What Is Freepik Contributor? Want to know the best tips to be a freepik contributor? So now I’m going to tell you about how to become Freepik contributor easily.
Because there are many zero investment freelance platforms present like Fiverr or Upwork, where you can earn a very decent amount of money from graphic design. So why did you choose Freepik! But before starting the main topic I want to share an overview of Freepik and Its contributor.
Freepik is a graphic resource platform where you can find free and premium vectors, PSDs, or Images. You can use them for your blogs,designs,social media presentation, pod businesses, youtubes also. The free version does not need a subscription but the premium version needs a monthly subscription.
Freepik Contributor in 2024
It’s actually a huge platform for graphic resources. You can find millions of vectors or PSDs or images from Freepik. But you can easily imagine that this huge number of designs or graphics can’t be created by Freepik’s own designers. So the Freepik team added a new section for creative and skillful individual designers which is “Freepik Contributor“.
I don’t want to use the word “hiring” because this is not a hiring position. You have to apply for this position by submitting your graphic resources. You can earn by selling vectors, PSDs, and your images globally. As a skillful designer, you may think about why you invest your valuable time in this platform!
How To Apply For Freepik Contributor at freepik in 2024?
To apply for Freepik Contributor is not a very hard task. But the harder thing is to get “approved by Freepik”. I’m a Freepik contributor thus why I know the steps you should follow before applying.
Also additionally I want to say another thing you definitely remember before applying and that is you must be a skillful designer and your design must be attractive, eye-catching and copyright-free (Your own design).
You may find a question in your mind that is attractive design is required for applying? The answer is ‘No’. There is a lot of graphics you can find on Freepik which is not too much attractive so why attractive design is required. Attractive design is required to get used by users and more downloads mean more profit.
Actually, Freepik pays their contributor for downloading graphic resources. So I told you to create an attractive design. Now I’m going to share the step-by-step guide for applying as a Freepik Contributor.
Step By Step Guide For Applying As A Freepik Contributor?
If you’re a designer, new to Freepik, and want to work as a Freepik Contributor then the below information can help you. Just follow my steps and you can be a successful Freepik Contributor.
Uniqueness required for a freepik contributor
A designer who wants to be a Freepik Contributor must be unique in his design field. First, you select your strong design category then create 20 unique and eye-catching designs. Why I told you to create 20 designs because this is Freepik’s primary requirement to apply for a new Freepik Contributor.
Great Preview Image
Freepik Contributor guideline says to submit preview images for every resource you create. This is also a vital part of a designer. Always put your effort into creating engaging and fascinating preview images because this is the showcase of your skills.
If you’re able to create creative preview images based on your vectors or PSDs, then you can grab more users. But remember the preview image and the source file (Vector or PSD) must be the same. That means the attractiveness of the preview image is fully dependent on the main source file. So the more attractive the source file means the more attractive the preview image.
Font Selection during creating a design
Font selection is an important part of a Freepik Contributor. Select a perfect font for your perfect design. There are different types of fonts available on the internet. Some of them belong to a cursive family, some of them are zig-zag font or simple regular font or technical font, etc. As a designer, you must know which font is suitable for which graphic design! Suppose you’re working on a technical project and you’ve used cursive or zig-zag font for your design so it never suits the design. every font has its own purpose to use.
It’s just basic knowledge and I know a designer knows how to use a font. An attractive font boosts your design and makes your design alive. But remember one thing, not all your design is suitable with the font. So use a font where it is necessary and ignore it if it is not necessary.
Layers And Composition Management before applying
Layer management is very important for applying as a Freepik Contributor. When layers or groups of layers are arranged properly then it is called well composed. This is also called composition management.
If you’re a designer and work on the Adobe platform then you must know how layers or Composition work. Every design or graphic we create must have well layer management. Because without proper layer management we can’t get approved by the freepik review team. Quality always matters. if you want to work on fiverr, upwork or any other platform as a graphic designer, your client also want quality graphics with proper layout management.
When a designer work on a design and wants to create a perfect graphic for his client then smooth editing or adjustment purpose he divided his design into different layers and each layer contains a specific part of the design.
The layers also take their own position accordingly to the designer. Suppose your layers of a submitted design are unable to express the steps clearly or have a very poor arrangement of layers or Composition then you will be rejected.
Use Copyright Free Graphic
You decided to be a Freepik Contributor and you want to submit the first 20 designs but before creating the first 20 designs, you must remember one thing in your mind don’t copy or use or upgrade another designer’s resource for submitting purposes.
Why I’m saying that is because the Freepik Contributor department has its own graphic source identification software and the Freepik Contributor team manually checks the submitted design also. You must be caught if you do that and if you are caught you will never get a second chance for applying as a Freepik Contributor So you must aware of this.
Design simple and meaningful graphic
As a beginner, we don’t have much knowledge about freepik’s contributor requirements. As a result we face different issues. At first you have to remember that you need at least CS6 version adobe illustrator. Then you’ve to focus on simple layered graphic.
If you can do this then you don’t need to face issue regarding freepik contributor approval. If your design are simple and meaningful so the layers must be simple and that’s mean your layers can be managed easily. Now if you design complex graphic, then you may face problem during the layer management. I have already told about layers management before.
So these are the steps you should follow before applying.
Now I’m going to discuss the graphic content type and requirements
Content requirements for applying as a Freepik contributor
I have already said that a graphic designer or a professional photographer can apply as a Freepik Contributor. If you’ve an extraordinary skill in the best graphic design software like photoshop or ilustrator then freepik must be a great choice for you. Freepik has some guidelines or you can say it requirements regarding uploading vectors, PSDs, and Images and a designer or photographer needs to follow the guideline before uploading any resources.
| Category | Vectors | PSDs | Images |
| Software/Device | Based on Adobe Illustrator | Based on Adobe Photoshop | Your preferred camera |
| Software Version | Adobe CS6 or later version required. | Adobe CS6 or later version required. | No Software version is required. |
| File Quantity | 20 files | 20 files | 20 files |
| File Format | .EPS format required for final submission. | .PSD format required for final submission. | .JPG format required for final submission. |
| File Resolution | Preview Image files resolution will be minimum 2000px * 2000px (Height * Width) to maximum 10000px * 10000px (Height * Width) | Same As Vectors | Same as Vectors |
| File Name | .EPS and preview image file name must be the same after saving like if the vector file name is halloween.eps then the preview image file name will be halloween.jpg | .PSD and preview image file name must be the same after saving like if the PSD file name is halloween.psd then the preview image file name will be halloween.jpg | Not required |
| File Size | The Maximum Uploaded file size is 80 MB | Minimum 1.5 MB and Maximum 250 MB | Minimum 1.5 MB file size required |
| Color Scheme | Your. EPS file must be created in RGB color. | Your. PSD file must be created on Photoshop specified RGB or Adobe RGB color. | Same as PSDs |
| Titles | You have to use titles in the preview image file. | You also have to use titles in the preview image file. | You have to use titles in the preview file. |
| Tags | Use tags in the preview image file. | Use tags in the preview image file. | Same as Vectors or PSDs |
So these are the content requirements for applying as a Freepik Contributor. You must follow the above guidelines.
Freepik Contributor Rejection Reasons
- Composition error
- low focus on visuals
- Image quality issue
Composition error
Yes, this can be the reason for the rejection of a Freepik Contributor. I already told you about composition. Now I’m going to tell you again that if you’ve created a design with the poor composition I mean when the vector’s, PSD’s or photo’s arrangements and cropping are not right and the Freepik Contributor team found arrangement issues in your vectors and photos then your designs or photos must be rejected.
low focus on visuals
Yes, this may be the reason for Freepik contributor rejection but what is the pure visual focus? visual focus or visual weight is a term that determines how much clearer your graphic expresses itself to viewers. Suppose you’re creating a graphic that is a fish is on a table so you must focus on the fish, not the table cloths or plates.
Suppose you have created 6 cute girl’s face vectors in a single background and 4 of them are bigger in size as compared to the other 2. That’s mean it’s an adjustment error which is also called visual composition error and this must be the reason for rejection of the Freepik Contributor.
Bad placement of graphics or text is also a visual composition arrangement issue for rejection.
Image quality issue!
As a Freepik contributor, you have to create a high-resolution preview image for your source file. Suppose your graphic source file is ok and well composed but the preview image’s resolution is not good and unclear then your Freepik Contributor application will be rejected. Actually, the reason behind this situation is, the preview image is unable to clarify the main source file (Vectors or PSDs). So this situation will create a bad impression on Freepik users’ minds and Freepik strickly ignores this situation.
There are may be some other reason but those above reasons are main behind the rejection.