I just signed up, had an impossible time even trying to set up my shop... so I looked up reviews and decided it's not worth my effort (I already have a website that offers prints and merch) I tried to close my store, and IT WON'T CLOSE! I'm worried now that they have my credit card # and will do something squirrely. The "help" page is completely blank.

what is th different between fine art and commercial arts ?

Spoonflower better not outsource to China.

Society6 is WAY to expensive

Does anyone know how to add the color ways option on designs?

I think AI art should at least be labeled as such . People shouldn't be able to claim A I art as their own creation because it's not. It's a machine.

So what would be a good platform to get your foot in the door. I have never sold my art before and am looking to try and at least start as a side hustle for now whole also working full time. Am i crazy?

❤ you're gorgeous ❤

Just make art, careless if it sells or not.

it was good hearing the truth, i had just signed up for the free account on society 6, put in my 10 projects and then realized they were not seen in the search engine outside my own shop, i spent a whole week uploading all the items.im not sure if i pay the montly fee if they will advertise my items?? tee public is the same only you cant even be paid to be seen if you are an apprentice. is there anything truthful about these POD platforms? my sales have been my own personal purchases, when i asked they said i would have to provide the traffic to my shop on my own, how can you afford to do that?

Super clear and helpful, thank you!

Redbubble and Society6 are just merely affiliate programs at this point. And without us artists, they would not even exist. I guess the 8% was the 50% sale from your 15% mark up? (7,5 rounded up). Basically that means every time they make a 50% off sale, you should increase your markup to compensate. I see that you still have your Society6 Account up, did you make any more experience like that since then?

Nice video, but what you say about commercial art demanding less intellectual effort is partially inaccurate. That applies to painters who make pet portraits and such (but those who make human portraits sometimes are to be considered fine artists cause they aren't only technically skilled but really capture the soul of the model) but it does not apply to people like editorial illustrators, children's books illustrators and cartoonists. The first need to be super creative and witty, in order to create conceptual illustrations that summarize the content of articles in a playful and original way, using symbols that are effective but not too obvious. That's very difficult to do and mentally taxing. As for picture book illustrators and comic artists, they need to be much more than good at drawing, they need to be great visual storytellers, even when the story is written by others, they need to make an intensive use of their imagination to bring a story to life, they need to know about framing almost as much as a movie director does etc. That's really hard work, not to mention that they can't specialize in just one subject, to create the visuals for stories they need to be able to draw EVERYTHING from many angles, either in a realistic or stylized way. So, this is my take, not to invalidate your content but just to make people reflect on this aspect of some commercial artist careers.

Where to sell my art 😢? Online

Puedes entrenaYou can train the AI LEONARDO with photographs of your illustrations to create your own "model". Then, you request with a prompt for the AI to generate an image with your model in your style.

Also when I see the highlighted artists they feature it’s ridiculous

I’m giving up after one more month

I’ve been on society 6 almost 2 months now, upgraded to a paid account and as far as I can tell none of my designs are showing up in search. On top of that when I search for my designs with my exact title sorted by new I always find a design that is almost identical to mine in name and design.. I think there is some major issue there. It’s too coincidental. Not to mention like you say it is the most time consuming site to use. I’ve contacted support and they are no help.

Would love to connect with musicians in Spain if anyone wants to have a chat!

Try Zazzle.

Ughhh these companies just get greedier and greedier.

They just increased fees, they are now taking over half of artists income

I didn’t know about the overlays. Great tips!

¡Bienvenida!

hello! your video is very helpfull! anyway, may i question out of topic? what do you think about patternbank? i mean i want to try selling my art but now i really confused to choose between spoon or patternbank, i hope you can gimme insight, ty. ❤

How can you tell if someone has ordered your design patterns? Will they show up under orders?

what was the name of the artists who had the exhibition about storms and weather phenomena?

Good info. How long did it take to see your design on Etsy etc after updating your settings??

Exactly. I find the needing to promote redbubble so stupid. If it’s your etsy shop At least u make a good margin, but your own site is the best.

Well....its to be expected, layoffs, and downsizing. The economy is tanking.

Thanks so much for this episode.. I kept going into edit shop, trying to find my automated message, I have been wanting to update it for months 🙃 😊

I use the fill a yard option for my proofing, which saved me a ton of $. That said.. proofing is pretty important. I have found that I usually like what I get, but every so often, I do need to adjust size or even completely scrap a pattern once I have seen it in person.

WOW, Thanks. Are you sure its for everybody? maybe only to some of the sellers?

I would have preferred if new sellers had to pay to proof their designs until they have a certain number of patterns. Then Spoonflower guarantees quality since by then those sellers have improved their making process to product higher quality outputs.

For me, as an artist from a distant country, one of the main obstacles to entering the Spoonflower market was the long and expensive delivery of samples of my fabrics. Thanks to you, I heard good news, thank you! I also think that the administration of Spoonflower is going in the right direction by taking care of all sides of the transaction: optimizing resources for themselves, fresh and constantly updated content for the client, and also a helping hand for artists and the right measures to keep them on their platform. This comment was translated into Google translator, so I'm sorry if the text came out awkward

These days jt is difficult for everyone unless you are a big celebrity with big following. The small businesesses in art and craft industry get hit harder.

Random comment but what colour are your green(ish) walls? I really like the shade.

Great advice.

A lot of people selling POD on Etsy lose money... as they calculate fees wrong. the mini art prints are 8$, with 10% being the set commission for artists. after seeing the shipping fee add-on few months ago I just raised my fees. Looks like, if this resulted in 0 $ that you even had set less than 10% commission on that item. Most of the artists I know place their commissions at 20-35%

Thank you for always releasing videos quickly!

This was really cool lived in San Diego, my whole life and didn’t know about all these different shops I’m also trying to make it as an artist, so it’s always cool to learn about different inspirations in San Diego

Question can you sell patterns form form ripper

❤truth..I love to buy people's art

Can they just ship my damn wallpaper already? From wherever they are??!!!!

Thank you very much for this video :) I live in the UK but am also from NY state (Cortland) and am embarking on a 4 month Southeast Asia backpacking trip with my partner, and I’m trying to figure out how to make my art practice portable - this has been very helpful!

Hi! New to spoonflower as a crafter. I noticed many artists state to reach out for licensing inquiries. By publishing on spoonflower marketplace, are crafters not already able to print and produce commercial products with the fabric? Why the additional licensing step? Thank you!

Thank you, you shared lots of great thoughts. I'm a photographer who has used Society6 to sell some of my extra photographic work since 2016. I never was a huge seller on the website, but I myself (and many others it seems) have experienced a huge drop in traffic and sales over the past year or two. You hit the nail on the head with so many specific issues, but the biggest thing to me seems like the company and platform has completely stagnated either through poor business or by neglect from it's owners. The biggest tell is that the website's UI and design (which has always been lackluster in my opinion) has changed very little since I started using it in 2016. To me this is a huge red flag. Thriving tech companies and eCommerce websites change almost constantly these days, and for a company like Society6 to basically offer zero improvements over such a long time signals a completely stagnant operation from decreasing revenue and/or it's owners do not believe in it's future longevity and are just milking it for what it's worth until there's nothing left.

I want to compromise by drawing my own characters such as Marina Nanami for commercial artwork someday.

Generative AI doesn't take motifs from other people's work and then mix and match, collage style, as you might imagine. It uses existing works that it's seen as a reference (mathematically) and then tries to construct motifs from scratch, of a particular thing, in a particular style. Much the same way as "human" artists do but using an entirely different process. That's why you get the anomalies, because it doesn't stand back and asses what it's produced and think "nope, don't like that. That fox has only three legs". It's not thinking about what it's doing in a thoughtful and reasoned way. It's just using mathematics. The fox in your example is a classic depiction of a fox taken from Scandinavian folk art. It's a common motif that's been used by many artists, many times, over many years. It's not stealing anything. At least no more than we humans do, all the time. Technology has replaced many jobs that existed in the past, ever since the beginning of the industrial revolution, and it will continue to do so.

Great tips and thanks for the shout out!’ 👏👏