Also the rotovators can be difficult to get through the house 
Undeniably true for most new houses - and another factor which will make the coming hard times harder than they need to be. However there are quite a few older houses with large gardens. I predict that many people will get about 10 sq ft dug before they pack it in and shout for help.the-gnole wrote:Twodo, modern UK gardens are about as small as you will get, a hand trowell will be enough to turn it over
Here in Edinburgh during the Festival season the artists take around £40-£50 for a basic caricature and it takes them about 10 minutes to do it so quite a lot of money to make if you have the skill Hobo.the-gnole wrote:Can you do the caricature stuff?
We had little one done back in 1999 when she was tiny. A very basic picture was about £10 and done with chisel tip water based felt tips.
I'll get practicing!Technik wrote:Here in Edinburgh during the Festival season the artists take around £40-£50 for a basic caricature and it takes them about 10 minutes to do it so quite a lot of money to make if you have the skill Hobo.the-gnole wrote:Can you do the caricature stuff?
We had little one done back in 1999 when she was tiny. A very basic picture was about £10 and done with chisel tip water based felt tips.
Do you dabble in web design, AWR?Attack Warning Red wrote:Hobo - I work in the media, now as a freelance. I quit a regular well-paid job in October last year to go back to freelancing. It was always my 'plan B', and at the time I had a new job, but without going into detail, it was awful and not what I'd been lead to believe it was, so I quit and went freelance.
I'd actually done the prep work just in case. In the summer, I'd even bought a new computer, software, and created a database of potential clients, all 'just in case' it didn't work out and I went freelance. I'm so glad I did.
It's all working out well. I now have 2 very regular clients who keep me busy, and they are also happy for me to work at home, as well as trek into London once or twice a week or so. So right now I'm in the middle of a 3 week project, working in my spare room office at home. Taking a mini break from my work, sipping my freshly-made coffee and checking UKP forums...
My dad always told a story of how he got out of a sticky situation in a cafe in Corsica during the war by finding a violin and playing the Marseillaise 
I'm afraid not, although I've done my own (basic) site, I wouldn't say I'm good enough to do other people's!itsybitsy wrote:Do you dabble in web design, AWR?Attack Warning Red wrote:Hobo - I work in the media, now as a freelance. I quit a regular well-paid job in October last year to go back to freelancing. It was always my 'plan B', and at the time I had a new job, but without going into detail, it was awful and not what I'd been lead to believe it was, so I quit and went freelance.
I'd actually done the prep work just in case. In the summer, I'd even bought a new computer, software, and created a database of potential clients, all 'just in case' it didn't work out and I went freelance. I'm so glad I did.
It's all working out well. I now have 2 very regular clients who keep me busy, and they are also happy for me to work at home, as well as trek into London once or twice a week or so. So right now I'm in the middle of a 3 week project, working in my spare room office at home. Taking a mini break from my work, sipping my freshly-made coffee and checking UKP forums...
One of my clients does weddings portraits of the whole ceremony, pet portraits, house portraits, etc. and she gives them to a framer. These are very nice portraits that you would hang above the fireplace so it has to be framed but for caricatures a simple supermarket frame will do. Btw she has a booking list that goes a couple months back and that's because she has her own unique style and the portraits are beautiful (and not expensive).diamond lil wrote:Hobo, one of my sons is an artist and can do portraits and says people won't pay for them unless you frame them etc and that al costs money.
I think the way to get on is to adapt and be flexible.
Framing, now thats an idea. It is not at all hard to do once you get the hang of it and all of the framers around here seem to have a couple month wait. Takes a bit of money to set up though.diamond lil wrote:Hobo, one of my sons is an artist and can do portraits and says people won't pay for them unless you frame them etc and that al costs money.
