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Jun 05 2023 
The Present Day planner – My secret weapon for creative productivity
It is a weapon, because its power is mind-blowing. It is a secret, because its author took 5 years to design it in secret. Let me give you a head-up, this article is not sponsored. And it is absolutely not because the author of this planner is both my idol and my boss that I am advertising this secret weapon. -
May 15 2023
Behind the scenes of a real client illustration project
The last time I shared with you a behind-the-scenes of a true client project; it was about a year ago.Since then, for the past year, I was able to let you know about my work process only through my personal projects and a "fake" client project. -
May 05 2023
Choose the color palette for your visual identity (simple, fast and free)
If you are a creative person, the color palette is essential! The color palette is even more important than the logo! Colors can help create a particular mood or evoke specific emotions in your audience so that people can remember you. -
Apr 15 2023
(Almost) Kill five birds with one stone
There is one realization that weighted a lot on me. Contents consumption, including blog posts, videos or social media, has become somewhat similar to fast-fashion consumption. We seek contents increasingly more in quantity, increasingly in shorter time, and then, we forget just as increasingly easily and quickly what we just consumed. -
Mar 05 2023
The loneliness of a creative freelancer
This article is NOT about loneliness due to isolation!
The afternoon when loneliness drowned me
I couldn’t keep my promise.
It was Tuesday, February 28, 2023, the Tuesday that just passed. I was all motivated to finally free up 30 minutes in my…
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Feb 15 2023
When the most chaotic project becomes the most extraordinary ride
In order to move forward in the creative life, retrospection is a key part of the process. And I absolutely must tell you what happened in December 2022. -
Nov 15 2022
Making of an illustration
April 2021, I was in the middle of starting a career in illustration. I wanted to have a website with a strong impact from the moment visitors landed on it. I needed a banner with an illustration that make people goes "wow" at first glance. Days and nights, I was looking for an illustration idea that could represent my style, my universe and my person. -
Oct 05 2022
45 hours for 2 blog posts
On September 2022, as usual, I released two articles on my blog. These are two parts of one interview. Although I cherish these articles and I am enormously grateful for the conversation that I had with my guest, these two articles were the longest to write and the most energy-consuming since the start of my blog. And it was all because of my imprudence. -
Aug 15 2022
Illustration: from start to end (client project): when discipline is the base of magic (2/2)
Let's continue to dive in the behind-the-scenes of an illustration creation process. In the last article, we broke down my client's requirements, my research, and the reasoning behind each of my choices to build the compass that will guide all the following steps. Today, we will go deeper into the "production" part. -
Aug 05 2022
Illustration: from start to end (client project): when discipline is the base of magic (1/2)
Creating an illustration is fundamentally to transform a blank page into a drawing. It seems like magic, doesn't it? As strange as it may sound, the reality is less gratifying than how magic would work.
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