Print-on-demand can be an amazing way to sell your art without printing, packing, or shipping everything yourself but how do you know if you’re actually making enough profit? This is where a lot of artists get stuck. They look at the production cost of one product, decide the numbers don’t
If you’ve ever uploaded the pattern you’re proudest of and watched it sit there while something you made in an afternoon keeps selling, you’re not alone. My single biggest seller on Spoonflower is a burlap texture. Not a detailed floral, not a pattern I spent days on. After ten years
If you’ve ever built a layered pattern in Procreate and then dreaded the long process of exporting, vectorizing, rebuilding, and organizing every piece, this upgrade is for you. I created a Multi-Image Vectorizer that lets you upload all your pattern layers in one go and turns them into a grouped,
Do you want to hear how many bad licensing deals I have signed? I started licensing my art long before I had any idea what a licensing contract even was. Some of the first ones were a casual PayPal exchange with a few sentences in an email about how the
Imagine this: a brand emails you about licensing a design you made two years ago. You are thrilled. Then you get to the second paragraph, where they mention they need the file in vector format, and they need it by tomorrow. That happened to me (and shocker, I did not
If you’ve downloaded Affinity Designer, opened it, looked at all those buttons, and quietly closed it again, this tutorial is for you. Instead of trying to memorize every tool first, I’m going to show you how to learn Affinity by actually making something: we’ll sketch a playful motif, rebuild it
Have you ever thought about designing a calendar and then sat down to sketch the first page but realized you don’t know where to start or are afraid it just won’t work? So you close your iPad and go get a snack? You’re not alone! Twelve paintings plus a cover
Renaissance ornament is everywhere right now! From surface pattern design to fonts, branding, and digital graphics. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to sketch elegant Renaissance-inspired motifs in Procreate using historical references, then refine them into artwork that can grow into patterns, graphics, borders, lettering, and even complete font collections.
When I sat down to calculate my wallpaper sales numbers at the beginning of this year, I had no idea what I’d find. I was shocked to see that wallpaper has quickly become one of my best-selling products without any extra work on my end. Like most pattern designers I
Creating beautiful artwork is only half the battle on Etsy. If your listings aren’t optimized for search, potential buyers may never find them. The good news is that Etsy SEO isn’t about guessing—it’s a system you can learn. In this guide, we break down the fundamentals of Etsy SEO, explaining
How I Got It, What It Cost, and Why You Don’t Need One Have you ever tried to get into a creative flow while the rest of your life is happening three feet away? Kids yelling, dishes waiting, notifications pinging, all of it pulling at you while you try to
Hand lettering doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a hand-lettered greeting card or sticker in Procreate using simple shapes, loose florals, and playful lettering that feels handmade and ready for licensing, print-on-demand, or your own product line. Watch the