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Positive stories from freelance creatives to boost your mood in a recession

Creative Boom

And here's one that almost every freelancer can anticipate in their future: that serendipitous moment of seeing your designs on products, posters, or publications in a public space. Art director and illustrator Neil Swaab recalls: "One of the best moments was getting to see my art used as key art for a Broadway musical.

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12 of the best online clothing stores that sell unique pieces by leading artists and designers

Creative Boom

Some of our recommendations are sold directly by creatives themselves, while others are from larger stores that commission artists and illustrators to create unique designs for them. Maddy McIndoe is a London-based designer and illustrator whose work is characterised by a love of colour, pattern and playfulness. Lucy & Yak.

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Navigating our way back to 'normal' after two years of a global pandemic

Creative Boom

But anyone who imagined Covid-19 would magically disappear and be as irrelevant the Millenium Bug had become in 2001 indulged in an understandable but naive form of wishful thinking. Many artists, designers, illustrators, animators and video editors have found continued remote working not only feasible but, in many ways, preferable.

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Design inspiration: our favourite projects from November

Design Week

UK illustrator Yukai Du and American artist KaCeyKal and more international creatives have teamed up with the pupils from Senggigi school, crafting drawings based on some of their favourite local spots – their town had been seriously damaged by an earthquake in 2018.

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Design inspiration: our favourite projects from November

Design Week

UK illustrator Yukai Du and American artist KaCeyKal and more international creatives have teamed up with the pupils from Senggigi school, crafting drawings based on some of their favourite local spots – their town had been seriously damaged by an earthquake in 2018.

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NEW BOOK: A LIFE IN INK BY RALPH STEADMAN

Illustration Art

The book contains a cross section of his work as a political cartoonist, a cover artist for album covers and movie posters, a children's book illustrator and perhaps most famously for his collaborations with Hunter S. He describes this career in his new book, Ralph Steadman: A Life in Ink. We are living in a great era for art books.

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Remembering Ringan Ledwidge

Creative Review

And it could make you think differently about brands and sectors you thought you knew – in 2012, in the heavily awarded Three Little Pigs ad for the Guardian, he offered an illustration of the complexity of the media landscape today. “We already miss him dearly,” the company said in a statement.