badninja | (no subject)

i've been doing layouts lately for people for free, to test whether or not i have the capabilities now to meet deadlines, whether the lyme fog has lifted enough for that. i've delivered three layouts yesterday and today that had a deadline of 4 hours each. i met each in 4 hours or less.

there's less spinal pressure on my brain, my adhd is now controlled and i have the ability to meet projects now. but i'm not going freelance again until i finish the projects i owe from when i tried to freelance and the ADHD+brain pressure wasn't having it.

i owe mackenzie a full refund, or $30 of whatever she wishes.
~~i owe silence an emoticon set, a poster re-detail or a full refund if she wishes it.~~ settled

i'm confident i can finish both of these by tuesday, communication bearing well, with the refunds setting in sometime this month.

the question is, should i keep doing things for free and tracking my record, or start to trust myself to take a freelance job here or there? if i keep doing things for free, would anyone want any graphics for free? another layout I did recently is

katana_a_banana, modifying a

mintyapple layout.

when i freelanced last, my prices were:

$2 per set of 15 icons.
$5 for a layout header + modified existing CSS overrides.
$5 for a profile redesign.
$10 for a layout from complete code scratch.
$10 for a mood theme.
$30 for a package of all.

is this reasonable, once i've proved myself again? i've got nothing but time and bills that i can pay a lot easier if i start freelancing. i know i can get the job done, but what else do i need to do to prove myself at this point?

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I'd just as soon layout and all instead of the refund.

Okay! :D I remember the layout was for Jamie - do you still want it of him? And the rest, did you want them in Jamie too or something else?

Hm. I'm actually torn between Jamie and Mary Marvel for the layout/mood theme/profile, but I'd probably want them all to be of the same character. (The icons could be mixed, though.) What do you think?

I do know the problem I ran into before is that while there are plenty of good Jamie pictures for a mood theme and icons, it's incredibly hard to find a layout picture I haven't used.

But that was quite awhile ago and I don't know if you still don't want anything from his newer series.

What would be easier, you poking around and telling me what would work better, or me shaking my fist at you and ordering you what to do?