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Greeting Card Design: Illustrate and Sell Your Collection

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Overview

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Discover the process of creating a series of colorful greeting cards and learn how to sell them online
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Creating Your Final Artwork
  • Printing and Marketing
  • Final project
Lauren Radley believes that the beauty of working as an illustrator is that you can illustrate whatever inspires you and reach your goals if you persevere. It is that same belief that has encouraged her through her journey to becoming a renowned illustrator and designer. Her focus lies in illustrating for clients like BBC Good Food, Waitrose, and Royal Mail, along with working on new products for her greeting cards business.

In this course, Lauren shows you how to plan and design your own greeting cards collection, as well as how to print and market them, before launching your own small greeting cards business. Explore each step of the design process, learning both analogue and digital techniques along the way. Ready to delight the world with your original greeting cards?

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Materials and Software
  • Trends, Inspirations and Mood Boards
  • Your Creative Style
  • Cards and Content
  • Hand Drawn Typography
  • Ideas, Thumbnails and Composition
  • Digitally Importing and Refining Your Sketch 1
  • Digitally Importing and Refining Your Sketch 2
  • Adding Colours, Textures and Details 1
  • Adding Colours, Textures and Details 2
  • Adding Colours, Textures and Details 3
  • Formatting Your Cards
  • Printing Your Cards
  • How to Sell Your Cards and Market Yourself
  • X Illustration for greeting cards

Taught by

Lauren Radley

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