Creative Bloq

JULY 23, 2025

Some words are natural ambigrams, for example nu and SOS have rotational symmetry, while the word BOOK (in all caps) has horizontal symmetry, making it a natural lake reflection ambigram. They can work in different ways, either through horizontal or vertical symmetry or through rotational symmetry. Visit our corporate site.

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We And The Color

JUNE 26, 2025

The final, most critical step is often the most demanding: compiling everything into a clear, comprehensive, and usable brand book. Consequently, a brand book is the constitution for a brand’s entire existence. The wrong colors are used in a social media post. Creating a brand identity is a monumental task.

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 11, 2025

📖 Reading Time: 5 minutes 🏷️ Categories: Design, Branding, Marketing 📅 Published: [DATE] Must-Have Branding Tools for Freelancers Who Do It All Freelancers wear many hats and juggle client work, outreach, finance, and branding alone. However, not every freelancer has the budget for a full branding agency.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 23, 2025

Sign in here Tom May Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers , was released in June 2025. Visit our corporate site.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Secondly, many new illustrators have struggled to find work over the last year and a half, and with all the buzz surrounding generative AI in the media, it's not a big leap to assume that AI is the reason behind it. Imagine your favourite picture book publisher producing a children's book using generative AI.

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Its Nice That

JULY 8, 2025

Recently, the media side of Be(Attitude) has been sold and from this venture a new life was born, Nupip. Above Copyright © Nupip “What I see is a combination of all the design strategies of a branding agency, a boutique shop and media outlet at work.”

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We And The Color

JUNE 11, 2025

From their website and social media to their packaging and business cards, everything feels connected, unified, and intentional. Empowers Your Team: It ensures that everyone, from your marketing team to freelance designers and new hires, uses your brand assets correctly. What’s their secret?

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Its Nice That

JUNE 19, 2025

London-based animator Lucy Ellis creates experimental films using “scrap” material from “old history books, conspiracy theory magazines, [and] obsolete educational software”. Other animators are turning to mixed media for its speed and affordability. The LA-based designer now finds most of her clients through Instagram.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 20, 2025

Come with us on a deep dive into the last twenty years of Sam Gilbey's freelance illustration practice. His illustrations have appeared everywhere, from billboards, comics, books, and magazines to licensed prints, exhibitions, movie packaging, TV, and film. And he has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

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Lisa Maltby

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Lets take off 28 days pay for vacations, bank holidays and sick days which leaves you with 232 days, assuming you are fully booked for every possible day of the year (which would be unlikely). There are many costs involved with running a freelance business and these will vary for each illustrator.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 15, 2025

While a focus on growth dominates the political rhetoric, the reality for freelancers, small studios and creative professionals tells a starkly different story. Three major production companies have gone into liquidation this year alone, while countless freelancers report their worst dry spells in years.

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JUNE 23, 2025

I met independent branding and media agency owners, freelance photographers, emerging talent and solo creatives. Jimmy Gordon from OK Social — a small studio of five — attended for the first time after friends encouraged him to just book a flight and find an Airbnb. This year, I wasn't just running into big agency peers.

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We And The Color

JUNE 20, 2025

It tells a story, showcases your products with elegance, and solidifies your brand identity in a way digital media often cannot. For professionals in the graphic design industry, InDesign is the undisputed gold standard for creating multi-page documents like catalogs, magazines, and books.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 19, 2025

However, this is often difficult to achieve in practice, especially in the social media era. I've experienced this myself, having spent much of my life dreaming of publishing a book. For freelance illustrator and graphic artist Barney Ibbotson , success simply means "Sustaining an income and keeping my head above water.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

Logos & Icons Its not that people dont like change, its that your logo isnt as good as these Graphic Design What is anti-design, the rising trend that tears up the rule book? Its not that people dont like change, its that your logo isnt as good as these What is anti-design, the rising trend that tears up the rule book?

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Its Nice That

JUNE 10, 2025

POV: Are social media pile-ons stifling the creative industry? “The View more from Rebrand Frontify Future’s bespoke typeface champions the kinetic future of branding 5 days ago Work Graphic Design.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 20, 2025

Sign in here Tom May Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers , was released in June 2025. Visit our corporate site.

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JULY 16, 2025

Sign in here TOPICS Colour Tom May Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers , was released in June 2025. Visit our corporate site.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 22, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock What's it like being a creative freelancer in 2025? For many freelancers, 2025 has brought an amplification of the traditional feast-or-famine cycle, with longer dry spells followed by intense periods of activity. But you have no comeback as it was never a 'firm booking'.

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Its Nice That

JUNE 12, 2025

A pre-internet era of devotion”: The book immortalising the lost art of fan-made record sleeves 14 days ago Work Graphic Design. SXSW London might have the most eclectic lineup in history 7 May 2025 Media Partnership Work. Where to book hunt in Amsterdam, a playground for contemporary book design 29 April 2025 The View From.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 12, 2025

Linnea is a keyframe supervisor; her work can be seen in TV anime as well as popular VTuber media for groups such as Hololive and VShojo. “The majority of my shelves hold various collectibles from artists I like, but we also have plenty of art and reference books here that are helpful for creating animation.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 20, 2025

The result is a starkly dramatic design that shows the power of minimalism in communicating what a book or movie is about (for the Jaws movie poster, extra foam was added on the surface to cover the swimmers nakedness). The original artwork went missing, with Roger speculating that an unknown Hollywood executive may have pilfered it.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 24, 2025

The designer Clive Grinyer, who has just published a new book on the topic, says service design has become hugely popular to study internationally, and its influence is growing as more organisations become aware of the importance of a more strategic view of design. In my book, Redesigning Thinking. But thats starting to change.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 14, 2025

The infinite undo let him take risks he might not have tried with physical media. And theres absolutely nothing wrong with preferring traditional media. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers , was released in June 2025. The portability meant he could work outdoors in ways impossible with traditional painting. 5 Watch out!

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Creative Bloq

JULY 11, 2025

TOPICS Amazon Prime Day Colour Graphic Design Joe Foley Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Visit our corporate site.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 12, 2025

looks almost identical to Caldigit’s previous dock, the TS4 , and if you’re in the habit of keeping books on your desk, it could fit between them like a short hardback. TOPICS Thunderbolt Ian Evenden Freelance writer Ian Evenden has been a journalist for over 20 years, starting in the days of QuarkXpress 4 and Photoshop 5.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 21, 2025

Sign in here TOPICS Adobe Tom May Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Tom May is an award-winning journalist and author specialising in design, photography and technology. His latest book, The 50th Greatest Designers , was released in June 2025. Visit our corporate site.

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Inkbot Design

JUNE 24, 2025

You can press the accelerator as hard as you like—spend thousands on Google, hire the best social media manager—but you’ll go nowhere fast. Action: Make it ridiculously easy for them to take the next logical step (buy, enquire, book a call). Include ad spend, salaries/freelancer costs for marketing, and software subscriptions.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 14, 2025

Later, I moved to London to pursue a path in what was then called critical design’ By a mix of chance and necessity, I began freelancing and was lucky enough to shadow a couple of great creative directors. Creative Bloq is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 21, 2025

t,{A:()=>r})}}]); //# sourceMappingURL=bundle-kiosq-node-modules.js.map TOPICS Art Trevor Hogg Social Links Navigation Freelance video editor and journalist Trevor Hogg is a freelance video editor and journalist, who has written for a number of titles including 3D World, VFX Voice, Animation Magazine and British Cinematographer.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

Alida Pintus is an Italian freelance concept artist and character designer. To fill that gap, I became interested in books, particularly old illustrated fairy tales. Thanks to social media, I discovered even more artists sharing their Moleskine flip-throughs. Here’s how it works. Their sketches looked so appealing to me!

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 13, 2025

Its therefore ideal for freelance architects, 3D visualisers, and product designers, as well as many other related professions. Thats why FreeCAD is so popular. Despite not being as feature-rich or polished as these other applications, FreeCAD is still more than capable for most users. 5 (Image credit: Future / Paul Hatton) Buy it if.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 18, 2025

With contributions from Joe Foley Freelance journalist and editor You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Whether its learning from comic arts Adam Hughes, fantasy arts John Howe, or digital paintings Loish, ImagineFX has you covered.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 18, 2025

Sign in here TOPICS Indie Game Dev Insider Animation Illustration Alan Wen Social Links Navigation Video games journalist Alan Wen is a freelance journalist writing about video games in the form of features, interview, previews, reviews and op-eds. Visit our corporate site.

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Inkbot Design

JULY 4, 2025

Starting with the logo is like meticulously designing the cover for a book you haven’t written yet. Better: “We help UK freelancers save 10 hours a month on their admin by automating invoicing and expense tracking.” Social Media: Don't Be a Corporate Robot Here's where small businesses have a massive advantage.

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Creative Bloq

JUNE 12, 2025

Contributing to its success is that it’s the most visually stunning Marvel game ever made, reinvigorating a rich history of comic book superheroes and supervillains in the same way Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has affected the animation industry. __proto__=t,e},r(e,t)}n.d(t,{A:()=>r})}}]); Visit our corporate site.

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Creative Bloq

JULY 11, 2025

Podcasting isn’t just about celebrities or established media brands either. Our roundup includes podcasts covering creative careers, photography, illustration, and how to be seen and heard on social media. They also run courses on live illustration, picture books, and the business side of illustration.

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