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Three common mistakes designers make when creating websites for clients

Creative Boom

A well-designed site can help clients grow, attract more visitors and even turn them into happy customers. Get the design wrong, though, and it can spell real trouble for your clients. His agency recently won a Wix Partner Award for sophisticated code deployment for its client website, Code Zero Yachts.

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12 Graphic Design Portfolio Essentials (Top Tips for Landing Clients)

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No truer is this mantra than when you want to impress potential clients with your portfolio. That means incorporating the latest design trends so potential clients take notice and pick you over your competitors. It showcases your capabilities and convinces clients-to-be, creative directors, or hiring managers you are the real deal.

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Is AI really coming for your illustration career? An industry expert weighs in

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Are clients choosing AI over human illustrators? Many illustrators worry clients will use generative AI rather than hiring human artists. There are clients out there who, with little or no budget, will cobble together images using AI and be satisfied with the results. Are those the kinds of clients you want to work for?

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James Olstein uses his love of screen printing to create stunning digital illustrations with an analogue feel

Creative Boom

James Olstein chats to us about his love of zines, how web design led to his career as a freelance illustrator, and how his love of screen printing has shaped his work as a digital artist. Based in Philadelphia, James Olstein is an illustrator, author and teacher specialising in creating digital art that retains an analogue look and feel.

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Javier Fuentes reconnects with his cultural roots via trippy digital illustrations

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That's part of the thought process behind Javier's trippy digital illustrations for Xtrano, which see everyday items such as a can of pinto beans and household cleaning products become loaded with nostalgic significance. Then they go through a series of digital manipulations to get the result. Manteca (Lard) © Xtrano by Javier Fuentes.

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New Genre designs identity, platform and website for new design standards tool

Creative Boom

New Genre has created the website and identity for Follio, a new digital platform designed to help large enterprises organise, manage and deliver interior design standards while streamlining workflows and ensuring cohesion. Follio was created to fill a gap in the market for architecture and interior design tools.

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Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular design studios, as voted for by their peers

Creative Boom

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their bold and fearless approach has earned them collaborations with clients across a variety of industries, from tech to hospitality. Studio DBD 13. Founded by Gert Dumbar in 1977 in the Hague, they later moved to Rotterdam.