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Showcasing illustration work: how to create your best portfolio

Creative Boom

Clients commission people as well as technique, and you want substance to your work. If you're looking to attract editorial clients, you should have more abstract and narrative illustrations in your portfolio: images that can distil a complex subject matter in a visually simplistic way. "If

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How busy creatives can find focus again with a fresh business strategy

Creative Boom

You want to be attracting new clients and maintaining existing ones. Create separate documents or task lists for each type of strategy. Seek out where your clients are active: Review your efforts and check you're not wasting time on things that potential clients just don't engage with. Are your clients aware of it?

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Books About Food: Hit Instagram account launches new website that will be the 'IMDb of cookbooks'

Creative Boom

Somebody must start documenting them for others to see. And on top of that, a lot of people have told us how they use the account for inspiration, to build mood boards for clients, to see what books are coming out next, and even to spot design trends." Later that year, I started the Instagram account @books.about.food."

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Five achievable things creatives can do when freelance work is really slow

Creative Boom

From finally getting around to tweaking your website copy to learning a little more about dealing with journalists and getting some free publicity, there are tons of things you could do during the next few weeks. They often go into one big personal statement without really thinking about potential clients. Create a better About page.

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Illustrator Ida Henrich on smarter working and why there is no 'wrong' in our creativity

Creative Boom

She built her business whilst working part-time for a local jewellery shop and today, four years after graduation and surviving a global pandemic, she is now freelancing for clients worldwide including RSPB Scotland and UK Youth 4 Nature. It does, but it takes a very long time and doesn't look as good as you would imagine. That was tough.

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Inspiring photo project by Abbie Trayler-Smith tackles the issue of obesity head-on

Creative Boom

Over 12 years, Abbie documented Shannon's journey from teenager to adult, navigating friendships, family, first boyfriends, prom nights, holidays and jobs. Abbie is often commissioned by organisations such as Greenpeace, The Samaritans, Oxfam, Save The Children, IRC, and UNICEF, alongside clients including BBC, Sony and Novo Nordisk.

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Bardolino Architecture

Mindsparkle Mag

Architettura Bardolino asked Happycentro to design a publication telling about a territory full of suggestive places. A map of the architectural artifacts, the details of the projects, and the notes of the designers, to document how the art of building contributes to the definition of the identity of a territory.