pecunia non olet

money doesn´t stink indeed, but don´t ever sell your soul to people who can only offer you some banknotes. so you should hold in high esteem only to execute orders which neither leave you unhappy nor overreached. the bios of many people working within the field of applied arts are filled with underpaid and/or deadly boring jobs, mainly during the first years.
it´s part of the illustrator´s job to tell the client if he´s losing his way; so you should get rid of advisory-resistent clients as soon as possible... or try to increase your fees drastically for you´ll have to pay your therapist after finishing your work.

but there is a huge amount of clients with taste and a fine sense for self-irony... or who like to get a good, correct advice at the right time. and sometimes it´s okay to work on a lower payment-level for those people if necessary. plus: it will feed your karma :-) !
the following samples are a small selection:

title: the atrocity exhibition book cover client: milena verlag	title: simpel spricht sich aus book cover client: milena verlag	title: grendel book cover r client: milena verlag	title: grünes grünes gras c book cover client: milena verlag	title: hemmungslos book cover client: milena verlag
title: scharfe zähne book cover client: milena verlag	title: zeit der idioten book cover client: milena verlag	title: meine mutter book cover client: milena verlag	title: wenn das der führer wüsste book cover client: milena verlag	title: how i fucked jamal book cover client: milena verlag
title: lemmy schießt nicht auf blondinen book cover client: milena verlag	title: gute macht book cover client: milena verlag
title: filmlexikon 1 program folder client: filmzentrum im rechbauerkino	title: nachtblende 1 program folder client: macGuffin	title: downtempo flyer client: postgarage	title: evil flyer client: postgarage	title: support women now! invitation client: frauenhaeuser graz
title: we are functioning flyer postcard client: forum stadtpark	title: jugendverbot exhibition poster client: galerie staudinger	title: next code: love outdoor flag client: steirischer herbst	title: ring.award 08 documentation folder (layout/graphic re-design) client: ring award kulturverein, graz	title: frosterweichen event flyer client: combinesch
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"Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy."
Groucho Marx