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Li Hao is not just an illustrator and a concept artist, but he also specializes in character design. He makes fan arts of lots of characters from movies, cartoons and anime, as well as gives every picture a peculiar highlight. Looking through his illustrations, we can definitely say that he improves himself day by day, illustration by illustration. What else does a good artist need?...

Gianluca Maurotti is a puppet maker from Italy, who "makes animated videos for cinema, TV and musicians, as well as editorial illustrations and picture books, mainly using plasticine". What a talented man! Taking into account his illustrations, we can definitely say he is full of creative ideas and is always ready to use his wide imagination for creating of something interesting!...

While managing remote teams, employers face a particular number of common problems. Such problems prevent employers and employees from being productive and efficient. If you are a newbie, they may even seem a disaster. But don’t worry, every trouble can be solved if you have enough knowledge and expend enough efforts. Your workers will be grateful for it, and your business will definitely achieve success. So, today we want to distinguish the most common problems of the remote teams’ management and find the best solutions for them....

Look! These portraits are gorgeous. Viktor Miller-Gausa, an illustrator from Russia, manages to depict all the details on a canvas and, gathering them, kinda brings them to life with his master's touch. Feel their "magic" and "softness"!...

Now a lot of people work from home, not limited with office rules. An ideal option is when your job is your hobby. In other words, it is wonderful when your hobby brings you money. Capturing the best moments of our life is not only a great activity, but also a great way to make money. We want to figure out the main sources of earning money on the Internet as a photopgrapher. Ready? The best ways of making money on photographingActually, you don’t have to do anything special. All you need is just to upload and sell, that’s it. The difference is just in the amount of the money you can get on different websites....

Collaboration tools is another equipment for effective work in remote teams. Collaborating tools are special tools which combine the possibilities of different ways of communication, sharing files, documents and joint workspaces. Why do you need them? To save your time, which you spend on daily tasks like sharing files via email to each member, finding needed information for a group, organizing work processes. It sometimes has such wonderful functions as online calendars, shared online-whiteboards, internet teleconferencing integration. Let’s choose the best collaboration tool!...

Sasha Korenev is an another russian illustration artist, who creates creepy creatures. They don't exist in our real world but it doesn't matter. The main thing is that they are colourful and extraordinary!...

We’ve already presented tools for successful team communication. And it’s high time to discuss how to chat and talk remotely effectively. Let’s start right now! 1. Use all ways of remote communicationTo communicate efficiently and use all its benefits - use chat rooms as well as video conferences tools and as well as phone calls....

Sangho Bang is a korean illustrator based in Seoul. Having one joint colour scheme makes his works recognizable and creative. And it's fascinating!...

Good afternoon, dear employers! Statistically, remote working is becoming more and more popular worldwide. According to the OwlLabs survey, 51% of on-site employees want to work remotely in the future and about 30% may want to. A lot of companies see it more prospective and efficient. Some companies tend to allow particular workers to work from home if they see it is more comfortable for them. Besides, there are the companies, which allow their workers to work either remotely or in an office. At the same time, the more remote workers appear, the more fables about them we hear every day. They make employers doubt about the productivity of such style of work....