Creative Boom

AUGUST 16, 2022

Play your cards right, and your worst client relationships can eventually become your best. 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. Yes, clients can sometimes be maddening, insanely irrational, and act like total jerks.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Bertrand Aznar, represented by Illustration Division Whether you need representation or are looking to hire an artist or illustrator, these are the best places to head to in New York City. These behind-the-scenes champions of artistic talent serve as the bridge between artists and the industries that crave their creativity.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Nature's beauty, fragility, and those rare moments when we feel at one with it are key themes for this Irish artist, who brings them to life through soft details and bold contrasts. Mark Conlan is an artist whose journey began in Dublin as an animator. He moved to London for six years and worked as a graphic and digital designer.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their bold and fearless approach has earned them collaborations with clients across a variety of industries, from tech to hospitality. Studio DBD 13.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

From digital painting to cut-paper stop-motion animation, this award-winning Chinese artist is passionate about creating visual narratives with energy, positivity, and a sense of life. For the Polish pop band Big Bike Orchestra.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

I commission illustrations because I want to use a visual in an illustrator's unique style, but I also love working with artists on the ideas side, creating something new, fresh, current and bespoke," explains Claire. Get real Some clients will be perfectly happy using AI-generated images on their websites, book covers, or annual reports.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For this Brooklyn artist, creating an illustration is about spending time with it, exploring it, and finding that moment when things fall into place. Karlotta is an artist who is most at ease when drawing, which shows through her imagery. Exploring a client's vision is a way of expanding her visual language and toolkit.

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Creative Boom

JULY 21, 2022

"When you make a monumental f**k up, as we all do from time to time, be 100% open about it with your client while explaining how you'll fix it," he advises. Some of my best clients are a result of this very moment.". Be patient with clients. As well as honesty, clients will appreciate your patience. Stay open to change.

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Designer Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The tablet is lightweight, which enhances portability, allowing artists to work comfortably in various settings.The build quality is solid, with a durable plastic casing that feels robust without being overly heavy. This allows for precise control over line thickness and opacity, enabling artists to create intricate details with ease.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2025

After co-founding design consultancy Atlas and a stint as a Pentagram partner, during which she created identities for clients including Vitra, Tate and Phaidon, Stavro now runs her own practice with a focus on "designing a better world." We can't wait to hear what she has to say about all that.

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Creative Boom

MAY 22, 2025

The winning work featured long-form storytelling where music was integral to the narrative structure rather than an afterthought, demonstrating how narrative arcs can transcend different mediums and artistic disciplines. In 2025, you have to do both.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 24, 2025

With offices in Helsinki, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and soon Paris, Agent Pekka represents a hand-picked group of artists working across various disciplines, from 3D and animation to illustration and typography. Karlotta Freier Brooklyn-based artist Karlotta Freier creates more than images; she builds atmospheres. Jee-ook Choi 5.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

By building up a network of private contacts, you'll have something to fall back on when commercial clients brands, agencies, even local companies reduce their budgets. A private client will come to you because they truly value your creativity. It's something that makes me really happy, along with seeing the client's reaction."

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

To show solidarity, we have assembled a selection of festive cards by artists and designers – perfect to send this Yuletide to your friends, colleagues, and loved ones. With not a moment to lose, here are this year's recommended festive cards for Yuletide 2023 by independent artists and designers. Where does the time go?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2023

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. Interdisciplinary artist Adam Bridgland hasn't, though, as his second solo exhibition stands as a testament to.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The right business card templates can enhance your brand’s image , reflect your creativity, and leave a lasting impression on potential clients or partners. Professional Business Card Template Make a great first impression to your clients with one of our professional and easy to customize business card designs.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Montreal hosted the summit for the first time in 2025, so it was important that both the consultancy behind the identity and the collaborating artist be local. 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

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Three years on from our last conversation, Taiwanese illustrator Poan Pan reflects on his evolving creative journey, the power of community, and his ever-expanding artistic practice. Burnt out and creatively frustrated, he sought an opportunity to step away from commercial pressures and rediscover his artistic passion.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Inspired by the lettering artists such as Gemma O'Brien , Jessica Hirsche and Lisa Congdon , and foundries such as OH no Type Co, XYZ and Blaze, Julie has created several experimental character sets of her own. You'll find that clients will begin to seek you out for that as well. Don't be a one-trick pony," says Julie.

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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. While AI has its uses (cough), nothing compares to looking at a work that fully expresses the hand of the artist and what they were feeling as they composed it.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 3, 2024

It's easy to get stuck looking at the same kind of art, time and time again, in a kind of artistic version of an echo chamber. In the following article, we spotlight an incredible 10 Caper artists you should add to your radar. Amao Amao is an illustrator, motion designer and VR artist who lives in her home city of Shanghai, China.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Hovey recalls: "I was living in Bristol at the time and would go down to London and mix with other illustrators and street artists. "I The fortunate thing about doing Bake Off for so long is that it has a really big reach, and I get really great clients coming to me with interesting projects," says Hovey.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 8, 2025

Data artist Tiziana Alocci followed with a provocative question: "Is 'listening' our most radical design tool?" Her exploration of transforming invisible data into poetic audiovisual installations demonstrated why her work with clients like the British Library and Wired UK has garnered such acclaim.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Confidence comes from courage and can show more outwardly," says artist Jess Payne. "I One of my biggest confidence boosts is presenting work to clients," says Rebecca Hull. Being prepared for anything doesn't just mean knowing the subject matter for clients or meetings. Courage will lead to confidence.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Creative Boom caught up with NFT artist Leo Villareal to ask him about his projects and process – as well as the creation of his digital artworks. From then on, light has continued to dominate the artist's work. The total sale earned the artist £1.4m. Patterns of light based, floating in a sea of darkness.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

This emphasises the significance of leaving a lasting impact on the built environment and makes clear that interior designers expect a partner who respects their artistic autonomy but also encourages and challenges them. The brand's ethos, epitomised in the phrase 'Freedom to create', underpins the whole strategy behind the visuals.

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Creative Boom

MAY 4, 2023

Sarah Graham has become a renowned British artist for her fun and joyful kitsch paintings, paying homage to familiar toys, sweets and brands from the 1980s and 1990s. But eventually, with the support of clients and the creative community, Sarah slowly picked up her brush and began painting again.

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Creative Boom

JULY 23, 2024

Andy Goodman is one of those rare artists whose special talent is to create an entire image using a single line. It's left an impression, and the artist's work is done. "I He's a very hands-on artist, too, but not the kind who spills paint, splatters ink, or colours outside the lines in broad brushstrokes. You've felt something.

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Design Milk

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For illustrators and artists, this means unlocking a new realm where exacting colors and layered textures breathe life into their creations. Imagine crafting bespoke wallcoverings for clients who crave something one-of-a-kind. With this technology, you can turn flat, two-dimensional artwork into tactile, three-dimensional masterpieces.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Working for big-name clients including Google, Paypal, Bandcamp, Disney and Fanta, she uses visualisation to externalise the often intangible, energetic, emotional environments of her subjects. I merge artistic disciplines like music, fashion, and animation into my work, aiming for depth and engagement beyond the two-dimensional."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 14, 2025

Stellar lineup This year's contributor list brings together comic book artist Frank Quitely, Scottish landscape painter Robert Kelsey, hip-hop artist Bemz, and signwriting specialists from Bungo Sign Co. N exhibition in 2022 featured over 60 artist-designed paddles, including works by Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

In a creative world hungry for original and diverse voices, Brazilian artist and illustrator Kanioko is making waves with quirky, genderless characters and vibrant colour palettes. Today, though, working with high-profile clients brings its own set of challenges. Like a lot of colleagues helped me. And it was this journey of discovery."

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

As many an artist will tell you, illustrating people is one of the hardest skills to learn. The artists we're looking at here have that rare ability. The other is that they can consistently deliver their individual drawing styles to their clients.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

Under the name Hello Rabbit, she has worked on everything from album covers and merchandise to brand identities and stage visuals for music industry giants such as Universal Music, Warner Music Group and Columbia Records, and artists like Peggy Gou and Nadia Rose. Peggy Gou Pleasure Gardens was another of her favourite projects.

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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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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2024

WIRED, Hyundai, Faber and the New York Times are among her long list of illustrious clients. I have always wanted to be an artist and have been drawing since I was a child, but I also know how difficult it can be, so I am very grateful that I can make a living by drawing." And it's easy to see why Qianhui is taking off.

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