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Tabletop Gaming
CCG/TCG art
5 star- over $1000
4 star- $601-$999
3 star- $300-$600
2 star- $176-$299
1 star- $1-$175
0 star- $0
RPG cover art
5 star- $2000 and up
4 star- $1000-$1999
3 star- $700-$999
2 star- $300-$699
1 star- $1-$299
0 star- $0
RPG b/w interiors full page
5 star- $650 and up
4 star- $300-$649
3 star- $200-$299
2 star- $100-$199
1 star- $1-$99
0 star- $0
RPG color full page
5 star- $1000 and up
4 star- $600-$999
3 star- $300-$599
2 star- $100-$299
1 star- $1-$99
0 star- $0
RPG maps (single full page, color)
5 star- $1000 and up
4 star- $600-$999
3 star- $300-$599
2 star- $100-$299
1 star- $1-$99
0 star- $0
Tabletop mini-design (3 view turnarounds)
5 star- $350 and up
4 star- $200-$349
3 star- $100-$199
2 star- $50-$99
1 star- $1-$49
0 star- $0
Fiction Publishing
Book cover prices
5 star- $5000 and up
4 star- $3500-$4999
3 star- $2000-$3499
2 star- $1000-$1999
1 star- $1-$999
0 star- $0
Maps (B&W; endpaper spread)
5 star- $1000 and up
4 star- $700-$999
3 star- $400-$699
2 star- $200-$399
1 star- $1-$199
0 star- $0
Online content (full color)
5 star- $1000 and up
4 star- $700-$999
3 star- $400-$699
2 star- $200-$399
1 star- $1-$199
0 star- $0
Comic Books
Comic page rate pencils
5 star- $450 and up
4 star- $220-$449
3 star- $140-$219
2 star- $60-$139
1 star- $1-$59
0 star- $0
Comic page ink rates
5 star- $200 and up
4 star- $140-$199
3 star- $90-$139
2 star- $40-$89
1 star- $1-$39
0 star- $0
Comic page color rates
5 star- $300 and up
4 star- $150-$299
3 star- $75-$149
2 star- $40-$74
1 star- $1-$39
0 star- $0
Comic page fully painted rates
5 star- $700 and up
4 star- $450-$699
3 star- $200-$449
2 star- $100-$199
1 star- $1-$99
0 star- $0
Comic cover painting
5 star- $2000 and up
4 star- $1000-$1999
3 star- $750-$999
2 star- $300-$749
1 star- $1-$299
0 star- $0
Comic cover pencils
5 star- $1000 and up
4 star- $500-$999
3 star- $300-$499
2 star- $100-$299
1 star- $1-$99
0 star- $0
Comic cover inks
5 star- $400 and up
4 star- $250-$399
3 star- $150-$249
2 star- $80-$149
1 star- $1-$79
0 star- $0
Comic cover colors
5 star- $600 and up
4 star- $350-$599
3 star- $150-$349
2 star- $80-$149
1 star- $1-$79
0 star- $0
Comic book lettering per page
5 star- $50 and up
4 star- $35-$49
3 star- $20-$34
2 star- $10-$19
1 star- $1-$9
0 star- $0
Video Games
Video game freelance work is usually done on an hourly basis. Below are the review suggestions for hourly concept art work.
Concept Art, 2-D
5 star- $125 and up
4 star- $80-$124
3 star- $50-$79
2 star- $25-$49
1 star- $1-$24
0 star- $0
Other
Below are the review suggestions for work in other fields per hour.
5 star- $80 and up
4 star- $50-$79
3 star- $25-49
2 star- $10-$24
1 star- $1-$9
0 star- $0
Author
Jim Pavelec
Jim is the driving force behind PACT. As a freelance veteran of fifteen years, Jim heard countless tales of woe from his colleagues. Because of this he decided to create a website that would be a one stop informational resource for freelance illustrators, and provide them with a place that they could rate the companies that they have worked for. Along with his co-founders, the idea of the website was presented at the Illuxcon convention in 2012. The response was overwhelmingly positive, so they worked together to lay the groundwork for the website, and run the Indiegogo campaign that raised the seed money for the website. This website is the result of all of their hard work. With the support of the freelance community, it will help to lead freelance illustration out of the current rut it is stuck in.
