The secret life of freelancers

Thanks to the flexibility and autonomy it offers, working as a freelancer is a tempting employment option for artists. But that doesn’t mean you get to do whatever you want, whenever you want. There are workloads to juggle, taxes to sort and pitches to present. You also have to knuckle down with a healthy dose of discipline, because the freelance lifestyle won’t look after itself.

“It sends shivers down my spine when people tell me I’m ‘lucky’,” says illustrator . “It implies we as artists had nothing to do with it, that everything was just thrown into our laps. ‘Luck’ implies