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Jason Lyons sees in the Lunar New Year with magnificent whisky packaging

Creative Boom

He moved to the UK aged 11, attended school, graduated from Falmouth in 2019, and has been a freelance illustrator ever since. Using Procreate and Photoshop, Jason worked on the project at home, in cafes, and even during a visit to China, where he was born. For him, this project has been more than a packaging commission.

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From sacred to shared: Bath's Trinity Church reopens as a creative coworking hub

Creative Boom

Gather Round was born in 2019 and now supports over 300 members across multiple sites in Bristol. Since launching in 2019, co-founders Ben Steers and Jason Smith have focused on restoring spaces that once had a social purpose, reimagining them for today's creative communities. That legacy resonates with Gather Round's ethos.

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Ciaran Birch on crafting custom wordmarks and harbouring a “half-baked” bank of typefaces

Its Nice That

Words Ellis Tree — Date 30 July 2025 Work Graphic Design Typography Font Logo Identity Process The London-based designer Ciaran Birch has moved into the freelance life since we last caught up with him way back in 2019.

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You don’t need loads of cash to be a great creative – and we can prove it

Its Nice That

Gints first taught himself 3D animation using Autodesk Maya, then switched to Blender in 2019 using early beta and alpha versions of the free software. She urges , “One piece of advice I would give to anyone who wants to go freelance is to just put your work out there, especially on social media.”

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How to calculate your day rate as an Illustrator

Lisa Maltby

Industry research After I completed my pricing survey in 2019, many Art Directors and commissioners of illustration responded. There are many costs involved with running a freelance business and these will vary for each illustrator. This all needs to be accounted for when calculating what your minimum fee should be.

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People are just discovering a hidden secret in the Milwaukee Brewers logo – thanks to a quiz show

Creative Bloq

Back in 2019, the Milwaukee Brewers ran a poll on the teams Twitter profile asking "how old were you when you realized the glove is also an ‘m’ and a ‘b’?” glovestory November 19, 2019 The clever Milwaukee Brewers logo originated in a design from 1978. ” to win $200. What M and B? ” Some 31.4%

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Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025

Typographica

That served him well after returning to Oakland to start a freelance career that would last for more than fifty years. Jim soon understood not only that he could carve a professional niche for himself by specializing in lettering; it was also his life’s calling. He had an incredible knack for rendering any kind of letter style by hand.