Where to find freelance jobs?

bluekangaroo

so yeah, what the title says....I'm curious where do you even start looking!? ( other than the freelance section here) I have no problem locating and finding websites of gaming or vfx companies for fulltime work but when it comes to freelance/contract based I am stumped.

PhattyEwok

I don't know if you are big on twitter but This is great source for a constant stream of jobs in the animation/3d field

marks

a friend recommended www.ifreelance.com recently, not sure how much 3d/game work is listed though as he's primarily an illustrator.

bluekangaroo

yeah I came across that ifreelance....but you have to sign up for a membership and pay a min of 10 dollars a month to use the site, so I wasnt sure how legit it was or how much success I could have from it

glynnsmith

Networking and friends has always worked well for me.

Word of mouth/having someone vouch for you from the outset always seems like it's a better way to connect with potential clients. Of course, it's not the only way. It's just worked the best in my own experience.

Ask your friends. Ask uni/college mates. Ask your old colleagues and co-workers.

Best of luck

aesir

EricV wrote: »

yeah I came across that ifreelance....but you have to sign up for a membership and pay a min of 10 dollars a month to use the site, so I wasnt sure how legit it was or how much success I could have from it

generally on the freelance sites (there are quite a few) where people post jobs and then they are bid on, from my limited experience, you'll have to work for jack shit because people from 3rd world countries will undercut you on every single project.

wailingmonkey

aesir wrote: »

generally on the freelance sites (there are quite a few) where people post jobs and then they are bid on, from my limited experience, you'll have to work for jack shit because people from 3rd world countries will undercut you on every single project.

this
(= truth from my experience too)

aniceto

I haven't done freelance work in a while, but when I did get freelance work it was always through polycount. either polycounters or people who just browse P&P.

skylebones

I did freelance pretty much all of last year and this

glynnsmith wrote: »

Networking and friends has always worked well for me.

Is the way I got 90% of my work. The rest was off forums.

bluekangaroo

aesir wrote: »

generally on the freelance sites (there are quite a few) where people post jobs and then they are bid on, from my limited experience, you'll have to work for jack shit because people from 3rd world countries will undercut you on every single project.

that really blows =/

I wouldnt mind if doing 1 or 2 projects for cheap just to add something to the resume at this point, but can't really see that working long term...

rasmus

Emailing outsourcing companies and letting them know you exist and have a website never hurts either - even if they don't get back to you right away they will keep you on file if you fit the bill for when they have the need.

Outsourcing companies thread:http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=61192

bluekangaroo

thanks ramsus