Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

And, if you're good at it, there are clients out there who will pay handsomely for your live illustration talents. Her sister has learning difficulties, and Esther communicates with her through art. This allows me to create an experience for the clients that leaves a lasting impression," says Elise. For Bvlgari.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

AI has even won awards for its illustration work from creative bodies such as Communication Arts and the Colorado State Fair. Get real Some clients will be perfectly happy using AI-generated images on their websites, book covers, or annual reports. Think about diversifying your skills so you can offer the complete package to clients.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

When presenting a brand to clients or stakeholders, one of the most powerful tools is a well-designed stationery mockup. Stationery mockups provide a realistic, cohesive look at how a brand’s design elements will appear on everyday office items, helping to communicate a company’s visual identity clearly and effectively.

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Designer Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Whether you’re a budding graphic designer, a digital illustrator trying to keep up with client orders, or a UX designer organizing prototypes, there are plenty of tools that can help manage your creative workflow. Finally, Slack is the ultimate communication hub. and even worse, you didn’t make much progress on that client project?)

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

AI has given us access to all different forms of communication," he explained. This needed to blend more into the background and do a much more nuanced job of communicating the brand very clearly." And then it's our job to curate and distil the typeface based on what the client's needs are."

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Many clients don't fully appreciate what graphic designers can offer them. At the extreme, some clients look down their noses at you and think of you as a menial 'scribble monkey' who knows how to use Photoshop but little else. Leading practitioners explain why and offer advice on the way forward.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

Ultimately, whatever the broader picture, there will always be clients who are desperate to hire good people. Quick and concise communication is what many clients are looking for. If something isn't going to provide the results the client needs, I explain what needs to change and how we can go about it.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While the popularity of digital communication continues to rise, business cards remain a powerful tool for face-to-face networking and branding. The right business card templates can enhance your brand’s image , reflect your creativity, and leave a lasting impression on potential clients or partners.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

So, the brief asked SUN to communicate this through the new brand. SUN then carefully curated the brand's new colour palette, with hues chosen to classify the ranges and help clients navigate the styles and collections. Fitzroy of London's mission is to create design-led washrooms that are safe, accessible, and dignified for all.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Six Cinquième first became aware of the brief when The National Black Canadians Summit's communications lead reached out to them in need of a creative perspective. Trust was key to the relationship between consultancy and client, so Six Cinquième really wanted to ensure that every visual element was intentional and inclusive.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

That's because the course emphasises excellence in visual communication across diverse disciplines, while embedding hard design thinking at its core. Luke Pearson (class of 2010) Luke Pearson is an illustrator with an impressive client roster that includes The New Yorker, The New York Times, Penguin, and Disney Television Animation.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 19, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We celebrate International Client Day by sharing some tried-and-tested tips for growing and nurturing your relationships with clients. Happy International Client Day! International Client Day was started in 2010 by Russian and Lithuanian businesspeople and has since spread around the world.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

Play your cards right, and your worst client relationships can eventually become your best. These tips from the Creative Boom community will help you on your way. We've all had clients that have made our lives a misery. Because let's face it, keeping existing clients is always easier than finding new ones.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 30, 2025

People stumble upon them, which creates a unique opportunity to communicate with the public that most artists don't get. You'll find Oskar's work for both commercial clients and community bodies in the North of England and at a growing number of locations further afield.

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Designer Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Navigating the balance between boundless creativity and concrete client expectations is pivotal in graphic design. When crafting visually appealing pieces, you’re not merely focusing on aesthetics; you’re communicating a message, evoking emotions, and solving problems. Collaboration extends beyond the client-designer duo.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Chinese illustrator uses a mix of traditional media to express herself and communicate her clients' messages, celebrating the slips and spills along the way. As her career in illustration begins to take off, Mon is working for editorial clients.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 31, 2024

He's been freelance ever since, and in that time, he's landed work for a host of big-name clients, including the likes of Google, The Telegraph, and more recently The New York Times. Part of what makes Joseph's work so appealing to clients is his clear line work and crisp design choices. But he's also stayed true to his roots.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. These provide a platform and opportunity for me to learn, communicate and display my illustration work."

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

But what unites us is a sense of curiosity and the stubbornness to keep following our noses, keep going down rabbit holes with our clients." Clear communication Their process is founded on clear communication from the outset. "We We start by having a few conversations with our clients," says Ky.

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Creative Boom

MAY 24, 2023

We caught up with him to learn more about his work and how it helps him to communicate with the world. I am only beginning to see big clients recruiting my work because they want my style, not some cookie-cutter corporate art. Keeping the communication rolling throughout the inking and colouring phase is essential too!"

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 28, 2025

We should be more pedantic about what sort of strategy we mean to clarify and communicate effectively. It's more akin to something a high-school cheerleading coach would say, not a creative director or client trying to inspire meaningful work. This word is literally useless until and unless we use it accurately," she says. "We

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 21, 2024

Sean then went on to do a course at UAL himself: a master's in Graphic Communication at Chelsea College of Art & Design. Although I wouldn't recommend starting with no clients lined up, money to pay the rent and ten months of industry experience between us. They'd originally met at Nottingham Trent University for their BA.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 1, 2023

Pentagram has collaborated with the UK's largest music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins to create a new visual identity which communicates its groundbreaking work through sound wave-inspired graphics. The ampersand acts as a bridge between the two names and alludes to the strong connection between the therapists and their clients.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The worst clients can turn your life into something out of a horror movie. We outline four common types of nightmare clients and explain how to deal with them. We're talking about those clients you simply hate working with. Clients who ended up making your professional life a nightmare.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 20, 2024

More specifically, he adds: "Influur was created to streamline the creator economy by addressing key challenges like disorganised communication, inconsistent rates, and the lack of industry education for brands," explains Erik. "If the job is done, compensation should be provided," Erik reasons.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Research how agencies bill clients As well as finding out what agencies are paying freelancers, it's also worth researching what clients are paying agencies directly. I work with ad agencies and directly, mostly with corporate clients. They scope clients mid-high but bill almost exactly what I work.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

The reason a project doesn't go to a creative is more likely something like: the project has been cancelled, the budget was cut, the client didn't like the direction, the agency forgot, or someone sneezed and didn't like one colour of green in one thing you did. Try to keep this in mind and rely on it for all forms of communication.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 20, 2022

Her clients include L'Oréal, ?Law I then changed direction, and moved to brand-focused agency, Redhouse Lane , working on corporate communications and branding.". The main brand orange is also a favourite of the client, so this had to feature prominently.". We were thinking carpets, sofas, curtains and soft furnishings.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2024

And you don't have to take our word for it: big-name clients like Apple, Google, Gucci and The New York Times are already drawing on these illustrators to bring their designs to life. Katherine's editorial and publishing clients include The New York Times, New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly. Work by Jiawen Chen 5.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

The founder of the three-year-old Brooklyn studio explains how they're blending strategy, language and design and helping redefine brand communication in the AI era. A commitment to dismantling traditional client-agency dynamics is at the core of Company Policy's ethos. But you didn't really listen to our problem.'"

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Creative Boom

JULY 4, 2022

Ofir Mizrahi delivers award-winning websites that clients and visitors love. If ever a potential client needs reassurance of the high-quality results they'll get, they just have to glance at the stunning work on the studio's online portfolio, spanning clients in the gastronomy, lifestyle, culture, corporate and non-profit sectors.

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Wenjing went on to complete an MA at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is now racking up an impressive client list while also embarking on self-initiated work, exhibitions and collaborative projects that explore themes unlikely to crop up in commercial projects.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 19, 2024

Fun character They based the new visual identity around a detective character who, with relentless persistence, finds the best jobs and talent for his candidates and clients. We know that in real life, Mathieu works damn hard to look after his clients and candidates. He's been wearing it for years.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2024

© Dong Qiu The Chinese artist's distinctive style blends Asian tradition with modern sensibilities, attracting global clients and resonating with audiences worldwide. These provide a platform and opportunity for me to learn, communicate and display my illustration work."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2024

Maintain Professional Boundaries It's essential to distinguish between professional and personal interactions, especially when clients are also mates. Elizabeth Wilson, a copywriter in Sydney , manages this distinction by keeping her communications strictly professional. I try not to give it out if it's not a repeat client.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 9, 2022

Mockups give clients a very optimistic look at what their work will look like once it's out in the world, but sometimes they can be far from realistic. To give them a better idea of what to expect, Dutch designer and art director Wytze Hoogslag has created less idealistic templates which creatives are free to use.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 24, 2022

After graduating in Creative Writing and Literature from York University in Toronto and earning a Post-Diploma Certificate in New Media Design from the Bell Center for Creative Communications, Kemp Attwood began his career as a designer at Blast Radius in Vancouver. How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy.

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