After my wife and I narrowly escaped our apartment burning down, we had the proverbial (as well as literal) fire lit under our butts. Life is too short to hope you get the life you want. I spent the next year waking up early and putting everything I had into getting good at motion design. And one year later I left my full time job at a software company to go freelance.

I viewed freelance as one arm of my business and discovered I love teaching as well. So I launched The Lettering Animation Course in 2017, Full Harbor Membership in 2019, and Personal Project Accelerator in 2020.

In January of 2021, I set a huge goal of making $200K just from freelancing. I put aside running the courses and membership in order to give myself total focus.

Spoiler alert!

I made $206k that year, and set a more ambitious goal of $200k + 3 months off the next year. And I made exactly $200,000 and took 10 weeks off.

In 2023, I started running a program called +$25k to help other freelance motion designers sort out the business side of their freelance and build a clear path toward generating an extra $25k in freelance income.

Most online courses have somewhere between a 5% and 15% completion rate (and who knows how low the “got the result” rate is). But through +$25k, we had nearly 100 creatives earn on average over $20,000 extra in the next 12 months… some added $50,000 and one lady went freelance and made $200,000 her first year as a freelancer. Pretty remarkable results that I’m deeply proud of.

I have sense developed a new program called $200k Program that goes even deeper into bold networking and going after bigger goals.

I’ve always enjoyed sharing what I’m learning. So to be able to spend my time helping freelancers build a business that they love and that they’re proud of is the most satisfying work I’ve even been able to do.

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I’ve done work for:
Vans
LinkedIn
Google
Facebook
Disney
NerdWallet
Oracle
Honda
Pat Flynn
Kit

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I’ve written on:
School of Motion
Motion Hatch
My personal blog

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Podcasts I’ve been a guest on:
The CMD-Z Show - Can you make $200k as a freelance motion designer?
Frame One
Niche Please
Side Hustler’s Perspective (Scotty Russell)
Motion Hatch
Ukramedia
Never Done This Before
Skylar Irvine
Commuteless
Being Freelance
Reclamation Podcast

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Talks given:
Creative Mornings - Phoenix

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Article written about me:
ConvertKit Creator Stories

Photos by Keith Pitts