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Published: 2012-08-24 19:04:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 12627; Favourites: 437; Downloads: 3
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All painted in Photoshop from scratch. Made it up as I went along. This image is a personal project, so doesn't belong to anyone else, i.e. a client. To buy the full license to this image would cost £60 ($100).JL Conceptual Enterprises (circa 2010) - part of the JLC Group.
A company that specializes in construction. Now the ONLY construction company left on Earth.
This image took about 5 days to complete. The cost for an image like this from scratch would be £400 to £500 ($640 to $800).
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Thank you MRP!
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Many many thanks Lhianne!!
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You're very welcome James
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Thanks a lot marcio!
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Cheers SOTW!
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Thanks loads pura!! (Jedi Knight)
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I do like it, I just don't see where you made those costs. that's like 100 pound the day.
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In my recent job as an unskilled worker at a special school I earned £130 per day for the council. My friends are all graphic designers, earning £300 per day doing freelance. An established concept artist I know did a few characters for a local design business and charged £1000 per character, which took 3 days for each character to be completed. A recent job I applied for paid £200 per day for a concept art role (Rare, based in the UK). An agency contacted me today and said the going rate in the business is about £180 per day (intermediate level), working in-house for a large company, but over £200 for the very large companies. A senior concept artist would earn more.
I am repeatedly told I charge too low, by professionals.
The reason why it seems so much on here is that a lot of teenagers can charge a lot less, naturally. Also, the internet has opened up the opportunity for artists from the developing world to get involved. They obviously charge microscopic amounts because $1 US dollar is worth about $16 in say, the Philippines, meaning they actually earn a higher rate than most of us because of the exchange rate etc.
My rates are low generally, but there will always be people willing to do work for peanuts. If I did that my £900 ($1400) monthly living costs just would not get paid and I would have to work for minimum wage somewhere. The high cost of living in the west forces us to charge more, but only businesses can afford the work of course. I am just not in a position to charge any less, even if I wanted to. MY equipment cost me £3000 and I spend 14 hours every day learning art. No one should do all that for free or nearly free.
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Well if you have to live from it, then it makes sense.Great to hear there are still people out there making a living out of it! you're surely devoted.
Thanks for that eye-opener
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No probs - cheers!
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It gives the night shift feeling . The night when you know you gotta stay
until the break of dawn .
brilliant job
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Congratulations! Your entry has been level up to amazing gallery at keep up the good work!
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Brilliant - thanks for that!
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Wow man...that looks realy amazing
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Thanks again - yeah, it took a lot of work and I actually had to get rid of loads of stuff that made it too busy!
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yw man
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I had to delete stuff from this image, as it was becoming over cluttered.
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Ah I see, I had that few times aswell^^
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Nice one zombie!
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Interesting. You're very good with light/shadow balance.
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Thank you - takes loads and loads of experimenting until it looks right.
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Aye, I can imagine.
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ah, i see what youve done here. i think after seeing this, i would laugh if that ever became a real company; heck, i may even apply for a job!
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