As a freelance artist, continuing every day is hard. Really frickin' hard sometimes. I have to wake up ready to be my own personal secretary, accountant, publicist, dreamer and doer. The plus side is that I am my own proverbial boss. I've always thought of myself as a pretty good and fair boss. I'm now also my own subordinate. I always thought of myself as a good and hard worker, too. So this should be cake, right?
Here's how I make it as a freelance artist.
This article appears in Jun 3-9, 2009.