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Ask a Pro
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How do you justify getting paid for what you do?
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The short answer is that I provide a service just like any other businessperson from the hot dog vendor on the corner to the super fine nuclear technician in some 007 flick. Like that hot dog vendor or nuclear technician, I work hard at my job and also happen to love doing it. I always have the hope that when my art graces the cover of a magazine, illustrates an article or appears on some other product, that the image I create helps to sell that item or attract a reader to it. After all, as an illustrator, that is the goal. Hopefully my art helps my client to make a profit. In turn, I should have a piece of the pie for my efforts. Albeit a very small piece.
Jeff Miracola (more answers by this person)
Freelance Illustrator
Jeff Miracola
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