5 Oct 2020, 06:50

A warm hello to you!

I have been approached to do a children's book comprising of 30 - 35 illustrations ( approx. 15 spread, 15 spot ), for a 32 page book, in my painterly style as seen here:

The intimidating White Canvas

It's a 'work for hire' project and while that's not ideal, it's a project that will allow me to design creatures which should be fun : )

Couple of queries:

  1. How much would you charge for a painterly style similar to the one I have shared in the link?
  2. The budget mentioned is 2-3k. What would be an ideal quote? The project needs to be done in 2 months. The Graphics Arts Guild book says flat fees could be anything between 2k - 20k & I remember @Will-Terry mention an estimate of 5 -12k for a 32 page color book (if starting out), on the podcast.
  3. Is designing characters (monsters) for the book usually charged separately from the book illustrations, or is that considered to be part of the illustration cost? How much would character design costs be, approximately?
  4. Is the front cover & back cover charged higher than the interior illustrations? (Which would add on to the total number of illustrations. by +2? )
  5. How many iterations is the norm? I usually provide 2 iterations.

Looking forward to your insights! 😃