Articles
Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.
Creative Lives
Photographer Nolan Ryan Trowe on being yourself, accessibility and telling stories as a disabled creative
Creative Lives
The Telegraph’s designer, Jake Hawkins, on fast turnarounds and tracking your achievements
Pep Talk
Watch Joe Puxley’s Pep Talk on starting out in photography
First Hand
Adefela Olowoselu shares three lessons inspired by design icon Archie Boston’s journey
Creative Lives
Valuing your craft and finding inspiration in dance: We meet illustrator Geraldine Sawyer
Creative Lives
Illustrator Charlot Kristensen on comics, social media and getting creative with hashtags
Resources
10 essential websites for free fonts and typefaces
From serifs to slabs, these sites will help you find the best free fonts
Advice
We Are Social’s Paul Rider shares five tips to help you get started
Creative Lives
From mathematics to photography: How personal projects helped Brunel Johnson launch a creative career
Creative Lives
Museum of London’s project assistant Crystal Mah-Wing on feeling the fear and doing it anyway
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews: October 2021
Want to get into branding? Apply for our next portfolio review session
Creative Lives
“Try not to overthink your work too much”: Brendan Browne-Adams on side jobs and asking for help
Pep Talk
Watch dina A. Amin’s Pep Talk on starting out in stop-motion animation
Guide
A guide to public speaking and battling nerves
Creative Lives
Photographer Sara Carpentieri on industry inclusivity and the rawness of film photography
Creative Lives
HAM the Illustrator’s unconventional path through digital art, architecture and music production
Resources
All the design teams you might not know exist in tech
From interior designers to video editors, Zendesk Design reveals its inner-workings and unexpected roles
Creative Lives
“Latching onto trends is a waste of time”: Painter Callum Eaton on the power of following your passions
Resources
10 websites and resources for disabled and neurodivergent creatives
From art workshops and summer schools to databases for Black disabled creatives
Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews: September 2021
Thinking about getting into advertising? Apply for our next portfolio review session
Creative Lives
B-movies, Instagram filters and music videos: A window into director Jocelyn Anquetil’s world
Creative Lives
Stylist Nathan Henry on authenticity and spotlighting trans voices in fashion
Creative Lives
“Making pictures is how I make sense of the world”: Illustrator Hayley Wall
Creative Lives
How “trying everything” helped motion designer Nadine Kennedy find her place in industry