eing able to send out an invoice is biting me in the butt! I leave for New York in two weeks for the Licensing Show with just enough money to pay for my food and hotel. As a freelancer youve got to do stuff like this, theres no way around it, but, when it fails, it really hurts! There is a silver lining tho, I developed enough work to almost fill a portfolio and Ive been expanding on the designs, improving on them, creating new ones and that all goes to New York. On a slightly different note...I painted these frogs for my 10 yr old neice for her birthday and in turn showed them to a client. They picked then up with a 10% royalty!!!! So off to the photographer to be shot and then into frames for Melissa's wall. YEY!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Its hard to be a freelance designer
How time flies!, Great projects come and go and some come crashing down. The life of a freelance artist I guess. I had a wonderful opportunity to design a product as an exclusive for a major retailer, the buyer loved it, took it and then a week later was gone. Quit... Fired... I dont know, but my project has been floating around in limbo for 4 weeks now, and I have a contract with the manufacturer thats about to expire. The job took two weeks and, because of the nature of the sale, I took a very low advance. So, thirty days later that time I spent without b
eing able to send out an invoice is biting me in the butt! I leave for New York in two weeks for the Licensing Show with just enough money to pay for my food and hotel. As a freelancer youve got to do stuff like this, theres no way around it, but, when it fails, it really hurts! There is a silver lining tho, I developed enough work to almost fill a portfolio and Ive been expanding on the designs, improving on them, creating new ones and that all goes to New York. On a slightly different note...I painted these frogs for my 10 yr old neice for her birthday and in turn showed them to a client. They picked then up with a 10% royalty!!!! So off to the photographer to be shot and then into frames for Melissa's wall. YEY!
eing able to send out an invoice is biting me in the butt! I leave for New York in two weeks for the Licensing Show with just enough money to pay for my food and hotel. As a freelancer youve got to do stuff like this, theres no way around it, but, when it fails, it really hurts! There is a silver lining tho, I developed enough work to almost fill a portfolio and Ive been expanding on the designs, improving on them, creating new ones and that all goes to New York. On a slightly different note...I painted these frogs for my 10 yr old neice for her birthday and in turn showed them to a client. They picked then up with a 10% royalty!!!! So off to the photographer to be shot and then into frames for Melissa's wall. YEY!
Friday, March 03, 2006
Its been forever again! but lots been happening and I just havent had time until today. Heres a photo of my booth at the tradeshow! Turned out pretty good, got lots of work. I had to hit the ground running when I returned home with two very tight deadlines. I have a little break in the action today waiting for some new art direction from a couple of clients, so here it goes! I have a new website dedicated to my beads and jewelry www.kpmart.net this will probably m
orph into a illustration site before too long. Ive joined the local ART HOP where I hold my studio open for the general public on the first thursday of every Month. Last night was my first night and it was great, I had about 12 people in my studio, watching me make beads, looking through my portfolios etc.My paisly flowers have been very popular already fining their way to rubber stamps, note paper and gift bags! The first time ever Ive licensed art from my portfolio and not had to change colors, draw something new, add something... YEY!!! I scan them, multiply them, make patterns, borders, backgrounds. I ve drawn 6 more that need to be painted.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
The last six weeks have been crazy. As I prepare to leave for my first trade show of the year, my life gets filled with work! I was expecting an normally slow January and had held off working on my portfolios untill this month. Total mistake!!!!! I have been juggling three big Illustration jobs, two new proposals as well as a miriad of leadership responsiblilities for SCD. All of the printing for the booth walls is done and Ive decided to sell off my stock art in a way that is a little unusuall in the industry. I have over 500 pieces of art in my portfolios that have not been licensed. What happens is, someone likes my 'style' and askes me for specific designs for their project. SO..... all of that art that has been developed over the last 5 years just sits there! Well, Ive mounted prints to boards, like a fine artist would, priced them, and Im putting them in standing flip files for art buyers to go thru. WHen they purchase a piece of art they will buy the right to use it for one 'use' (like stickers) for a term of one year, if they want to use it for more than one thing they pay again! On the back of each piece is a form that allows me to keep track of the uses for each piece, once a use is purchased it may not be purchased again for another year... This idea (of Course) came up a week and a half ago so my assistant and I have been cutting and printing and mounting and wrapping for a week! I have two hundred boards, on the way to Las Vegas as I write this. I now need to transfer all of the photoshop and illustrator files to my laptop so that I can burn CDs for my buyers on the spot!
Im excited about this concept and show, I leave tomorrow. I will try to post from the show, complete with photos of my booth and hopefully lots of stock art being sold!
Im excited about this concept and show, I leave tomorrow. I will try to post from the show, complete with photos of my booth and hopefully lots of stock art being sold!
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