Creative Lives

Meet the creatives making the industry thrive, covering early beginnings to what a typical working day looks like.

Creative Lives
Developer Neal Fletcher on teaching himself to code and the joys of working on the road
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Be open to career curveballs: VFX producer at Outpost, Fay Hancocks
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Character designer Dan Kelby on mastering time management and avoiding burn-out
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Lifestyle photographer Sam Robinson on building a career and portfolio full of shared experiences
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Creating movie magic with MinaLima graphic designer, Propella Woodward Gentle
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From apple picker to drawing for Apple: Illustrator Dan Woodger talks work-life balance, skills and style
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“This job has infinite potential”: We meet Brighton-based illustrator Nishant Choksi
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We talk good vibes and making art with Lord Whitney set builder, Rufus Newell
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Making it happen: Lord Whitney’s creative producer, Lins Wilson
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Sign painter Chris Mackenzie-Gray is leaving his mark across England
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How Wallpaper*’s photography director Holly Hay maintains freelancing and structures her working week
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Sarah Blythe talks riding the adrenaline fuelled rollercoaster of editing live television
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Animator and filmmaker Will Anderson: “Animation is a life’s work – it’s movement”
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Marie Bruce on her path from uninspiring day job to globe-trotting make-up artist
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Culture Trip’s in-house illustrator Sam Peet on the evolution of his style
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Brand consultant and ping pong specialist Algy Batten on closing one business to start a very different one
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“Building, breaking and inventing” with creative technologist and Comuzi founder, Alex Fefegha
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Industrial designer Jo Barnard on founding a design agency for startups
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Reach out to industry as early as possible: Cinematographer Aaron Reid
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Greenspace’s senior designer Luke Mcilveen on outside-the-box thinking
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Junior researcher at Greenspace, Shohada Akthar: “My job is to know things”
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Don’t accept average: Greenspace creative director Lee Deverill
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Creative technologist Dan Adeyemi on blending coding, design and digital art
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Recent grad Scott Kennedy on getting his industry start as a runner at Blink