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Showcasing illustration work: how to create your best portfolio

Creative Boom

How do you create a successful illustration portfolio? Most importantly, consider who will look at your portfolio and – crucially – how long they're likely to spend on it. So how you put your portfolio together should recognise that essential fact. Also, ensure you've added all the details a portfolio needs to contain.

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Van Saiyan's incredible retro illustrations draw on special moments from his childhood

Creative Boom

But after studying for an illustration degree in Madrid, he decided to prepare a portfolio and contact illustration agencies, advertisers and magazine publishers. Having contacted Van shortly after he sent them his portfolio, the agency has afforded him many opportunities. Working with the Anna Goodson agency is one of these benefits.

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Conran Design Group crafts new logo and identity for global comms group Havas

Creative Boom

It originally grew out of the world's first news agency, created in 1835, and most recently was integrated into media, entertainment, and communications conglomerate Vivendi in 2017. All this is divided into three main operational divisions: Havas Creative Network, Havas Media Network and Havas Health & You.

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16 frequently asked questions answered to help you become a graphic designer

Creative Boom

In practice, a graphic designer typically works with various media, including both print and digital, to create designs that meet the needs of their clients or employers. Most freelance graphic designers will start with a lower rate and raise their rates over time as they build their portfolio and reputation.

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30 Fun & Creative Web Designs From DeviantArt

SpyreStudios

Sure, there are CSS galleries you can check out or even other designers’ portfolios on Twitter or other social media websites, but what about DeviantArt ? Portfolio ?. Sports Deluxe ?. How many web designers can say that there are too many places to draw inspiration from? Designers Weblog ?. Garden First Aid ?.

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Stanley Chow exhibition will showcase illustrations of people from film, stage and TV

Creative Boom

Since he started working as a professional artist nearly thirty years ago, Stanley Chow has diversified into many areas with his distinctive style, but he is best known for his portraiture of pop stars, actors, sports people and celebrities. The internet, particularly the dawn of social media, changed his life from around 2007.

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PM drops “Digital” and makes MP Lucy Frazer secretary of Culture, Media and Sport

Design Week

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made Southeast Cambridgeshire MP Lucy Frazer secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport in a departmental reshuffle, which also sees “Digital” dropped from the portfolio.

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