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i'm glad you found it helpful! i work full time as a studio designer now but as a freelancer it'd depend on the project... usually clients would have a budget, so they'd set a flat rate and i'd negotiate from there (with varying results). disclaimer that these are junior rates and i live in the uk where the pay is notoriously bad:

i mostly did hand-drawn animation for social media/marketing/tv ads - i had jobs ranging from £2k for ~12 secs of animation (inclusive of storyboarding and character designs) to £600 for a 90 sec film (also including storyboards/designs/edits). i wouldn't use the latter as a reference point because i was definitely being lowballed and if it were up to me i'd charge way higher LOL but as a graduate i took on those briefs for my portfolio and they led to me getting more work, for what it's worth. i've talked to more established freelancers who'd ballpark £8-12k for a 2 min animation over a ~2 month production schedule.

my illustration work (mostly editorial gigs) would vary depending on the brief's complexity/usage/client budget... but it was typically about £100-150 per illustration (also not great, but people kept telling me this was normal for a graduate so i just accepted it). again, i'd price things differently if it were up to me, especially since i'm more confident with my style now, but i'd honestly ask more experienced illustrators for better reference. i wanted to offer up my experience anyway bc i think it's beneficial to have transparent conversations about pay in this industry.

oh, and i do basically all of my illo/animation work in photoshop on my 8 year-old laptop (+ premiere pro for compositing), with a wacom intuos tablet... i don't necessarily recommend this equipment because 1) adobe is dudu, and 2) i recently started drawing on an ipad with procreate and it feels so much better than drawing on desktop, and i will probably upgrade my setup when i can comfortably afford to lol

in reference to these figurines - i used white air dry clay from hobbycraft! painted over with acrylics and clay varnish

yeah... i salute akechi fans who are like, "i like akechi but i don't condone his actions" etc. because he could kill another 5 people and i'd be like, "that's literally iconic"

thank you! to be honest i have a completely insane process that involves a lot of trial and error. unless you are a potential employer looking to hire - in which case disregard the previous, my process is 100% intentional, consistent, and i definitely know what i'm doing at all times.

i will try my best to explain!

agh this is such a sweet message!!!

just for you ⭐️

I hope you don't mind the like spam.

thank you so much! that's a lovely compliment and i like that image a lot <3