Creative Boom

Art & design, minus the gatekeeping 👀 News & inspiration for artists, designers & illustrators since 2009 · @katylcowan

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We're super excited to announce that Creative Boom is embracing a new era, marking 15 years with a vibrant redesign launched today. Boom!
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What do you think? 👀👇👇👇

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Feast then famine, late payments, that low hum of money anxiety – if freelance cash flow keeps you up at night, you're far from alone 👀

Creatives share what actually smooths the bumps:
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The web that used to bring clients to your door is being dismantled, and AI is pulling out the last nail 👀

Tom May on why search, social and the click are fading – and how to become a name people ask for, not a result they scroll past.

https://t.co/JFE3MYtlez

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Hand-shaped shelves, a lamp that seems to hover, a figurine in an edition of just 100 👀

Five lovely objects we can't stop thinking about, all plucked from Malika Favre and George Wu's curated bazaar. Fair warning: your wishlist won't survive.

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Light falls across an empty armchair. A station empties. Nothing dramatic happens, and that's the point 👀

After 20+ illustrated books, Hannah Li paints light and the quiet moment just before something happens:
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Murugiah trained as an architect for seven years before walking away to make his own work 👀

His lockdown rule: one new piece a week, built on his Sri Lankan heritage and his own obsessions. That's how he found his voice.

https://t.co/VAA6OSUW2x

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Listen now: https://t.co/HjDs19MCrT

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Redundancy at 40, divorce, losing the house – and a career rebuilt one small 'yes' at a time 👀 Our season finale: lettering artist Rob Draper on why starting from scratch might be the best thing that ever happens to you. https://t.co/HjDs19MCrT

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When David Hockney died, the creative community reached for the thing it knows best: a pencil 👀

We asked illustrators for their tributes to the artist who made the world look brighter. Here are 10 of the loveliest:

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KFC has rebuilt its entire identity around the bucket – and JKR is calling it the 'Bucketverse' 👀

A new 3D wordmark, custom type (Kentucky Fried Serif and Kentucky Fried Sans) and a redrawn Colonel, rolling out across 150+ countries:

https://t.co/c0MCQA2m5k

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'Fake it till you make it' deserves the bin 👀 Katy Ennis-Hargreaves of BOLDISM on imposter syndrome as fuel, ditching the agency blueprint, and why no one can ever really copy you – there's only one of you. https://t.co/AT5jqytixe

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A brand that speaks fluent Queens 👀

Applied Design reimagined JFK's Terminal 8 — a plane-window palette of blues and a figure-eight hidden in plain sight:
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Going freelance is a weird mix of total freedom and "oh no, who's paying me?" 👀 We asked seasoned creatives for the advice they wish they'd had – finding your niche, pricing on value, and never, ever skipping the contract. https://t.co/RGk4e5BMeM

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Koto reframes Stack Overflow around the one thing AI can't replace: its community 👀 https://t.co/z2Sqkzbwro

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Your work is not a reflection of your worth 👀 Thirteen seasoned creatives share the lessons they wish they'd known earlier – on rejection, networking, finding your style and treating a creative career like a business. https://t.co/jIwkB1hM8q

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What if the frame mattered as much as the picture inside it? 👀

David Adrien hand-builds tiny framed objects where a loose drawing meets an obsessively precise frame – playfulness meeting control:
https://t.co/YsLTADWkYV

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Meet Orca, the little animation studio having a whale of a time 👀 Founders Ed Bulmer and Nelly Michenaud swapped London for Nantes – and came back glowing, with three new shows of their own in the works. https://t.co/i7OWKFH1xI

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Nobody talks about money, and that silence helps no one 👀

We're running The Illustrators' Survey 2026 – completely anonymous, about 3 minutes. What are illustrators really charging, and do they feel fairly paid? The more answers, the truer the picture: https://t.co/QcyZOlhNmz

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Self-promotion: that mix of nerves, awkwardness and mild nausea every time you hover over 'post' 👀 It doesn't have to feel gross. The Creative Boom community on sharing your work without the cringe: https://t.co/VPR2EJRSby

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When your headline font's licence fees keep climbing, why not just own it outright? 👀 Newspaper Club teamed up with new foundry abcD8 on NC HEADLINE – a tabloid-inspired typeface that's theirs alone, debuting at Birmingham Design Festival. https://t.co/gMgWpxool1

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From the farm-shop aisle to a full Latin American party 👀 Derek&Eric gave premium tortilla brand Manomasa a glow-up: a vibrant palette, dancing mascots and a new tagline, 'Snacks With Spirit'. https://t.co/feSOT0PsMp