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My contact/paypal: mayshing@gmail.com

 

Dear potiential client:

I typically will ask for 20%-50% down payment for first time client,
to whatever I will be delivering before I do the work,
after I deliver then I will ask for the remaining agreed amount.
because this way ensures me to know you are a serious client.

  • If paying an advance is not the way you do things, talk to me about it.
    if you are a reputable and established client, I will work with your system.

    • Reputable: a producer/professional from a studio that handled commercial projects and hire freelancers
    • Established client: 2nd time client I have worked with
    • Note: Indie studios commissions are considered as private clients

 

  • Notes about contacting me: I am an e-mail person.
  • I am on e-mail all the time, or most of the time.
    If I am going out of the country I will notify you ahead of time and rearrange the changes
  • I don't use MSN/AIM/skype regularly, if you want to see me there, we need an appointment.
    make sure you tell me your time zone, we are an international community.
    (I will sign on regularly if the job requires me to)
  • I don't use cell phone much, need to know when you will call

    Please don't ask for my facebook, I will ask, find and add you if our working relationship turns out well.

 

Writers:

< Guidelines for character description- for writers>

-please use that guideline to check whether you have included everything in your script, very often I get writers who describe their characters too briefly for me to illustrate. If you are very open minded and want to let me decide, perfect! But I still need some bases.

 

  • What I don't do: pronographic material, animation for free or below my rates.
  • Revisions: I provide 3 free revisions per artwork, if you need more than that we might have to talk.

MY policy - very important!

Hiring: I may hire helpers if work is rushed, i will tell you about it.

Delivery date: I typically do not want to rush a commission, I will try to give you an update every week or every other week. If you need things in a hurry, rates increase.

 

Rights policy: Typically, if I make work for client, I go with work for hire contract. (e-mail agreement and this page serves as written agreement.) This applies to both my indie/non-commercial client, and commercial clients, my clients are free to use the images as they please. I will not ask for additional reward, even if you went ahead and made 1 million, 1 trillion from it, unless a contract states my royalty share.

Additional costs: Currently, my practice is not to rise my charges once we come to agreed amount, but i will not work over-time for little pay, so if you want my best, be prepared to pay for it. If you made additional requests, changes, that cost me beyond agreeable time, I will request for more.

 

 
 

 

Illustration:

Normal delivery- no deadline.

Timed delivery- anything less than 2 months is consider timed, I will tell you if i need longer.

 

Quick sketch: SAMPLE -10 USD - no timed delivery prices.

  • Inking a pre-made sketch: - 15 USD
  • Inked/toned piece: -30 USD
  • Redraw your design, and color: - 30 USD
  • 1 character, from script, simple or pre-made background: 40 USD (Each additional character is 30 USD)

Design and layout work:

Design:

 

A single Character turn around sheet, frontal, side, 3/4, and back view, colored, starts at 60 USD+ (rates vary based on complexity)

 

 

Background, layout, scenes: depends on purpose and complexity

Simple- starts at 60 USD (4-5 hours work)

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Highest quality- to 600 USD (30 hours work)

Prefer: naturalistic scenery, old/historic buildings

 

 

Manga /comic commission:

Normal delivery- 20 pages- no deadline

Timed delivery- 20 pages in less than 3 months is consider timed.

 

  • Sketch only for reference- 5 per page / timed: 12 per page

 

  • Inked and toned(b/w)- 30-40 per page/ timed: 80 per page

 

  • Colored pages- 60 per page/ timed: 200 per page

I might be one of the rare ones who would take on a whole book commission,
if you are that serious about it. Payments can be split into chapters or sections, we can talk about details.
However, if I can't understand your script, I will ask you to revise it until I can read it.
(I have gotten scripts with no spacing, grammar, typo everywhere, seriously!)
Please make sure your script has been proof-read, and edited before you send it to me.

 

 


Storyboarding:

Indie/non-commercial: starting rate 10 USD per storyboard page based on the script, no time delivery.

Commercial rate: based on your studio rates. timed delivery provided.

2D Animation for private commissions: (from cheap to best)

Delivery time: I will work out a schedule with you if you need it, but if you have to rush me I will increase my rates, because of overnights fee plus recruitment.

Cheap: (4-16 drawings per second)

 

20-40 USD: 100X100 colored icon animated with eye blink

80 USD - 1 character simple hair loop, (6-12 drawings) 1 of my own stock background, cleaned/colored. (each new character on the scene is another $60)

80 USD - 100 USD: 1 looping animation splash page for your personal project in flash.

 

 

Higher quality non-looping full animation: (20-30 drawings per second)

Rate:

100-200 USD: 1 shot of simple or limited animation, (1-6 seconds depending on the story/sound)customized background (ex: character standing in windy graveyard, camera pan up to the sky)

ink animation: 60 USD/1 second

Colored: 100 USD/1 second

 

Double challenge Quality:

Action packed stuff, (ex: 2 characters fighting- smooth animation-27 drawings on average per second)- starting 600 USD for 3 seconds

Each character added to the action sequence is another 300 USD

 

 

Commercial clients will get rates based on their studio budget, but no lower than my offer.

 

 

 

 
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