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How to Keep Your Freelance Animation Business Growing
The final entry in my 4-part series on how to start a Freelance Animation business. This week we talk about growing your business, hiring some help, setting up collaborations and putting it all together by adjusting quotes to allow for expansion.
Making More Money - Getting Through Your Freelance "Plateau"
Part 3 in my 4-part series on how to start a Freelance Animation business. This week we talk about making more money, why you might be hesitant to quote more, what a plateau is how to make lateral moves which benefit you!
Building Your Brand for Freelance Animation
This is part 2 in my 4-part series on how to start a Freelance Animation business. This week we discuss deciding what you want your brand to be, how to package it, and ultimately best practices for self-promotion.
What to Do When Technology Lets You Down as an Artist - how to plan for, troubleshoot and fix crashes
Technology is great. And yes, even in (and maybe even especially for) art. Technology can make your work more accurate, it can make you faster, and both of those things are helpful in keeping up with the content demands of today.But one of the worst things as an artist is when that technology suddenly fails you and you don't know what to do! It's especially annoying if you knowingly relented into using a new piece of tech because of the promise of efficiency - when that fails, it seems like a cosmic joke. Here's some things I've learned over the years that help me avoid or deal with those problems...
How to be Productive When You're Lazy - A Guide for Artists
As an artist, there's a good chance you've been called "lazy." You've probably also felt like you're not as productive or prolific as you could be. Let these two factors mingle around in your brain long enough and you'll start believing that you're the exact type of stereotypical "lazy artist" that people might say you are. There's a lot of ups-and-downs in the life of an artist - some of this is due to the nature of being a creative and some of it is just life. Let me show you some of the things I've learned and give you 5 steps to getting back to a productive lifestyle when you feel lazy.