Above is my drawing notes from the class lecture and whilst I was reading the chapter.
I will explain everything in better detail below:
Working as an Illustrator:
- Prospecting for work
- Communicating your product to a potential client
- Receiving an offer of commission from that client
- Reading the offer of commission carefully, before quoting the client for the charges for your product, the exact amount of product involved, the legal rights over the product that you are granting to the client or retaining for yourself, and setting out and agreeing to delivery dates for roughs and final products.
- Negotiating the counter- demands of the client where necessary, before finally securing the commission.
- Generating the roughs in a suitable location
- Delivering the roughs on deadline, listening to and addressing your clients concerns and agreeing to make amendments to the work wherever necessary.
- Generating the final artwork in a suitable location
- Delivering the final artwork on deadline and in the correct technological and/or physical format(s).
- Submitting your final invoice to the client, quoting the job number, purchase order number and your payment terms for the commission.
-Tracking the payment in relation to the terms stipulated on your invoice and chasing up a late payment wherever necessary.
-Receiving your payment from the client.
Pay Attention to your personal business!!!!!!
- small business/ personal business
- summarize your plan- ie. Your business, its services and products
- improve your marketing and sales strategy- bechance, blog, social media etc.
- The skills that make up your business
- Your operations- what you are offering as a product
- Financial expectations
- DONT WORK FOR FREE- every transaction must be recorded.
- Don't be afraid to negotiate according to your skill and time used.
- Conduct yourself professionally with others
- Be wary of clients trying to change your work- stay true to your style.
- Be efficient and WORK HARD!!!!
