Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Feeling grim about your prospects? And even if you're still managing to keep on top of the rent, there's no shame in feeling a little down about your prospects for continuing success as a freelancer. Freelancing can definitely reward the hard-working," he points out. On a bit of a downer?

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock With so much talent out there, how do you get noticed as a freelance illustrator? And working as a freelancer means that you can, to a degree, work when you want, how you want, and where you want. But first, you need to attract freelance clients. Struggling to find your distinct style?

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 10, 2024

But the journey to her current destination as a freelance artist is a somewhat winding one. Based in Lisbon, Portugal, Danii Pollehn is a German artist who specialises in creating vibrant, eye-catching work that combines playful shapes and a modern style. Many artists have not aged well, and other interests don't feel relatable.

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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. So how can you survive the next few years as a creative freelancer? Show what you've made It sounds like an obvious point, but it's one that many freelancers ignore.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Short on commissions at the moment? For creative freelancers, the start of the year is often a quiet time, with few enquiries coming in. And there are plenty of useful things that creative freelancers can do to stay productive, focused and positive during these quieter periods.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

If you're a freelance illustrator, it's easy to wallow in despair and imagine your job will soon be taken over by a faster, cheaper AI alternative. An important part of freelancing is planning ahead and ensuring there's enough work coming in to pay the bills. A machine can not emulate originality, personality and passion yet.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock We asked the Creative Boom community what tools save them the most time and effort, and here's what they had to say. 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. It saves me from the 'when are you available?'

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Creative Boom

MAY 11, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Times are tough for a lot of freelancers out there right now. If our recent survey of creative freelancers is anything to go by, you may well be struggling. So that means almost three-quarters of you are failing to thrive in 2023, and that's not a situation any freelancer should be happy with.

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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. Yes, taking the leap into full-time freelancing is undoubtedly a terrifying prospect.

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Creative Boom

JULY 5, 2022

For Sarah Madden , a graphic designer based in Leeds, she realised she wanted to embrace freelance illustration and design full-time to explore a better lifestyle. So at the beginning of June, she handed in her notice to her agency boss and declared herself an official freelance illustrator and designer. You've just gone freelance.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. 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. Artist Russell Taysom loves using Pinterest. Even art fairs are proving to be a success for many artists and designers.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 7, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Want to make cash from your personal work? And if you're an artist, illustrator, or designer yourself, they're a great opportunity to make money doing what you love. I mean, as artists, how often do we get to meet and chat in real life with our collectors? Never take that for granted!"

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Fuel your creative fire with these hidden audio gems, which offer practical advice, inspiration and fresh perspectives to inspire the modern professional. This sense of full transparency creates a sense of camaraderie that's especially valuable for freelance illustrators.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Looking for a affordable Adobe Creative Cloud alternative? We’ve compiled the best Adobe alternatives into one post, including free Adobe CC alternatives. Get 65% Off Adobe Creative Cloud — See our Adobe Creative Cloud discount guide. So, why do so many people look for Adobe CC alternatives?

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

An artist based in New York City, Jade Purple Brown 's work is instantly recognisable, featuring strong feminine characters, vibrant colours, and messages of optimism that convey individuality and empowerment. Things really started to pick up once I decided to leave my 9-5 and pursue being an artist full-time. Jade Purple Brown.

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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Today we are featuring creative illustrator and freelance graphic artist “ Dale Edwin Murray ”, with his amazing illustration art collection. He is a freelance illustrator artist and graphic designer living and working in London. Best Adobe Lightroom Presets For 2022. He was from London, United Kingdom.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 28, 2022

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Many artists, designers, illustrators, animators and video editors have found continued remote working not only feasible but, in many ways, preferable. And if a freelance client throws their toys out of the pram? For me, it's all about balance," says artist and illustrator Carina Lindmeier.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 3, 2021

Visser Minimal Business Card template Suitable for any kind of business like Corporate Business, Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more. Easy to edit, fully adobe Photoshop format. Multipurpose and Easy to edit fully adobe Photoshop format.

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Just Creative

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Did you ever want to be an artist growing up? Maybe you reached that goal and work in graphic design but for some of us, maybe we didn’t possess the natural skill or talent that the best artists in the world have. Thanks to the wonderful world of the internet, those dreams of being an artist can be real again with online courses.

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Graphic Design Junction

MARCH 10, 2023

Once again we are featuring great graphic designer and illustration artist Pablo Olivera , with his stunning digital concept art collection. He is a Freelance Digital Artist from Argentina, currently working in Film Production, Concept Art , Digital Sculpting, Matte Painting, key frame illustrations and presentation artwork.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 23, 2022

Concept art, sketching, digital Paintings, and Digital Art is a form of illustration used to convey an idea of artist’s mind. Today we are featuring creative concept artist, character designer, storyboard artist, freelancer and illustrator “ Gada Jermy ”, with it’s amazing concept art collection.

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Graphic Design Junction

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Vincent Chu a Digital artist, Youtuber, tutor and great teacher from Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong SAR of China. He thoughts procreate tutorials are very easy to understand and helpful for digital artist and graphic designers. Vincent Chu is also available for freelancing you can catch him on artstation.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 18, 2023

Multipurpose and Easy to edit fully adobe Photoshop format. Visser Minimal Business Card template Suitable for any kind of business like Corporate Business, Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more. Easy to edit, fully adobe Photoshop format.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. Whether it's an art teacher who said you couldn't draw, a "friend" who told you freelancing would never work or someone who said something cruel that keeps whirring around in your head – reframe things and believe that you are wonderful. Courage will lead to confidence. Remember you're not alone.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 18, 2022

The Toronto-based artist masterfully mixes hand-painted gouache with digital art to achieve this unique style. "I After graduation, Holly moved to Montréal and enrolled in a graphic design course at Concordia University, where she learned the basics of Adobe Creative Suite. "It Aunts, 2021 – The New York Times © Holly Stapleton.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 10, 2021

Today we are featuring concept art, graphic designer and illustration artist Pablo Olivera , with his amazing concept art collection. He is a Freelance Digital Artist from Argentina, currently working in Film Production, Concept Art , Digital Sculpting, Matte Painting, key frame illustrations and presentation artwork.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Kefan Shi's artistic ambitions can be traced right back to his childhood spent reading comics. Having since sharpened his illustration and visual design skills at art school, he now juggles freelance work with client projects covering everything from packaging design to motion design and illustration.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 8, 2023

Super minimal Business Cards Design with minimalist style and concepts, best for your own brand identity or any kind of business like Corporate Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more. Freelancer Minimal Business Card. Best Creative Business Card Design.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

Artists create art for its own sake. Many graphic designers are also freelance, so their earnings are generally kept to themselves. How much does a freelance graphic designer make? 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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Creative Boom

MARCH 24, 2025

Image licensed via Adobe Stock As creatives abandon X, Facebook and Instagram, LinkedIn seems to be standing strong. This direct line to decision-makers remains one of LinkedIn's strongest selling points for freelancers and creative businesses alike." Artists are meant to PUSH mediums, not obey them," she argues.

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Just Creative

APRIL 19, 2023

If you’re looking for the best Adobe Premiere Pro alternatives, you are in the right place. Many creatives use this industry-standard tool, from filmmakers to professionals to freelancers. First, the pricing plans offered by Adobe are not favorable for long-term usage and are expensive for individual users and freelancers.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Artist has taken successful concept of workshops she ran for major brands such as Nike, ASOS and Timberland to help other freelancers or individuals get together and create. Freelancing can be a lonely gig, however much you love it. I really thrive from these events having so many creative heads under one roof to connect with."

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 30, 2022

Fully editable templates, very easy to use and customize in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & MS Word. Minimal Resturant / bar / hotel Business Card template Suitable for any kind of business like Corporate Business, Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more.

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Graphic Design Junction

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

G reat Character Design illustration artist “ Serag Basel ”, with his character design illustrations. He is a freelance art director, illustrator artist and graphic designer living and working in Saudi Arabia. Serag Basel is a professional Art Director and graphic artist, designer and illustrator. 6,131 items.

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Graphic Design Junction

JULY 27, 2023

Today we are featuring a great freelance artist, illustrator, portraitist “ Zbig Wolowiec ” with his amazing digital paintings artwork. He is a self-taught freelancer who has been passionate about digital painting for some time. He’s constantly learning and experimenting with new techniques and styles.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Image licensed via Adobe Stock. I've given up on Instagram," complains freelance book cover designer Alex Kirby. "I Artist and designer June Mineyama-Smithson, aka Mayumi , recently had a similar epiphany. "I I search 'freelance animator' and filter to posts to find shoutouts. No, you're not imagining it. More videos.

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Graphic Design Junction

AUGUST 27, 2021

Minimal corporate Business Card Templates suitable for your own brand identity or any kind of business like Corporate Agency, Creative, Blog, Magazine, Retail, Photographer, Artist, Designer, Freelancers and much more. Fully editable templates, very easy to use and customize in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & MS Word.

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