Have you ever wondered how some people sell clip art on sites like Creative Market, Etsy, and their own websites? You can quickly build some clipart packs (aka vector graphics, Cricut cut files, SVG files, clip art packs) on your iPad and start selling them to both individuals for personal
You all have been asking me which company I use to sell art in my Etsy shop and lo and behold my favorite company, Gelato, asked me to share some of their products with you all! In this post I’ll share the basics of how I use Gelato in my Etsy
Did you know that the adult coloring book market has seen significant growth over the past decade, and is valued at a whopping $1.5 billion as of 2023? This is easy to understand considering adult coloring offers both creatives and non-creatives a chance to play with color, relax, and
One of my favorite things to do is cozy up with some holiday music, a warm drink, and some holiday drawing inspiration….in the middle of summer. I know this might sound crazy to anyone who hasn’t designed a holiday collection before or tried pitching holiday designs in the fall, but
If you’ve never used pattern layouts to build patterns, this is your sign! Using layouts makes the pattern making process easier by giving you a space to fill that is clear and cohesive, so you never suffer from “blank page syndrome”. It also helps you create patterns with a better
Did you know maximalism is trending? Art Nouveau artists were masters of using maximalism to fill a pattern block with fluid shapes, which is why I knew this was a great time to take a deep dive into Art Nouveau style pattern design! In this class, we use the techniques
Did you know how easy it is to create a seamless brush in Procreate? You can quickly design some seamless brushes (like animal print in this example!) and use them on your own artwork, or sell them on a site like Etsy or Creative Market. Watch the Tutorial If you’re
Over the years I’ve discovered more and more how beneficial it is to incorporate trends into my work not just to help me sell more art, but to get my work into the hands of the companies that I want to collaborate with. Sometimes it’s one trending artwork that gets
I know I’m not the only one who started out my repeat pattern journey by taking a single element and repeating it on a canvas over and over and saying “Bam! That’s a repeat”. Over the years though, my process has improved and gotten more complex to the point that
It is no secret that the online art and design sales landscape is constantly in flux, and like all artists throughout history, we have to stay aware of market changes if we want to keep selling our work. In this post, I want to give you all a glimpse into
Today I wanted to answer a question that many repeat pattern-lovers have asked me over the years – do repeat blocks for pattern design have to be square? If you love designing patterns you probably know that after designing hundreds of repeats you may get a little tired of working
Selling your illustrations or hand lettering as art prints seems simple as a concept, but as many artists and designers have discovered after digging into the process, there are a plethora of decisions to make along the way that stop us from ever getting to that “art for sale in