This is a DIY nativity set. Get crafty and create your own Christmas crib, or get crafty with your kids. You’ll receive 2 A4 pages per download, which you can print on your home printer. After that, cut out the figures and glue them…
What do you think of when you think of a successful person? What does success mean to you? In this blog post I will share my personal thoughts about success.…
If you’re a professional illustrator or designer, or have read one of my other posts, you know this: it’s not all just drawing and cutting and glueing. On average I spend 60-70% of my time on anything but illustrating. One of the tasks is…
We’ve all come across it one time or another: criticism. When it’s positive we can handle it fine, but when it’s negative we don’t always know how to deal with it. When I got negative comments on my work a few times in a…
Because of the internet everything seems to be free these days. It’s tricky because for your know it, you’ll be stealing someone else’s property. It’s a crime if you use an image that you randomly found on Google and use it for your blog/product/company.…
It’s been over four years already since I made a big change in my life. I am writing this because I have been making cut-out illustrations this past week and after posting it on Instagram, a friend commented with reminding me that I did…
This morning you woke up and you decided you want to be [insert dream-job]. Well, go to the shop and buy some instant-skill-pills and let’s get going! Order your new career and skills before 11 PM and get them delivered tomorrow. Uhm, right?!…
Like any freelancer I get occasionally asked (a few times per month) to work for free. In this blog post I will write about a few of my experiences as well as some experiences of other creatives.…
Vorige week kon je lezen over je uurtarief bepalen als freelancer. Iets wat ook regelmatig ter sprake komt, is of het krijgen van ‘exposure’ een goede betaling is. En of het uitbetaalt om aan pitches mee te doen. En net zoals elke freelancer: ja,…
This post is in Dutch as I talk about taxes and the sorts. I do not have knowledge in foreign taxes unfortunately. However, you can use Google Translate to read the blog post and take from it what you can. Je allereerste opdracht kan…