I prefer free, I believe in passion and vision projects. Yes surely I need to get paid for sustaining myself. But I prefer free. If you'd like to pay me... Here is what I prefer (any amount is okay.) My experience is limited so I want to do it for experience!
$1 per second of animations complete if it's a intro, transition, or outro.
$0.5 per seconds of animations complete if it's a short (YouTube Shorts, Tiktok).
$5 for each frame done for storyboarding.
$10-$20 per minute of music composing (for seconds and intro, $5 per seconds is okay)
For Video Games... $5-$10 per second done.
$40-$50 for a basic product.
$100-$120 for a finished one-time product.