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Advice

Working from home? Here are five ways to maintain productivity and counteract loneliness

Written by Paula Akpan

Advice

Advice on how to get your animated film funded from Passion Pictures

Written by Becky Perryman

First Hand

When do competitions become free labour? Five creatives on their enticing and exploitative nature

Written by Creative Lives in Progress

First Hand

Designer Matt Gardner on overcoming the pressure to be a ‘creative’ creative

Written by Matt Gardner

First Hand

2 years on: What we’ve learnt from our most popular articles

Written by Indi Davies

Advice

Design agency or startup: Where should you work as an emerging designer?

Written by Nils Westerlund

First Hand

Speak up! Illustrator Steph Coathupe on the importance of being open about your earnings

Interview by Marianne Hanoun and

Advice

What is PR and how does it work? A comprehensive introduction from The Academy

Interview by Indi Davies and

Advice

Easy rules to keep in mind when building and sending your portfolio

Creative Lives

Advice

Seven ways to stick to your creative resolutions this year

Written by Miho Aishima

Advice

Four creative warm-ups to help you get projects off to a good start

Written by Francesca Elisia

Resources

The New-Starter Glossary: Get to know your office jargon from your tax terminology

Creative Lives

First Hand

Writer Sarah Trounce on why pursuing change is always a good idea

Written by Sarah Trounce

Insight

Why illustration is booming: The AOI’s membership manager, Lou Bones

Interview by Laura Snoad and

First Hand

Frazer Sparham on moving into UX design straight out of a graphics degree

Written by Frazer Sparham

First Hand

“When we choose an artistic job we know it won’t be easy” – how Cécile Dormeau became an illustrator

Creative Lives

First Hand

Anthony Burrill, Stephanie Unger and Sophie Mayanne share cautionary tales of copied and misused work

Creative Lives

First Hand

If I could go back: Five graduates reflect on their degree-show experiences

Creative Lives

Advice

Illustration ain’t no hobby: Handsome Frank on saying no to unpaid work

First Hand

First jobs: The good, the bad and the ugly

Creative Lives