How I Make Clipart to Sell - prepping the files (Procreate on the iPad Pro + Adobe Illustrator)

[@WoolyPronto]

Leave any questions you may have, and let me know if you want to learn more about the selling side of this! I'm not a pro by any means but I've done alright with this passive income thing! :) Thanks for watching!

[@ericlightkep]

Thanks for the videos, I'm starting to play around with your water color techniques. Can I ask where you're selling your art. I sell shirts and am on Amazon, Redbubble, and Etsy, but am trying to find more places to sell my digital art files. Thank you

[@WoolyPronto]

FlyGuy Nice!! What’s your site? I would love to see! I highly recommend selling graphics on Etsy because of the low fees/commissions, but I’ve also had success on Creative Market! How has redbubble worked for you, if you don’t mind sharing? I’ve not put much time into my store there but feel like it could be a good option!

[@another4725]

Hi, Wooly, thanks for the tutorial! Can I use your brushes and texture from the Dropbox link above for commercial purpose?

[@WoolyPronto]

Walter Li . 函 you sure can! I just would ask that you don’t sell the brushes themselves ☺️

[@another4725]

Wooly Pronto thanks for your reply! I will just use them to draw stickers, thanks!

[@medmed974]

Oh also if you wanna do what you do from 7:30 to 8:05, without merging all your layers, you can use command+shift+c and command+shift+v and you'll have a stamp of the visible layer in that selection as a new layer :)

[@BlackwoodIllust]

The easy way to select only what is shown in the layer you want, press and hold Command + Click the layer thumbnail you want the "marching ants" or selection to show up in. Hope this helps! :)

[@nyslut666]

Who uses hot keys with an Apple Pencil? I do pro brand skateboard graphics, and have never used a hot key. I use keys, to name layers. That's it.

[@itsawesomejess]

Love it! Thank you for this in depth video. I've just got into Procreate drawing as I sell on TpT and was wondering how to prep my drawings to sell. :)

[@oursaltcompany9793]

This is so incredibly helpful! My husband is an amazing doodler and can draw anything I ask him! We're trying out our luck in the digital asset market. This video is great. Thank you so much!!

[@medmed974]

Hey there! If you wanna make "that outline show" (7:25) hehe command click on the little preview box of your layer and you should have marching ants around the artwork on the selected layer only. You can also add to that selection from other layers with command+shift, to remove from selection command+option and for the intersection with current selection command+shift+option :) (don't know if that is clear enough...)

[@WoolyPronto]

THANK YOU! You are my hero!

[@lilmissjamjam291]

How big should each image be? And should we use RGB or CMYK? I see a lot pf people printing clipart, but doesn't that change how it looks if RGB is used? I'm so afraid to get started and have them print differently than what they see on the screen. I'm still new and have so many questions.. somehow this is all I could remember to ask lol. I would also like to see more on creating and selling clipart, I'm super insprired, but a little stuck. Great video, thank you! Those cats tho

[@WoolyPronto]

Hi! I'm so sorry I missed replying to this! I don't know if you or anyone reading this still wants to know, but just in case - I do RGB honestly just cause it was what we always used at my old job, we would test print art on these huge color-calibrated epson printers and we always worked in RGB... which is totally counter-intuitive to everything i've read on the internet bc usually CMYK is used for printing, like you said. This answer is probably less than helpful haha, sorry!! Also for the size - I make clipart generally 5"-12" per element, sometimes smaller for little individual flowers, and larger for big wreaths and such. It's most important to set the customer expectations so just be sure to note the range of sizes in the listing. Most customers will be using the files in standard print and web sizes, so even when it's under 10", it's still plenty big for the vast majority of customers! Hope this helps out - again, so sorry I didn't reply before this. Let me know if you've started selling, how it's going, etc! :)

[@heuristicalgorithm8465]

So, if you save them as png files, people can still click and drag each image from the canvas?

[@SpiriTracE]

Thanks for the process video. The first tip about making things more Opaque was something I hadn't thought of, and it's very useful. I was planning on making simple tshirt graphics and stickers, but the transparency was an issue that I thought would be annoying to correct.

[@whatislife4899]

Used one of your cats as a reference! And I’m just doing this for fun

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

Hello, fellow ARMY! 💜

[@ThisisJo]

This is the exact video i’ve been looking for! Thank you x 100! :) I just had no idea how to get the images into individual PNG files.

[@WoolyPronto]

Yay I’m so glad it was helpful for you!!

[@ThisisJo]

Wooly Pronto a video about the selling side of things would be lovely too by the way. I feel li,e I think I know the best places and things I’m already doing...but it would be good to get another perspective :)

[@sheilayangyang9318]

Thank you so much for the helpful tutorial!

[@prisciladelfino9498]

Thanks a lot, it was really helpful. You're doing great 😘

[@panedole]

Nice video. Amazing that there is a way to get images without a copyright issue. Kelwin.

[@oursaltcompany9793]

Also, just to add to my previous comment.. how did you create that texture background/layer?

[@diygal5708]

Do you need a laptop to sell clip art or can I use just my iPad?

[@hemashah2711]

Can we create clip art directly on illustrator? Like vector drawings? And how would you prep them to sell? Thank you

[@LunaAltheaMystique]

Do you have to have illustrator and/or photoshop in order to complete the clip art? I literally can’t afford either of those even after the 7 day trial. I have procreate though and have used gimp in the past.

[@WoolyPronto]

Totally get it! I think Gimp and Inkscape would work just as well. I used Gimp before photoshop and you could probably just use that alone and export the files as PNGs individually (skipping the need for illustrator/inkscape)! Honestly Procreate has changed so much since I made this video that I should make an updated one, I think you can do all of this in Procreate (just takes a little longer).

[@CosyFluffClaire]

Thank you so much. Everything worked so well until I cut from photoshop and pasted into illustrator. The objects pasted into illustrator now have a white background. I saved them as a png and followed your videos carefully. Any idea what I could have done wrong? Thanks again ❤️

[@Unukadesign]

That's what happened to mine too a while back and I didnt figure out yet lol

[@Unukadesign]

I just found a solution lol You just need to save your files as PSD after you tidy everything up and then open them up into AI. (You dont have to do this bit but this is what i did lol 1. Cropped each Illustration individually and then I just cut and pasted them in PS on the same artboard canvas. 2. Once that was done, I saved file as PSD. 3. Go into AI and open your saved files and upload to AI. 4. The files will be grouped so youll need to ungroup them CNTL SHFT G or CMND SHFT G and then walla you can move each design freely and place them as you wish :)

[@thegreenelectricfan891]

Thanks for sharing! It worked for me this way ^^

[@jilliancaldwell7249]

Can you share with us the format (specifically the DPI) when setting up the original file please?

[@fairyfreaks7248]

Hi, first of all, thanks for making this awesome video! It really useful for me. I wanna ask something, when I copy paste the images from Photoshop to Illustrator the white background suddenly appear in illustrator, what should I do?

[@asterlou9731]

Hi Addie! Did you paint all the cats in one canvas? May I know the canvas size? I'd like to sell cliparts so this will help me get started. Thank you so much!

[@jennifer7a6]

Thank You!!!! You are THE BEST! I can’t tell you how much this means to me! Thank you thank you! You did amazing, super easy to follow 😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@Sara-qz1mg]

Hello! Amazing video thank you for sharing! I just wanted to ask if those cat files are going to lose quality if somebody buys them and resize them bigger or smaller? Thank you !

[@Delstyle101]

I love your voice. I subscribed instantly

[@WoolyPronto]

OMG nobody has ever told me that, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the content!

[@Delstyle101]

@@WoolyPronto you're welcome. Yes. Your content is fantastic

[@RA-tv7iv]

Hi for your clipart, did you vectorize before selling? thanks.

[@playfulsounds1654]

Great video! I tried it and didn't originally paste into illustrator as transparent image (shoiwng layer 1 RGB pp:132) Then I tried it again and it worked and I got my first clipart! BUT....tried it again and now it's not pasting as transparent again. I've been trying it over and over following each step, but still showing white background when I paste from adobe into illustrator. I'm not sure what I did that one time to get it to work since I did the same steps every time. Anyone else experience this issue and if so, what was the fix? Thank you!!!

[@tere1198]

They so cuute

[@WoolyPronto]

Glad you enjoyed it :) Thank you!

[@sonia78ish1]

Are these rasters or vectors? I noticed you saved them as PNGs not SVG. What’s the reason for this? I know vectors are simple but your images looked more shaded than the average vectors. I’m still learning the ins and outs of illustrating on the computer and iPad. Thank you!

[@WoolyPronto]

Hi Sonia! Great question! These are raster based images, and you're totally right, the shading, more painterly look is typical of raster art rather than vector. I have a more visual explanation at the beginning of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4WtY3mCgNCdntk Hope this helps :)

[@christinatoth2747]

What size canvas do you make for your clip art on procreate?

[@acstudio8072]

Its look so simple but my art still broke ini adobe illustration when even i images trace it and expand it 😔 Or i should do in Photoshop firstly and then next step do in adobe illustator ? Can you give me some clue please madam ? 🥺

[@abirification]

hi, yoy doing great job i 'm aploading my drowings from procreate to powerpoint and i get a bad quality on the computer screan. should i first do changes like you on photoshop then put it on powerpoint or there is another way to apload them for a better quality thanks alot

[@samysgoods7295]

what size on procreate and illustrator?

[@amkmammu9705]

In this tutorial, your cats look like the lines are so smooth? how did you get it to look that way in procreate? is it the type of brush you use or did you do you do something else extra before you uploaded the images to procreate?

[@WoolyPronto]

Hi! I can't remember which brush I used to draw these, but a great way to smooth your brush strokes in Procreate is by going into the brush options, under "Stroke Properties", adjust "StreamLine" to a higher percentage and it will automatically make the brush buttery smooth to use. Hope this helps!

[@amkmammu9705]

@@WoolyPronto ohhhh i see... ok thank you so much! I just had like a duh! moment just then lol I remember I knew about that when I got my ipad in june this year lol BUT when you've like looked into a lot of youtube how to videos you forget all these simple things lmao so thank you once again! much appreciated! I love all your content btw thanks for sharing them with us :) Regards. Marie

[@littlehousewitch6225]

I would like to learn more about the selling side of clip art. Where do you sell?

[@quenuk]

Thanks for the helpful video. Would creating each individual cat (for example) in separate documents rather than all on one page make it easier to export to AI ? Then you could assemble them in AI to create the package of clip art you want for your final package. The end result would of course be the same but all that clipping/cutting of the cats in photoshop would be side stepped. No experience here ... just asking as I learn. ✂️

[@WoolyPronto]

Thank you for your comment! If you aren't using a paper texture overlay, you could totally do that and skip the photoshop step altogether. And really, if you don't have AI, you could just assemble the product images in a different program (even like... google slides or something). Thanks for this suggestion, it's a great way to make the process more accessible, allowing people to bypass software subscriptions!

[@quenuk]

​@@WoolyPronto Thank you, I´ve just recently taken an interest in creating clip art & your videos have been so helpful to me. I know there are always so many ways to do things. I appreciate that you took the time to reply to my question.

[@fxguidetips]

This amazing thank you for sharing this!

[@hnwinanda5747]

Hello, this video is very useful, I want to ask if the file that has been exported on Ai is already automatically vector-based? Thank you very much!

[@WoolyPronto]

Sorry for the late reply! No, the images in the .AI file are not automatically vectors, they are just embedded raster images in the illustrator file. I do have this video on converting them to vectors if you are interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4WtY3mCgNCdntk

[@hnwinanda5747]

@@WoolyPronto Hello no problem, thanks for the video recommendation :)

[@Wedow12]

So when you moved them from photoshop to illustrator, do they become vector images, that can be resized without losing quality? Also, can I save the Illustrator files with all the cats on it, as AI files? Do you think this would work with art created with Affinity Designer and moved into PS then AI?

[@chris.369]

christina wedow Hi! No, they are still raster when she pastes them in Illustrator. The images only become vectors if you use image trace to convert them. There are also some other ways to do things in Photoshop which aren’t destructive, meaning keeping the layers for future use. The white background Addie did in Procreate can also be exported to Photoshop as a layer.

[@chris.369]

PS: I am not expert in Affinity (Designer or Photo) but I think you don’t need to use Photoshop or Illustrator if you used Affinity to create your Illustrations

[@alyssatrinidad7738]

When you duplicate and lock it and then color is white mine don’t do that is there a reason why ? I’m like stock on that and I don’t know what I am doing wrong

[@Unukadesign]

Hi Addie, what sizes did you save your cats when you saved them as the final result? .. just asking because I'm trying to see whether it would be better to set them at a default size like yours or whatnot ? Cheers thanks I always look to your video to help me figure out what I want to do with my art lol I'm always jumping between vector art and raster art 😅🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ and I get confused all the time and then discouraged 🙈🙈🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@WoolyPronto]

I totally get you, I do the same going back and forth between the two! I saved these at 300DPI and they each are around 7"-8" at that resolution, but I'm not consistent in what size I make things! Kind of depends on how big my canvas is and how many layers I want to work in, right now my go-to is a 12x12" canvas. I don't know if this is helpful at all 🙈

[@Unukadesign]

@@WoolyPronto no that's helpful thank you :) I'll give that a go :) hope you're safe and well 💕🙏

[@rh8152]

kinda new to all this, so Im wondering if this whole process can also be done completely in procreate, or in graphic..

[@WoolyPronto]

Yes! Abbie Nurse (procreate WIZARD) actually made a video on how to do exactly this, entirely in procreate! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnjXoaacrLiYY68

[@sweetprovidencedesigns4449]

Do you have a tutorial on how to setup the texture layer?

[@WoolyPronto]

Sorry for the late reply! Yes, I have an older one here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LWZniLhM2Cfrs but I've simplified the process and am working on a new video about it!

[@mustafanihat]

What are the dimensions of these cat pictures

[@chrislsw1]

Thanks for your free brushes.

[@RagsToNiches]

Hi wooly - great video. Do you just sell your clipart as png - or also include svg, jpeg and other files? I notice most people seem to offer multiple file types on Etsy, for example.

[@WoolyPronto]

This is a great question! The format totally depends - I will include SVG files (and EPS or PDF or AI) with products I've vectorized. I do always include PNGs in either case. I've seen others selling JPG but I don't - because you can't do a transparent background with JPG. I haven't had anyone ask specifically for JPGs yet :) Ohh just had a thought, I think I see JPG format when people are selling Digital Papers, so they don't need to make the background transparent. Hope this helps!

[@iangraham6530]

This was fantastic! TYVM!!! I don't have Illustrator, but I do have Procreate and Photoshop. I was confused on what to do without Illustrator. How do I get it from Photoshop, to the final, and how do you put it up into Etsy? You have individual PNG files of each kitty, from Illustrator, so do you put them all back together and load up into Etsy as one file the customer can download? Or would you put them up separately? Sorry, I'm confused.

[@WoolyPronto]

Ian Graham You will just need to export each piece of art as a PNG! You can separate each piece of art into layers and then go to file > export > and either quick export as PNG or “export as...” and click through the menu options that pop up. Once the files are exported, I contain them all into a folder and compress that into a .zip file. If you are selling on Etsy, you might need to separate into several folders and compress them separately to stay under their 20mb file size limit. Hope this helps!!

[@iangraham6530]

@@WoolyPronto fantastic! Thanks very much!

[@erlineclarke2521]

I haven’t tried this myself but it feels like this entire process should be doable straight from Procreate without needing to go to other softwares, since Procreate can handle transparency, export to PNG, and you can create masks or erase using the select layer tool. Or is there a reason we need to go to Photoshop?

[@WoolyPronto]

You're 100% right! I think especially now that Procreate can export each layer as a PNG, it would make a ton of sense to skip the photoshop step . I still work fastest when I'm using PS and AI in tandem (and now use actions to accomplish a lot of these steps!), but I think this is an important point that helps make this process much more accessible and approachable. Thanks for your thoughtful comment (and apologies for the late reply)!

[@vivistevannie5339]

Thank you for this tutorial.. 💖

[@sv9229]

So this is going to be a super random question but what Procreate brush did you use for the whiskers and little “x” butt for the cat at 4:50? It looks very realistic how one brush stroke appears to go over the other on the “x” and how the color of the top whisker fades. Anyway, thanks for this tutorial! Would love to see more about selling clip art too :)

[@WoolyPronto]

I love so much that you asked this question! I -think- I used one of Abbie Uproot’s brushes, the Flo Watercolor brush (I may have modified the taper as well). She sells her brushes here: www.uproot.shop/watercolour Hope this helps!!

[@rawrrBrendaa]

Are you planning to make a tutorial for these cute kitties?

[@kkuljo]

Thank you!!!! So helpful !!!!!!

[@WoolyPronto]

YAY so so happy to hear this. Glad you enjoyed the tutorial 🥰

[@samysgoods7295]

what is the command on windows users

[@mrtom2460]

Canvas size please

[@qingwenchen9752]

can i ask if you r using watercolor texture paper to draw these cats?

[@WoolyPronto]

Yes, I'm using my watercolor paper texture in the video :) the link is in the description for the free download if you are interested in trying it out!

[@destinyparrish5947]

Does this only work on the iPad Pro or would it work on like the 7th generation regular iPad?

[@destinyparrish5947]

By the way I liked & subscribed :)

[@WoolyPronto]

Sorry for my late reply, it will totally work on the 7th gen ipad!

[@TheGreyGhost_of43rd]

Can you help make me a logo for my new mechanic shop?

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

Where do you sell the clipart? On your website only?

[@WoolyPronto]

Thanks for your comment! I sell on Etsy and Creative Market primarily. I make a handful of sales on Vsual, The Hungry Jpeg (though they've had some sketchy stuff going on lately), and then I've listed stuff but haven't really sold anything on Crella and DesignBundles/FontBundles. I also sell around 3 stickers per week (total of ~$.60 haha) on RedBubble. I am working on getting all my listings on my website but don't yet sell on my own site!

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

@@WoolyPronto thank you for the Reply.

[@sburkedesignco9702]

when setting up your procreate file how big do you make your file and 300dpi?!

[@WoolyPronto]

Hi! I change this depending on how many layers I want to work with - 300dpi & 12"x12" is what I have been working in lately for clipart!

[@CupcakeCottage]

@@WoolyPronto Cmyk or Rgb? I’m worried that the customer would be disappointed if I made my art in rgb and posted it in those bright colors and then the colors, printed, being much duller than shown. I hope this makes sense.

[@billdungan3709]

The sound is a little muddled you might want to turn down the background music and get a little closer to the microphone. The echo makes it hard to hear it clearly. Otherwise the instructions are great.

[@WoolyPronto]

Bill Dungan thank you! Seriously appreciate the feedback and tips! I forgot to turn on the mic when I was filming the beginning and end portions - and I will for sure get closer next time! Still have lots of learning to do, hope it was still a helpful tutorial despite the technical problems ☺️

[@ahmedghaith2763]

Where I could sell my work please?

[@WoolyPronto]

Etsy is for sure the easiest to get started on, since there isn't an approval process and the listing fees are low. I talk more about selling on different marketplaces in this video if you want to learn more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIHNc5lvn7yrmqM

[@ahmedghaith2763]

@@WoolyPronto thanks

[@itsabla]

What about vectorizing? no need?

[@WoolyPronto]

If I am vectorizing things, I use the "image trace" feature in AI - but I don't always do this because it requires a fair bit of clean up to look like I didn't image trace it, haha. I am working on more videos right now about making clipart to sell, perhaps I should include that?

[@itsabla]

@@WoolyPronto Yes that would be amazing! I find image trace is very hard when the drawing isn't in solid colours. Like a drawing with gradient colours or with shading.

[@Unukadesign]

@@itsabla yes this has been my delima for the past how many weeks lmao

[@u.s.agaming7651]

im the 100th comment lol how