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Hobart-based creative working across cinematography, video editing, photography, graphic design and visual art. With a background in design, advertising and filmmaking, I bring a considered visual approach, technical expertise and a strong attention to detail to every project. My work spans commercial, editorial, screen and artistic projects, with a focus on thoughtful visual storytelling and finding the right creative solution for each brief.
I'm Cecilia, a creative director with almost 20 years turning brands, books and podcasts into work people remember. Cover art for iHeart, Nova and Mamamia. Bestselling book covers. Business Chicks events with Richard Branson and Sarah Jessica Parker in the room. I work with people who know what they want (or trust me to find it), value clear communication over endless revisions, and want a brand that looks as sharp as it sounds. Sydney based, clients everywhere.
Hi, I’m Susan, a seasoned copywriter, creative and wordsmith. Whatever you need writing - from a social post to a full brand story - I’ll find the perfect words for you. And if you need brand strategy, brand design, social content, or digital expertise, I know the perfect people to help. I’m fast, good and affordable - not often you find all of those in one sentence!
I’m Sabina, a creative consultant with 15 years of experience across healthcare, construction, and lifestyle. I skip the middle management and agency overheads to work with business owners who value long term brand equity over temporary or short term gains. I bring equal polish to boutique branding and complex corporate assets. I adapt to your scope, ensuring your brand stays authentic to its ethos while maintaining the highest standards and output.
I'm an event designer specialising in 3D renders, production design and creative content for live, hybrid and virtual events. I design spaces that look stunning in a render and actually work on the day. Beyond the 3D, I handle the full visual layer of an event: presentation design, motion graphics and animated screen content, event branding, social media and landing pages .
I’m an experienced Graphic Designer with almost 30 years’ experience creating engaging, professional design across print and digital. I specialise in branding, publications, marketing materials, presentations and digital content. I combine creativity with a practical, client-focused approach, taking the time to understand your needs and deliver thoughtful, polished results. Reliable, detail-oriented and easy to work with, I can help bring your ideas to life from concept through to final artwork.
I’m a graphic designer based in Melbourne experienced in Brand Identity, Social Media, Advertising, and Presentation Design. My work combines research, strategy and creativity to create visuals that can engage people and make a real impact. I’m also passionate about exploring new creative challenges and expanding my experience into packaging and editorial design.
Freelance Creative specialising in 3D, motion and graphic design. Self-taught while completing an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design at Northern Metropolitan TAFE, before joining Perth agency BLOCK as a Junior Creative. Spent three and a half year years creating work that helped brands stand out. Passionate about blending creative with emerging and established technology to craft engaging visual experiences.
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Concept sketches, then a finished character in your style, usually with a small set of poses or expressions and a reference sheet showing colours, proportions and construction. A typical gig moves through rough concepts, one chosen direction, then final artwork. You should get the artwork in vector or high-resolution raster, plus the reference sheet and source files.
A silhouette you can recognise with the detail stripped out, and a personality that matches how your business actually talks. Characters fail when they are generic (a smiling blob in your brand colours) or when they are drawn once and never again. Design for reuse: if it cannot be redrawn in new poses, it will not survive its first campaign.
Usually 2 to 4 weeks. Concepts come quickly, but the middle stage of narrowing to one direction and refining it is where the time goes, and it is worth not rushing. Adding poses, expressions or an animation-ready build extends it. Give clear feedback at the concept stage, since changing direction after final artwork means starting again.
AI tools can help explore looks early on, and plenty of illustrators use them for reference. Where they fall short is consistency and ownership: you need the same character redrawn accurately in new poses for years, and generated output is difficult to reproduce exactly or to claim clearly. Use it for exploration, and have an illustrator design the thing you will actually own.
Agree this in writing before the gig starts. Standard practice on Unjumble is that you own the final artwork once the gig is signed off and paid, but assignment of copyright should be stated explicitly, especially for a character you plan to build a brand around. Ask about the concepts you did not choose too, and about whether the illustrator can show the work in their portfolio.
Layered source files, high-resolution exports of each pose and expression, vector versions if the style suits it, and the reference sheet. The reference sheet matters most: it is what lets a different illustrator draw your character consistently later without redesigning it.
In Australia, a single character with a couple of poses typically runs $800 to $2,500. A fuller build with an expression set, several poses and a reference sheet more commonly lands at $3,000 to $6,000, and a character built for animation with a rig sits higher. Ongoing artwork is usually quoted per piece afterwards.
The range on this page runs from about $69 to $188 an hour. Nearer $69 is a junior designer, the middle of the band covers most gigs (an experienced designer working solo), and the top of the band is a design lead. Character work is closer to illustration than layout, so it sits toward the upper half of the band and is usually quoted per piece.
Look for characters they have drawn in multiple poses, not just one hero image, since consistency is the real test. Check their style genuinely suits yours rather than hoping they can switch. Agree the ownership terms before the first stage starts.
Post a character design gig in 60 seconds. Describe the work, set your budget and timeframe, and choose whether it is time-based or outcome-based. Local freelancers send a bid with a quote, you compare their profiles, portfolios and reviews, then pick the one that fits. Posting is free, so you only pay for the work.
Every gig runs on a payment schedule you both agree on up front, and every payment is held securely through Stripe. On an outcome-based gig you fund each stage before the work starts and it is released once you sign off. On a time-based gig you are charged for each month as it starts, and it is released to your freelancer once that month has been worked. No chasing invoices, and no paying for work that is not done.
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