TODAY'S FEATURED POST
a Thanksgiving story
Don’t have much art that I can show at the moment, so I thought I’d treat you to a fun thanksgiving story. This one time, years ago back when I was just starting out, a friend of mine reached out to me with a prospective illustration job. It was 1996, I was living in El Paso Texas, before I’d moved to San Francisco and gone to art school. Art jobs were scarce and you took…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Freelance Finance: Budgeting
October 11, 2024 - After a slight break, I’m back with more Freelance Finance! To recap, in this series I write about very basic finance for beginners. As before, this is not so much financial advice, but an introduction to a bunch of concepts, that you should always adjust to fit your own needs. Previously I introduced the concept of "buckets"; where you split all incoming payments into groups based on your needs and goals. This post focuses on the Spending bucket, breaking your spending down into smaller categories to help track where your money goes. [caption id="attachment_78273" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Illustration from Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1917 - Arthur Rackham[/caption] Tracking Your Monthly Spending In my last post, I discussed having a Surplus bucket, from which you pay yourself a "monthly wage". How much you pay depends on…
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Head Down. Painting and Drawing.
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Two in one
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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What To Do When Someone Steals Your Art
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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A Teaser
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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It’s not too late!!!!
Friday, January 28, 2011
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