Payment of Artists

[Krug]

Man I love the Payment of Writers thread with it's frankness, so i have to ask the same thing regarding Artists. How much should a starting artist get for say, 1/4 A4 B&W or an A4 cover?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I have always found that pricing the art on its published size is a little unfair.

I believe artists should work at a size that they are comfortable with, and receive a flat rate per piece. It doesn't cost the artist any less of their valuable time to produce the piece if the publisher decides to resize it.


Wulf

 

[philreed]

Art Prices

It all depends on the size of the company and the artist doing the work. $100/page is a fairly standard price ($25/quarter page, $50/half page). In my experience it's easier for an artist to live off of freelancing than authors.

 

[Mytholder]

The Freelancing forum over at rpg.net has pretty much been colonised by artists - you can get a good idea of going rates over there.

 

[LcKedovan]

There was a thread about this not long ago in this forum... hmmm I wonder if I can dig it up...

-Will

 

[Malessa]

There was a thread about this not long ago in this forum... hmmm I wonder if I can dig it up...

-Will

Could you please? I'm just curious, since I'm married to my publisher, Cthuluftaghn, from 'GrellHead Studios'. Maybe if I knew more about the going rates, I could renegotiate his payments to me, lol....

Seriously though, if anyone other than husband and friends wanted anything done, not sure where to begin on charging?