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Achievements and Goals

By |2023-02-01T17:49:52+00:00February 1st, 2023|Art, Blog, Business, Commercial, Education | Learning, Illustration, Licensed, Uncategorized|

In a moment of madness I thought I'd look back on what I'd achieved in 2022. It didn't really seem like much but then last year was all about exploring new things and educating myself to be better at my job. So I created two lists I'm calling 7 x 7. Here are some of [...]

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10 Tips for Budding Freelance Illustrators

By |2021-11-19T18:16:17+00:00November 19th, 2021|Art, Blog, Business, Commercial, Education | Learning, Illustration, Licensed, Uncategorized|

1    You need patience and bucketloads of it. You will wait. A lot. For emails. For feedback. For the green light on a project. For approvals. For the final say from everyone involved that the job is complete. For your invoice to be paid. The last one is usually the biggest wait of all. 2    [...]

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The Importance of Community for Freelancers

By |2021-10-22T14:40:55+00:00October 22nd, 2021|Blog, Business, Uncategorized|

It’s 20 years since the illustration studio I worked in stopped trading and I was made redundant from a job I loved. I was devastated. I had no work and no contacts. The internet was barely even a thing. I had nobody to ask anything and nowhere to learn new things. It was a very [...]

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