Lovely film as a fellow artist I feel this pain. When the employer uses a shotgun to "shoot down" all his pricing offers and the way the artist spends his money on everyday needs... it just hits ya in the feels... many people don't respect the time and effort an artist puts into his work. Artists should be paid accordingly but alas that usually isn't the case. The final insult for the artist looking at his paycheck (thirty days late i might add..) he goes through flashbacks as a child loving to draw, an adolescence studying art, and then an adult as a freelancer artist, not getting paid for what he loves. He kills himself rather than taking the money ( I assume its a metaphor) Sorry for the rambling it was a beautiful short.