Creative process

Creative process

Insights, ideas and experience to help you shape your creative process and your freelancer life.

A plague exists amongst the creatives of today. It hides in the shadows, waiting for us. It knows when you pick up your pen. It

Someone asked Nick Cave what he thought of a song made by Chat GPT “in the style of Nick Cave”. Nick had some strooong opinions..

None. No trends. Nada. Nix. Nill. Non o’ ‘em. Following trends is following the followers. If you want to make cool stuff, play with your

I’m all about that clocking off work early.. life’s to be lived y’know. But some of my best designs have been made half intoxicated in

I was on holiday and now I’m back! While I was away I was reminded of something. I need quiet. Like… … … … …

New projects are wonderful! Full of potential to make lovely designs. Interesting designs! Designs that push the boundaries of your skills and the client’s expectations..

I’ve got a programme that I’ve refined over my years as freelancer It’s helped me at every stage of my career from sidegig freelancer to director It works like this... Happiness More time More money Calm mind That’s the results But what does it actually mean for the freelancers I work with? Growth Systems Audience Basics Basics We can’t build

In our day to day work we use our skills to help people achieve their goals. We find out what they’re trying to achieve, research

When I first started out as a freelancer making money was tough I was inexperienced with a small folio and I didn’t know how to convince people to hire me to design their branding... So I created Startup 101 A basic brand package that covered the main forms of comms for new companies in my area Logo Business card Letterhead
Life would be great if it all went to plan... But often times it doesn’t... And in business, if you haven’t planned for a bit of mess You can get screwed! Luckily, planning for a few mistakes is easy to do Swipe and I’ll show you how... +20% That’s it, that’s the secret Plan the project Work out how long
Tired of wasting time changing the settings every time you wanna export a PDF? Want to understand what some of those darn settings do? Check out this vid and I'll show you how to create your own preset that you can use across all of the Adobe Suite :D
Get back your evenings and weekends by pricing projects properly Lots of freelancers only charge for the time during a project... They don’t count the time before or after the creative part meaning they have a lot of unpaidtime in their week. They have to work long hours just to earn the money they need to have a happy life.
Make a fuck this shit list It’s a list of things you hate doing and don’t want to have to deal with... Prioritise Use a weekly schedule check my feed to steal mine... Set app timers If you, like me can’t be trusted, set an app timers and let your phone cut you off when you’ve had too much It

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