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How do you justify getting paid for what you do?
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"Hopefully, I get paid for what I do because I am able to communicate ideas
in a visual way that is uniquely my own as a freelance illustrator. Therefore,
my talents are sought out from time to time in order contribute a unique vision
to whatever the particular assignment calls for. Great illustrators, as is the
case with any great artist/communicator, have the ability to teach, inspire, and
impart knowledge to the viewer in a way which at it's best evokes an emotional
response and at it's least should cause the viewer to think. This particular talent
and discipline, like any other discipline, takes years of hard work to hone and
become good at. Obviously, the better and more experienced illustrators are paid
more for their services and rightly so. I would say that my work as an illustrator
fits modestly well into that pay structure. Illustration contests are held every
year to determine who is that year's "cream of the crop" with regard
to illustration talent. Awards are given to the top talent, as is the case with
almost every profession today, and those individual talents are usually regarded
as unique and are widely sought out for their services which hopefully justify
the pay he or she receives for aforementioned services."
Colin Johnson (more answers by this person)
Freelance Illustrator
Colin Johnson illustration
http://www.colinjohnsonillustration.com