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How I Earn Money as an Illustrator. My 9 Income Sources Explained!

Here are the 9 income streams I have as an illustrator and small business!

Learn from My Mistakes! 5 Tips for Small Creative Businesses.

5 Top Tips for Small Creative Businesses based on the Mistakes I have made.

I’ve removed the 'Like' counts on my Instagram… and I think you should too!

New Mum to Full Time Creator - Here's How I did it.

2 years ago, I was a mum to a 5 month old, trying to work from a bedroom. Now, 24 months later, Im in my own studio working full time...

Do's and Don'ts When Ordering an Illustrated Family Portrait!

So lets say, you're in need of a gift. Whether its for a partner, a parent or maybe you're off to a wedding and need to buy something...

What I've learnt in my first 6 months of Freelancing...

On the 20th June 2017, I landed back at Manchester Airport after a 2 week trip to NYC and Florida. It was a dream trip of mine and its...

Office Must Haves for a Freelance Illustrator!

So its the start of the new year, which for me means its time to get organised for a productive year... Ive rounded up the things I need...

Let's talk about money...

Its seems every conversation I have had in the past 5 months starts with, ‘How’s work Em?’, ‘Are you managing to get by Em?’ ‘Oh Em, hows...

My tips for a productive day as a freelancer...

Well another day has passed and that means another day that I probably could have done more... The truth is I'm a procrastinator. I mean...

Why I will never be good enough...

As I scrolled through Twitter this morning, I was reminded yet again that I am no where near the level I want to be as an artist. With...