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Creative Boom @creativeboom.com · Feb 10
Creative Boom is where creatives come to feel inspired, supported, and seen. Explore our latest stories, features, and advice at creativeboom.com 👀
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Affinity and Cavalry are staying free 👀 Canva's new ProSuite brings four pro tools together with 100+ new features: www.creativeboom.com/news/canva-l...
Canva ProSuite logo with product icons for design, video, animation and AI tools on a dark background with blue lighting. Affinity Designer showing vibrant 3D numbers 5 and 7 with gradient colours, demonstrating the new Blend Tool. Affinity Photo's RAW editing interface with exposure, contrast and colour panels beside a photo of a runner on a hillside at sunset. Cavalry motion design software displaying a purple pixelated cityscape with a Be moved by design text overlay.
September 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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"What typeface?" Wrong question 👀 Templo built DeafCity Hub's logo from real hand movements inspired by British Sign Language, captured with motion-tracking: www.creativeboom.com/news/asking-...
Bright magenta billboard on urban buildings advertising DeafCity Hub as a mixed-use cultural space for the deaf community, with circular design elements. Three coloured DeafCity Hub posters with hand-gesture-inspired letterforms set in chains of circles. DeafCity Hub branding installation with oversized hand-gesture shapes, circular elements and neon accents in a wooden-lined space. Two hands reach through overlapping orange and white circular shapes with text labels reading WELCOME and PEOPLE.
September 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Stuck in a creative rut? Sometimes the way out is a good book 👀 Our 50 essential reads for graphic designers, from Grid Systems to Women Design: www.creativeboom.com/resources/50...
A shelf of graphic design books, a selection of favourite reads for designers. Cover of Now Try Something Weirder by Michael Johnson. Cover of Book of Branding by Radim Malinic. Cover of Citizen First Designer Second by Rejane Dal Bello.
September 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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A clay squirrel bakes a cheesecake, gets distracted, and tips the sugar into her tea 👀 Qiaoyu Liao's lovely stop-motion film Suuugar!: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Animator Qiaoyu Liao on set at her multiplane camera rig, wearing headphones at an illuminated desk during production of Suuugar! Overhead view of the clay-animation multiplane set – wooden countertops, yellow clay items and miniature fruit on layered glass plates. The animator's Dragonframe screen showing a colourful clay kitchen sequence from Suuugar!
September 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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'Approved with disappointment.' That line still haunts the designer who got it 👀 The seven kinds of client feedback that knock you sideways: www.creativeboom.com/tips/7-lines...
Silhouetted profile of a person against warm golden light and blurred city lights at dusk.
September 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Rob Farmer keeps a phone full of 'half-baked' sketches – and some end up as New York Times covers 👀 How the Melbourne motion designer turns rough ideas into finished work: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Pixelated grayscale poster reading 'Dawn Of The AI Drones', a New York Times Magazine cover illustrated by Rob Farmer.
September 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Marie-Lou Garcia draws the calm moments most of us walk past – a trip to the sea, a friend by the river 👀 The Paris illustrator on building serene scenes from stored 'mental images':
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Illustration 'Chevaux Sauvages', a white horse in grassland with vibrant red-orange mountains and blue sky. Illustration 'Figolu au Bord du Tarn', a figure in a black swimsuit with orange hair sitting by the sea holding a biscuit. Illustration 'Flamboyant', yellow and orange animals grazing in a green meadow with purple wildflowers and a pink sky. Illustration 'Champ de Maïs', a figure reclining in a dried maize field under an orange sky in soft muted colours.
September 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Illustrator Lorena Spurio doesn't decide what she loves – she lets her drawings tell her 👀 The sea, the moon, cats, small imperfect moments; the stuff that keeps recurring is the tell.
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Two figures sit on a black car with glowing red headlights under a large pale moon in a deep blue night sky Illustration of a person in colourful clothing kneeling beside a grey cat, both gazing at each other Woman in blue holding a basket overflowing with colourful fresh vegetables and fruit against a bright pink background Illustrated rooftop gathering overlooking the sea at night, boats below, in dramatic blue and purple tones
September 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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We questioned The Working Assembly's use of AI illustration in a branding project. Founder Jolene Delisle's reply is genuinely worth reading 👀
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Smartphone showing the Untold journalling app with abstract red and orange imagery and the line This isn't just your journal. It's your journey. Five vertical panels of AI-generated painted scenes with coloured circles overlaid, showing Untold's visual style The Untold app showing a red fox illustration labelled Weekly Fable with a voice recording prompt Four smartphone screens comparing the Untold app before and after the rebrand, with a warmer palette on the right
September 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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A £15 eBay iMac, a 25ft crane and a crew of 30: Will Norman remade The Odyssey on a 2009 webcam 👀 Forget AI studios – this is pure joy.
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Film crew operating a crane with a mounted camera over water while shooting the low-budget Odyssey remake A makeshift film crane with a long black arm over a sandy riverbank, camera on one end and the iMac on the other A group of filmmakers in a rural farmyard with a crane, tractor and wooden pallets in the background A dark horse figurine on sand in front of a monitor showing an ocean-and-sky seascape, in a domestic kitchen
September 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Just gone freelance and waiting for that first design project to land? It rarely comes from your portfolio alone – it comes from people 👀 Working creatives share how they won their first client:
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Illustration accompanying a Creative Boom guide on winning your first freelance graphic design project
September 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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An ink sketch of a woman who looked 'wild, like an animal' grew into a whole series 👀 Inside Varya Yakovleva's sketchbooks, led by intuition:
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Five colourful figures sit around a table at Cafe Ceramique in animated conversation, painted in bold brushstrokes with pink and blue accents. Pink and red ink sketch of a woman's face in profile on a dark background, from the Les Femmes sauvages series. Sketchbook page of annotated figure studies in pink and black ink, women in various poses with handwritten labels. Pink ink figure studies of contorted forms and hands beside a wheeled suitcase decorated with similar illustrations.
September 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Nobody teaches you what to charge 👀 So we asked working freelancers for their real day rates and how they price a job – honest, specific and genuinely useful:
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Illustration accompanying a Creative Boom article on how freelance creatives price their work
September 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Studio Kiln built an award-winning name from Cornwall, proving design doesn't need London 👀 So why move there? Nathan Smith on the honest reason: a team spread across the UK, missing each other:
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Studio Kiln's London workspace – green and orange branded posters on a brick wall above a desk with laptops and design materials. Blue and cream geometric poster showing the number 25 on a shelf beside design books and an orange speaker. Three framed posters on a brick wall above a desk, showing Studio Kiln's bold typography in black, orange and yellow. Seven members of the Studio Kiln team shown as illustrated character heads on a black background.
September 8, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Want to become a better illustrator? 👀 10 honest, practical steps from working illustrators – on craft, community, adapting to briefs and taking burnout seriously:
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Illustration-themed lead image for a Creative Boom tips feature (licensed via Adobe Stock).
September 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Alfie Whiteman spent 15 years in goal for Spurs – then swapped his gloves for a camera 👀 His film 'Tottenham Til I Die' is a love letter to N17, from matchday stewards to a 93-year-old fan:
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Portrait of actress and Spurs fan Taylor Russell from the Tottenham Til I Die campaign, photographed by Alfie Whiteman. Portrait of actor Himesh Patel, who narrates the film, from the Tottenham Til I Die campaign. Campaign photograph by Alfie Whiteman showing members of Tottenham's N17 community. Photograph of everyday life on Tottenham's High Road, shot by Alfie Whiteman for the campaign.
September 6, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Myriam Wares swapped Montreal for Turin and turned the homesick strangeness of starting again into a surreal series called Winter 👀
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Lead illustration from Myriam Wares' Winter series – a surreal, sunlit still-life scene. Winter series illustration by Myriam Wares featuring Italian motifs such as clay pots and citrus. Illustration from Myriam Wares' Winter series centred on a recurring sun motif. Surreal garden scene from Myriam Wares' Winter series with a half-dusting of snow.
September 6, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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They came for the by-election and missed the better story 👀 StudioDBD's proudly northern place identity for the new Ashton Square:
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Ashton Square place identity by StudioDBD – lead image Ashton Square branding applied across the new public square Made in Makerfield storytelling platform visuals Bespoke typography inspired by tools and mechanical forms
September 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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Some feelings are easier to draw than to say out loud 👀 Bangkok illustrator Chanida Areewatanasombat turns letting go into surreal, tender visual diaries:
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Chanida Areewatanasombat – lead illustration exploring the theme of letting go Surreal illustration by Chubbynida – delicate black linework with nature motifs Whimsical character illustration – Chanida's signature soft colour palette Personal visual diary artwork – emotion rendered through symbol and atmosphere
September 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Watch a Jelly Baby inch towards a wall of spikes every time the lift doors close 👀 VCCP turns shopping-centre lifts into sweet-based roulette for Maynards Bassetts: www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/...
Maynards Bassetts lift takeover showing a giant Jelly Baby printed on a shopping-centre lift door beside a wall of spikes.
September 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Everyone thinks Berghaus is German. It was born in Newcastle in 1966 👀 Bob Neville on the first store, Manchester roots, and why that story makes the gear mean more: www.creativeboom.com/insight/bob-...
Lead image for the Berghaus Manchester store launch feature.
September 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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The biggest star in the ad might just be someone exactly like you 👀 Why brands from Spotify to Pepsi are ditching A-listers for ordinary people – and what it says about fame in 2026: www.creativeboom.com/insight/why-...
Spotify Fan Life campaign image: devotees of rapper Pitbull in bald caps and formal wear as a concert ritual. Kye O'Hagan, a Geese superfan from Glasgow, wearing a crocheted goose beanie in Spotify's Fan Life campaign. Further imagery from Spotify's Fan Life campaign featuring music fans. Additional imagery from Spotify's Fan Life campaign celebrating fandom.
September 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Everyone's still figuring it out – yes, even the people whose work you admire 👀 13 honest lessons on creative progress, from artists and designers who've made the mistakes so you don't have to: www.creativeboom.com/tips/13-less...
Hero illustration for Creative Boom's '13 lessons on creative progress' feature.
September 5, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Fei Meng learned the old-master fundamentals first – anatomy, form, light – then brought that craft into editorial and ad illustration 👀
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Collage illustration of a woman writing a to-do list, surrounded by dreamlike vignettes, set against a giant clock face. A smiling girl with pigtails holds out cupped hands full of glowing golden fish. A wide-eyed boy in a green jumper looks up at a flock of birds flying across a warm sky. A woman stretches out a colourful printed silk scarf behind her back.
September 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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A rebrand built on an 'AI illustration system' that sidesteps the generic AI look 👀 Lovely work – but can AI imagery really carry emotional resonance?
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The Untold wordmark in white serif type over a painterly sunset sky with orange storm clouds. Three outdoor posters on a concrete wall, each pairing a painted scene with a reflective prompt and the Untold logo. A subway car advert showing a painted hand holding a phone, with the tagline 'Speak to know. Know to grow.' An in-app screen reading 'You deserve that quiet space to recharge' with mood levels shown as brushstroke bars.
September 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM