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Creative confidence - Commercial Artist Murugiah
Episode 239

Creative confidence - Commercial Artist Murugiah

After spending seven years studying architecture at university, Sharm Murugiah realised that he didn’t want to be an architect. Six months later, his freelance journey began. Murugiah chats to Steve about finding confidence in his own style, learning to work with clients and brands, and making time for personal projects and family.

Being Freelance · Steve Folland, Sharm Murugiah, Murugiah

January 31, 202146m 13s

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Show Notes

After spending seven years studying architecture, Sharm Murugiah realised he didn’t want to be an architect. He wanted to be an artist instead. And so, six months out of university, his freelance journey began.

Since then, Murugiah’s worked with high-profile brands such as Wired, Vans and Adobe. From learning to manage clients, to finding the best places to share his work online, to booking projects through agents and then taking back control, Murugiah says there’s a lot he’s done over the past nine years that he wouldn’t do again.

But, through all of that trial and error, he’s finally found confidence in his own creative style. Listen to him chat to Steve about how he got there.

 

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