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Lines & Thoughts
Lines & Thoughts is my writing corner of the internet for stories about illustration, style, career highs and lows, inspiration and life’s adventures.
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Adapting my style whilst still being true to myself
An experimental jaunt through more figurative illustration.
Unpopular Opinion: Using visual clichés doesn’t make you a lazy creative, it makes you understood
Leaning into visual clichés and an exercise to combine and twist the obvious.
Self-motivating myself through freelance uncertainty
A motivational piece to keep myself going on this solo career path.
Vol 1 | Inspirational musician quotes: Kurt Cobain
Quotes from musicians that inspire me in my visual creative practice.
A working class creative (and decent human being) is something to be
Empowering creatives, and the importance of having more diverse social voices in the face of prejudice.
Feel the creative fear: 20 years of imposter syndrome and self doubt
Saying hello to the negativity and carrying on regardless.
3 Quotes that inspire me as a visual creative… from musicians!
Obviously without question I am visual creative. However, my first love, man and boy, has always been music.
The feast and famine of this solo illustration life
In the sphere of freelance illustration, you quickly learn that there’s a feast or famine kind of pattern that you live within.
Post like there is no algorithm
I’m as guilty as anyone for chasing likes. Don’t be confused though, I have never jumped on any bandwagon to become more popular.
Thriving or surviving as a freelancer?
I don’t have loads of money but I survive. In terms of money that is. My business thrives (from time to time).
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Lines & Thoughts is my writing corner of the internet for stories about illustration, style, career highs and lows, inspiration and life’s adventures.