What can expect after finishing the bootcamp?
By the end of the bootcamp, students won’t magically become “full-time freelancers,” but they will gain clarity. They will understand how the freelance market actually works, how to make professional decisions, how to communicate with clients, and how to structure their work to create real opportunities. They leave with criteria, structure, and a concrete plan for the months ahead.
Ideal student profile
This bootcamp is designed for:
Design and illustration students or recent graduates.
Creatives with solid technical skills but little or no real professional experience.
People who want to enter the freelance or remote work world but don’t know where to start.
Designers or illustrators who have already tried freelancing without structure or clear results.
This is not an advanced program, nor is it intended for senior professionals with a steady flow of clients.
Graduate profile
By the end of the bootcamp, students will:
Understand how the freelance market actually operates.
Know what services they can offer and who those services are for.
Be able to read and respond to briefs in a professional manner.
Know how to price their work, set boundaries, and defend their value.
Have a functional, market-oriented portfolio.
Understand platforms, contests, and real opportunities.
Have a personal work system and a short- and mid-term action plan.
Graduates no longer rely on improvisation, but on informed, deliberate decisions.
Collaborations & Platforms:
Your Instructor
Israel Trejo is a freelance designer and illustrator with over five years of experience working with international clients. His work spans branding, illustration, and digital design, primarily through platforms such as 99designs, as well as collaborations connected to Freepik, LINE, Clip Studio Paint, and Webtoon-related projects.
His professional approach is grounded in real freelance practice: brief analysis, fast production workflows, client communication, and portfolio development focused on market needs rather than academic exercises.
The Freelance Portfolio Bootcamp is built from this hands-on experience, designed to help designers move from knowing how to design to working effectively as freelance professionals.
Israel Trejo
designer and illustrator