how much should I charge?

Morton

Recently I have been contacted by a company that has asked me to texture a few models for them. To figure out how much I cost they sent me a picture of one of the character models I would be texturing and asked me how much I would charge them to create diffuse, normal and specular maps for it. The problem is I have no idea what to charge them. I was thinking of doing some kind of hourly rate thing. I would really like to hear what you all have to say. Thanks

Ghostscape

Exactly $7.

edit: check this thread:
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=64233

Ruz

if you are new to this you could just quote say 15 20 per hour and if they are half decent they will pay.
you have to wonder that if they require normal maps then they might just need a high res m model too.
unfortunately some companies target inexperienced people, and rip them off, so be careful.

Swizzle

Ghostscape wrote: »

Exactly $7.

edit: check this thread:
http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=64233

That's an extremely useful thread. Really great info in there.

Morton

thank you