Rates
Rates
Rates
Let’s dive right in.
This page will help explain how design rates work, and what my rates are.
There are many aspects which effect the cost of a design project.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, however, the most important thing to understand is what you are actually paying for when you purchase or commission designs:
You are mostly paying for the copyright terms to that design.
What you plan to do with it is what determines the rate, more than anything else.
While the complexity of a project has an impact on your project’s price, the copyright terms that you require play an even more important role.
To put it plainly, the larger your plans (the more you will use, distribute, or sell the design, on products for example), the higher your rate.
For instance, if you plan to alter the image in any way or make derivatives, that is an additional copyright term that must be purchased. Or if you want to be the sole owner of the design, without an expiration date (meaning that I, as the designer, cannot ever reuse, rework, sell, or licence it in any way to other clients or customers), that is a further copyright term that must also be purchased.
Defining exactly how designs can and cannot be used, and for how long they may used, allows clients to only pay for what they need. Additional copyright permissions may be purchased, or renewed, as needed.
To find out how copyright permissions will effect the price of your project, please check out my Project Calculator. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
Let’s dive
right in.
This page will help explain how design rates work, and what my rates are.
There are many aspects which effect the cost of a design project.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, however, the most important thing to understand is what you are actually paying for when you purchase or commission designs:
You are mostly paying for the copyright terms to that design.
What you plan to do with it is what determines the rate, more than anything else.
While the complexity of a project has an impact on your project’s price, the copyright terms that you require play an even more important role.
To put it plainly, the larger your plans (the more you will use, distribute, or sell the design, on products for example), the higher your rate.
For instance, if you plan to alter the image in any way or make derivatives, that is an additional copyright term that must be purchased. Or if you want to be the sole owner of the design, without an expiration date (meaning that I, as the designer, cannot ever reuse, rework, sell, or licence it in any way to other clients or customers), that is a further copyright term that must also be purchased.
Defining exactly how designs can and cannot be used, and for how long they may used, allows clients to only pay for what they need. Additional copyright permissions may be purchased, or renewed, as needed.
To find out how copyright permissions will effect the price of your project, please check out my Project Calculator. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
Let’s dive right in.
This page will help explain how design rates work, and what my rates are.
There are many aspects which effect the cost of a design project.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, however, the most important thing to understand is what you are actually paying for when you purchase or commission designs:
You are mostly paying for the copyright terms to that design.
What you plan to do with it is what determines the rate, more than anything else.
While the complexity of a project has an impact on your project’s price, the copyright terms that you require play an even more important role.
To put it plainly, the larger your plans (the more you will use, distribute, or sell the design, on products for example), the higher your rate.
For instance, if you plan to alter the image in any way or make derivatives, that is an additional copyright term that must be purchased. Or if you want to be the sole owner of the design, without an expiration date (meaning that I, as the designer, cannot ever reuse, rework, sell, or licence it in any way to other clients or customers), that is a further copyright term that must also be purchased.
Defining exactly how designs can and cannot be used, and for how long they may used, allows clients to only pay for what they need. Additional copyright permissions may be purchased, or renewed, as needed.
To find out how copyright permissions will effect the price of your project, please check out my Project Calculator. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
Let’s dive right in.
This page will help explain how design rates work, and what my rates are.
There are many aspects which effect the cost of a design project.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, however, the most important thing to understand is what you are actually paying for when you purchase or commission designs:
You are mostly paying for the copyright terms to that design.
What you plan to do with it is what determines the rate, more than anything else.
While the complexity of a project has an impact on your project’s price, the copyright terms that you require play an even more important role.
To put it plainly, the larger your plans (the more you will use, distribute, or sell the design, on products for example), the higher your rate.
For instance, if you plan to alter the image in any way or make derivatives, that is an additional copyright term that must be purchased. Or if you want to be the sole owner of the design, without an expiration date (meaning that I, as the designer, cannot ever reuse, rework, sell, or licence it in any way to other clients or customers), that is a further copyright term that must also be purchased.
Defining exactly how designs can and cannot be used, and for how long they may used, allows clients to only pay for what they need. Additional copyright permissions may be purchased, or renewed, as needed.
To find out how copyright permissions will effect the price of your project, please check out my Project Calculator. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
HOW ARE RATES CALCULATED?
Rate Structures:
HOW ARE RATES CALCULATED?
Rate Structures:
HOW ARE RATES CALCULATED?
Rate Structures:
Day Rate
$500 Canadian per day*
This is a great option for:
- occasional but fairly regular work (a monthly retainer option is available to ensure reserved time)
- smaller projects which may take a few days or weeks
- testing out various illustration styles with me prior to starting a project
- when the scope of a project changes and additional days are required
This Day Rate does not include any copyright privilages. If certain copyright terms will be required, they must be purchased in addition to this. To find out how much copyright privileges for your project may cost, please check out the Project Calculator.
Please note, a Day Rate is not available for every project type. Some projects must be calculated through a Project Rate.
If you’re ready to get in touch with me, please send me a message or fill out my project application form.
* This Day Rate (at $62.50/hr) is in line with the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, which states the median hourly rate for freelance illustration/design is $75/hr, and can very well go as high as $250/hr.
Project Rate
This is the rate structure that is used when a project is not open-ended, but when there are definite parameters to its scope. For example, a family portrait, book illustrations, or game illustrations.
Project rates are based on aspects such as:
- scale and complexity of the entire project
- client consultation time
- research and development time
- materials and equipment required
- artistic production time
- number of revisions
- rush fees
- copyright terms
- royalties
To try to make it simpler for everyone, I created the below project calculator, based on information provided by both the Canadian Artists’ Representation Fee Schedule and the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
The process for projects is generally as follows:
- After discussing and agreeing to project details, within 30 days of receipt of the Estimate & Confirmation agreement form, payment of 50% of the quoted estimate is due.
- From then on, the remaining portions of the project invoice will be payable upon completed project milestones. The larger the project, the more milestones.
- The final invoice will include any additional remaining expenses that were incurred, prior to delivery of the completed project.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message.
Day Rate
$500 Canadian per day*
This is a great option for:
- occasional but fairly regular work (a monthly retainer option is available to ensure reserved time)
- smaller projects which may take a few days or weeks
- testing out various illustration styles with me prior to starting a project
- when the scope of a project changes and additional days are required
This Day Rate does not include any copyright privilages. If certain copyright terms will be required, they must be purchased in addition to this. To find out how much copyright privileges for your project may cost, please check out the Project Calculator.
Please note, a Day Rate is not available for every project type. Some projects must be calculated through a Project Rate.
If you’re ready to get in touch with me, please send me a message or fill out my project application form.
* This Day Rate (at $62.50/hr) is in line with the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, which states the median hourly rate for freelance illustration/design is $75/hr, and can very well go as high as $250/hr.
Project Rate
This is the rate structure that is used when a project is not open-ended, but when there are definite parameters to its scope. For example, a family portrait, book illustrations, or game illustrations.
Project rates are based on aspects such as:
- scale and complexity of the entire project
- client consultation time
- research and development time
- materials and equipment required
- artistic production time
- number of revisions
- rush fees
- copyright terms
- royalties
To try to make it simpler for everyone, I created the below project calculator, based on information provided by both the Canadian Artists’ Representation Fee Schedule and the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
The process for projects is generally as follows:
- After discussing and agreeing to project details, within 30 days of receipt of the Estimate & Confirmation agreement form, payment of 50% of the quoted estimate is due.
- From then on, the remaining portions of the project invoice will be payable upon completed project milestones. The larger the project, the more milestones.
- The final invoice will include any additional remaining expenses that were incurred, prior to delivery of the completed project.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message.
Day Rate
$500 Canadian per day*
This is a great option for:
- occasional but fairly regular work (a monthly retainer option is available to ensure reserved time)
- smaller projects which may take a few days or weeks
- testing out various illustration styles with me prior to starting a project
- when the scope of a project changes and additional days are required
This Day Rate does not include any copyright privilages. If certain copyright terms will be required, they must be purchased in addition to this. To find out how much copyright privileges for your project may cost, please check out the Project Calculator.
Please note, a Day Rate is not available for every project type. Some projects must be calculated through a Project Rate.
If you’re ready to get in touch with me, please send me a message or fill out my project application form.
* This Day Rate (at $62.50/hr) is in line with the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing and Ethical Guidelines, which states the median hourly rate for freelance illustration/design is $75/hr, and can very well go as high as $250/hr.
Project Rate
This is the rate structure that is used when a project is not open-ended, but when there are definite parameters to its scope. For example, a family portrait, book illustrations, or game illustrations.
Project rates are based on aspects such as:
- scale and complexity of the entire project
- client consultation time
- research and development time
- materials and equipment required
- artistic production time
- number of revisions
- rush fees
- copyright terms
- royalties
To try to make it simpler for everyone, I created the below project calculator, based on information provided by both the Canadian Artists’ Representation Fee Schedule and the Graphic Artists Guild Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. It will provide an estimate of what you can expect to pay for a project of your size.
The process for projects is generally as follows:
- After discussing and agreeing to project details, within 30 days of receipt of the Estimate & Confirmation agreement form, payment of 50% of the quoted estimate is due.
- From then on, the remaining portions of the project invoice will be payable upon completed project milestones. The larger the project, the more milestones.
- The final invoice will include any additional remaining expenses that were incurred, prior to delivery of the completed project.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to send me a message.
Want to get in touch?
If you would like to contact me, please feel free to message me through my Contact page. I’m happy to discuss possibilities with you.
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Want to get in touch?
If you would like to contact me, please feel free to message me through my Contact page. I’m happy to discuss possibilities with you.
I will get back to you as soon as possible.
