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Greetings Concepteez! Apologies for missing out on the CritStop last week. I was at a weekend long concept-design workshop which didn't leave me with much time to do a post. I might run down some of the things we did in the workshop in a future post,  but this week I thought I would do something a little bit different.  I have been getting quite a few queries over the last few weeks about making the choice between formal training courses such as university or college over that of self-teaching and using online resources and short courses.  One of these was Nyte-Tyme (https://www.deviantart.com/nyte-tyme) who wrote: "I mentioned before that I am currently attending a school call

Hi, If you spend a lot of time in the DA forums, you will see this topic spring up again and again. Whether you want to earn a living doing freelance art, or you just want to do an occasional commission, the following guidelines may help you. For the purposes of this journal I'm going to assume that you developed sufficient skill for potential clients to want to purchase your work. If that is not the case, then get back to studying and practicing :) 1)  Why is it so difficult to choose a price? Why can't someone look at my art and tell me what to charge? Because your ability to sell something is not just a matter of assigning a price based

The world of freelance business is populated with all types of clients and artists. If you are a freelancer or a potential client, you will eventually start to recognize the early signs of good and bad job situations. There are some tips and notes below that may help you recognize these signs sooner and therefore improve your ability to connect successfully with good job partners. A client or artist will seldom display all of the good or bad signs described below. However, watching for the following list items may help you to assess a potential workmate as a good risk or a bad one BEFORE work begins. Similarly, if you strive to embody the pos

If you live in the USA and are eligible to pay taxes, you may wonder how that will affect your freelancing work. The IRS website http://irs.gov has all the answers and the downloadable forms you need but it can be overwhelming at first glance. Here are some basics. Please be sure to visit the IRS site for solid facts and any clarification you might want. The links below are for 2012 and some may not be valid in subsequent years. 1) If your self-employment earnings are less than $400 per year, you probably don't need to pay taxes on them. Here is a quote from the IRS website: "You usually must pay self-employment tax if you had net earnings f