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.

Freelance

Inkbot Design

JUNE 26, 2025

Observing artwork, collecting references, and reviewing past pieces all support growth. Layout refers to how parts are placed. Aspiring artists also benefit from fluency in software and strong thinking strategies. In many design courses, students ask what knowledge supports a career in design. Each day brings chances to build skills.

Graphic Design

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 9, 2025

Look for images that work with the idea you have in mind, serve as references, or provide inspiration. Sign in here TOPICS Art Illustration Photoshop Adobe Painting Fernanda Suarez Social Links Navigation Digital artist Santiago-born Fernanda is a digital artist who currently works as a freelance Illustrator.

Illustrator

Logo Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Download : Adobe Typography Primer Sure, there are a few references that some of you may not be familiar with, mostly based on software and tech: Adobe Type Manager, Multiple Master Fonts, for example, that has since been put out to pasture, but for the most part it’s all still relevant. color See typographic color.

Typography

Creative Boom

JULY 7, 2025

In a world that often celebrates freelance illustrators as personal brands, with their signatures neatly stamped across a portfolio, Chris stands for a quieter kind of creative power. His process usually starts with receiving a scribble, a note, or a photo reference from the design team, and then he gets to work.

Illustrator

Its Nice That

JUNE 19, 2025

She urges , “One piece of advice I would give to anyone who wants to go freelance is to just put your work out there, especially on social media.” PoseMy.Art is a free online 3D pose reference tool, offering customisable models and scenes at no cost for basic features. Plus, you can also use it to animate frame by frame.

Animation

We And The Color

JULY 2, 2025

It’s a document that outlines all your visual rules, ensuring that anyone working on your brand—whether it’s you, a future employee, or a freelancer—can apply the identity correctly. This guide acts as a reference point, eliminating guesswork and empowering consistency. Is it bright and airy, or dark and moody?

Brand

Design Week

JULY 23, 2025

At that point, I wasn’t using the internet that much – I was mostly using books as reference – so it was one of the first opportunities I had to see people creating design work in real life and bringing ideas to fruition. Yas Banks is a freelance graphic designer.

Graphic Design

Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Whether you're a freelancer or part of a more prominent design agency, determining the right price for your creativity and design services is an art. This step should be for your reference when determining a price range. You need to blend your skills and experience and monitor the market demand.

Client

Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

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Graphic Design

A List Apart

MAY 12, 2022

Referring to it simply as sustainability , our definition was: We create products and services that reward sufficiency and reusability. If the client agrees, the team can refer back to that promise throughout the project. “As We listen to local culture, communities, and those we affect. Assumptions are raised and discussed.

Client

Creative Boom

AUGUST 11, 2025

The rise of AI, the pressure to produce constant content, and the instability of freelance work all began to take a toll between 2023 and early 2024. "I A turning point in teaching Like many creatives, Alysha has faced periods of uncertainty about her place in the industry.

Illustrator

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 4, 2025

I wake up and grab a Dr Pepper as it is an intellectual drink for the chosen ones (points if you get the reference). A lot of people have started to shy away from the self-taught freelancers The problem is the mindset from both sides of the industry – the applicant side and the company side. My favourite tool would be fonts.

Internet and Software Development

Creative Bloq

JUNE 8, 2025

Invert you subject A classic and really straight-forward practice exercise taught at many art schools is to draw from a reference image but with the image inverted. One you have all the most dominant colours down, it should be easier to accurately apply the less dominant colours because your canvas will already look more like your reference.

Internet and Software Development

Creative Bloq

JULY 12, 2025

“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. ” “These dynamic anime figures are some of Bellamy’s favourite characters, and also double as references for her artwork.”

Animation

Creative Boom

JUNE 30, 2025

Murugiah's detailed graphical compositions blend Eastern and Western philosophies and iconography, incorporating Sri Lankan Tamil typography with contemporary pop culture references. Originally trained as an architect, Murugiah's background influences his structured compositions and use of space.

Print

We And The Color

APRIL 5, 2025

It’s fresh, forward-thinking, and full of visual references youll want to look up while listening. Why Design Podcasts Matter More Than Ever Whether youre a freelancer, studio owner, or design student, weekends can be a powerful time to listen and learn without pressure. Recommended episode: Top 10 Typography Trends for 2025.

Inspiration

Creative Bloq

JUNE 16, 2025

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Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 9, 2025

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Artist

Creative Bloq

JULY 6, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JUNE 10, 2025

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Animation

Creative Bloq

JULY 11, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JULY 7, 2025

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Color

Creative Bloq

JULY 14, 2025

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Art

Creative Bloq

AUGUST 8, 2025

That said, GPT-5 is said to have better visual perception, which could mean an improved understanding of reference images. Sign in here Joe Foley Social Links Navigation Freelance journalist and editor Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 25, 2025

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Digital

Creative Bloq

JUNE 30, 2025

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Entertainment

Creative Bloq

JUNE 27, 2025

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Art

Creative Bloq

JUNE 28, 2025

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Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 14, 2025

But once its been pointed out on the quiz show Jeopardy, it suddenly becomes obvious that the design has a clever secret: it also references the teams name. In fact, it turns out that even players on the team took years to notice anything else. We might need to reassess our pick of the best MLB logos because we missed this too! concat(l,"-").concat(d()):l}return"".concat(u).concat(a).concat(d())}}(),jss:h,sheetsCache:null,sheetsManager:new

Graphic Design

Creative Bloq

JULY 3, 2025

The codename refers to the combination of brand colours: PlayStations blue and AMD red to create purple (dont start with the argument that purple doesnt exist ). You may like Sony reveals the PS5 Pros insides (and it almost feels indecent) Could Apples rumoured new gaming app be bad news for Nintendo Switch 2? concat(l,"-").concat(d()):l}return"".concat(u).concat(a).concat(d())}}(),jss:h,sheetsCache:null,sheetsManager:new

Entertainment

Creative Bloq

JUNE 19, 2025

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Artist

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. I started out very much on the non-commercial side of things, working in Japan designing educational tools for children.

Arts and Crafts

Creative Bloq

JUNE 21, 2025

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Animation

Creative Bloq

JUNE 20, 2025

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Photo Editing

Creative Bloq

JUNE 22, 2025

Alida Pintus is an Italian freelance concept artist and character designer. Every issue is packed with art and design inspiration Delivered to your IOS or Android device Never miss an issue From £9.99 Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Artist

Creative Bloq

JUNE 27, 2025

In Estranger Things, the last episode of The Simpsons season 36, Marges death wasnt shown, but theres a tombstone, a video message, and Lisa refers to her “late mother.” Will there be any characters left in The Simpsons? concat(l,"-").concat(d()):l}return"".concat(u).concat(a).concat(d())}}(),jss:h,sheetsCache:null,sheetsManager:new

Animation