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Bye Düsseldorf, hi Bristol! Silly-o-clock flight home but I’m already in Bristolian soil and it’s not even 9am! I had an absolute blast speaking at / doing titles at Beyond Tellerrand! Big loves to host Marc and the whole @beyondtellerrand.com crew! 👏

In this episode of the Open Studio Podcast, Martina Flor sits down with James Hughes, the illustrator, educator, and founder of The Illustrator’s Guide, to talk about the real, behind-the-scenes journey of building a sustainable creative career.

James shares how he turned his freelance illustration practice into an educational platform that helps artists learn the skills traditional schools often skip—like pricing, outreach, and real-world business strategy. You’ll hear why newsletters have become one of his most valuable tools, how teaching helped him reconnect with his own creative goals, and the importance of creating your own path in a competitive industry.

Follow James!

⁨@TheIllustratorsGuide⁩

https://www.instagram.com/theillustratorsguide/

To access the full show notes for this episode, click here: ⁠⁠⁠https://martinaflor.com/podcast

Thanks for having me, #btconf. It was an honor! 🙏😊💚

Here are the slides for my talk
Painting With the Web

https://noti.st/matthiasott/31ArQI

Thank you @marcthiele.com for a wonderful experience at Beyond Tellerrand.

For those interested, link to slides from my talk ‘Curious Findings’, plus resources, and a form to share your own story about curiosity and how it impacts your work here: curiosity.design #btconf @beyondtellerrand.com https://curiosity.design

Florian’s photos are always amazing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Such an amazing collection of images - honored to be a part @florianziegler.com ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

😍 #btconf

Heading to Düsseldorf for @btconf
https://beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusseldorf-2025

#BTConf

Hallo Düsseldorf! ☀️

@btconf Oh, come on, Deutsche Bahn… I said “Off to #btconf!”… pleeeeease!🥹

Off to @btconf! 🎉🤗🙌 I can’t wait!

General comment on Aer Lingus app: having departure and arrival times and not indicating time zone changes doesn’t help me understand my flight duration. Or maybe you could just put the flight duration there too. Just an idea. FFS.

Heading to Düsseldorf tomorrow for Beyond Tellerrand festival, so tonight's the last big push on the title sequence! Tidying & tweaking now!

So it begins again: #conftrekking to @beyondtellerrand.com underway! Bike bag is pretty impressively compact. Let’s see what the airline makes of it :)

One of the many reasons I love @getkirby.com is how easy it is to spin up an API I can then use for other things, like an algorithmic publication about my 25 years of work, all the data driven from my website, via Kirby.

GSAP is now free. 😍
https://gsap.com/blog/3-13/

Building a unique musical track for each speaker as part of the @beyondtellerrand.com titles! All created on the OP-Z 👍

Now Becomes Then. https://producedforuse.com/products/now-becomes-then

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