Graphic artist pay per hour?
mo...@hotmail.com
time graphic artist (pagemaker, photoshop, illustrator).
My first question is: How much money per hour do you make doing this
work?
Question two is: Anyone want to buy a printshop and bindery in
Southern California?
TIA
Dwayne
Wow, that serious, eh? :) If you're looking for a career change, make sure you really want to leave your current
business and you don't mind working as a graphic artist for a large part of your life. It will definitely bring a
change of pace to your life.
Dwayne
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mo...@hotmail.com wrote in message <35db63f0...@news.earthlink.net>...
Sean
Graphic artists get anywhere between $25-$45 an hour.. Now this all depends.
Some studios only pay $25 an hour and if your doing free lance work or
own your own business you can get up to $45 an hour.. Another thing that dictates this
is what people are willing to pay for your work in the area you live in.. I mean sure you can
put a $45-$50 dollars an hour tag on all your work but if it really stinks, who
do you think is going to pay for it.? Get it.? So you might be forced to reduce your
rate just to get work..
Another way of doing it would be to charge a flat rate for your Graphics.. This
can be a better way at times and also more attractive to customer since they know what
they're up against ahead of time... Now of course you can give a set amount based on the amount
of hours it's going to take to do the work but you really have to know exactly how many hours it's
going to take you in order to get an accurate rate.. This can cause big problems for you if you don't
know what you are doing.. It happened to me a couple times when I first started.. I gave a price
based on something I thought would take me only 4 hours tops and it ended up taking me 25 hours..
Do to the customer wanting this and that changed and then this again and a messy cycle of this on going
marry-go-round.. Now instead of making $45 an hour it ended up being $7 dollars an hour..
Now had it been a per hour contract she would have been less apt to be so picky because she would
know the meter was running but this is how people will try and take advantage of you..
Now I let the customer choose their pay option but I also give them 3 good samples and what they pick is set in stone
for
the most part and if they want anything changed down the road it will either be more time added to the contract
or more money based on the time spent depending on what pay option they chose.. This might seem harsh but us
Graphic designers have to make a living and some people just don't get it.. They don't have clue as to what it takes
to come up with ideas and create something out of it.. Not to mention the Hardware and Software it takes as well
as all the schooling that had to be taken if any..
Now this isn't for all Graphic designers out there.. I mean I have seen some Studios charge as much as $150 an hour and
all the way
up to believe it or not $65,000 a logo for a big corporation and $7,000 a logo for small businesses.. I can't see
paying this much but I guess there are companies out there willing to pay it.. I haven't come across any but sure the
hell would love to get
just ONE! ; ) One thing I know for sure is, you don't just go out and buy a fancy computer, some nice software, bring
it home and
your instantly a Graphic Artist. This just doesn't happen in the real world.. It's alot of hard work and paying your
dues just like
anything else in life..
Hope this sheds some light on things for you..
Sean Oliver
President
S.O.S digital extreme
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Dwayne wrote:
> mo...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of changing professions from print shop owner to full
> > time graphic artist (pagemaker, photoshop, illustrator).
> >
> > My first question is: How much money per hour do you make doing this
> > work?
> > Question two is: Anyone want to buy a printshop and bindery in
> > Southern California?
> > TIA
>
NDesigns
I agree with most of what you said... we use some freelancers for extra
work from time to time... and I am still shocked to see newbies wanting
50.00-100.00 per hour. (can't blame them for asking!) Best Advice I can
give, is to make sure you can gain as much experience as possible, and
defiantly build a on-line portfolio.
Jeff
NDesigns.net