because shouldn't you be charging the same for the work, regardless?
No. It's why you pick and choose who you wind up working for. Paizo, WotC and WhiteWolf pay more, yes, but you also need the chops to be able to get into them. They also require crazy detail, large sweeping scenes, and lots of colors. The smaller guys - the good ones at least that pay not even 1/2 of what the others can - tend to only really require simple, black and white, art because they understand time = money spent. So the easier the art, the less they feel they need to pay someone.
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No. It's why you pick and choose who you wind up working for. Paizo, WotC and WhiteWolf pay more, yes, but you also need the chops to be able to get into them. They also require crazy detail, large sweeping scenes, and lots of colors. The smaller guys - the good ones at least that pay not even 1/2 of what the others can - tend to only really require simple, black and white, art because they understand time = money spent. So the easier the art, the less they feel they need to pay someone.