Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

So the first thing you need to do is get out there and chat with people, whether friends, family, colleagues or clients. subside, I tend to chat to my past clients, see what they have going on in their lives, and any recommendations they have for similar people in their field I can pester." And it makes my job more social and fun."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 22, 2022

Using dramatic lighting against a restricted colour palette, Luke's been grabbing the attention of many an international client since he went freelance in 2012. Today, his portfolio is brimming with impressive editorial illustrations, book covers and packaging for the likes of Playboy, BBC, Virgin, and The Telegraph. "I

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

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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Creative Boom

JULY 4, 2022

Ofir Mizrahi delivers award-winning websites that clients and visitors love. If ever a potential client needs reassurance of the high-quality results they'll get, they just have to glance at the stunning work on the studio's online portfolio, spanning clients in the gastronomy, lifestyle, culture, corporate and non-profit sectors.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Just as Zoom doesn’t give you a way to shake hands, a digital portfolio doesn’t deliver a satisfying tactile experience for prospective clients. This article will teach you how to create a graphic design print portfolio. What is a Print Portfolio? Create a Print Portfolio. Should You Create a Print Portfolio?

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Creative Boom

JULY 16, 2024

It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you. Having worked with several editorial and publishing brands such as the Washington Post, Wired UK and Dasan Books, she's interested in broadening her experience to include advertising campaigns with installation and animation components.

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Creative Boom

JULY 23, 2024

With a background in editorial design, Andy Goodman decided to become an illustrator, developing an impactful, graphical style that's sublime and simple and a portfolio full of clever visual wordplay. Clients such as LeadDev have recognised how effective Andy's work can be when used in sequence for continuity in their material.

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Creative Market

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Portfolios are vital in showcasing one’s work and experiences to potential clients and or future employers. Whether you are a graphic designer, artist, or creative director, having a portfolio can help you present a compilation of your masterpieces visually. Tips on Making a Printed Graphic Design Portfolio.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Instead, she stayed in Vancouver and assembled a portfolio of gorgeous illustrations and illustrated type. Typically, clients will see something in her portfolio that they like, and she'll work from that basis, making tweaks and changes to ensure that each project is unique. Her book Plant-Based Banquet.

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Just Creative

JULY 7, 2020

And there are many reasons why many of them are losing a steady client base. Not only will the client look at their portfolio, but also require that photographers have some form of guarantee for their work. Attract new clients. A stable brand usually gets the most clients. Branding can also foster familiarity.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 23, 2024

"I still loved drawing, and I had a strong desire to create my own artwork, but after long days in the office, I found it impossible to find the time or energy to work on my portfolio," she tells Creative Boom. I set up my laptop in a little cafe in the Himalayas and began looking for clients…" Since then, Molly has been travelling non-stop.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Speaking about what originally attracted him to the style of retro comic books, Van asks the valid question: "Is there anything more fun than aliens, flying saucers, superheroes, space rangers and spaceships? "In This led me to contact new clients in Spain, to work with Anna Goodson Illustration Agency and new international clients."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 27, 2022

She built her business whilst working part-time for a local jewellery shop and today, four years after graduation and surviving a global pandemic, she is now freelancing for clients worldwide including RSPB Scotland and UK Youth 4 Nature. By the end, I was booked up for the next three months, and I have been more or less busy ever since.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 11, 2023

She's since gone on to work with clients such as BBC Teach and Channel 5. I have been a freelancer for nearly a year, producing illustrations for many clients. From designs for products to book illustrations and even illustrations for TV. However, like many creatives, her path hasn't been as straightforward as it sounds.

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SpeckyBoy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

But let’s say that you just booked a new web design project. Are you putting your client’s needs first? Is showing off the project in your portfolio a motivating factor? And they’ll keep their focus entirely on client needs. Sure, they can enhance our portfolios. What about Client Requests?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The Loughborough University graduate's portfolio is brimming with radical projects for a host of high-profile clients, including the BBC and Microsoft, and she's already managed to scoop a White Pencil in Impact at D&AD plus a Grand Prix at Cannes Lions. "The Innovation seems to be at the heart of Ana Curbelo's work.

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Creative Market

JUNE 12, 2020

One of the biggest concerns for designers is how to find clients during this time of worldwide lockdowns. Though this pandemic and lockdown are unprecedented challenges for graphic designers, it’s still possible to find good clients during this hardship. This is why we now decided to join forces.

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Creative Boom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Inspired by the vast collection of sci-fi books he grew up with in his parent's house, these images picture a world where people and robots live together in harmony in a future where everything has, miraculously, turned out fine. I never thought I would live the future I was reading about in my books as a kid.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2024

This is what Chinese artist Yuanhao Tang has decided to do, so he has stopped taking on new clients to work on community-orientated projects as well as exploring his own creative potential. "I His portfolio includes book and editorial illustrations as well as product campaigns.

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Creative Boom

JULY 21, 2022

"When you make a monumental f**k up, as we all do from time to time, be 100% open about it with your client while explaining how you'll fix it," he advises. Some of my best clients are a result of this very moment.". Be patient with clients. As well as honesty, clients will appreciate your patience.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 5, 2023

Brimming with all the life and energy of the best spontaneous doodles, her portfolio is bursting with a range of entertaining characters, including trendy pickles, rollerblading puppies, and the fanciest pigeons you'll ever lay eyes on. How do you go about choosing the clients you work with? What made you want to become an illustrator?

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Just Creative

MARCH 23, 2024

Paula Scher and her portfolio Louise Fili: Elegant Romance Louise Fili has a special way with food packaging and restaurant identity graphic design the world over: the old-fashioned way. Today she is also the author of several excellent books on graphic design, showcasing her expertise as a female graphic designer.

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

Her love for illustration was further nurtured by children's books, which offered layers of visual storytelling. The illustrated books I most loved as a kid were those you could come back to, find more stories within stories in the art," she enthuses. She notes how social media and online portfolios have democratised the industry. "It

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Creative Market

JANUARY 8, 2022

Whether you are a full-time professional graphic designer or a part-timer offering graphic design services, creating a sleek graphic design portfolio is important to showcase your unique style and highlight your skills in today’s design industry. But how can you exactly make your portfolio more interesting to your potential clients?

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Noupe

AUGUST 11, 2020

As I’ve been coaching freelancers and agency-builders for the last 11 years, I’ve noticed there can be a real tension when it comes to the topic of portfolio websites. And there are countless resources and tools for building a successful portfolio. Tip 1: Simplify your portfolio journey.

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 12, 2020

Choose from 5 templates to create endless layouts that incorporate colour schemes in the style of Pantone swatch books. Alongside print and web design work for clients nationally and internationally, New Tropical also produces a range of high-quality digital design products, including fonts, mockups and illustrations.

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Graphic Design Junction

JUNE 4, 2021

Present your book design on Photoshop mockups for realistic preview. These photorealistic book cove mockups help you to show your label designs or to sell your products in an easy and professional way. High quality Notebook and Book mockups are suitable to showcase your design with the fresh looking mockups. Book Mockups Pack.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

But with the slowdown caused by the strike, I have experienced fewer bookings and demand in general." I honestly like the flexibility to move across industries and bring my expertise to them, as well as learning from different spaces, people, brands and clients," he says. And it's not been all bad. "I I love it, I really do!"

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Slanted Slanted, which first debuted in 2004, is a biannual, book-like magazine that showcases select graphic design portfolios and discusses major events in the international design and culture scenes. The latest issue, 41, focuses on Amsterdam.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It feels like only yesterday that she was listening to a talk by illustration agency Jelly at the D&AD New Blood Awards 2019, and now she's joined their roster and landed work for big clients, including Spotify. Her portfolio is packed with pieces infused with a secret ingredient: a love of stories.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There's no point, for example, in obsessing over how you once had multiple clients falling over themselves to give you commissions, and now there's silence. So instead, update that book you've been putting off. My advice is to book things you can look forward to," he continues. "A A gallery visit, alone or with the studio.

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Just Creative

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Get US $15 off any booking at Booking.com. Booking is our favourite online hotel booking engine, due to all of its features and simplicity. > Click here to get $15 off your next Booking. Easy to use, great value, great support and our first choice for clients. Pixpa – Photography portfolio website.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Don't just take our word for it, though; with clients including Penguin and Dorling Kindersley, plus representation by Closer & Closer, Asia's art is a proven hit, which is only set to get bigger. That's why I'm very excited about finishing my first self-published book and my latest pursuits in the animation field."

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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). Even though you’re not yet as famous as Kobe Bryant is, your personal story and portfolio are the only things you can rely on here. This means a lot of work, so let’s get to it.

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Best Graphic Design Books to Buy. I recently updated one of the more popular posts on the blog entitled the best books for Logo Designers and thought a corresponding page of the best Graphic Design books could be helpful. This book focuses on what design is and does and what it should be and do. $19.99.

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Eye on Design

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I treasured these books because they opened a world up to me, providing a path into the profession I’d eventually enter. Almost 20 years later, working in a city alongside other designers, my love for design books has not waned. It may have even increased, as books continue to open up new insights into both this field and my own work.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As such, highlighted work includes client pieces such as the motion graphics title sequence for the Apple TV+ show Platonic and complex animated visuals he created for ITUPP in Dubai – a collaboration with his wife, the illustrator Jing Zhang. Likewise, creating something more long form, maybe a 30-minute short story or film.

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