I want to get paid to draw! Will joining this site make me enough money drawing freelance can become my career?
This site's founders, and many other cartoonists and illustrators, earn their living from jobs that have come through this website and they each continue to have portfolios here even now. While there is no guarantee what kinds of art jobs will come to you through this site, it only takes two words of advice to secure ongoing jobs with major clients:
1. Consistency
Fight the temptation to fill your portfolio with images of varying styles. If you post a variety of different styles, you will have less clients hire you. Clients want a reliable style based on what they see in your portfolio and will choose another artist over you simply because all the images in another portfolio have a CONSISTENT style. By showing a digital painting next to an ink caricature next to a comic book page, the client will judge you on the image they feel is most UNLIKE what they are seeking. If you are multi-talented, working in several different styles, help your clients find you faster by posting the variety of styles in which you work in a variety of different portfolios. Don't mix your business logo samples with your caricature samples, for example, or the client seeking a logo will judge you on the caricature sample and quickly dismiss you. Each different style deserves its own portfolio.
2. Reliability
While experience is helpful, a successful freelance artist only needs to be reliable with communication and finishing the job to encourage a client to return with more and more jobs. Once a client finds an artist with whom they are pleased, the work relationship can last for decades, and every artist can appreciate the security of steady assignments.
See how this guidance helped other artists using this site:
ONE Portfolio with 10 samples in one Category
Display 10 samples, plus written bio and profile image, to be seen in ONE category of art style of your choice.
After activation, you will be directed to send ten samples of art for review and possible acceptance. If accepted, your one portfolio page will direct clients to email you directly with job assignments. A monthly subscription fee of $10 will be withdrawn from PayPal every 30 days. Cancel anytime with no fees or penalties. Any unpaid account will result in deleted portfolios.
$10.00
3 Portfolios with 30 different samples in three different Categories
Display 30 different samples, plus written bio and profile image, to be seen in THREE categories of art style of your choice.
After activation, you will be directed to send thirty different samples of art for review and possible acceptance. If accepted, your three portfolio pages will direct clients to email you directly with job assignments. A monthly subscription fee of $20 will be withdrawn from PayPal every 30 days. Cancel anytime with no fees or penalties. Any unpaid account will result in deleted portfolios.
$20.00
UNLIMITED Portfolio Categories only $35 per month
Display 10 samples per Category to be seen in ANY or ALL categories of art styles of your choice.
After activation, you will be directed to send your samples of art for review and possible acceptance. If accepted, your UNLIMITED portfolio pages will each direct clients to email you directly with job assignments. A monthly subscription fee of $35 will be withdrawn from PayPal every 30 days. Cancel anytime with no fees or penalties. Any unpaid account will result in deleted portfolios.
$35.00