How Much can I charge for an art design fee ???

Question

How much can I charge for several art designs that will be mass manufactured onto company shirts, say 12 designs and 150 shirts per design ?

Answer 1

If you are selling the designs outright (not recommended), charge at least $25 per hour for the designing and finished artwork.

If you are selling the reproduction rights for one project (you still own the original and further reproduction rights), you need to careful word the contract to cover exactly how many images can be made of an artwork (150 for 150 shirts) for a set price.  If further images are to be sold of a design, you can write another contract or place that contingency (with a second pricing) in the initial contract.

What someone will pay for t-shirt designs differs from place to place and customer to customer.  You can find a lot of pricing and contract answers in  "The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines" available at www.gag.org