Lies about graphic design

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  • Horp0

    My first illustration commission... literally my first, with no portfolio or anything, earned me close to £20k.

    "Bullshit" you'll say. But its true.

    Never earned anything like again that for an illustration from there on.

    • In fact my first 6 illustrations were all for one client and must have netted me over 100k over about two years.Horp
    • Then I decided to go into illustration. Got an agent, he took three months to get me a commission, and said...Horp
    • "Its a big commission! Three thousand pounds!". I said "3K? tell the client to fuck off". I was disgusted.Horp
    • Five years later and I'd have been very happy indeed if an illustration commission had paid me £3K.Horp
    • Wait till this type of trend hits doctors and lawyers.yurimon
    • This sounds like Argentina, doctors are quite low paid here.Chimp

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