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Rise of the machines: How illustrators can avoid being replaced by AI

Creative Boom

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. Adding extra strings to your bow is also a good idea.

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How to stand out as a freelance illustrator in 2023

Creative Boom

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. Give talks or workshops. Start a blog.

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Fresh tools to help creatives run their freelance practice in 2024

Creative Boom

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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55 best coworking spaces for UK freelancers looking for a desk

Creative Boom

This is why coworking might just be the solution for budget-conscious freelancers everywhere. Projects Beach is a community for entrepreneurs, freelancers and businesses, offering coworking spaces, serviced offices, meeting rooms and venue hire in Brighton Lanes. Renting a desk in a cool shared space sounds so appealing.

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Illustrators North launches in Northern Ireland to bring together local artists

Creative Boom

Social media has often been the place where illustrators connect and commune, and it is still a great tool for doing that. He adds, "Over the last five years, there has been a sense that social media platforms can't be relied on, as they have shifted increasingly towards rewarding passive consumer behaviour rather than active connection. "We

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Discover the latest creative talent at New Designers 2022, the mother of all grad shows

Creative Boom

So anyone looking to hire new staff or freelance talent – or just keeping an eye on who's coming up the ranks and what they have to offer – can't miss this show. mixed-media designer Lily Jacobs' celebration of the Jurassic coast with innovative handcrafted techniques. And that's not all!

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Scotty Gillespie on unusual requests, ghostly ceramics and the joy of using humour in art

Creative Boom

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. Ceramic Trinkets for Personal Totem Workshop, 2020 © Scotty Gillespie. It's a real social event for me.

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