Karen J Lloyd’s Storyboard Blog

Okey dokey. This is the second part of ’showing you your money’.
In the last post I covered the basics of starting to freelance in animation and/or storyboarding. I talked about setting up your invoices and for you Canadians, a bit about the wonder that is the GST. At the end of that I mentioned you [...]

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OK, I’m back. And I even had four days off…guilt-free. It’s a gift from above, let me tell you.
So here is the first ‘real’ post about handling finances and taxes as a freelancer after a request from one of my readers. See? I read my email and answer your burning questions! As best I can, [...]

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OK, I’ll admit it. I’m still pooped. I survived Hell Week, but I’m pooped.
I will do the article about money and taxes but my brain can’t quite handle it yet. I’ll post it up for Monday or so. In the meantime, I’m going to post this article by the very cool Christina Merkley. She’s a [...]

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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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I once had a colleague come to my place to help me out with a pressing deadline. I had two desks at the time, so she could work alongside me (which was great). When she walked in my studio, she stopped, looked around and said, “Did you clean up just for me?”. A little [...]

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