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Freelance Artist Description Freelance Artists are contracted to work for individuals or companies but only briefly for a certain project over a period. They work with many different people at the same time and travel often to consult with board members to individual contractors. They often have project do back to back, and with a rigorous travel schedule. They travel all over the world, from New York to Japan and from Japan to Paris. Target, Sony, Hasbro, Urban Outfitters, Sirius XM Radio are just some of the companies that employ artists to design logos, commercials, and very much integrated with their marketing. Any sign, shirt, shoe, building, painting, car started out as a concept by an artist then realized into what we use everyday. Freelance artist can also do more traditional work and be showcased in Galleries around the world.



Salary? The salary of a Freelance Artist averages 50k a year. Art is forever changing and growing, so like fashion it has to stay current and relevant. If an artist’s work is not popular that will affect an individual’s income greatly as opposed to a more popular and well-known artist.

Schooling required? No schooling is required to make art and sell it, but to work for companies a Bachelor’s Degree is the minimum to be a prospectively employed artist. Anything above that will be helpful in making you stand out to employers, naturally, because the art world is highly competitive and companies are looking for the most qualified artist to design for them and everyone has something new and creative to offer.

Where can you find this career? You can find this career all over the world, in every continent and country

What colleges offer the degree? __ U.S. __ Flagler College - St. Augustine, FL ($22,550 a year) Ringling College of Art and Design - Sarasota, FL (47,500 a year.) Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, FL (45,500 a year) School of Visual Arts - Manhattan, NY Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY ($54,320 a year) The University of the Arts - Philadelphia, PA (38,000 a year) And much more….

Would you be interested in this career? Yes, very much so. I love art, I’ve been drawing since I was three and I feel that this is what I was meant to do. The interview with Mark Ostermeier didn’t change my view of becoming a Freelance Artist one bit; actually he has been my art teacher for three years. He inspired me to actually make this a career, he said I shold be in an enviroment with like-minded free thinkers. Art is my way of releasing my emotions.

__ Interview __

**Name:** Mr. Mark “Ozz” Ostermeier

**Profession:** He has two professions; he is, firstly, a teacher. Secondly, he does freelance work on the side .

Yes, teaching is wonderful, educating the youth about art is my passion. Though, my freelance work is definitely just for extra money on the side. If you are really passionate about it then go for it, you can definitely make a killing if you get it going.
 * Do you like your job? **

Meeting new people, it really is all about your connections and building bridges. I do art locally so my name isn’t that well-known in other places. You have to take your ideas to Milan, Paris, or New York to really get known nowadays.
 * Positives? **

Job security as a Freelance Artist doesn’t really exist, and that’s why I took up a job as a teacher.
 * Negatives? **

Titles? It’s not really that official, but I do have roles in designing and presenting my product in a certain way, I constantly have to sell it.
 * What are your job roles and titles? **

I learned about art history, the Bauhaus in Germany, different ways of approaching a problem to solve it, what I wanted to convey to the world with my art, and how to make children passionate about are.
 * Useful skills and non-useful skills that you learn in school that you were required to accomplish? **

Roughly 43,000 dollars a year.
 * How much do you make annually? **

Easy since I have a crazy ex-wife and no kids to speak off, I live quite comfortably .
 * Do you find it easy or hard to live off your salary? **

Teaching? No, I’m pretty secure where I am. As for my individual endeavors as a Freelancer I’d say I always have to hone my skill and keep an eye out for what’s current, you know?
 * Is any additional training required of you to remain competitive and capable to you job? **

Yeah, highly. It especially depends on how big you want to get and how much you are looking to make. It can eat you alive if you let it, but I’m confident you’ll do you. You just have to have guts, drive, and a real skill to be able to market yourself. This economy is tough, growing tough steady as each day passes, the world is looking for the best and you have to convince the world you are the best at what you do. That’s incredibly difficult.
 * Is the field of Freelance Art competitive? **

In a freaking heart beat, I live for this stuff. I think my blood consists of paint to be honest with you. I need art for synapses to build thinking highways in my brain; without that I’d be just like every other moron mindlessly glued to reality television as life goes by, because life waits for no one.
 * If you where to go back to college and re-do your career choice, would you? Why? **

I think so, I mean I’ve gotten many offers in my lifetime to move here and travel who know where to make art.
 * Do people appreciate your art? **

Good art? No, you want great art? Good writers write, great writers write what they know. You know? Same goes for artists, except what we know is conveyed visually. Art either works or it doesn’t, it’s just that black and white.
 * What makes good art? **

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