Karen J Lloyd’s Storyboard Blog

OK, this is a quick one. No picture, sorry.
I’m still in ‘Hell’ (that week seems to get longer and longer) so I won’t be writing a real post until later this week. But just so you know, I’m going to write about handling your finances and doing your taxes if you are a freelance artist. [...]

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Here’s Adrien’s take on whole ‘working for free’ thing. I’m in Hell Week, (so thanks for the post Adrien) and I’ll be back next week after I come up for air. - KJL

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After reading through Karen’s posts on the “Should you work for free?” topic, I feel compelled to give my two [...]

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Well the real question is, “Should you work for free (or very little money) at any time during your career?”
And the short answer is, “NO, OF COURSE NOT! ARE YOU INSANE?”
But I digress.
Would I storyboard for free?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for free in the past?
Nope.
Have I done storyboards for a lowered rate?
Yes.
And I never really [...]

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This is what I hate.
When being offered a job, the person tries to ’sweeten the deal’ by telling me the show has easy, cartoony characters to draw.
This translates to, “So this show won’t take you too long and you can just whip it off faster than usual, right?” or “Yeah, I know you’re burnt out, [...]

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I’m a ‘Big Sister’ to a nine year old girl. We’ll call her Dee. If you ever want to do something cool for a kid, become a Big Sister or Big Brother (shameless plug for those guys). Dee has a little stuffed Webkinz dog. We’ll call her Biscuit. (No, that’s not her in the photo…I [...]

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This is Adrien’s final post for the series “Getting the J-O-B”. He gives the view for the live-action film industry to follow up my article on The Right Attitude in animation. We’ve covered training, portfolios, professionalism and contacts in the industry. You’ll find the rest of the articles by myself and Adrien at the end [...]

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This is my final post for the series “Getting the J-O-B”. We’ve covered training, portfolios, professionalism and contacts in the industry. All with views for the animation and live-action film industries. You’ll find the rest of the articles by myself and Adrien at the end of the post. This image may not have a [...]

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