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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. It's time to embrace it and use it to our advantage."
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? When you look at your list of clients, we all have a favourite. So many great clients have come to me through weak ties," she says. Or perhaps not.
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Creative Boom
AUGUST 13, 2024
If you work as a creative freelancer, many people will be seriously jealous of you. The life of a freelance graphic designer or artist can be exhilarating, but it can also be challenging and, at times, isolating. Times when you're short on sleep because you've been up all night working or worrying about a nightmare client.
Creative Boom
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
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. And freelance designer Alex Foxley recalls fondly the moment he realised his first year of freelancing had earned him more than at any previous studio job.
Creative Boom
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Image licensed via Adobe Stock Freelancing not going as well as you'd hoped? 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! Then it's time to pivot. So, how do you go about it?
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?
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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