how much should i charge for commisioning a t shirt design?
hi, basically a company has asked my to produce some art work for a t shirt. company, who are up and coming,i am new to this as i am jjust out of uni, i have asked on a couple of t shirt website but all i got was snobbish replies. no help at all.
You are being commissioned and not commissioning…
Keep track of your hours or estimate how many hours it will take including the creation of the rough drafts to the final art work (including consultations with the company), how many colors will be involved, the number of screens and then your charge per piece of delivered work.
If you will be making the screens for printing, burning the same or cutting them by hand, etc., add that in too.
Consider how much they will gain from the use of the piece in advertising on t-shirts, pumper stickers, letter heads, new print ads, etc and get a percentage of what that will be (however, don’t get too greedy as smaller profits bring customers back and large profits drive them away…repeat business is always nice to have in many ways).
Be fair but don’t get taken and yes, your competitors will not be likely to be very helpful (as such is a bit of a cut throat business…)
Good luck.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Depends on how much there willing to pay for your design in the first place. You can always ask people on Deviant Art on how much they charge for commisions. Somtimes it ranges from 20-80 bucks. Depending on your materials used and the time it took.
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February 11th, 2010 at 8:59 am
You are being commissioned and not commissioning…
Keep track of your hours or estimate how many hours it will take including the creation of the rough drafts to the final art work (including consultations with the company), how many colors will be involved, the number of screens and then your charge per piece of delivered work.
If you will be making the screens for printing, burning the same or cutting them by hand, etc., add that in too.
Consider how much they will gain from the use of the piece in advertising on t-shirts, pumper stickers, letter heads, new print ads, etc and get a percentage of what that will be (however, don’t get too greedy as smaller profits bring customers back and large profits drive them away…repeat business is always nice to have in many ways).
Be fair but don’t get taken and yes, your competitors will not be likely to be very helpful (as such is a bit of a cut throat business…)
Good luck.
References :
February 11th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Charge by the hour How many hours it took to make the design. Just figure what you are worth is per hour, times how many hours you put into each design. Keep a record of the hours and how much you want per hour.
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