how I design and make stickers from home! ✿ no cricut, step by step for beginners

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Published 2023-09-29
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SOME VIDEO EDITS! You do not need to change to CMYK if you are printing at home! You typically convert to CMYK for more industrial printers if you were sending them to a company to manufacture them for you. I find with my home printer, printing in RGB is wayyyy clearer and yields a better result.

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Watch ​ @JelArts 's How I Make Stickers    • How to Make Stickers From Home // Tut...   for another great resource on sticker making!

In this video I go over my design and production process for making my very own stickers from home! I cover my design tips, my supplies, and my marketing strategies to launch your designs and build an income stream for your art career. Designing stickers and starting my art shop this year has gotten me closer to going fulltime with my art, and I want to show that you can do it too.

Once again thank you to everyone who has purchase from my shop, joined my Ko-fi memberships, and likes and comments on my content!

Materials:
I can't fit all the links in the description so I made a Google Doc with everything, and makes it easier to save for later! Link to the doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1Rru0uESRNdnsXVikKM0SsR…
Monitor- LG 27UL850-W 27 Inch UltraFine (3840 x 2160) IPS Display with VESA DisplayHDR 400 and USB Type-C Connectivity, White
Printer- Canon Pixma IX8720
Scanner- Epson V39 Scanner
Silhouette Portrait 3
iPad Pro 11-inch 3rd Generation with Procreate
Huion Kamvas Pro 16 with Clip Studio Paint

Videos/Channels to Watch for more info:
@StylizedStation
@KelseyRodriguez
@MeganWangart



Socials:
✿Website: shannonnichols.artstation.com/
✿Instagram: www.instagram.com/sketches.of.shay/
✿Shop: ko-fi.com/sketchesofshay/shop
✿Sign Up for My Email Newsletter: 2e065ac8.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAH3lZRqgTRNSLv3HnY…
✿Business Inquiries: [email protected]

Equipment
✿Camera: iPhone 13 Pro and Canon EOS Rebel 15
✿Editing Software: Adobe Premiere Pro


Music:
Hep Cats by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
♪ Onion (Prod. by Lukrembo)
Link :    • (no copyright music) lofi type beat “...  
♪ Rose (Prod. by Lukrembo)
Link :    • lukrembo - rose (royalty free vlog mu...  
10 AM - Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium Conducted by
Philip Milman ► pmmusic.pro/
Link:    • 10 AM  
Ludwig's Lullaby- Lud and Schlatts Musical Emporium Conducted by
Philip Milman ► pmmusic.pro/ Link:   • Ludwig's Lullaby  
Chillpeach - 2:00 AM :    • [no copyright music] '2:00 AM' cute b...  
♪ Chocolate (Prod. by Lukrembo)
Link :    • (no copyright music) lofi type beat “...  
Chillpeach - Land of Dreams :    • 'Land of Dreams' background music  
Chillpeach - Daisy :   • [no copyright music] 'Daisy' cute bac...  
Chillpeach - In Dreamland :    • [no copyright music] 'In Dreamland ' ...  
Chillpeach - Taiyaki :    • [no copyright music] 'Taiyaki' cute b...  


TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 How I Make and Design Stickers from Home!
1:13 Step 1 Market Research
3:40 Start Sketching out Your Ideas/Brainstorming
5:00 Selling Your Stickers on Kofi!
6:36 My Sticker Design Tips
10:57 Start off with what you have! You don't need to buy new supplies!
11:50 How I Color Correct my Digital Art
12:54 My Printer and Print Settings
13:36 What Sticker Paper do I use?
14:20 Test Sheets and Experimentation with Print Colors
15:36 How I Arrange My Stickers To Print (Borders and Spacing)
16:28 How I Laminate my Stickers (Matte, Gloss, Glitter)
19:00 How to Cut your Stickers (Without a Cricut)
21:30 Understand your Taxes and Financial Obligations As a Business Owner
22:17 My Shipping Supplies
23:20 How to take the BEST Product Photos
24:30 How to EDIT Product Photos
25:00 How to List Stickers in your shop!
26:56 How to Price Stickers!
27:49 My advertising and Social Media Tips to get more customers! (Promoting Yourself)
30:45 My Instagram Tips and Tricks
32:20 Outro and Thank you for Watching!

All Comments (21)
  • @sketchesofshay
    SOME VIDEO EDITS! You do not need to change to CMYK if you are printing at home! You typically convert to CMYK for more industrial printers if you were sending them to a company to manufacture them for you. I find with my home printer, printing in RGB is wayyyy clearer and yields a better result. For those of you wanting to use PayPal for Transactions, Kofi recommends in their FAQ to consider getting a business PayPal account if you want more control over the name! it’s always good to separate business and personal finances for tax reasons as well💖 hope this helps! (I mainly use stripe but I know a lot more people like to use PayPal instead!) thank you guys for watching and for the feedback!
  • @mytimelessforest
    This video - I don‘t know what it is, but - kicked me in such a way, that I finally stopped procrastinating and start my small art business. Thanks a lot! <3
  • @KPEN72
    I can’t make stickers for some very serious reasons (the reasons is that I know I’ll print them and hoard them instead of selling them)
  • @drawingfandome
    I love your sticker process because it’s so accessible as anyone with access to a printer where they can put in printer paper can do it, as opposed to a lot of sticker processes where people have die cutters and a million other pieces of technology beyond printer, and paper, I also didn’t know you could get lamination paper with glitter! I’m always under the impression cool effects for prints require some factory level materials to make, instead of just different papers.
  • @ChantelleArts
    can we just appreciate how crisp the editing is in this 😍😍
  • @MugetsuFused
    I've been selling pins and stickers for two months now. My real dream is to sell patches tho. I even taught myself how to use the patch program already. Actually, if this month is the same in sales, i should be able to buy a patch machine next month. 😊
  • @alynbean
    not only is your art amazing, your videos are so nicely done and SO enjoyable to watch!!!!
  • @issogashii
    i really appreciate this tutorial ! as a younger beginner without much of an audience, it really felt like this video was catered towards someone like me. this really helped clear up some hesitancy that ive had with starting something like this. thank you so much !
  • I’ve been doing stickers for about two years now, but I’m looking at realistic ways to expand my business while it’s still in its infancy (working a full time job and being a student doesn’t leave a lot of time to tend to this passion but I’m trying!) I appreciate this in depth look at your process, it’s given me tons of inspiration for new directions to grow in!
  • @sketchesbylroseg
    Amazing video! Love these tips! The vinyl paper idea is genius btw…i was thinking laminator would be good but your idea seems less expensive! I was interested in making my own stickers using hole punching for example to make circle stickers instead of cutting them. Those simple changes plus what you mentioned, makes it seem very possible. Congrats on your success! So excited to try making stickers.
  • @corruptedcat2850
    I only wanted to know about how to make stickers at home just for my own use. Didn't need all the buisness parts but I appreciate how clear all the instructions were and how to use and apply laminant :)
  • @ivava7707
    This is going to sound random, but I am a 16 year old currently studying in Spain, 2 years away from uni, and I LOVE doing art and have always wanted to try to become a content creator + have a shop online in the future, however I constantly struggle with motivation not only for this but for everything in general, watching this video feels SO motivating to start doing this! I needed it 😭
  • your art style is amazing!! I love the realism but also the cartoony-ism, the sketches but also the colors (they both have so much personality!), wow you are so well rounded in your skills omg I've never seen you before but I aspire to this level of love towards my own art like you - loved the pumpkins 🎃
  • @RakathaSett
    Yay for Steve the unpaid intern! 😂 I make stickers mostly for myself and friends/family though sold a few at a market. I started out buying a cricut explore and making my own cards with card stock before I invested in a printer that could print on vinyl/ thicker paper. I recently upgrade to the sister Juliet as I could never get the cricut to cut stickers accurately. The sister Juliet is amazing for sticker cutting. Loved watching you create stickers in this video, your art is beautiful ❤
  • @TheYoshi3579
    THE DRAW WHAT YOU LOVE STICKER 😭😭😭🥹❤️ so so cute!! I’ve always loved your DHMIS stickers and have been eyeing that Allan sticker. Thank you for this very informative and encouraging video!!
  • this came out at the best time as I was thinking of trying to make stickers! love your videos 👁️♥️♥️
  • @animetedfangirl
    The snicker doodle one made me laugh because it made me think of the cookie being like "heh" smirk I also really like the pumpkins!!!
  • @krispjeanseamz
    I just started my own KoFi account and so far I love the UI and the ease of use. I haven’t made any sales or tips yet, but as my platform grows I’m confident the this website will really help support my business. 😊
  • @Suko-Kitsuu
    This was super helpful, thank you for sharing all this information ❤❤
  • @wikdzor
    This was so helpful!! Your videos are always so thorough and entertaining. I find myself taking so many notes on the advice you give! I’d also love to see a video on the Portrait 3 :D