I shared some independent/free working processes and suggestions. Because I am at home, it may be different from your foreign environment, laws and regulations and industry rules. The following content comes from my experience in design plane, interior furnishings and consultation in recent years, for reference only.

design considerations

whether you are a freelancer or not, as long as the design is related, I suggest you have your own exhibition space or channels, especially freelancers. Even if you change jobs in the future, you will accumulate. If you add a URL to your resume, you can visually display past cases or opinions.

If the platform has high flexibility, it can even add fees and service contents to further reduce the communication cost. This is a way to find out the awareness that you should at least design, and what kind of charging cooperation ability is a business activity.

There are rules and these more perfect opinions, the more detailed the better. These should be notified in advance and a contract signed. It usually includes but is not limited to the following points:

service scope, what can be done and what to do.

delivery standard, attached to the standard file format, quantity, details, different delivery types, and individual examples. Ways of confirmation by both parties, such as confirmation email, confirmation signature, etc. How to deal with the overdue unconfirmed? If Party A has no objection without confirmation, it can suspend the work after receiving the fee without affecting the agreed delivery date.

There are several steps in the service process.

Which parts require Party A to prepare when to submit and what is the delivery standard? . What are the contents, submission methods, delivery time and evaluation criteria of each stage?

for example, what is the main mode of communication, and what kind of communication needs mail, and it must be confirmed in writing. The time interval between contact and communication, time does not want to be disturbed. You can't get the money because the manuscript is pitted? How can a novice illustrator ensure that he can get paid?

how can a novice illustrator ensure that he can get paid? Let me share a few tips:

In the first case, the other party only gives advance payment and does not sign the contract. Before starting painting, Party A will generally pay 3%-5% of the total amount, and the illustrator will start painting after receiving the advance payment. At the same time, inform the other party that if the project stops in the middle of painting and the other party doesn't want the drawing, this part of the advance payment will not be refunded. This will at least ensure that the labor you have paid is not completely wasted. Pay special attention to it. During this period, don't send the big picture of the original HD picture to the other party. You can give pictures or screenshots with low discrimination rate during communication. Don't believe what the other party said that it will take a long time to wait for the financial approval. Can you give a picture first? Only when the payment is settled can you give the original picture in HD.

in the second case, the other party only signed the contract and did not pay the advance payment. This usually happens in the manuscript of the publishing house, and this kind of painting generally does not pay the advance payment. You may not receive the money immediately after painting, and the whole process from painting to receiving the money will take a long time. So the contract is the only guarantee! Be sure to read every clause carefully before signing! Pay attention to see if there are any mistakes in the specific details such as price, quantity, deadline, pre-tax or after-tax in the contract. There are also things about the ownership of copyright, so be sure to see which side it belongs to. We should nip each other's unreasonable demands in the cradle in advance.

the third case: trial draft is needed. You can discuss with the other party whether you can try it in a way that won't take up too much time and can let the other party see the effect. Also, be careful not to hand over the draft to high-completion work. After all, if it fails, you won't be given money, and the hard-drawn painting will be in vain. How to become a contracted illustrator in vision china?

It is very difficult to sign a contract with vision china. Because the works you shoot are for the whole country to watch, once you make mistakes, it will lead to great losses. Therefore, vision china has high requirements for contracted photographers.

working environment: you don't have to sit in class, just have painting tools, you can work anywhere or at home. Famous illustrators, because of their fame, will become imperial illustrators in large companies, and the office environment is definitely excellent. Generally speaking, if you draw well, an illustrator is a free and well-paid profession.

Illustration initially served the publishing industry, and later, with the development of the times, it also served the advertising industry, media, interactive entertainment industry, etc., so there are actually many internal subdivisions. Illustration is always a career that is just needed, a career that is held in the palm of your hand. From the perspective of business or cultural communication, illustration is just needed.