn.to/4hhhF21 ✷ Ergonomic Apple Pencil Grip- https://amzn.to/3i8N3Uj ✷ Vlogging Camera - https://amzn.to/338DN9N ✷ Main Camera - https://amzn.to/34CQ8UM 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! All music is from Epidemic Sound #illustrationsketch