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Unhelpful Habit Number Two: Making drawings too small

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Unhelpful Habit Number Two: Making drawings too small

I've been selling my art as merchandise since 2008. Here’s what I wish I knew before starting out and some Unhelpful Rules or Habits that need to be unlearned. This is specifically for artists who want to make their art into merch to sell and are just starting out. This is part 2 of an ongoing series. Unhelpful Habit Number Two: Making drawings too small Those pet bird stickers I was talking about in the last article? I spent hours and hours creating the perfect bird drawings. They were designed to fit on a 4x6” sheet of stickers and nothing else....

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Making Merch - Unhelpful Habits that need to go: Part One

Posted by Julia Hutchinson on

Making Merch - Unhelpful Habits that need to go: Part One
As an artist who makes merchandise for selling, Here’s what I wish I knew before starting out and some Unhelpful Rules in my thinking that need to go. This is helpful for Artists who run an online Etsy shop as well as the Artist Alley and anime convention crowd.

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