Lessons that I learned from freelancing as an artist before getting a fulltime job.

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Do you all feel that the audio is too loud? I might have some audio issues on this one. Hopefully you all don't mind.

[@taysmane]

Audio sounds fine, crystal clear

[@peterszekeres2789]

The audio is perfect. Thanks for your channel, it's a bless!

[@PhotoMeLarry]

Audio isn't too loud. Are you adjusting to a specific DB level before exporting?

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

@@PhotoMeLarry yeah I changed my microphone and wasn't sure how others would hear the audio. I might reduce the DB a bit for the next videos to test.

[@PhotoMeLarry]

@@EdgeloopAcademy it works just fine for me as is, no where near too loud compared to other videos I watched after yours brother.

[@grassetti]

Don't forget bonuses, that's a big reason for a lot of artists to stay in big studios and move around to different places.

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Hey brother! I totally forgot about that. Thanks for mentioning it. Probably because I didn't get my bonuses since I moved around a lot :D

[@grassetti]

@@EdgeloopAcademy that's something that is not talked about a lot in the industry, it's common for studios to pay from 10% to 25% of your annual sallary every year at the end of the fiscal year + plus shipping bonuses when you finish a project + profit share of the games every quarter. The percentage increases the more time you are in the studio and the more projects you ship/experience level. That's a big benefit of being full-time. Great video brother!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

@@grassetti Thanks a lot man! Would be good if we do a live or something and talk about these things. I only got 2 bonuse during the year for performance but I left the job for another one and never got the shipping bonus and it was 10% if i remember currectly on average!

[@artoras9748]

@@EdgeloopAcademy it would be a great discussion , please do a live video together again

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

@@artoras9748 I'm down whenever Raf has time. I loved the first conversation we had.

[@Jonnelss]

Thank you for the valuable insight. I'm a 20 yr old aspiring illustrator and alll of this is new information to me. I really wasn't sure whether to choose the freedom of freelancing or the security of full-time. You explained both sides really well and I'm reminded of my original decision to become a freelancer. I'm in my third year of university for design which I've heard is a great time to start freelancing. Thanks for the video, it helped a lot.

[@greenc1088]

This guy even has timestamps in his description, true talk, no bs. Keep it up!

[@artoras9748]

great video Siamak!! ..freelance is really working great for me , I have many clients and I am learning a lot in each project , still have issues charging but I am doing alot better then before , one of the best advantages for me is that I can take a month break and work on my personal stuff and have time to learn and improve my portfolio

[@arnabroy2193]

My experience after being a freelancer and a full-time for 15 years: Freelancer- Good for single ppl, with not much social commitment, just great to learn things. But the finance is absolutely unstable, there should not be any commitment basically. And the probability of a successful full-time freelancer is pretty less cause the competition is cut-throat. So the bottom line is if you are really I mean really good at your craft and know to market yourself very very intelligently freelance can be your cup of tea for the rest of the people who like to have a decent social life with weekend plans, fulltime job is unbeatable (provided you work in a company with the decent work culture and a standard work-life balance. Glassdoor rating and your bank statement should always be the deciding factor of your career. If your career is a car passion, work satisfaction, and title credits are only the engine oil or the essential lubricants, but they are not the driving fuel.

[@nene65-m5o]

Thanks for sharing this information, it’s gold for us !!

[@uistudios]

❤ I worked as a freelance for 15 years and I agree with everything you mentioned!!

[@Denns300]

Thank you Siamak, really well explained. That'll be great if you can make another video in future to talk about like where to look to find good freelance jobs etc...especially if you've a good portfolio. Grateful for the knowledge you share.

[@ricardogoncalves7043]

Esse é o primeiro canal que vejo falar abertamente e sem medo sobre o percurso árduo que é um artista 3d se tornar bom para o mercado. Muito obrigado

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

você é muito bem-vindo. Não falo português, mas consegui traduzir o que você disse com o Google Translate e escrever isso;)

[@ricardogoncalves7043]

@@EdgeloopAcademy , do you have any videos reporting your trajectory as a 3d artist? I'm starting out in this 3d world and need a "map" to know what I need to know (at a minimum) to be an acceptable artist for the 3d industry. I believe that like me, many have the same doubt. And fear... Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@taysmane]

Great video as always Siamak! Always great hearing your insight!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Thanks a lot! Glad to hear that you liked it.

[@xs4e3dx21]

You are the one in the million!!!

[@mohamadXezri]

Thanks for sharing your experience ♥ I was stupid because I wasted my time on different kinds of works but not art! I didn't think of being a freelance artist... I'm Persian, this makes work with an audience from other countries harder.

[@wereissankofa]

wow,I'm actually going through the exact drama you went throught before you started your career,watching this video assures me that it is temporary. Thanks

[@gabeno_delfino]

thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@Josh-vv3ef]

Hey Siamak! Really brilliant take on this dude. I love that you had the caveat of "don't take my advice on tax law." Haha. Great video!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Hey Josh! Thanks dude. Hope all is well. Yeah haha 😁

[@Sad3q13]

Love the hair Cut .👍

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Thank you!!

[@stephen3109]

I had a similar experience. I got my first job at an outsourcing studio last year and I'm currently trying to build my way to an in-house position now. I had to do it this way since there are no studios where I live.

[@Intervain]

Well there's another side to starting as a freelancer. Personally I'm against it because I've worked on multiple projects over the years where things were outsourced to freelancers who have no idea of how a pipeline works and the artists in the studio spend double the time fixing everything the freelancers did wrong. And as a freelancer but you are in a bubble and keep repeating the same mistakes. Learn on the job to understand what it is you're working on and then go freelance. Obviously if you have the opportunity to get into a studio. Don't just discount it as an option outright though.

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

I should have mentioned this in the pros of a fulltime job : you will learn the pipeline and how things work in a studio! Totally missed that. Thank you! :D

[@Intervain]

@@EdgeloopAcademy I phrased it so bad, I didn't mean you discounted it I mean the hypothetical new artist I was talking to haha

[@mohibtheba7669]

i had started freelancing while doing a full time job..i had made a tight bond with one of my client but unfortunately one day i lost that client just because i couldn't be able to deliver project on time because of my 8 hour job schedule. many people suggested me to do freelance along with job but what i think that freelancing is much more than what many people think and doing it as part time income.

[@ADI-xp4qe]

I am really motivated to do freelance from this year. And this video really escalated my morals thanks.

[@Optic.97]

Super helpful

[@mohibtheba7669]

Any videos on how to make freelance profile(on any platform) and how to write proposals for the freelance projects?

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Sure I will make one.

[@Sad3q13]

I think both of them have one Important similarity, your working and spending your time for money and it will reach the top at some point, I mean amount of money beside the time you spend. so the best way that it come to my mind is make money with which way that you can and spend it on some other works. works that you don't get pay by spending your time. like creating some product and sell it over and over...

[@artoras9748]

also a big con for full time is that u may get kicked out or the studio closes , not easy to just find another studio unless you have a great portfolio

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Yes. That's why i said job safty or at least that's how it feels!

[@lucialeila2478]

I always make a point to have half the payment in the middle of the project and half at the end... A client's been owing me the latter half for about 5 months. I feel like this risk will never not be there. But what can you do? :/

[@HamedNabilpour]

any suggestion about people like yourself that wants to immigrate from country or maybe another video about it ?!!!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Yeah i have that in mind! will do it at some point.

[@MartinZuletaArt]

@@EdgeloopAcademy Please do! Having some input about the relevance of having a degree would be useful info too!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Will make one about degree as well!

[@HamedNabilpour]

@@EdgeloopAcademy All the experienced artists tell that degree doesn't matter

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Yes. It's a waste of time! Degree doesn't mean knowledge! Experience is everything.

[@bruceyu2435]

Sometimes a really good project came right after I signed another contract for months, it happens a lot to me and make me feel super uncomfortable.

[@soundonikht]

any videos in the future on how to become a full-time freelancer? which platform is better?

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Sure I will make another one about freelancing.

[@soundonikht]

@@EdgeloopAcademy thank you 🙏🏻🙂

[@zaidkhamash770]

+1

[@amrasbine9252]

Hi everyone, Do you any twitch streamers that are doing freelance work or talking about freelance work in 3D? Any design long-form sessions? Something like a Blender session or a Photoshop session that was useful for you? If not, any long-form honest audio or video materials about design freelancing? KZbin streams or podcast episodes that have impacted the way you see business finding ? The reason I'm asking this question here is because the search engine on twitch is not well optimized for finding topic-specific content and I know there is good content over there. Any resource/link/idea would help.

[@jikito3199]

Hello! Do you think it's possible to move from a job to freelance or vice versa? I feel that might be hard if you want to change your carreer path after choosing one of the options.

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

if you are willing to learn, you can do anything! education is the key! you just have to learn how to do it! doesn't matter what it is! you can decide to become a musician at age 34 and leave cg completely!

[@jikito3199]

@@EdgeloopAcademy I went to far in my thoughts and forgot about the simple answer. "Do what you want." Thank you.

[@میرزا-ج4ت]

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