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Is social media for self-promotion over? Creatives reveal their honest thoughts

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock. I'd been wrongly fixated on Instagram because it's visual, but I realised I had more meaningful connections from my agency years on Linkedin. With social media, we easily forget that we're using someone else's free offered facility," points out printmaker and graphic designer Paul Wolterink. "It

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Interview with Michelle Crocker, Shillington Graduate and Freelance Designer for Film and TV

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I spent my time printmaking which I loved, however I left with no real life design skills. I left ITV to work at an agency, however it was very clear I lacked a level of design knowledge and I quit. I’m currently freelancing with Bacchus Agency in London, taking on the role of project assistant. I had never used InDesign before.

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Meet Claire Grocott, Shillington Graduate and Founder of Studio Kokomo

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After finishing a Philosophy degree I worked in many different roles across a range of industries—I was a PA at a corporate finance company, an Account Executive at an ad agency, ran a little wedding flower business and even did a stint as an Event Manager at a speed dating company! I also just really like working in the Adobe suite.

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50 Best Design Blogs You Have To Read (2023 Update)

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I Love Typography I Love Typography covers everything from typography and type history to making fonts, and everything in between, including printmaking to book history and occasionally calligraphy. Behance Graphic Design Behance is long-established as Adobe’s platform to showcase your creative work.

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9 Best Design Colleges in Los Angeles (2022 list)

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Otis Graphic Design students are offered study in UX/UI, typography and type design and other typical graphic design skills, whilst also learning printmaking and traditional letterpress skills. Also, Otis offers both a Communication Arts undergraduate degree with a major in Graphic Design and a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.

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20 best illustration agents in the UK, and the awesome illustrators they represent

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want representation? An illustration agency can help you with all of that, and beyond that, just having representation will make people look at you in a different light. Obviously, the better the agency, the better commissions they're likely to win for your practice. Some have offices abroad too).