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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 614395" data-attributes="member: 9045">I definitely can't speak for everyone, but for myself I tend to like to keep things as simple as possible.  I try to avoid contracts, hoping that any publisher I work with is somewhat trustworthy (a practice reinforced by the fact that I don't tend to remember to put anything into the snail-mail for months at a time, whereas I check my email anywhere from once to a dozen times daily).  I have worked with contracts with some publishers, although most seem alright with the 'Gentleman's Agreement' method I prefer.As for pay rates, I've been sitting fairly in the $25/B&W illustration field since I started freelancing.  I don't really know color rates, I haven't perfected my color techniques well enough in my own eyes to offer color work yet.RPG.net's forums (Freelancing and Freelancers, in specific) is a good place to start.  There's a healthy mix of experienced and inexperienced artists there, a healthy mix of skilled and unskilled artists.  And if you post an inquiry for a paying job, you'll get more responses than you can wade through. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Remember that artists are a kooky bunch, many are 'free thinkers' and most keep a delicate balance of mimicking what the more experienced artists tell them is acceptable practice mixed with doing things by the seat of their pants (meaning every artist you work with will have a 'procedure' of their own that they've either made up themselves, or are just used to).Good luck!</blockquote>

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