Creative Boom

MARCH 15, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock It's all very well offering advice in theory, but how do freelancers and studios actually find their dream clients in practice? We asked the Creative Boom community, and we share their best stories here. Creative director Catherine Casalino tells a similar story. "So Or perhaps not.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Navigating the transition from student to professional can be daunting, but these lessons from creative pros will help you achieve success. To aid you in this transition, we have curated a comprehensive collection of insights and wisdom from creative pros who have walked this path before you.

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Creative Boom

JULY 5, 2022

We wanted to hear more about her epiphany and move to launch her own business. I've always been interested in art, drawing, and being creative. I was also the third child, so I'm sure they just wanted me to get on with it and do my own thing. I've had a few pivots during my career. I've made changes and followed my gut.

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Creative Boom

MAY 6, 2024

We share practical tips from the creative community to help you make the most of your downtime. It's great working as a freelancer in the creative industry. But it can be a rollercoaster ride, with periods of intense activity often followed by long lulls where you have little or no work to do.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 30, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Improving your sleep is the best way to become more creative, productive and happier. 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?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It takes a hefty chunk of our adult lives to enjoy this revelation when we understand how to own our careers, conquer inner demons and benefit from believing in ourselves. Confidence isn't something we naturally have. You have to be your own biggest fan," says creative coach Matt Saunders. It comes from experience.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 18, 2024

follow our tips to stick to your artistic resolutions beyond January and throughout the next 12 months. 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. Now's as good a time as any!

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Grind culture' is a familiar term in the creative industries, and it's something that's pushing more of us to switch careers or change how we work forever. It was based on a need to escape, more or less. We're home to the mavericks who constantly look to uncover the next frontier," says Miro. Miro: Yeah.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 30, 2023

We caught up with her to learn more about her career so far. Suvani Dave seemed destined for a creative career. Having felt a burning passion for art from a young age, she grew up in London, obsessed with drawing and wanting to create something beautiful and tangible. "I

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Creative Boom

JULY 12, 2022

As more of us get back to live events, in-person markets are returning as another brilliant place to meet people and showcase and sell your work. The not-for-profit organisation was founded in 2019 by local creatives Jane McDevitt and Kaye Symington to support Scotland's creative community. Glasgow Print Fair.

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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. When you enter the creative industry, it can be really tough to find your place, fit in, and earn a consistent living.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We explain how to shift your work and clients in a new direction and give yourself the dream life and career you always hoped for. So you've launched your freelance creative business: congratulations! The founders quickly realised they were onto something and made that the entire app. So, how do you go about it?

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock With the economy looking a little flat, most freelancers must put more work into selling themselves. But how do you actually do it? Creatives from multiple disciplines share their best advice. So how can you survive the next few years as a creative freelancer?

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Do you feel like work is taking over your life? Work-life balance often feels like a far-off, unachievable goal if you work in the creative industries. This week is National Work Life Week 2024, and the perfect opportunity to reflect on how we manage our time, creativity, and mental health. But it doesn't have to be that way.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Instead, we suggest some practical exercises and techniques that can help reignite your creativity quickly. Creative burnout might sound scary. But the uncomfortable truth is that almost everyone will experience it to some degree at some point in our career. In fact, in many ways, it's a natural part of growing as creative.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 23, 2024

That's exactly what illustrator, designer and creative consultant Molly Maine did in 2016, and since then, she's been enjoying the joy of travel while bringing her creative ambitions to life. But something isn't right. After feeling trapped in a loop with no clear way out, she decided to make the change. A big change.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

To help you out, we've spotted several fantastic books that can help supercharge your creative business in 2023. To help you out, we've spotted several fantastic books that can help supercharge your creative business in 2023. These great books will soon have your motivation returning and your mind racing!

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Creative Boom

JULY 21, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Build a loyal audience and showcase your work effectively with these essential tips for starting a newsletter in 2024 Let's face it: Reaching and engaging your audience has become more difficult than ever in the 2020s. So, it's more important than ever to build your own website and drive people to it.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock As National Freelance Day approaches, we share the community's best advice for making it as an independent creative. Embarking on a freelance career is a weird mix of freedom and responsibility. No more horrible commutes. No more being hauled over the coals by managers. Don't limit yourself."

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Creative industry expert Laura Carrick offers six invaluable tips to help you promote yourself and boost your career opportunities and earnings. Working in graphic design, you're constantly told that to earn more money, get more respect and work on more prestigious projects, you need to sell yourself.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 19, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We celebrate International Client Day by sharing some tried-and-tested tips for growing and nurturing your relationships with clients. However, retaining existing ones is much more important if you're to make your freelance career successful. Happy International Client Day! You're not alone.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

So what are the challenges facing women in the design industry today, and what can we do to overcome them? People still make assumptions based on gender; it's just that those assumptions are much more subtle. In fact, the people making them might not even know they're doing so. Coralie Carré. Natalie Redford.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 26, 2023

Follow this helpful advice from creatives who've taken the leap and found a desk or some office space this year. Their tips will see you right. In our 2023 Creative Boom readers survey, only 29.2% doing so part-time and 30% continuing to work entirely remotely. It's coming up to three long years since Covid hit.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Even work in the creative industries is largely admin. So, how do you balance the needs of your career with the need to thrive creatively? Not to mention the all-consuming headache of pleasing clients, who aren't always the most polite and helpful and keep changing their minds.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 11, 2022

To pursue a career as a Web Designer , you need to possess not just the technical expertise required to develop functional websites but also the artistic talent and design sensibility necessary to create an experience that consumers will adore. There are two phrases in the web career market: web designing and web development.

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Creative Boom

JULY 11, 2022

This year, we were incredibly excited, as they picked one of our favourite creatives for the assignment. Actually, I didn't want to shoot 24 hours non-stop because there'd have been no way I'd have produced good work doing that. Simon Wheatley. How did you approach the idea of shooting for 24 hours non-stop? © Simon Wheatley.

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Just Creative

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The music industry has reached a point where branding can create a more successful career than the music itself. Standing out in a unique way is more crucial now than ever, which has led many musicians down the path of working with visual artists. Unfortunately, people are judged by their covers. Logos & Branding.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Now, the number of freelancers is projected to reach more than 90 million in less than a decade. Even well-established fully-booked freelancers are at risk because, well, there’s always someone who’s ready to do the same job (and for less money, too). It’s getting very crowded out there. Why Personal Branding for Freelancers?

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Graphic Design Junction

APRIL 5, 2020

The digital industry is ever-changing, the design trends of today may be obsolete tomorrow. In this line of career, you are never really done being a work in progress because change is its driving force. You may also like: 4 Web Design Tips that your Web Designer Won’t Know About. Download Now. Always be evolving.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

How to choose the right career path for you. You’re straddling two 18-wheelers careening through space while doing the splits. I’m still asking myself the question We all start our careers as ICs. They were just good at design and wanted to move forward in their careers. We can keep doing the thing that we love.

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Creative Market

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

To help expand your Adobe Illustrator expertise, we asked design experts to share tips and tricks they wish they'd learn sooner. Whether you're just getting started or further along in your design career, we hope that these tips will help you along the way! I can remember a specific 'how the heck did you do that!'

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Design Milk

JULY 27, 2023

Our previous careers in fashion also directed the way we approached packaging, playing with color, and texture to create something visually stimulating. We wanted to create something that people would be excited to share and engage with – packaging that excites you and makes you take a second look.

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Just Creative

MAY 23, 2023

You’ll need a strong foundation as you enter this creative profession. Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Grid Systems in Graphic Design : A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers. These individuals are experts in their field, so they know what will set you apart. Niggli Verlag (Publisher) $54.14

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Just Creative

AUGUST 24, 2020

More Top Gear for Designers. Best pens for creatives. Best phones for designers & creatives. The simplest explanation (and usually the easiest) is that the active area is the area on the tablet where you will do whatever work you’re doing. Don’t do this.). Top Laptops. Best laptops for designers.

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Just Creative

AUGUST 7, 2020

Unfortunately, it’s more complicated than that. The point is: never rush into something as tricky and complicated as influencer marketing. You need to really figure everything out before doing anything. How to Sell More with Influencer Marketing in 2020 and Beyond. But only a few really know how to benefit from it.

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Just Creative

APRIL 13, 2020

Professionals across nearly all industries, but particularly those in creative careers, know that a wide range of problems can impact their productivity. You talk more slowly, stopping and starting more frequently. You ramble more, are prone to repeating yourself unnecessarily and may lose your place in the conversation.

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Creative Review

MARCH 11, 2021

The film builds on the concept of the director’s 2019 short film Enough and sees humorous workplace-based sabotage play out to illustrate there is almost nothing a woman can do in the workplace that is more career limiting than having a baby. It adds another layer to the creative process,” she says.

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