A freelance graphic artist is a designing professional who does not belong to an organization like a designing firm and plies his or her trade totally independent and without any sort of affiliation to any design firm or company. In short, a freelance graphic artist is his or her own master. A freelance graphic artist may sometimes prefer to work part time with a designing firm on a contractual basis. Designing is a creative medium and one does not actually have to belong to a company to thrive in his or her designing profession.

In the United States, there are more than 270,000 graphic artists employed with designing companies or working individually providing freelance graphic designing services. Of these the freelance graphic artist segment accounts for nearly 25% of the workforce in this industry. The job prospect for a freelance graphic artist is very high as there is always a constant demand for talented individuals in the industry. Many of the successful designers of today had started their careers as freelancers but head big designing corporations now. The average median salary for graphic artists is upwards of $40,000 per year and for a freelance graphic artist, the sky is the limit!