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Creative Lives
Erin Aniker on how to make freelance illustration a full-time career
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Richard Fagbolagun on managing anxiety and rebuilding confidence when the going gets tough

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Insight into the world of stock imagery: How to become a contributor and its earning potential

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
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Motion designer Stephanie Fung talks internships, fair pay and landing her role at Selfridges
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Journalist and cultural programmer Chrystal Genesis on how to launch a successful podcast
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How Create Jobs’ seven-week programme is empowering a new wave of visual storytellers

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Photographer and filmmaker Derrick Kakembo explains why being multidisciplinary is the way forward
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How do you design for the weather? Met Office’s Ross Middleham explains

Written by Ross Middleham
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Juggling jobs, mastering budgets and keeping a “business head”: meet artist Daisy Parris
Advice

Excavate your imagination with this blindfolded exercise set by tutors at CSM

Written by Lucy Alexander and Timothy Meara
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Director and photographer India Sleem explains why kindness is the key to success
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How to develop a great idea in limited time: Learnings from the Google hackathon

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
Advice

Essential advice on being commissioned, from an animator, a photographer and an illustrator

Interview by Indi Davies and
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How to use downtime to fully recharge

Written by Ayla Angelos
Creative Lives Podcast
Plasticine satirist Wilfrid Wood on finding your voice and why it’s ok to meander in your 20s
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Sibling duo The Project Twins on how they went from being on Jobseeker’s Allowance to established artists
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From sports to the creative world, Kaj Jefferies shares her journey into film and photography
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We talk Spice Girls, identity and knowing your worth with Aries Moross
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Creative director Neil Broderick explains the qualities that will take you to the top in PR
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Dan Howden talks us through the freedom and isolation of being a linocut artist
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Matt Dowling gives us the lowdown on getting paid as a freelancer

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
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How Paula Castro created the illustrations for new book Fleabag: The Scriptures
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Artist and designer Yinka Ilori on motivation, money worries and finally making it