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? and your contact information, social media , and website.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 17, 2024

Don't play down your university projects Your portfolio is your calling card in the creative world and should reflect your skills, creativity and passion. Nobody will ever ask you what your dissertation was about, so a curated portfolio and a good attitude to develop is key." Really, though, that's missing the point of a portfolio.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Colourful, playful, and surreal, New York illustrator Jimmy Simpson has a portfolio full of mind-blowing artwork driven by retro influences but executed in his own contemporary style. Other portfolio favourites also involve music. Illustration seems to come naturally to Brooklyn-based artist Jimmy Simpson.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Since its inception, Toronto's Vanderbrand has carved a niche for itself through smart, considered work that largely centres on places and spaces with a range of clients across high-end real estate, hospitality, and cultural projects.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It's since grown into a full studio working from concept to shoot and completion, representing a stable of seven animation directors and boasting a client list ranging from Burberry to Hot Chip, Drumsheds, and Fontaines DC to Deliveroo, Lidl, and the BBC. MA students, in particular in animation, are often seeking assistance," says Kidd.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Be sociable on social media We'll start with a topic that's pretty thorny right now. Many creatives are saying social media is over , for all sorts of reasons, and we certainly wouldn't say using it is compulsory. So, what's the secret to making the best of social media? But it doesn't have to be like this.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The American-Canadian illustrator and designer has managed to carve a niche for herself thanks to her vibrant, playful style, which has won her work with clients ranging from Nike and Coca-Cola to Penguin Random House and The Ellen Degeneres Show. You know, one person sharing your work can lead to your next big client."

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If you're freelance, you need to sell yourself to clients. You also have to be able to sell yourself, keep up to date with social media, maintain your own website, be your own IT, be your own HR department, network like crazy, and somehow find time to eat and sleep. Do high-end clients care about your Instagram? Probably not."

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

With its rich tapestry of art galleries, publishing houses and media outlets, New York City is a veritable hub for illustration agents. In our carefully curated list, we share a bunch of agents who've demonstrated exceptional dedication to their artists over the years and a profound understanding of their clients, too.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

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. Either you pivot away from working with clients entirely (for instance, you might have developed a design or productivity tool in the course of your work and decide to focus on marketing and selling it to others).

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Creative Boom

MARCH 13, 2024

In this article, we'll explore innovative strategies to help your design studio blossom, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve and captivate clients with your exceptional work. Update your website, social media profiles, and online portfolios with your most recent and captivating projects.

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Creative Boom

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Others, meanwhile, would love to shout about what they've created, but their clients frustratingly forbid it. Their portfolio spans collaborations with tech giants like Google and Apple, as well as smaller creative projects. Some of these make a lot of effort to publicise their work; some tend to hide their light under a bushel.

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Creative Boom

MAY 24, 2023

It's like these artists took the time to reward the viewer for getting up close and personal to their work, to slow down in this constant stream of saturated media that's always 'go, go, go' all the time. I am only beginning to see big clients recruiting my work because they want my style, not some cookie-cutter corporate art.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 29, 2022

Instagram is still a good visual resource or portfolio for clients, but it's the PR push that has been the most effective.". Go old school and remind clients you exist (and ask for help). It doesn't hurt to send physical mailers, cold emails, updated portfolios and other bits and bobs to existing clients.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But after studying for an illustration degree in Madrid, he decided to prepare a portfolio and contact illustration agencies, advertisers and magazine publishers. 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 15, 2022

Social media has helped us increase our reach and gain a lot of exposure. Soumyaraj is one of many Indian creative professionals to benefit from these developments and has spent the last two years working for clients locally and globally. I love to see people sharing pictures of my plates in their homes or at hotels on social media.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 6, 2024

Just when you thought social media couldn't be more fractured, there's a new game in town. At its core, Cara is a crowdfunded social media and portfolio platform designed explicitly for artists and creatives. For me to use it, it has to have 'normal' people on it too because other creatives aren't my clients."

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Creative Boom

MARCH 31, 2024

Or you start missing deadlines, stressing out yourself and your client, and doing huge damage to your reputation. In contrast, being a creative professional, such as a designer, illustrator, or commercial photographer, means doing what the client wants by following the brief. Likes don't pay the bills; clients do.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Before long, her work was getting noticed, thanks partly to social media. "I But they did help me lose the fear of failure and of showing up on social media. No matter how big I am on social media or how killer my portfolio is, more than half of my clients come from recommendations.

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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. Be yourself.

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Lowering your prices and presenting a well-crafted portfolio might not work as well as you would have thought. 8 Ways New Freelancers Can Stand Out From The Competition To Get More Clients. But, is this really the kind of client you wish to have? Use social media to widen your audience. Make It Personal.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 2, 2024

On the other hand, freelancing also brings new responsibilities: the responsibility to find clients, manage your workload, and, crucially, actually get paid on time. This approach allows you to test the waters and build a portfolio without the pressure of relying solely on freelance income. Clients buy into people as well as skills."

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Creative Boom

AUGUST 18, 2024

It's being used across so many media," she explains. I started out using traditional media, pencils, ink pens and a paper pad and have gradually moved to be completely digital now, drawing directly onto a tablet into various software," she reveals. There's a temptation to share personal work on social media as soon as it's created.

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HONGKIAT

JULY 26, 2022

And the best way to feature your work is through a portfolio. A well-built portfolio site gives global exposure to your work and makes it easy for potential clients to reach out to you. Below is a list of some of the best platforms to create your portfolio site in no time. Carbonmade. DeviantArt.

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Designer Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Build a Portfolio To succeed as a freelance graphic designer, you need a strong portfolio. This portfolio should include wide-ranging examples of your work so that you can pitch to prospective clients and get work. When starting out, this portfolio can consist of your own personal projects.

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Just Creative

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

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. Your social media profiles. While freelance platforms and self-promotion websites like Dribbble are a must for sharing your portfolio, your own website is definitely the best.

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Creative Boom

JUNE 28, 2022

With clients including The New Yorker and Quartz, his work is typically colourful, expressive, vibrant, and loud. Before social media existed as a way of procrastinating, drawing was my distraction from my homework. His client list today is impressive, but it took a while to get there. I'm a very curious person," he says. "So

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Creative Boom

MARCH 23, 2022

That small but significant initial step also meant Scotty started attracting customers from all over the UK while sharing his creations online grabbed the attention of freelance illustration clients like Microsoft, Kiehls and Costa. Today, he is moving into doing larger scale murals and community-based work. It's a real social event for me.

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Creative Boom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Even his showreel is original – using a variety of creative skills, he presents his portfolio like a voice-activated virtual reality journey through his finest projects. The description on my social media profiles is 'Exploring Black Culture and parenting my inner child through 3D, animation and music.'

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Spoon Graphics

JUNE 12, 2020

These Pantone Colour Swatch Mockups help you quickly and easily create trendy photographs, style guides, and cool social media content. 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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HONGKIAT

JANUARY 16, 2024

Building a compelling online portfolio is a vital step for creatives, freelancers, and professionals looking to showcase their work. Understanding this, we’ve put together a selection of 20 WordPress themes , each carefully chosen to help you present your portfolio in the best light.

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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. "It Innovation seems to be at the heart of Ana Curbelo's work.

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Creative Boom

JULY 23, 2023

Credt: Khunatorn - stock.adobe.com Aside from keeping clients happy, chasing invoices, and finding new business, creatives have yet another social media platform to worry about. The grand launch of a new social media channel always elicits feelings of excitement. Image licensed via Adobe Stock. But is Threads worth the effort?

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Creative Boom

JULY 26, 2023

Image licensed via Shutterstock With the excitement of Threads already dwindling and engagement across social media feeling sluggish and slow, what can creatives do to promote themselves online? There's a plethora of social media platforms out there right now, all furiously vying for our attention and limited time.

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Creative Boom

JULY 25, 2023

Clients he's worked with so far include TikTok, Acer, and Porsche. It speeds up the process and finds the right words for projects in my portfolio or when I'm writing an email at work, searching for the right image or content to use. Who knows what brand, client, or project I'll be teamed up with next. which keeps me on my toes.

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Creative Boom

JULY 21, 2024

Social media platforms like Instagram have betrayed us , putting their algorithm before our interests, which means that even the people who've chosen to follow us often don't get served our content. It also helps me stay focused and get my messages out there to potential new clients." So that's the 'why'. Let's move on to the how. "I

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