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Sam Rodriguez's graffiti-inspired portraits depict people in their unseen entirety

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We caught up with him to hear how they're made and the ways in which graffiti shaped his process. It was exactly what I needed and helped me avoid being in an unstable home," he tells Creative Boom. I decided to become a professional illustrator when I was 19 where I had worked part-time for a national news wire in San Francisco.

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The creative's guide to switching off, relaxing and feeling guilt-free this Christmas

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock We creatives often don't like to take time off: it makes us feel stressed, guilty and like a failure. Leading voices from the community discuss why that's all wrong and what we should do instead. Because, at a logical level, we all know that taking breaks is okay.

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How AUB is helping young creatives get ahead of the curve in a post-AI world

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The creative industry will change beyond all recognition over the next few years. We explore why students at Arts University Bournemouth will be prepared for all that. Over the next few years, AI will likely change the creative industries beyond all recognition. But it's not all bad news.

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Behind Blue Eyes: Ukrainian children photo their lives in joyful charity art project

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And while these images are sadly all too familiar, thanks to the news, they don't tell the full story. And it's all being captured by the children of Ukraine. They had all these images of bombed-out houses and military equipment. Film cameras are so old that they are entirely new for their generation.

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How creatives can stay positive during darker times

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Image licensed via Adobe Stock As the news continues to look grim and the economy struggles, what can creatives do to stay happy and productive? After all, we might be past the worst of Covid now, but the world hasn't exactly pivoted into the big, happy, post-pandemic party we'd all hoped for. You're by no means alone.

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Reddit gets a new identity featuring a refined 3D Snoo that celebrates conversation

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Reddit is an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website (just in case you need the Wikipedia description). It also lays the foundation for a new core illustration style, transitioning from spot illustrations that lack a common thread to heroic 3D icons, all unified in form.

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7 new ways of working that promise to change the creative industry in 2024

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Inside JDO in London Ed Silk and Fiona Florence of JDO discuss the changing nature of creative work and how we can all get ahead of the curve. We spend most of our waking lives working: the average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. Inside JDO in London 3.