#freelance illustrator

[calebauer]

red / yellow / blue • triptych sketches

[mewsmagic]

MaoMao demiromantic for the ABPride collab on twitter!!!! She's an icon!

[mythaura-blog]

We're Hiring!

Hey everyone! We’re on the lookout for a Freelance Illustrator.

This is a freelance position to help create illustrated assets. Mythaura assets include creatures, markings & patterns on our bases, characters, and objects like items and apparel. This position is primarily focused around finding an artist to help us draw markings on our beast's various expressions, but may transition to other projects in the future.

We are currently looking for an artist who can fulfill a workload of aproximately 40 hours per month.

Applicants must be 18 years or older.

Responsibilities

Create and deliver PSD files that meet the creative brief.

Work with our senior artists and writers to ensure visual consistency.

Regularly demonstrate and update your work in progress.

Follow creative & technical briefs with regard to schedule.

Accurately quote and then produce work within the quoted timeframe.

Actively participate in an online team environment (currently Discord & Jira).

Required Skills and Experience

Must be able to match Mythaura’s 2D cel-shaded style.

Must be familiar with masks, layers, and templates. Photoshop expertise is a strong plus but not mandatory so long as your program of choice can open and save in PSD format.

Real-world understanding of proportion, depth, scale, and physical space. A strong understanding of coloring and shading, and an accurate understanding of animal anatomy.

Organizational and time-management skills.

Ability to maturely handle critiques and change requests.

Application

To apply, please email admin@mythaura.com with “Freelance Illustrator” in the subject line. Include a link to an updated portfolio of your creative works. Please be sure to include your availability and rate. Previous applicants who have submitted an application in the past may either resubmit their portfolio or simply indicate that they are still interested in a position.

[yurinas]

After Merry Christmas

[broonarte]

[kristinagehrmann]

Freelance strategies that have saved my butt!

Some of them I wish someone had told me when I was a newbie illustrator, some I have used from the start and they're still proving effective. Hope they're helpful <3

1. Decide on a clockout time at the workday's end. Whether 5pm or any other, relax & do nothing more work-related til next day. It sounds counterintuitive, but if your times are random/too long, this will boost productivity & decrease stress! In German it's called Feierabend.

2. Overestimate your deadlines. Especially as a new illustrator it can be hard to accurately tell a client how long a project will take, so make a habit of estimating generously. Don't take on more than one "rush gig" at a time.

3. Don't apologise if you did nothing wrong. Instead, "Thank you for your understanding." (e.g. if you have to reject an unattractive project) is both effective and polite.

4. Have a professional website with an easily accessible email address. It helped me get work long before anyone knew me on social media, even when my skill level was lower than now. From an art director's perspective: www.muddycolors.com/2021/09/why-y...

5. communication is key! Whenever anything is unclear in a client's brief, ASK. When you won't be able to meet a deadline, TELL them. Have clear quote & contract templates ready. Don't have any? Ask a fellow freelancer (like me!) Example for a quote: x.com/KristinaDraws... (99% of project conflicts are due to insufficient communication, this includes vague terms and/or nonexistent contracts!)

6. Your can also ask your fellow pros for pricing information in specific markets. Chances are it's already written down someplace (GAG handbook, blog article...) & they can link you to it. Being specific increases your chances of getting good answers. Pro illustrators have a sincere interest in you knowing & charging good prices - a rising tide lifts all boats!

7. Identify your most productive time of the day. This is when you do your best work. For me it's morning to noon. So I tend to do other chores (grocery shopping, exercise) in the afternoon when I'm more "head tired".

8. To stay hydrated (important!), make it a habit to always keep a drink on your desk. For me that's usually a mug of tea. Hot tea feels good too, bc 90% of the year it's chilly at my desk. I'm also a serious believer in a high fiber diet.

9. Something that has LITERALLY saved my butt: an orthopedic seat cushion (from Bonmedico, bought at Amazon) where the spine can basically "hang free" when you sit. This will turn every desk chair into a healthy one! Be smart and don't use it as an excuse for sitting even longer than you already do, but it does make long periods of sitting to work so, so much easier.

[notlikethegardensofbabylon]

he’s having a time

reference pic -

i post my weekly bat scribbles early here -

[marydithart]

𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 - 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐨

[pink-pixie-art-blog]

Karaoke night at the Stardop Saloon!! (Gus did not account for participants getting drunk and standing on tables)

[adalheidis]

Client work - Art direction/Graphic design/Illustration

[calebauer]

catfish

[mewsmagic]

Honestly, this whole AI bs did so much critical damage to my emotional HP, I felt we really needed more people talking about it, so here I am!

Putting the title aside though, I’m really not here to tell you what to do, you decide what’s best for you based on your own circumstances!!

I made this post merely to calm you down, show the options and give you some hope that yes, there’s still a future for our career!

We’ll have to keep fighting for it of course, but that’s a topic for another comic, stay tuned! 👀

[ghostielollipop]

I like her a normal amount

[ritelli-main]

°˖✧◝Art COMMISSIONS OPEN!!! ◜✧˖°

Now that I've finished my bachelor's degree, I want to go see the world and could really use some pocket money!  So if you've been wanting to commission me for a while, now would be the perfect time:)

I will work with limited slots for the time being to see how it goes. Commissions are done on a first come, first served basis! I’ll have 5 slots open for Bust Commissions and 3 slots open for Commissions including Simplified Characters and a Background.

Payment and Commission orders are done through Ko-fi

°˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° ˖◛⁺⑅♡

[butts-art]

COMMISSION INFO

Also consider supporting me on my Patreon!

[sutexii]

🍄🌿Commissions post!~

Pricing + Order

ko-fi

patreon