Dave Roman’s Comprehensive Guide to Building a Career as a Freelance Artist and/or Paid Cartoonist
…can be found here. A great article, courtesy of Mahesh. The most important part:
Make the most of your location.
Most people don’t NEED to move to a major city like New York or Los Angeles to get paying illustration or comics work. Freelancers can work from home studios, so it doesn’t really matter where they are located.But you’ll probably need the following:
-A high-speed Internet account.
-E-mail that can receive and send large files (up to 10 megs).
-A decent scanner (with good optical resolution for print reproduction).
-Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe Acrobat on your computer.
-Access to a local Fed-Ex or DHL drop-off (sometimes found within a Staples or Kinko’s store).
-An FTP program like Fetch, Transmit, or Cyberduck (you can find free trial versions online).
May I suggest the following Mr. Roman?
-Gmail for email.
-GIMP and PDF Creator as free alternatives to Adobe’s expensive programs.
-FileZilla for FTP.
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Nov 22, 2007 at 8:55 am
[…] Mineral cleaning advice and tips wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt [IMG drawing-at-home.jpg] …can be found here. A great article, courtesy of Mahesh. The most important part: Make the most of your location. Most people don’t NEED to move to a major city like New York or Los Angeles to get paying illustration or comics work. Freelancers can work from home studios, so it doesn’t really matter where they are located. But you’ll probably need the following: -A high-speed Internet account. -E-mail that can receive and send large files (up to 10 megs). -A dec […]
Vyoma
Nov 26, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Glad it was useful for Contract Worker’s readers. :)
J.C. Carvill
Dec 7, 2007 at 7:55 am
Expense saving for most of freelancers is important. Utilizing a full priced famous software is not a suggested action for junior freelancers, although investing on those ‘expensive’ softwares usually should worth the result.
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