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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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

MAY 11, 2023

But how you market yourself will be the deciding factor for clients when choosing you over your competitors. What do clients consistently praise or appreciate about my work?' In other words, decide what it is that you (and only you) can offer a client. The client already likes your work: that's why they're talking to you.

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 1, 2020

If there’s one single way to set yourself apart from others, it’s a portfolio. Your website is the perfect place to display them for prospective clients. For brand strategists, a website is the perfect way to claim ownership of strategies you have developed to increase brand awareness for your clients.

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Creative Boom

APRIL 23, 2023

Ultimately, whatever the broader picture, there will always be clients who are desperate to hire good people. Quick and concise communication is what many clients are looking for. If something isn't going to provide the results the client needs, I explain what needs to change and how we can go about it.

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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

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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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. This attracted clients and proved the value I bring, building my brand as an illustrator." So, how do you go about doing this?

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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

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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Designer Daily

MARCH 20, 2024

From tracking all your projects to updating portfolios and juggling client work. It’s based on real projects and helps you put together a professional-looking portfolio in no time. It’s a template that helps you keep your projects and client info all ordered and in one place.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 21, 2022

For portfolio time, I divided everything into projects and created a checklist for each project so I wouldn't forget anything," she adds. "It Create a portfolio. Once you've really spent some time studying graphic design and honing your skills, you'll be confident enough to start applying for jobs or seeking freelance clients.

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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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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

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

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

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 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 4, 2022

Currently living and working in London, clients include Financial Times, Esquire, Stella Artois, Vanity Fair, and Penguin Random House. "I I wanted to try and surprise myself and see if I could add a new dimension to my existing portfolio.". © Marcel George. Your hand-cut, watercolour illustrations are beautiful!

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

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. David Goldman Agency When David Goldman launched his own firm in 1980, he aimed to represent world-class talent and offer great personal service to clients.

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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 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

JULY 16, 2024

It's the colour that hits you first when Wenjing Yang 's portfolio is laid out before you. She's an artist who delights her clients with the unexpected, as seen in her work for the Washington Post, which offers a unique take on the quality of service in the restaurant industry.

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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. Julie's appeal for work on arriving in Vancouver.

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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. People, food, and travel are recurring themes in Beth's portfolio, so it's no surprise that these are her favourite things to illustrate. The chunkier, the better!"

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Creative Boom

MARCH 25, 2024

However, it was not an easy industry for a designer to break into with no connections in that realm and no music-related projects in her portfolio. They're everything I loved about art, culture and music, so for them to reach out to me as a client was a big accomplishment for me."

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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

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. I had a free portfolio consultancy session during the pandemic. That was tough.

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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? You will need to work harder than ever to stand out and win over new customers.

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Creative Boom

MAY 24, 2023

I am only beginning to see big clients recruiting my work because they want my style, not some cookie-cutter corporate art. © Will Cordell © Will Cordell When it comes to working on client commissions, Will prides himself on zeroing in on a specific detail of the brief and bringing it to life. ."

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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

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

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

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If you're freelance, you need to sell yourself to clients. Do high-end clients care about your Instagram? So how do you get to high-end clients? When a client is thinking about someone to engage on a project, they're not thinking about your curated Instagram," she reasons. We've all been there. Probably not."

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2023

(Bonus points to OMSE for giving everyone credit on this project – the full list of which can be found on its portfolio.) Is the client happy? We also love the simple copy, emphasising the brand's mission again with to-the-point messaging such as 'From Orchard to Jar' and 'Wild by Nature'.

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