Clean, Crafted Graphic Design, Logos & Brand Identity

Summer is a riot of color—ripe fruit, floral blooms, and beachside scenes alive with sunshine. This post will show you how to harness that vibrancy in your photography, tell visual stories, and create images that pop with mood, emotion, and joy.

If you're a creative currently unemployed or in a career pivot, building a standout portfolio can feel overwhelming—especially without clients. But here's the truth: self-initiated work can be just as powerful (if not more so) than paid gigs. In this post, you'll get five actionable, client-free portfolio project ideas, mock brief prompts, and strategy tips to align your creativity with your dream job or freelance goals. From rebranding real businesses to designing campaigns around causes you care about, this post is packed with real-deal inspiration you can start this week.

Feeling stuck with a blank page? This gentle drawing prompt invites you to sketch birds and wildlife—not for perfection, but for presence. Whether you're a nervous beginner or a lapsed artist looking to reconnect, this is your permission slip to slow down, observe, and rediscover the joy of simply drawing what you see. No pressure. No rules. Just pencil, paper, and the wild right outside your window.