Wow all this talk is really interesting :D I envy you all that are in your careers, i have a question though. When did you feel you were ready to get out there studio or freelance?
I also find it curious, not including lead or senior level, but a quite experience artist with out a promotion can peak at 65-78k at a studio(certain studios of course). So wondering what the annual average on freelance stands on?
Studio, because I wanted to be able to separate work from home. I worked freelance for nearly a year before jumping back into a studio environment, simply because I just couldn't handle the fact that home became work and work became home. Also feel like I am much more productive in a dedicated work environment, team to…
I have a question about people who freelance while working a full time job: are you just burning the candle at both ends or do you quote a longer time-frame to avoid working 80 hours a week?
i freelance because i don't live near many studios, and i'm not willing to move across the country for a job and give up my current friends and personal life. that is worth a lot more to me than any job.
Have any of you freelancers considered subleasing an office space? I did that through a friend of mine that owns an agency and it was awesome. It was close enough to my house, but still allowed separation between home and work. It was also nice having other people around, even if they weren't working on the same stuff.…
It amazes me how a person can climb up the ladder of freelancing, and change from no work to making some money, to making more than studio, to having to put some offers on hold >_<" Like, how is that even possible !? I can't comprehend this.
Naa doesn't come off as boasting at all. Very interesting to see, and not surprising really for highly technical tasks. I've seen some rates for freelance engineers that would make your average artist's day rate look like minimum wage. :poly142:
I freelanced prior to landing a studio job. It wasn't that lucrative for me being newer to the industry and not having a large client base. I found it very stressful not knowing when or how much income the next job will be. I also felt like I was working 24/7 even if I had zero work to do. I was glued to my email or skype…
Mike - I should've said more 200-300, 400 was a bit of an exaggeration XD it was more a few days of work than say a permanent freelance gig, but had a friend that was paid a pretty high rate similar to that working in Vfx, one of the film houses in Soho I believe.