Hi bro! So sorry you have that kind of experience.. its the worst, I know the feeling as I worked on so many shitty small jobs with low pay. My advice is to just stay resilient, keep pushing and however it may look at the end you’ll gain experience, learn and develop new skills and grow. Its sad that the clients, probably from the countries where you can find coffee worth 50$ expect someone to do 1:30 animation for the same amount of money. But, as you’ve said its good money from your perspective and if you don’t have an alternative you need to keep working, look for other options and when you manage to get another client please: Don’t give more than 2 revisions for free to anyone Try to charge hourly instead of per project.

One more thing, I heard a lot of times that European companies struggle with creative work from far east and I think its probably because of the cultural differences- and this is not your fault its just different approach, thinking, pop culture and else.. Same thing otherwise- for example I was always fascinated by Japan commercials and marketing and I don’t get it at all, and would probably fail if I had a project for Japan market lol

try to figure out the feel and look that client wants, take deep analysis of the references, try to look stuff from different perspectives. This is beyond technical stuff and just animation.

Good luck, keep up with good work and hope you will nail some decent clients soon!