^^ +1 this I follow this basic rule with my freelance as well. I enjoy freelance but would like to experience the studio culture and meet more people...than later go back to freelance :).
I work in Studio, however I would recommend that everyone atleast try freelancing at some point in there career; It builds up alot of personal management skills that is a valuable thing to learn. Although there are many a sucky studio experience out there and freelancing has many benefits, once you find a good studio…
There is lots of freelance tech art. I mostly work with smaller indie studios that don't have a tech artist. I think Paul Neale (http://paulneale.com/) is a great example of a freelance tech artist.
I would love to freelance, but the idea of not having a job the next month is kinda freaky. I was doing a lot of freelance a few years back and it was good money. Then the jobs died down (everyone was still recovering from the recession), and I ended up in a non art related field. I'm trying to get back to it, but I'm…
I have a question for you longtime freelancers: I see that most freelance people say they have so much flexibility with their schedule. Yet from the few I know personally, they have to work twice as hard to earn as much as I do full time and they don't get paid any benefits. I'm guessing if you are a rockstar freelancer…