Rusty Banana Forge » Artist’s Finance http://joelchua.com/blog Production & Inspiration Blog of a Freelance Illustrative Designer in the Philippines Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:14:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Attention Freelancers! Client – Vendor Haggling http://joelchua.com/blog/2009/06/13/attention-freelancers-client-vendor-haggling/ http://joelchua.com/blog/2009/06/13/attention-freelancers-client-vendor-haggling/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:30:24 +0000 Joel http://joelchua.com/blog/?p=538 I think all freelancers have gone through this stage where a client haggles down your fees for the entire scope project but still insists on getting the ENTIRE SCOPEof the project.

As you can see in the following video, this isn’t simply a Filipino culture thing. So let’s pass around this video to [...]]]> http://joelchua.com/blog/2009/06/13/attention-freelancers-client-vendor-haggling/feed/ 1 Comics & Money Can Mix http://joelchua.com/blog/2008/01/14/comics-money-can-mix/ http://joelchua.com/blog/2008/01/14/comics-money-can-mix/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:26:39 +0000 Joel http://joelchua.com/blog/2008/01/14/comics-money-can-mix/ Busy drawing and coloring?  Maybe you’ve heard that the U.S. dollar has taken quite a beating?  I’ve personally lost close to 19% of my dollar value.  That’s severe, and I’ve been selling any dollar that’s not tied down.

I personally know Philippine-based comic book artists working for the  U.S. market since 2003, thereabouts.  Relatively speaking, I started [...]]]> http://joelchua.com/blog/2008/01/14/comics-money-can-mix/feed/ 0