As the world came to a halt during the Covid 19 Pandemic, freelancers were left asking the question: What’s in it for me? Caught off guard like the rest of the world, freelancers were facing a particularly dry season as companies adjusted their budgets and pulled the plug on big budget projects amid an imminent recessionary period. It was horrendous enough for full time employees, and imagining life as a freelancer, was very scary. Freelancers of all sorts were and are still facing the most difficult time in modern history. Even though they contribute a considerable amount to the economy, thei ..read more

One of the biggest hassles in a freelancers life is getting your client to pay you on time. You may be blessed with awesome clients who are very prompt in paying you, however once in a while you will come across a client straight from the bowels of Satan. This client will fail to realize that Freelancing is a two way street and he is expected to pay you on time as you are expected to deliver the work on time. Getting people to pay their dues is one of the most annoying aspects of freelancing and some people learn it the hard way. Buy this Art Print and more Here When you start freelanci ..read more

4 Simple things to do to make it as a Freelance Illustrator Buy Art Print like this Here Freelancing- the Old Wild West of the Art world! You graduated from an art school, you have the skills, you built a portfolio. Maybe you worked a 9 to 5 job or maybe you are just a fresh college graduate, and now you want to venture into the world of freelancing. But where do you start? Becoming a successful Illustrator isn’t just about art but also about how you present it, how you market yourself. You cannot just be an artist. You need to be a businessman too. Because lets be clear, it’s a wa ..read more

Ever seen the #digitalnomad under those fancy Instagram posts with a gorgeous view of a sunset or a swimming pool with a laptop somewhere in the shot? What is a digital Nomad you ask. It’s nothing but a fancy word for a freelancer, the wild west of the employment world!Working from home or your favourite coffee shop on projects you really like without being answerable to any authority sounds like a dream eh? It is definitely the way to go if you do not like being confined to a specific location or a project and love to meet new people. However, Life of a freelancer is not an orderly, predi ..read more

You don’t care about the stuff that doesn’t affect your life. You have a roof over your head, food on the table, good clothes to wear and a job that you are supposed to go to because what else is the purpose of your life right? You have some friends you meet over for drinks. You have problems of your own. You have A girlfriend or a wife or a husband, a Daughter or a Son. You Eat. Work. Sleep. Repeat. And die. This is your world. You live in your tiny speck of a bubble oblivious to anything happening outside, unaware that everything in this world has a consequence which will affect you indirect ..read more

Art is a struggle in itself. Accomplished artists will never discuss this, but this is the truth. Being an artist seems like the coolest thing ever. Your passion is your career, you get to express yourself in unique creative ways, you drink colourful paint water once in your life… Yeah that’s the dream! But you know what is not the dream? Late nights, Little sleep, Incessant hours of self doubt and frustration and the constant struggle to sell your art when the world is still spending millions on dead artists like Warhol and Renoir. They are dead for god’s sake. Get over it! Some mi ..read more

“Art helps you escape reality”, is not just a mere philosophical quote found on your Pinterest board. History is a true testament to how Art has proved to be a catalyst in rehabilitation and helped people overcome their sadness by tugging at the ropes of their disheveled life and bringing some peace to it. The World War, Great Depression left an insatiable urge among artists to develop and express the carnage and mess that the warfare had left on their daily lives. People were sad. They lost their families, children, property and livestock. The producers of Culture took it upon them to distrac ..read more

I love to work. I cannot sit still. I go to sleep with my laptop and wake up with it. That is the only constant relationship I have had in my life. There is an on going train of thought choo chooing in my head that refuses to stop. I used to feel a sense of pride beaming through me when people used to call me a workaholic. Because doesnt “Workaholic” sound like such a badge of honor? “Ooh you are such a workaholic. You accomplish so much” “You worked more than 40 hours a week?! Wow the kickback must be great!” Yes! it is great. The satisfaction from the results of your hard work? The mo ..read more

You will go through days where you think you have everything under control and then you will go through days where you have no idea what is going on and where is your life headed. Self doubt is toxic and doesn’t get you anywhere. It does nothing but hinder your progress. So go out.. Take a breather and hang in there..Remember the self loathing questions that start creeping at the back of your mind regarding your self worth when new ideas refuse to pop up and you find yourself wrapped in the arms of anxiety? That’s what a Creative Block does to you. It is one of the most haunting things any cre ..read more

Understanding the cosmic mystery is a worthy goal. The complexities of this incessant Universe never fails to enthrall me into its web of extensiveness. Once the realization of its enormity finally hits you, it over powers your thinking, your general outlook of life and it’s miniscule problems. Vincent Van Gogh was no different. Even he couldn’t escape the supernatural grasp of the Universe and its enormity. And thank God for that. For it is because of this mystical force the world got it’s Starry Night. Among all the interpretations of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, I love the one that depicts ..read more