Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Freelancing is great, but at the start money can be tight. Or do you yearn to break free and embark on a freelance journey more than ever? It's time to take your passion for creativity and kickstart your freelance venture. But is going back to your steady job making you excited and motivated?

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Creative Boom

JULY 27, 2022

But July and August can also mean a much quieter time for creative freelancers. These slower times offer an excellent opportunity to work on your business, marketing and brand. If there's one thing that lets down so many freelance designers and illustrators, it's their About page on their website. Image licensed via Adobe Stock.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

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. Talk to a freelancer who's got that sorted, and you'll probably find they have a suite of productivity tools that help them achieve this with minimal fuss.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 31, 2023

He's since worked on several global campaigns and for well-known international brands, including Disney+ and Apple TV+. Upon arriving, Rafael secured an internship at DISTINC, a branding and design firm that later sponsored him for a work visa. But it's been anything but a smooth ride. First came the pandemic. I love it, I really do!"

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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. Find your USP!"

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Whether youre a startup founder, a creative freelancer, or an established entrepreneur, a well-designed business cards helps you leave a lasting impression. A professional business card is more than just contact informationits a reflection of your brand. Easily Editable for easy understanding. Just drop in your texts, and it is ready.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

You can write as much as you like and attract people to your brand via endless means. So if you're a graphic designer and help businesses build more powerful brands, what tips, advice, case studies, or insight pieces can you write and share that showcase your skills and expertise and entice people to your website and hire you?

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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

JUNE 20, 2022

Launching a new shop is a brave enterprise in an increasingly challenging retail environment, and good branding can mean the difference between success and failure. Lynne McCusker is a senior freelance designer based in Scotland. The main brand orange is also a favourite of the client, so this had to feature prominently.".

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

How to Find Lucrative Freelance Graphic Design Jobs Are you looking to break into the world of freelance graphic design? This comprehensive guide will share my top tips and strategies for finding high-paying freelance graphic design jobs. I remember when I first started as a freelance designer. Let's dive in! from 2022.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Our recent interview with Teemu Suviala on why today's brands are too bland is a case in point. Case in point, freelance designer and art director Ferran Feixas doesn't hate on social media. In fact, he puts forward an argument you don't often hear: that it's actually responsible for pushing branding barriers beyond across the board.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Stories of brands using AI in their latest campaign have become a daily occurrence. 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. Illustrator Tom Woolley shows us how to future-proof your career in an evolving industry.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Whether it's a financial barrier, lack of representation, or just the fact that it's highly competitive, it can sometimes feel impossible to jump that first hurdle and land a decent paying job, internship or freelance contract.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Many people genuinely believe, for example, that their design vision is as good as a professional designer and that they only hired a freelancer because "they know Photoshop". To illustrate this, you could give them examples; for example: "I hate this colour" is not helpful, but "Can we use colours specified in our brand style guide?"

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Whether you're a founder or freelancer, creative entrepreneurship is hard. Consequently, many independent creative founders and freelancers share a longing for connection, reassurance and motivation. Consequently, many independent creative founders and freelancers share a longing for connection, reassurance and motivation.

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Graphic Design Junction

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Their unique approaches often make their work instantly recognizable, allowing them to cater to diverse industries, including book covers , games, films, and social media branding. Artists team up with brands , content creators, and other illustrators, broadening their reach globally.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 14, 2022

Having recently gone freelance thanks to a successful run on Everpress , he shares his insights on what it means to be successful and how to build a following. Freelance work was certainly welcome, but to make ends meet, he kept working in the same grocery store job he'd had since high school. It makes me feel happy.".

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Creative Boom

JUNE 11, 2024

Image licensed via Adobe Stock Creatives share their top tips for building a personal brand, allowing you to unleash your unique creative vision, connect with your tribe, and attract your dream clients. In today's hyper-connected digital landscape, personal branding has become key to success for creative professionals.

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Graphic Design Junction

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Over the years, Alexis has collaborated with some of the worlds leading brands and agencies, including Nike, PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard, Electronic Arts, BMW, Gatorade, Air Jordan, and The Washington Post, among many others.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 19, 2025

Studios and freelancers across the world have it bookmarked for graphic design inspiration and visual exploration. Whether you're working on branding, typography or photography, this platform is an excellent resource. The design profession, too, has embraced Pinterest with open arms.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Because he worked in such an analogue way, Hovey says he had "no real brain for graphic design" and never wanted to work at a brand. Though he never wanted the permanence of a full-time job, there was the issue of getting very little pay, and his plan was always to go freelance when it became a viable career option. "I

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Creative Boom

JUNE 26, 2023

Image licensed via Adobe Stock There are many ways to get your first freelance gig. Embarking on a freelance career is an exhilarating journey filled with boundless opportunities and the freedom to shape your professional destiny. Whether or not you land freelance work entirely depends on your own initiative.

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 15, 2025

Senior Designer at Nike Global Brand Design Retail Yenny Zhang takes us through her education and career so far, revealing the best bits and the challenges she faced along the way. From rigorous coursework and internships to fitting in personal freelance work, Zhang gave 110% to excel, describing it as "tough but rewarding".

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Creative Boom

JANUARY 29, 2025

Best of all, this is a flexible degree that can be tailored to your interestsfor example, in app development, animation, visual identity and branding, illustration, photography, typography and publishing, or graphic design in general. She continues to judge major industry awards, including Creative Circle, D&AD and Campaign Big.

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Designer Daily

JULY 16, 2024

99designs by Vista has given some of today’s most influential brands a surrealist makeover in tribute to 100 years of Surrealism. The post Famous Brands Get A Surrealist Makeover appeared first on Designer Daily: graphic and web design blog.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 13, 2022

It's no secret that brand guidelines have become a major headache for graphic designers working today. Corebook is on a mission to help and wants to make PDF brand guidelines extinct by 2025. In 2022, dealing with brand guidelines remains a clunky, frustrating process for many. That approach might have worked okay in the 1990s.

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Creative Boom

MAY 5, 2022

Penny Lee, aka The Brand Directoress. The best person to answer that question is Penny Lee, aka The Brand Directoress®. The Brand Directoress®. So for me, you know, "niche seeking brand strategist for kickass women in business". You've branded yourself an expert in something that not many people understand.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

From sustainability strategies and AI-driven creative processes to fostering new talent and redefining brand simplicity, these thought leaders have shared their visions and strategies for 2025 with us. Brand innovation with purpose Sustainability is only one element in a growing trend for agencies to want to go good.

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Graphic Design Junction

JANUARY 21, 2025

Minimalist business cards create a sleek and sophisticated brand identity, ensuring a strong first impression. The simplicity of these designs ensures that your brand stands out with elegance and style. Business cards remain an essential networking tool, offering a physical reminder of your brand.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 18, 2025

Building Your Brand Building Your Brand is presented by Liz Mosley, a graphic designer with over 15 years of experience in branding for small businesses. That's partly because Liz has a fantastic ability to demystify complex branding principles into actionable steps.

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Creative Boom

JULY 12, 2022

100 Days of Branding, an ongoing side project © Katrina Romulo. Spending much of her free time designing, Katrina's love of the medium quickly evolved – especially in the realms of brand and packaging. "I Work for Halia, a period care brand © Katrina Romulo. Work for Hyper, a skincare brand © Katrina Romulo.

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Creative Boom

JULY 10, 2022

The Leeds-based illustrator has just launched a new website, marking a fresh chapter in freelancing and a renewed confidence in herself. Today she collaborates with clients such as Pieminister and Lucy and Yak on a whole heap of things, whether it's editorial, product design or branding. You've got a brand new website.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 17, 2023

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. How do I become a freelance graphic designer?

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

We chatted with Ed Little, director of the London studio Regular Practice , about putting design at the heart of strategy, how the nature of branding is (fast) evolving, and what agencies need to do to keep up. It's got to come through in how people feel the brand for it to be effective in most cases.

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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. It was something I realised that I absolutely loved doing.

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Creative Bloq

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The freelance platform gets a dynamic brand refresh.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

When big brands decide to reinvent not only themselves but also their brand strategy, it can make for some big news. The point of that little story is that sometimes, even the biggest brands need a brand strategy or need to change theirs up to succeed in today’s economy. Related: 101+ Brand strategy resources.

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