Hey guys, So the past weeks have not seen much developement, mostly research about various topics. I've been looking at how freelancing works in Belgium (where I live). It's basically two choices: - "Personne physique" (translates litteraly to "physical person") which is basically one person alone - "Société/SRL" (translates to "company") which is a company, you become CEO in a way. Both have their own requirements, and various advantages and drawbacks, mostly on the financial side. For my case, at this moment, I think going as "personne physique" would make more sense to begin with. It costs less overall to start and maintain (with no stable income), and there are structures and systems made to help new freelancers to get started. I signed up for an information meeting organised by one of these structures, which will take place on the 27th of May. It will be about what can I get access to, to get help and support when creating my business in Brussels. What are the financial helps I can have access to, etc... So this will be interesting The good thing is, it is possible, if at one point the business flourishes and becomes very profitable, to "evolve" into an SRL, and so eventually create a whole studio for example, with the possibility to hire people. Because you can't hire people if you are a "personne physique" freelancer. You could ask another freelance and pay them, but not hire directly. There are also ways to quickly take care of all the admin part of creating a business, through dedicated websites and structures, helping with the creation, registration, etc... I've been gathering useful links to articles about various things, like pro bank accounts as well, to separate professional and personal accounts, and how to choose the best stuited, or all the legal and fiscal aspect of starting a business in Brussels and what should be expected. So that's for the administrative part. On top of that I started a Pinterest board, on which I gather some visual styles, color palettes, logos and overall ideas about how I'd like to present my futur website and brand. I already have something that I created with my animation mentor (I'm still part of a mentorship program focused on animation skills until end of June, and that was the first thing we worked on. Updates to CVs, cover letter, brand coherence across all of it. But I do not consider it final design. It's nice that I have something coherent now, but it will change again I'm pretty sure).

Hey guys, I mentioned this in the last office hours, but wanted to drop it here too. There's a podcast by Kevin Parry called How Artists Make Money and it's worth your time. What I love about it is the variety. He talks to artists from all kinds of backgrounds and you realize quickly there isn't one path. There are dozens. Sometimes inside the same career. That's the part I want you to pay attention to. Multiple income streams. Not everything riding on one client. Not everything riding on one type of work. Many small things stacked next to each other. Over the years, that stacks into something stable. Stable in a way one big client never is. One client can disappear in a week. Five small ones disappearing in the same week is way less likely. Go listen. Pick one episode that catches your eye. Then pick another.😊 Curious to hear who you find inspiring in there. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@HowDoArtistsMakeMoney

Hey guys, Quick heads-up about office hours replays. Skool only keeps recordings live for a short window on my current plan. So the replays here won't stick around forever. Here's what I'm doing instead. I'm downloading every office hours and uploading them to the Animator NOW! YouTube channel. You'll have access to all of them, forever, in a clean playlist you can scroll through whenever you want. Give me a few days to name them properly, upload the back catalog, and build the playlist. I'll drop the link here once it's ready. In the meantime, here's the replay from April 23: Watch it. Take notes. Drop your questions below if anything sparked something for you. See you Thursday at 5pm Paris for the next one.😊