<p>Does usually sound like a case for an IC classification.
In a word . . . no.</p>
<p>And if you have a director or producer standing over your shoulder telling you what to change or create the answer is also no.</p>
<p>Here’s an independent contractor scenario. A company contacts you and gives you a description of some images they want. You work from your home office producing some rough drafts of the images. They pick the one they want to go with and you go back home and produce it.</p>
<p>Or as tax guy says, perhaps you produce the rough drafts at home then go in to a production studio paying for the time and renting use of their space and produce the images. You then take the finished product to the company. They want some changes, you go back to production and make the changes. Note that you are not producing the images for the production company, you are independently producing the images for the purchasing company. Basically you are functioning independently in the same manner as the production company does.</p>
<p>But as I said there has always been a bit of gray area, loose definition which is fine until you get a call that you’re being audited.</p>
<p>At any rate, fx kids should be very aware of the pitfalls of not saving, they’ll also have to set aside money so they can constantly keep up on technical improvements. But that advice might be good for all current students, especially those in the arts or in this day and age maybe just all students in all fields will suffice.</p>