The Freelance Life - My Top 15 Books for Creative Entrepreneurs: Graphic Design and Illustration

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Welcome back to the Freelance Life! This week I wanted to share my top 15 books for creative entrepreneurs. I broke it down into 3 sections - Creative Business Books, Graphic Design and Typography and Creative Inspiration. These books are fantastic options for those of you just starting out, those of you who are students and even those of you who are seasoned professionals. I hope you find this round up informative and that some of the books inspire you to get creative this week! Thanks for your continued support and thanks for watching!

- Jen

Books Mentioned:
Creative Business Books
Creative Inc,
The Creative Business guide to Running a Graphic Design Business
Jab, Jab, Jab Right Hook
The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your
Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines

Graphic Design and Typography
Twenty-two Tips on Typography
Making and Breaking the Grid
Design Basics Index
The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide
The Creative Process Illustrated: How Advertising’s Big Ideas are Born

Creative Inspiration
Animated Storytelling - Simple steps for creating animation and motion graphics
Ad Boy - Vintage Advertising with Character
Everyday Sketching and Drawing - 5 Steps to a unique personal sketchbook habit
Yokai Wonderland
Everyday Scenes from a Parallel World
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Welcome to the Freelance Life! I'm Jen - A Latinx mom of 2, based out of Chicago. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher . I've had to learn a lot over the years as a creative adding in video production to my arsenal during my time running Halfstack Magazine (you can see past videos on this channel still). I have a BA with a focus in Fashion, Design & Production. I graduated from Benedictine University's MBA graduate program focused in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in 2011.

When I am not freelancing or creating, I can be found teaching in the fashion departments at local universities and colleges in the Chicagoland area as well as on Skillshare! I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!