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Creative Lives

Meet the creatives making the industry thrive, covering early beginnings to what a typical working day looks like.

Artist and curatorial assistant Ghafar Tajmohammad is amplifying refugee voices at the Migration Museum

“Portfolio reviews are invaluable”: How 3D motion designer Charlie Ellis landed a role at Bolder Creative

For photographer, designer and model Deye Sarr, self-teaching is the way

Psychology grad turned stylist and designer, Heather Boa is proof that it’s never too late to be a creative

Make-up artist and art director Natalie Vest-Jones: from practicing with friends to a shoot for Lazy Oaf

From village perms to Brighton mullets: Anya Steel on hairstyling as a creative practice

Blue Zoo animator Carol Mau talks honing skills, essential tools and working for CBeebies

Stink Studios’ digital designer Christine Zhang on working with Studio Ghibli material

Filmmaker and producer Louisa Rechenbach on making character-driven social documentaries

Why baby steps are the way forward, with digital content creator Shilonite Simon-Mathurin

Creative programmes and charitable initiatives: How Amazon art director Jeng Au “fell into” advertising

“Set goals and put in hours”: artist Cam Portland on hosting art workshops and illustrating for #Merky Books

“Make what you want to make”: Filmmaking duo Bagels talk cooking up films with limited resources

Daisy Mae Fry on juggling motherhood and making soft sculptures celebrating the North

Kumbirai Makumbe on blending the physical and digital in their artistic practice

Fromm Studio talk 3D animation for Spotify and The New York Times

Editorial assistant at gal-dem, Riann Phillip, on entering journalism and working remotely from Coventry

Digital communications officer Hassan Raja on creating social content for the Mayor of London

Camera trainee Ant Belle talks on-set problem solving and working on Netflix’s Top Boy

Writer and editor Lara Delmage on battling misogyny in publishing and experimenting with writing styles

Art direction, music-making and club nights: Stephen Gombakomba does it all

Artist Dan Chan on reconnecting with their mixed Chinese heritage through queerness and politics

Assistant director Rasheka Christie-Carter on making strides as a working-class creative

NFT marketplace community manager Amie Woodroffe on demystifying Web3