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Xiangni Song follows her instincts to create paintings of the abstract images in her mind

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Today, painting, drawing and ceramics are Xiangni's medium of choice, and her art deals with themes of identity, self-observation and the imagination. Additionally, the rising popularity of digital illustration led to a shift in trends; this reduced the opportunity to employ traditional techniques in my projects," she tells Creative Boom. "In

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Where's the best place to work as a creative: agency, in-house or freelance?

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I was coming from a self-taught background, and it gave me a really good grounding in not only getting to grips with the technical, production side of the job and new ways of working in the software but also in working with a team of people, interpreting briefs and the like." But it's important to note that freelancing is not for everyone.

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Documenting the realities of juggling motherhood and a creative career

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By late 2021, she started thinking about all the women she knew or knew of who had young children and also ran their own businesses or were self-employed in the creative industries. She started getting in touch with people she admired, such as Naomi Raybould, founder of Beyond Nine, writer Liv Purvis, photographer Ola O.

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Successful creatives share how they won their first client (so you can too)

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Lina saw my Take On Me style illustrations on Facebook, especially Self Portrait With Morten Harket, and commissioned an illustration for Move To Oslo." To inspire you, we asked the Creative Boom community to share their stories of how they bagged their first freelance gig and offer some advice on doing so yourself.

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Simon Case: AI will destroy jobs, but there's a silver lining that could save your career

Creative Boom

Need for honesty Simon is stating here something that feels self-evident to many of us, but few are brave enough to face the truth, even to ourselves. AI is automating much of the labour-intensive "doing" that agencies have traditionally employed armies of people for. No, he doesn't have a crystal ball. Well, it's going to go.

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Accumulate launches first event to connect homeless people with creative industries

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The outcome of Creative Futures will provide participants with confidence and self-belief, to talk about themselves to prospective creative industry employers, but also tangible work opportunities in the creative industries, including the design, illustration, publishing, architecture and podcasting sectors," says Accumulate in a statement.

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Annabel Wright on how self-publishing could empower women in business

Creative Boom

In a world where business books are predominantly written by men, Annabel Wright of Whitefox Publishing explores how joining the dots with independent self-publishing could provide the perfect platform for female-identifying entrepreneurs who want to share their professional voice.