"How would I make sure people to actually pay me? I've lost hunderds of hours of work over some project that promised me hunderds, possibly thousands (up to $10K) of dollars (depending on the success of the project) but I haven't seen a penny yet :-/"

Rayraz,

I know this is not a quetion directed at me, but there are a couple ways to do this. One, was mentioned by AS and that is to get paid in advance or atleast half of the total price in advance and the other half on delivery of product. The second would be to write out a contract. You can read up on how to do this or find someone who knows. Customize the contract to each individual job and make sure its all signed and legit before starting work. That way they have no choice but to pay you. I, myself just graduated from art school and am currently working on freelance and contract jobs so Im starting to learn first hand how this real-world business works :-)

Matt

Message edited on: 05/01/2005 07:19