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What Does It Take to Be a Freelance Artist? | Career CrushUploaded 14-02-2215 Feb 2022---𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨It’s about a lot more than making great art.Subscribe to the Ascend newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio chats with Kit Mills, a freelance illustrator and comic artist, to find out what it’s really like to pursue art professionally.00:00 Meet Kit Mills01:20 The day in the life02:19 The business side03:12 Do you need to go to school to be an artist?04:50 Figuring out your rate06:50 Getting work08:00 Being your own boss09:05 Balancing passion and making a livingProduced by Andy Robinson, Kelsey Alpaio, and Elainy MataVideo by Andy Robinson and Elainy MataEditing by Andy RobinsonAnimation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen PlayerFollow us:https://hbr.org/ascendhttps://www.tiktok.com/@hbrascendhttps://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbrascendhttps://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/https://twitter.com/HBRAscendhttps://www.instagram.com/hbrascend#freelancing #workingforyourself #artist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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