If managing your money as a freelancer is proving a challenge, one way you can improve matters is to get some representation. “A lot of artists, especially the younger ones, don’t know how to price their work,” says James Yeo, an agent for JSR, a London agency specialising in photographers, illustrators, CG and motion designers. “For example, they don’t know how much usage costs should be. An agency like ours can take care of all that for you.”
They’ll take a cut, of course – but they’ll almost certainly get you a better deal than you could have got yourself. “It just lets you get on with the creative stuff,” says Yeo, “while we get on with all the paperwork, tax forms, and all the rest of it.” Furthermore, he…
