Apparel Design Rates?

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  • gron0

    I did some shirt designs for an international surf/skate/snow company (not one of the biggest, but one you'd probably know) that paid flat rates of $100 per SELECTED design (3 years ago though). Not surprisingly they tend to end up with pretty simple graphics for the most part since no illustrator is willing to waste too much time on it. the thing to remember is that these are often some of the more fun jobs to do so work out what its worth to you.

    Also base your hourly rate on what you would expect to earn for a year in a full time job. If you think you are worth $60,000 then hourly = 60 bucks- the scale goes up and down, be realistic.

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    • $100 you're crazy... they'd only have to sell 10 tees and your design fees are covered....horton
    • don't sell yourself short just because tees are considered cool and fun projects, they can also be the most creatively draining.horton
    • draining.horton
    • Yep I agree, I'm not saying I think their pricing structure is justified in any way what they paid- but that was the flat rate and the work I did was good but its simplicity reflected the rate, thats all I'm saying. Good shirts can be designed in under an hour and $100 an hour is pretty decent for a freelancer. Ideally though anyone would prefer to spend a lot more time than just an hour on em!gron
    • that's fucking LOW.
      you'd do better on craigslist.
      monNom
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