Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It doesn't matter how talented you are in your chosen creative discipline; that's only half of the work of being a successful freelancer. Ask yourself: how many hours a week could you save if you started using better tools? And then think about how much extra money you could make. Obsidian Do you work in Markdown?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

But how do you actually do it? With economic uncertainty gripping the entire world, not to mention the prospect of AI and new technologies making many jobs potentially redundant, it's a bit of a worrying time for creatives of all stripes. So how can you survive the next few years as a creative freelancer?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Ragged Edge's work for Marshmellow The world of graphic design is constantly evolving, with new trends emerging all the time. But the good news is that whatever happens to the economy in 2024, graphic design will be in demand… perhaps more than ever. Nearly every website design firm I know now offers this."

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Pennsylvania-based illustrator and designer Laura Moyer has created stunning work for Disney, Pixar and Apple, all from the comfort of her cabin in the woods. We caught up with her to hear how she works remotely and why nature is a constant source of inspiration to her. We aren't totally isolated (as much as I wish we were).

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock If your creative work is causing you to feel down, do something about it. And so even if we love what we do, our work can often be frustrating, exhausting, worrying and stressful. But do we love our lives ? If you're trying to make a living, of course, that's not always so easy.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Quebec-based illustrator and graphic designer Chad Grenier uses his beautiful illustrations as a means of connecting with other people and the world around him. We caught up with him to learn how he's inspired by everything from Wes Anderson to his grandparents, as well as hearing how he stays focused on his creative ambitions.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We canvass opinions from up and down the design industry. You've poured your heart and soul into a graphic design project. Or is it a necessary part of growing as a designer? The same question applies the other way around when you're asked to give feedback on fellow designers' work. But is it the end of the world?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The creative community shares its best advice on how to put this time to good use. So it's much better to stay busy and occupy your mind. And there are plenty of useful things that creative freelancers can do to stay productive, focused and positive during these quieter periods. So how best should you spend your time?

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

How's the economic downturn treating you? So what can we do? You'd rather be doing what you love, whether art, design, photography or whatever, than setting out your stall. But how you market yourself will be the deciding factor for clients when choosing you over your competitors. So how do you get there?

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Hamish Smyth discusses the making of the book Classified: Local Ads from America's Small Towns and why it's a must-read for designers in 2023. If you haven't heard of Standards Manual , the Brooklyn-based, independent publishing imprint founded by designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth in 2014, it's about time you did.

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Designer Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

To hire or not to hire a graphic designer. Many companies are asking themselves whether ‘do it yourself’ graphic design is best for their business. Creative design calls for in-depth business knowledge, but the budget can be a real obstacle. When is ‘do it yourself’ a good idea?

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Creative Boom

MARCH 14, 2024

How&How Studio helped them develop eye-catching new branding, including some fabulous rainbow trees. It's not so much that the principle itself is bad. To do this successfully, Pachama needed a new brand, marketing collateral, launch video and website. Carbon offsetting has had a bad rep in recent years.

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Creative Boom

MAY 2, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The photo and video-sharing site is changing how it surfaces content, ostensibly to help creatives. To do this, we're introducing four changes: A new input to ranking that will give smaller creators more distribution. Designer and illustrator Isaac LeFever also takes a cynical view of the update. "I'm

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Creative Boom

APRIL 30, 2024

So it's time you prioritised it, and we have some fantastic tips from fellow creatives to help you do so. How, you wonder, can I become more creative, more imaginative, and more productive? How can I develop better ideas to propel my career to the next level? So why don't we all make sleep our number one priority?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

As its name suggests, this popular Instagram account carefully curates the best cookbooks on the market, and it sets itself apart by pinpointing well-designed releases which you do not usually find on high street shop shelves. He picks out the ones that he feels deserve more attention and are the best designed.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We caught up with her to learn more about her journey so far, how she looped back into illustration, and what it's like to go freelance. After graduating from university, Beth became a graphic designer for a London-based football club and put illustration to the side for a while. "I

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In it, the pair explore how users can manipulate exported images to create customisable results. Variable fonts have shaken up the world of typography by making it easier for designers to create custom letterforms. Through some research, we discovered that a font is not much different from an illustration.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Identity for GlouGlou by &Something The founder of Shrewsbury design studio &Something , Tony Clarkson, opens up about his recent struggles with motivation and offers his advice to others in the same situation. So what can we do? But I don't know if it's down to how long I've been here. The spark went out."

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Creative Boom

APRIL 2, 2024

We caught up with him to hear how they're made and the ways in which graffiti shaped his process. This was the case for Sam Rodriguez who, despite drawing since he was a toddler, first became aware that art was a habitual tic around the age of 12 when he started doing graffiti. "It I love how portraits tell a story," he reveals.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2024

Self-guided tour operator Inntravel's new identity by SomeOne features a suite of fingerpost sign-inspired graphics and hand-drawn illustrations, helping to convince new hikers that it can show them the way. The personal touches of the script font, illustrations and signposts provide so much character and individuality.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 4, 2022

And Denise Foy, owner of De La Foye Design Studio , is quite clear about where her passion lies. And since the launch of her own boutique design studio in 2019, she's been doing just that. But I've always loved design – fashion, visual design, interior design, and more. The platform.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 27, 2022

He explains how he transitioned from graphic designer to full-time artist and what inspires his work today. Coming from a graphic design background, Patrick Nelson has been a full-time collage artist now for a number of years. So how did he transition from graphic design to collage artist?

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2022

So what to do? It's not surprising, given how everything we make is on display and that we exist in such a competitive field. Every day we're bombarded with amazing work by others, and whilst that's inspiring, for the most part, it can also make us worry we'll be left behind. Everyone's doing so much better than me.".

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock The world's best-known writers have much to teach artists of all disciplines. Losing yourself in a good book is one of the great joys of life, whether you're immersing yourself in a world of fiction or broadening your horizons with the design-focused tomes in our own book section.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Freelancing can be a lonely gig, however much you love it. We caught up with the bundle of positive energy that is Tegan to find out what has driven her to create such memorable designs – her swimsuits for Speedo are particularly beautiful – and why she decided to roll out her workshop series. It was even better than we thought.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 19, 2023

Paper engineer, graphic designer and illustrator Julia Yus recaptures the magic she felt when she first opened a pop-up book in her delightfully colourful and child-like creations. Do you remember opening a pop-up book for the first time? So I ended up turning this passion into my new profession." And she's not wrong.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

I first joined Twitter in 2008, when I was working on a web design magazine, and the web development community had fully embraced it as their network of choice. For illustrators, graphic designers, animators and photographers, other platforms like Instagram have served a similar purpose. Here are a few suggestions. Email people!

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Creative Boom

MARCH 6, 2023

© Mark Bloom Designers Marina Soto and Mark Bloom have recruited some serious talent to teach LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design's new online English-language Online Master in Graphic Design and Applied Typography. Looking for a programme to build upon your existing design skills?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We chat with Josh Kay and Jamie White about how they graduated from the Arts University Bournemouth, founded their own agency and took on the world. We recently profiled Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and highlighted how its strength of community, forward-thinking and real-world focus puts it at the cutting edge of the creative industry.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 3, 2023

We spent a happy hour chatting with Nolan to discover more about her creative passions, inspirations and experience of working for the respected design studio. Nolan recently sat down with Creative Boom to share more about her creative process and how she finds inspiration from fashion, art, and literature. Pockets are essential.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

It's one of the most maddening things about freelancing: how do you set your rates? But at least it will help give you a baseline to think about your freelance rates and how you can get there over time. For this reason, there's no universally agreed rate of pay for illustrators, designers and so on across the world.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

But it wasn't until he took a calligraphy course that he found the confidence to explore the world of character design. Given this confidence, then, it's somewhat surprising to learn that Jaume initially felt like he lacked the creative chops to tackle the world of character design. It's hard to miss the work of Jaume Osman.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 18, 2024

How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions? But if you want to achieve your creative goals in life, it will take a certain amount of grit, determination and hard work to do so. But it does mean making a proper effort to stick to your goals throughout 2024 and not letting them slide. Now's as good a time as any!

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 6, 2023

And thanks to her exquisite eye for colour, she can channel a sense of joy into every piece she makes. Sudesna Samanta's work ranges from book design to branding, social communication, and caricatures. One day, my mum suggested that I try looking for design degree options," she adds. "I I found my calling through that class.

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Just Creative

OCTOBER 1, 2023

If you run own graphic design firm, improving your skills can not only make you a better graphic designer but also more attractive to potential clients. Taught by Chris Do, an Emmy award-winning designer and founder and CEO of Blind, Inc.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We chat to two successful creatives who started out in a different career, and share their best advice for anyone looking to make a change. They'd rather be doing something more creative and fulfilling, but they don't really know how to go about it. You're only going to waste it on stuff that ultimately doesn't make you happy.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

But recent algorithm changes and a push for more video content have left many artists and designers struggling to enjoy the same likes and reach. Before we get started, we understand that many of you embrace reels and making videos and still enjoy some success on Instagram. Do we really want to stay on the treadmill?

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