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Advice, insight and first-hand accounts of creative career journeys, aimed at helping you find your way in the industry.

Creative Lives
“I always made art and one day I started getting paid for it”: artist Sofia Niazi
Creative Lives
Space, socks and stationery: Inside illustrator Mike Lemanski’s Mirfield-based studio
Advice

How to get into advertising from ​the team behind VCCP’s Ad School

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Creative Lives
Art director Joe Kibria on creating tweets for KitKat and top-secret campaigns for Apple
Creative Lives
“Learn your craft and find your individual voice”: Meet photographer Hollie Fernando
Creative Lives
Illustrator Patch Keyes tells us why taking the less ‘cool’ jobs is ok
Advice

How to deal with low self-esteem, anxiety and depression after graduation

Written by Anoushka Khandwala
Advice

How do you make a good impression when having your portfolio reviewed?

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
Creative Lives
Artist and illustrator Jasmin Kaur Sehra on why all good things take time
Creative Lives
“Never forget that the computer is only a tool”: Texture artist Giorgio Lorenzetti
First Hand

How burnout changes your approach: The Other Box’s Leyya Sattar

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Creative Lives
“Getting paid to paint – that’s the dream, right?” We meet illustrator Alice Tye
Creative Lives
How creating a poster a day helped graphic designer Osheyi Adebayo find his style
Creative Lives
Animation isn’t a style, it’s an integral part of the story: Animation director Marcus Armitage
Creative Lives
Designer Bhav Mistry on serifs, street photography and dodging a job at Sainsbury’s
Advice

Transmit Your Beacon! Illustrator Allison Filice on helping others find you

Written by Allison Filice
Creative Lives
Filmmaker, photographer, and Havas creative John Ogunmuyiwa on the power of individuality
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21 steps to the perfect editorial commission, by The Guardian’s Chris Clarke
First Hand

How Disney supervising director Ben Juwono overcame his creative guilt

Written by Ben Juwono
Creative Lives
“Self-promotion, especially in the beginning, is crucial”: Photographer Sam Gregg
Advice

Writer and journalist Rob Walker on the art of noticing

Written by Rob Walker
Advice

Printers, process, positive relationships: five studios’ tips for sending to print

Written by Creative Lives in Progress
Creative Lives
Vogue UX designer Imogen Meborn-Hubbard’s path to designing experiences
First Hand

Hot off the press! Why these students chose newsprint for their favourite projects

Written by Anoushka Khandwala