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Affiliate Marketing for Creatives

Have you ever felt that icky feeling when someone’s trying to sell you something online? As creatives, we really don’t want to become that person. We want to build authentic connections with our audience—not pushy sales funnels. But what if I told you that affiliate marketing can actually be classy,

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The Top Affiliate Programs Guide

I’m so excited to share a free guide I created just for you:Top Affiliate Programs for Artists & Designers. You’ll find all my favorite affiliate programs that help artists and designers earn extra income by sharing tools and resources you already love. This free guide will show you: Which programs

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Draw Anything in Perspective in Procreate (the easy way)

If perspective feels confusing or “too technical,” you’re not alone. I hear this all the time from artists who want dimensional scenes but don’t want a math lesson. In this post, I’ll show you how to use Procreate’s built-in perspective tools to quickly sketch, refine, and ink objects—from a vintage

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Licensing vs Print-on-Demand vs Etsy Showdown

I have talked to so many artists and designers over the years who want to sell their work, but feel overwhelmed by the options or worried that they are choosing the wrong path.  In this post, I want to compare three of the most popular ways to monetize your art:

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Find The Best Path to Start Selling Your Art Online

Choosing a path to sell your art can feel overwhelming—so many platforms, so little time! In this post, I’m sharing my journey from Spoonflower to self-publishing, including the real turning points that helped me grow a sustainable art business. Whether you’re starting from scratch or stuck in decision fatigue, this

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A Calendar Strategy You Can Copy

In this post, I want to take you through my calendar strategy that takes 3 years of selling and designing calendars into account, so that if you want to start selling calendars (or boost existing calendar sales), you have a road map to get from illustrations to finished calendars. Let’s

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The Studio Affiliate Program

I am so excited to announce this program that so many of you have requested and I’ve dreamed about for years.  Many of you have told me that you are already telling people about my classes, and I think it’s about time you got paid for it! a little backstory

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Create a Lettering Style for Greeting Cards, Fonts & Calendars

You don’t need fancy handwriting or calligraphy experience to create a lettering style that sells. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how I design unique hand-drawn letters for greeting cards, calendars, and even sellable fonts—starting with just one simple letter sheet. This process is fun, low-pressure, and full of creative

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Traditional vs Digital Art in the AI Age

Explore how artists can thrive using both mediums in the age of AI. Let’s talk about what really works—and how I blend both worlds to make meaningful (and sellable) work. This topic has been on my mind a lot lately. With AI-generated artwork getting better and faster, I’ve been asking myself

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6 Ways to Get Your Patterns onto Products

Never in history have there been more ways for pattern designers to get their patterns onto products.  There are a wide variety of printers, companies, and printing methods available to us and I wanted to share some of my favorites below.  I’ve been selling my patterns on products since 2016

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Create & Sell Templates with Affinity Designer

Whether you’re designing a calendar, planner, journal, or printable template, Affinity Designer gives you the precise tools to turn your ideas into polished, sellable products. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how I create templates that I use and sell—from calendars to digital planners —using Affinity’s move tools, vector features,

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