For Artists

After reading three posting spats on Craig’s List this weekend, I decided to bring some more attention to this issue through my blog. Some of you who have been browsing my site, or following me for a while, will be aware that this is not a new issue for me, and something I am very passionate about.

There are a lot of people on Craig’s List (and frankly, all over the internet) who seem to expect illustrations, animation, design, web design, photography, etc. for free. I can’t count how many posts I see specifically requesting a “student”- from businesses or individuals hoping they’ll get someone who doesn’t know what their work and education is WORTH. I ran into the same thing when I was the switchboard operator at the Columbus College of Art and Design- we probably got at least two calls a day from businesses wanting students to gain “educational experience” doing work for them- for free. You know what we did? We told them they were out of luck, and hung up.

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I just came across a fantastic website that allows you to create an account and try out practically every open source (meaning it’s free) content management system. This includes image galleries, shopping carts, blogging software, and more complex community software. (more…)

Concerning topics and questions I’m often asked about.

In this particular day and age when so many artists will work for lower prices, I generally charge enough to earn an honest living at what I love.

This seems to cause some confusion in some of my potential clients, and for understandable reasons. Why, after all, should you pay me so much money to build you
a website when you can go to any number of sites on the web and find artists willing to work for next to free?

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