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Originally Posted by Matt Harty
I thought the same thing, but I don't know much about the business. You'd need to have some serious trust with the artist to agree to pay per hour. Who knows if they're working on it or not?
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When I charge by the hour, I say that the job will take approximately x amount of hours. Then, that sets the total. So the customer actually gets the total amount up front. I then ask for 50% down to begin the job, and the balance upon completion.
I got the idea to do it this way because it's how we do it at my work place too, which is a sign & t-shirt shop. We sub out a lot of jobs to local biz card companies, because we don't do that kind of printing, and that's how they charge art time too. It's also tax free because it's labor.
It's a weird business, so I suppose you can make up your own rules as you go, just so long as artwork's getting done and the customer's happy.