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Showcasing illustration work: how to create your best portfolio

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How do you create a successful illustration portfolio? Most importantly, consider who will look at your portfolio and – crucially – how long they're likely to spend on it. So how you put your portfolio together should recognise that essential fact. Also, ensure you've added all the details a portfolio needs to contain.

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16 frequently asked questions answered to help you become a graphic designer

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For more on this topic, read The Complete Graphic Design Salary Breakdown. Most freelance graphic designers will start with a lower rate and raise their rates over time as they build their portfolio and reputation. For more on this topic, read How to Price Your Services as a Freelance Graphic Designer.

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Emil Paun's sci-fi illustrations imagine a more hopeful future for humanity

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Inspired by the vast collection of sci-fi books he grew up with in his parent's house, these images picture a world where people and robots live together in harmony in a future where everything has, miraculously, turned out fine. Robots are one thing, but what about the hot-button topic in the art community: AI?

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Van Saiyan's incredible retro illustrations draw on special moments from his childhood

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Speaking about what originally attracted him to the style of retro comic books, Van asks the valid question: "Is there anything more fun than aliens, flying saucers, superheroes, space rangers and spaceships? "In Having contacted Van shortly after he sent them his portfolio, the agency has afforded him many opportunities.

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Practical steps creatives can take when freelance work goes quiet

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I like to (re)organise my design files or my portfolio; just have a good tidy up," he says. I like to assess my portfolio and identify any weak spots/gaps in the subject matter. I then look to filling those gaps with new portfolio samples." Graphic designer and illustrator Muhammad Alfarizy has a similar approach. "I

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From fuzzy ones to shiny ones, Gabriel Tilbury toys with tactility in a series of graphic posters

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In The Door In The Wall, a project made during his final year of university, he dives into the topics of tactility and texture. And yep – the book also pays on the notion of tactility and features an embossed cover that references the "haptic" nature of the prints. © Gabriel Tilbury. © Gabriel Tilbury. © Gabriel Tilbury.

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Print's not dead: the best magazines for graphic design inspiration

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Slanted Slanted, which first debuted in 2004, is a biannual, book-like magazine that showcases select graphic design portfolios and discusses major events in the international design and culture scenes. The latest issue, 41, focuses on Amsterdam. Slanted magazine 6.

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