Client: “I need you to illustrate 360 jokes for my book.”

Me: “Ok, what’s your budget?”

Client: “I don’t have much, I can pay X”

Me: “That works out to be less then minimum wage for me per illustration.”

Client:” But thats ok, you probably do this stuff for fun anyway right? Artists just sit around drawing for hours working this stuff out for kicks, I know.”

Me: “Sir, I do this for a living [click]”