Also, I wouldn't get too hung up on hourly rates if you're just learning still. When people pay someone a shop rate of $50-100 there's the expectation that the person can produce work at the speed of a professional. They're not going to want to pay someone less experienced for 3 hours when they could pay a pro for 1 hour to get similar results.
Speed will come with time, so you might have to take less per hour now. But with experience you'll get better and faster so you can make more money. If you're getting paid for work while still learning you're already way ahead of a lot of people.
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