Been reading Lizzy Stewart's blog and she has done a post on freelancing, things to be aware of and how she would advise students moving into the real world to grab a hold of it in the best way!
What I found most interesting was her comments she made about the transition from student to professional and how going from a classroom with lots of encouragement around you, feedback readily available and people always about for a chat...TO being alone in a room with your thoughts and other illustrators posting lovely work, it can be depressing. She comments on it saying that you have to remember that most creatives post their best work and don't show the struggle they had to get to their final piece, which in turn makes you feel shit. Everybody that freelances always finds they have struggles, it doesn't always go right and so don't let others work get you down!
Matt has sent me a lecture he did about freelancing which was a very interesting read indeed! He makes similar comments on the internet being a very good but bad thing as well. I also foun interesting, that he comments lots on drawing something for the sake of it and drawing with passion behind it, which is what I think I have come to develop and find for my self throughout this project.
Another interesting thing to keep in mind is that working for free, is not cool. However when you're just starting out it may be advised to do a few jobs for free, building relationships with other creatives. Matt explains that people he worked for free when starting out have now turned into jobs he gets every year and now is paid for them.
Over all ...some very useful information!
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