Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

This sense of full transparency creates a sense of camaraderie that's especially valuable for freelance illustrators. Together, they explore topics such as portfolio development, submission strategies, contract negotiations, and the shifting marketplace dynamics affecting illustrators. Well, yes, it definitely is.

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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. In 30 years of freelancing, I've never known it this bad.

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Creative Boom

JULY 5, 2022

For Sarah Madden , a graphic designer based in Leeds, she realised she wanted to embrace freelance illustration and design full-time to explore a better lifestyle. So at the beginning of June, she handed in her notice to her agency boss and declared herself an official freelance illustrator and designer. That's definitely true.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 26, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock There are many ways to get your first freelance gig. Embarking on a freelance career is an exhilarating journey filled with boundless opportunities and the freedom to shape your professional destiny. Whether or not you land freelance work entirely depends on your own initiative.

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Creative Boom

JULY 12, 2022

What really kickstarted her career, though, was when she started posting her designs on Instagram; the freelance commissions were flooding in. This incredible energy can be seen throughout her wide-spanning portfolio, filled with various projects and assignments for Hyper, which she's perhaps better known for. © Katrina Romulo.

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Graphic Design Junction

JUNE 12, 2022

Top WordPress Themes for photographers, artists and personal wedding photos or portfolio studio. Top photography WordPress themes are very code-light, making it quick to load, and has a pleasingly clean look that’s ideal for wedding, portfolio or professional photography websites. Sepia – Photography Portfolio WordPress Theme.

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Noupe

OCTOBER 16, 2020

No matter whether you’re already a skilled professional or you’re only starting out in your freelancing career, you’re probably familiar with the many benefits of working as a freelancer. Aside from allowing you to work at your own pace, many home-based freelance careers can also replace minimum wage jobs by a long mile.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Have you checked the latest figures on the freelance workforce? Now, the number of freelancers is projected to reach more than 90 million in less than a decade. On top of that, the annual increase in the global freelance workforce keeps getting higher and higher. Why Personal Branding for Freelancers?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

With backgrounds in graphic design and business management, Ash and Miro's journey began in 2015 as freelance creative directors producing visuals for local artists in Montréal. We escaped and started freelancing but then realised we'd set ourselves another trap, if that makes sense? During that time, I dropped into freelancing.

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The freelance-driven gig economy has taken off like a rocket over the past several years. With the government forming new protections for freelancers like the right to collect unemployment benefits, people are looking toward self-employment as a means to cut their ties to traditional corporate work more than ever.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

That's just the nature of freelance work; it tends to be cyclical. "It It happens, and it will happen again," says senior freelance copywriter Jonathan Wilcock. Conversely, when the doldrums hit, remember it will definitely change." It can be really tough, and I've definitely been there. And what you do is important.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I called into Wakefield College with my GCSE art portfolio and asked the tutor, Tony Gray, if I could join the course. I'm a bazillion miles from where I was" Today, Gary works as a freelance illustrator, mentor design teams as an Adobe Instructor and teaches two days a week at Sheffield College as a graphics lecturer.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Many web designers are self-taught and build their careers using their portfolios. Salaries for web designers usually depend on experience and expertise, so your portfolio can be perfect for showcasing what you can do and why you should be paid well. You can also check their portfolios to get inspiration for your own work.

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Just Creative

MARCH 23, 2024

Kristen Nikosey: The Art and Craft of Communication Janet Allinger: With Tongue Planted Firmly in Cheek Laura Smith: Reinventing Retro Deborah Sussman: Urban Legend Debbie Millman: Modern Design Discourse’s Chief Paula Scher: The Dame of Grande Design Bigger is definitely better. Bold words wrap you up and pull you in. You’re hooked!

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Inkbot Design

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

How to Make Passive Income as a Freelance Graphic Designer Passive income is a dream for freelance graphic designers. This article reveals the world of passive income and the strategies freelance graphic designers can use. Freelancers can partner with brands and promote their products or services on their platforms.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When the time came to submit a portfolio and get accepted into an art program, Liam faced a dilemma. So I submitted a portfolio of my assignments from that Drawing 1 class to the illustration program and got accepted. Judging by how Liam's career has played out, it definitely seems like he chose the right path.

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Just Creative

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Welcome to our massive compilation of the best 2020 Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday Sales for graphic designers, web professionals, creatives, photographers freelancers and more. The Ultimate Logo Design eBook by Kyle Courtright is the “definitive guide to logo design”. Pixpa – Photography portfolio website.

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HONGKIAT

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This time you might wanna showcase your portfolio in a blog to let your work do the talking (and selling). The freelancer-to-client relationship is a tricky thing to deal with. You will definitely find it hard to relate to your clients when they realize that you are not professional enough. How to Handle Your Clients like a Pro.

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Graphic Mama

JUNE 24, 2020

Wondering if a freelancer or a full-time employee would be a better fit for your brand new job opening? With the increasing opportunities for hiring freelancers, the factors that entice employers are many. However, not all work needs can be met by a freelance worker. Freelance vs full-time from a business type perspective.

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Shillington

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Three months later, with a fresh portfolio, Michelle headed out into the industry and started working as a freelancer taking on jobs in the film and TV industry. After graduating, I struggled with getting a design job as my portfolio didn’t show the relevant knowledge. You’ve been freelancing since you graduated.

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Shillington

APRIL 28, 2022

So when I moved back to the UK, I set myself up as a freelance creative, using a lot of the skills I picked up at Shillington. The only downside is that my portfolio can be a little confusing to explain to people now—it’s got brand designs next to reality TV shows formats that have been commissioned. week in the life of Peter?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2023

She worked as a freelance artist and designer for several years, with exhibitions in London and the UK, before being awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in 2018. Most of my stuff was just scribbles and scraps and things because I didn't have any portfolio. Rijul: Definitely, yes. Especially with UAL.

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Shillington

JANUARY 4, 2023

Freelance graphic design is a great career. As a freelance designer, you get to work for yourself creating work for clients that you have chosen and, on top of all that, you’ll be doing fantastically satisfying creative work for those clients. We’re going to take you through how to become a graphic design freelancer.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

You have a full-time job and a house and kids to take care of and on top of that, you don’t have the extra money laying around to spend on books or materials or to pay for classes, and you definitely do not want to take another student loan to pay for it. Put together a portfolio and blog.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Having worked as a freelance illustrator in Toronto, Canada, for nearly six years, he decided to move back to China, where his family has always lived. Funny thing is, I didn't have a fashion-related portfolio at all," he adds. "My Life's full of twists, and this was definitely one of the best."

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Graphic Mama

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Searching for some good platforms to hire freelance designers? The benefits of hiring freelance designers for your creative project are many. Nowadays, there are many sites on the web to recruit talents – some more narrowly focused on certain types of freelancers (such as UX designers, web designers, etc.) CrowdSpring.

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Shillington

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Freelance graphic design is a great career. As a freelance designer, you get to work for yourself creating work for clients that you have chosen and, on top of all that, you’ll be doing fantastically satisfying creative work for those clients. We’re going to take you through how to become a graphic design freelancer.

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 3, 2022

Design lad is a UK freelance animation director and illustrator whose portfolio is filled with fun palettes and awesome balloon-designed characters. Hansen is a typographer and designer specializing in sharp and definitive colors. Timothy’s Instagram feed is certainly a pool of inspiration. Design Lad – @design_lad.

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Shillington

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Moving to a new position with a new employer is good for your career and portfolio anyway, and is often the best way to make more money as a graphic designer, especially early in your career. Go full-time freelance. These days, most full-time graphic designers make money from freelance on the side.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The 30mm pin is reasonably priced and was designed by Hattie Clark, a freelance illustrator based in Duke Studios, Leeds. Sketchy Girl Pin Badge by Hattie Clark Here's another super pin, and one which would make a great gift for any artist or illustrator in your friendship circle.

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Just Creative

MAY 21, 2020

Supposedly, you have designed one of the best logos ever in your portfolio. Each of such pointers has its definite position according to the work plane x and y-axis. She is a freelance graphic designer and logo creator, with experience working for many big corporations. Image source: financesonline.com/logo-statistics/.

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Graphic Mama

OCTOBER 5, 2020

You may have a tight budget – so maybe you can try to search for some cool offshore company from another region with lower prices, who can design your website for less money or a freelancer. Hire a website design team of experts or a freelancer to create and build a unique Web site. Freelance platforms. Directories.

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Inkbot Design

MARCH 23, 2023

But we're talking about more than just freelance opportunities here. The World of Freelancing If you're like most professionals, you're probably tired of the corporate grind. One increasingly popular option is freelancing. But what is freelancing, and how does it differ from working for an employer? What is Freelancing?

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Abduzeedo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The project was created by Daniel Spatzek and it seems to be for his on portfolio. Daniel Spatzek is a freelance graphic designer, art director and creative developer from Austria. With that long list of titles and credentials of course he has an incredible portfolio and you should definitely check it out.

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Graphic Mama

OCTOBER 2, 2020

There are some huge advantages of this method, firstly when you are dealing with a reputable design studio, you can check out their previous work, portfolios, and read testimonials. Their site shows lots of examples and portfolio work in various areas but especially in creative arts, music, film, and entertainment industries.

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Shillington

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Most people are fairly confident in their definition of graphic design, but they end up pigeonholing graphic designers into a very narrow scope simply because they have a limited idea of what designers actually do. Publication designers can be freelancers, in-house creatives or part of a creative agency. Working as a Freelancer.

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Shillington

APRIL 28, 2022

So when I moved back to the UK, I set myself up as a freelance creative, using a lot of the skills I picked up at Shillington. The only downside is that my portfolio can be a little confusing to explain to people now—it’s got brand designs next to reality TV shows formats that have been commissioned. week in the life of Peter?

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