Commissions and Freelance (Study Task 8)

I was lucky enough to receive a single commission this year, for which I invoiced the client. It feels good to be doing something relatively professionally.

Currently my rates are:

£10 per hour for illustration work
£15 per hour for animation work

That works perfectly well enough while I'm still in university, but I will need to up that once I've entered into the world of work. I read the creativeboom article on how to decide your freelancing rates, and there's more to think about than I originally considered, such as calculating how many hours I'll be expecting to work and how I need to factor in time spent writing invoices and badgering people for the money I'm OWED.

Creating a contract was easy once I found a nice template online. I feel much more secure knowing how to properly write an invoice and a contract. Freelance work is appealing in the sense that I will get to embark on a broad range of projects and take time off WHENEVER I like providing I have a little green in the ol' bank account.