Being Freelance Motion Designer Stu Denbigh - Find Your Mentor
Steve Folland chats to Motion Designer & Creative Editor Stu Denbigh on taking a step back to move forward early on his career, continually improving and learning, how finding two mentors made him stronger creatively and how he deals with the dreaded cash-flow - all part of being freelance for the past 10 years.
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Here’s some of the key takeaway points:
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Sometimes you need to step back in your career to move forwards
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The importance of referrals in getting new work
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Even though his agreements say he’ll charge interest on fees not paid
after 30 days, he’s never done it in case it harms the client
relationship -
Ask your bank for you a big overdraft to help your cash flow be less
painful -
How hard it can be fitting in to a company’s culture when you’re
working on site as a freelancer -
The challenge of re-do loops for designers
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The benefit of working with other freelancers and learning from them
by seeing how they work -
The importance of finding a mentor, someone to pull you up a level
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When putting together your portfolio, ditch your oldest work and show
the most recent, it forces you to keep improving
More from Stu
Useful Links
Mandy's Film and TV Production Resources
"How to be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul" by Adrian Shaughnessy
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