how i make stickers (all my tips, tricks, & tools!)

[@JordanClark]

I forgot to include one more important step to creating the stickers, which is to add registration marks to your sticker sheet in order for it to cut properly! It's super simple, just one button to click. But you can look this up online to see how to do it for your cutting machine's software!

[@serabunnie6626]

hi! i hope you'll answer, are your stickers waterproof? :)

[@amnahhhussain]

@@serabunnie6626 Hey ik i aint jordan, but it depends what paper u use

[@amnahhhussain]

as in which type of sticker paper ;D

[@mindcirclesfreak]

I use illustrator image trace directly I wonder what you gain from changing it in photoshop first ?

[@trishameloling2367]

Jordan Clark this ant gonna work for people that can’t draw good

[@belle4078]

Here's another way to make stickers if you need a cheaper and easier option and you have a computer and printer :) Obviously the stickers won't be of as high a quality as Jordan's but they'll work! 1. Draw out your design and take a photo, edit it to your liking (I like to use snapseed or vsco or even instagram's editing tools) 2. Upload it to your laptop (for me, the easiest way is uploading the photo to my mobile gmail app and then retrieving it from gmail on my computer) 3. Take the image and put into into microsoft powerpoint. Using the editing tools, remove the background until just the sticker design is your image. You don't have to edit every scrap of your background if it's difficult but remove the major portions. 4. You can further edit the colour, crop, resize, duplicate etc. Being a tech noob I like powerpoint's editing tools. 5. Arrange as many "sticker" images as you can on another slide. 6. Using sticker paper (this can be found at shops where you buy your printer ink cartridges), print out the image but make sure to adjust printer settings on your computer. 7. Handcut stickers out. You can package them in little bags as "sticker flakes". :)

[@user-hq5dy8li4b]

thankyoui

[@kathsantiago1855]

Thank you! I was thinking of making a small business out of stickers and I only have my printer, computer and a sticker paper.

[@neushuapaya]

you tricked me, i thought there was a hair on my screen lmao

[@bluemacaroons]

Thanks!

[@bluemacaroons]

Cause I want to make a stationery shop with some of my designs but I do not have £300 to spend on a machine

[@marinamoraes9055]

Jesus, this is so complicated! Did you learn all this on your own? You go, girl! They’re amazing.

[@savannahegbetamah3940]

I don't think i will ever make stickers... BUT I still watched the vid till the end! its just really interesting!

[@JordanClark]

Aww thank you for watching!!

[@disfordazzle]

Hi Jordan, thanks for this video! Just thought I'd leave a quick comment because I noticed you go through a lot of unnecessary steps in Photoshop to get the line drawing vector in Illustrator. You can save yourself a bit of time by just adjusting the levels in Ps > open the file in Ai > click 'Image Trace' > this will leave you with a vector straight away. You can choose to hit 'ignore whites' to get a transparent background or simply 'ungroup' the image after tracing it and deleting the background. Hope this can help :) X

[@starbucksmocha88]

Thanks for leaving this comment for those of us who are watching this video, super helpful!

[@StorytellingHeadshots]

this comment is fire! Thank you!

[@Christinaidesigns]

Also she deleted the white and then colored it in manually. You can just change the color of the whites.

[@DreamWithoutYou]

This video is literally life changing, i have been wanting to start selling my own stickers for a time now, but didn't quite knew how to do it, but this video made me feel more motivated than ever

[@savannahegbetamah3940]

Good luck! Its fun editing on those softwares!

[@JordanClark]

Omg I'm so excited for you!! You are going to have so much fun designing stickers!!

[@BulbaBunny]

good luck honey!! we are waiting for your creations too ^_^

[@annikaf7053]

Irwinsrxckme wait do you sell stickers now? And if so where can you buy them?

[@safaa5983]

2 years later , are making stikers now?

[@Bamboogalou]

Phenomenal! Quick tip for Photoshop. If your photo has high contrast to begin with (well defined black/dark and white/light spaces), you can avoid all these steps by using the threshold option in adjustments. This will turn every pixel into either white or black and you can adjust the strength of the effect. This will do exactly what you did with the levels just in one step! To make a selection of one of the colors, you can navigate to select -> color range. It'll open up a window and you'll need to select the desired color with the dropper tool. Click okay and boom, you have it all selected. I've had to do this a lot, and found that doing it in two steps literally saves DAYS in the process!! Beautiful work!!

[@sashasiregar1238]

I am so glad I found your channel. The way you shot the videos, how calm you talk, and even the background music! Makes it more understandable. Thank you!

[@jillianelise8058]

the trace feature is SUCH a helpful feature !!!!!! thank you so so much!! you just saved me some ugly projects..!!!!!

[@funnytime1111]

I think to speed up the process, you could bring the photo into photoshop, bump up brightness and contrast all the way. Bring all your lineart onto a separate layer, set to multiply. Color on layers underneath in photoshop. Bring the doc into illustrator, image trace, arrange how you want. Maybe you already tried it, but watching this it seems like to process is more complicated than necessary

[@dorothyinwonderland3812]

I love your art style it's so witchy and like soft in the colors it's very nice to look at

[@teodorachita6114]

I looove your autumn aesthetic with gold baby pink, rose gold, white, brown❤️

[@anoushkagrace9625]

this video made me realise how difficult yet fun making stickers is. Really appreciate you work Jordan

[@LittleRedTeaCake]

I just want to say thank you. I was double major in college and my art degree took a backseat, so I was far behind my peers. I had, maybe three different people try and show me how to use photoshop: I am not a techie, it takes me a long time to figure things out and no one had the patience to continue helping me. So thank you. This tutorial was so easy to follow and an honest godsend. I’ve been wanting to make prints and stickers to sell, but I couldn’t get my software to work for me. Thank you so much. You’re a darling.

[@itsanniech]

Your voice is so soothing! Really loved this video 💞

[@libertysdesignlab8064]

It really is almost mediation lol Super nice.

[@caraluvz5161]

This is so cool! I’m not even looking into making my own stickers but her voice just had me so mesmerized! Also YOUR DRAWINGS ARE SO AESTHETICALLY PLEASINGGGG

[@jenm4552]

Wow, I never realised how much work goes into sticker making! Really appreciate your detail and work.

[@kristagoodwin2780]

Thank you so much for this video! We've decided to try making stickers and I was so confused on where/how to start. Thank you!

[@ChenInCanada]

Thank you So much I followed each step of yours and it worked! It is amazing for people like me who wants to make stickers but don’t have procreate.

[@sienimiili]

I have very little intent to make stickers but I watched the whole thing because your voice is just so very soothing 🥺

[@k9spot1]

This tutorial is incredible! One thing you might want to look at though is that when you’re adjusting the levels you can just drag the black and white arrows under the little mountain shapes instead of using the eye dropper tools over and over. My teacher normally just recommended pulling them to the “base of the biggest mountain” for all photos to get a nice balance but you can also pull them in even further to get that nice black on white feel.

[@AutumnRedHouse]

I love that you explained every single detail in your process! You are a gem

[@wonderwonder30]

This is a fantastic tutorial, most of the stickers tutorials don’t go into such depth on the process so thank you! I know you were doing this on your computer but could you do this on a iPad Pro? My computer has been acting wonky and I’m thinking of buying a iPad so I didn’t want to have to buy both to make my own stickers.

[@passionflowerstudios5690]

I've owned an iPad Pro for about a year and there is an app that gives you the computer version of photoshop it's called Astro pad but so far I haven't found anything for illustrator. There are other apps for creating vectors though I really like vectornator. I'm sure you could do it you would just have to play with it a bunch and find apps that work for you, it may be easier to just fix your computer. The only thing I don't like about the iPad is that all of the apps have been simplified. Other than that Im absolutely in love, my favorite drawing app so far drawing has been procreate. I hope this helps!!! And good luck to you!

[@wonderwonder30]

PassionFlower Studios Thank you for the reply and info. You’re right I should just get my computer fixed or buy a new one cause it would make making stickers an easier venture. Can you do what you do on the iPad on your computer? And do you think it just be easier to go that route than buying a new computer and iPad?

[@JordanClark]

I'm glad someone else was able to give you some info about using an iPad, because I don't own one and I can't give you any advice there! However, I do love the ease and accessibility of my laptop. It's a bigger screen, which is great for designing, and I know I can get any program I need. I'm sure there are people here on KZbin who have made videos about using an iPad for designing, so maybe you can get more info to decide on which one to invest in!

[@passionflowerstudios5690]

You can do more on a computer in my opinion. Just because you have access to the complete version of apps. Something that’s really cool though that you might want to check into is eventually getting both because there’s this app called duet? I believe that’s the name there’s probably others. It allows you to use your iPad as a drawing tablet that hooks up to your computer so you could use the full programs on your iPad. You could also get a drawing tablet to go with your computer there’s some pretty cheap ones out nowadays. There’s so many crazy things available I would just do some research and see what will work best for you and your budget. If you do end up getting an iPad GET THE 13 INCH! I’ve heard of so many people regretting getting the smaller ones so save yourself the hassle 😘

[@mariec5716]

Hi i think you can just sync your computer with your ideap because i did. With all the free app s save your money. You do not need all this newer devices. Check your setting for the syncing option. Bye. @@passionflowerstudios5690

[@pixels2u]

I know this is old now, the technology has prob changed a bit, but thanks so much for sharing the excellent info. I'm going to try it using your instructions. I miss really miss your stickers - and you - @Jordan Clark. Hope things are beautiful in your world.

[@hayleyroong6788]

i really love your aesthetic sense, everything stickers, fonts, colour palette, glad i found your page

[@adelenebarber6721]

Your style is amazing! I love the hippie and minimalistic look so much

[@WriterResources]

I found your videos by accident and I keep watching them because they're so calming and entrancing! Really lovely stuff. :)

[@zeynepozcan1347]

This is amazing! I loved the way you talk and teach.

[@theakennedy1755]

Quick tip: in illustrator in the dialog box for tracing you can hit “ignore white” and you won’t have to select similar and delete to get rid of the white!

[@traceymarsden6684]

Thank you for this video - I learnt a lot. You can use Cmd + J to paste a selection onto a new layer instead of copying and pasting, too.

[@justinewhite-hadley3138]

Wow hun, this was a lot of work for you! You're so wise. Thank you for taking the time to share with us!

[@llucila]

i just wanted to point out that you have such a soothing voice! it makes me feel really calm, for some reason. and the stickers are totally gorgeous

[@dreeeaaamiiing]

this is great! im a visitor as i saw this in suggestions and as a fellow artist im always inclined to see how other people do their thing... not sure if it was your preference or not, but in illustrator there are tools and presets within image trace that would do all the work that you did in photoshop for you! i think the one that would work for you is called "line drawing". also, if you just click the "ignore white" checkbox in the advanced settings for the image trace window you wont have to delete the white layers. hope this saves you some time and extra steps, and thanks for sharing your process :) beautifully filmed video

[@mackenziedionne7183]

your voice and the music whaaaat, literally so calming

[@imalwaysgaby]

Thank you for actually breaking this down and taking your time explaining al the functions! That’s SUPER helpful!💜 thank you!💜

[@angelaem205]

Thanks for a very interesting and useful video. The command button is actually the Control button (Ctrl) in Windows PCs. I use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V all the time to Copy and Paste things in Photoshop. Lovely stickers! Keep up the good work!⭐⭐👍🎨

[@saroshjamshed]

Can someone talk about the fact that her voice is just so soothing?

[@ewwwitsmigs_]

this was a REALLY good video, really beautiful, aesthetic, and you explained thoroughly and beautifully. well done!

[@neonthethrone]

your voice is so soothing 😭😭😭💖

[@SplendidDIY]

you have such a calm voice. Thank you for the video 😊

[@my4daughter]

Your video is super clearly. Thanks for sharing

[@URBANICOLE]

WOW. I have the cricut explore air 2 but seeing the advanced cutting and outlining options the silhouette has makes me rethink my purchase decision, lol! This video is incredible, thank you 😌

[@eddiexgames4887]

f you don't have a steady hand or don't want to color in the spaces in illustrator, you can expand the image which occurs after live tracing and then you can just pick a color and it will fill in the white space without crossing over the black line.

[@fionac4073]

thank you so much for this video! this video helped me alot to originally learn how to make my drawings digital a few years ago

[@lillianmahamedi9543]

this video has definitely inspired me to make stickers bc i’m obsessed w stickers but never thought of making them. also what is the difference between the cameo and the canon printers. what do each do and what r the steps in using both

[@ughitsdiiiovn113]

I am absolutely in love with your channel

[@roseli222]

I've been visiting your shop since only 90 sales, and now it's at over 500! Ah I love your art, it's so pretty and airy!

[@Zephyr_STKR]

Ohhh my girl thank you so so so much this is so wonderful an awsome right now I am really into chalk art and now I can covert any image or my writing into chalk art, I was wondering how to get rid of the background wish I could show you what I just created it's wonderful. Now I gotta figure out how to place pages I create in ID for a spiral notebook

[@MelTangy]

Your voice is so calming omg

[@harneetkaur82]

Thank you so so much. I have been trying to convert my hand drawings into digital but alas the result was a disaster. Love the way you have explained the entire process slowly and beautifully. I want to make surface pattern designs and this has really helped. Thank you so much once again. Stay blessed always.

[@zzzljgrhpa]

THANK YOUUUUUU!!!

[@ChadBarnier]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing. FYI- in the image trace panel, there’s an “ignore white” option which will save you the extra steps of deleting the white pieces :)

[@priyap9054]

Jordan.. you are a very kind and sweet person.. you did this tutorial in a very dedicated way... loved it😙

[@elozinco3511]

The best video out there of how to make stickers 😊

[@lesbianmort3734]

I use Avery name label stickers. They're intented to have those "hi my name is" things printed on them" with company logos. I draw or print on them, cut out the shape, and done!

[@RevLetaLee]

What a gift to show others how to. Thanks.

[@lexxia9763]

⭐️I love the sound of your voice & the stickers are so NICE I just love them⭐️

[@Aquarellina]

props for making a beautiful video, so soothing to watch

[@alexandrasinger408]

Are you going to restock the hand stickers or craft paper stickers anytime soon? I absolutely love them!

[@wiwibb]

i’m trying to start a mini business and this has been a simple tutorial that i’ve been finally looking for , thank u

[@Elizabeth-gp8xb]

I love this video it's by far the best sticker video I've seen yet!!

[@amrei4972]

Jordan, its so beautiful what you’re doing😍 you really have an eye for beautiful and aesthetic things and in my opinion this is very seldom.

[@MaryPrasadArt]

A couple things that should help you in Photoshop... Instead of copy/paster, use cmd-j (jump to new layer) with a selection. In levels, don’t use eyedroppers, instead drag the sliders under the histogram - drag the black slider (left side) to the right until the blacks look good; drag the white slider (right side) to the left until the whites look good. This changes the settings for 0 and 255 (black and white points respectively).

[@funinpjs]

This has been the most extensive how to for the cameo 2 I have found. Thank you

[@darlingdaisy6468]

this is awesome! thanks for making this video!! in case this would be helpful to you - instead of deleting the white after using image trace, in the image trace settings panel thing under ‘advanced’ there’s a setting “ignore white” that makes it super easy and gets rid of the white automatically. it’s super nice :) love your work!

[@TygerKittyCo]

Your voice is so soothing! Loved the video, thank you so much for all of the detail!

[@clothildemailen2013]

First of all thank you so much to talk about the way you are making your stickers, it's really interesting and they are so lovely. Second I would love to know which font you used for the title of your video "how i make stickers".

[@artbydindinlagdameo437]

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I am still in the illustrating stage. I have yet to really think hard if I'm ready to invest in a Cameo, now 4 is out! :)

[@soniaesquivel9385]

Very curious about the eraser you used. I would love to have one for my pencil case.

[@teresasnarr4151]

I bought some of these older stickers awhile back. I've used a lot of them now so I was going to buy more, but I saw these ones aren't in your shop anymore. Will they be coming back?

[@travelagent6496]

I liked everything and I just wanted to tell I don't have a laptop so can you do a video like whhout laptop or printers stikers

[@godofants]

You're voice is so soothing oml

[@yourneighbor7260]

I know how to make a sticker but still watched this anyway. It's nice to see how others make theirs and learn a few techniques that they do.

[@jadem257]

You are amazing’ thank you for this video! So many people are reluctant to share their tips!

[@orphicophelia]

Okay, I love making stickers and when I saw your video,I got so happy! Thank you for sharing your tips! xx

[@sxphiabarbosa1019]

press ctrl + j for duplicate (for levels too), is SO MUCH EASIER, oh and ctrl + e (select layers) for merge ANDDDDD your drawings are amazinggg

[@ElissaNWOPrincess]

Very cool! I use a cricut for my stickers.

[@shazamon]

Hi Jordan, thanks for uploading such an informative and inspiring video. I was just wondering what type of printer you use and if you have any recommendations for artists who like to scan and print their work? Thanks

[@susan3156]

I have a question about the printing step. Did you print the blue offset line or did you delete it for printing and then added it again for the cut?

[@karissadalrymple231]

Hi love your video. I currently use a Cricut so it was interesting to see a silhouette in action. It seems so much simpler and cleaner with the cut lines. Quick question does a silhouette cut kraft sticker paper? Cricut only works on white 😏

[@adrianabarrios5317]

great video, great explanation and great music! Just one question, is it normal that the lines are printed? mines are

[@gallery4twinkle]

Oh wow this like an masterpiece 😊 soooooo beautiful your style 🤗

[@marichkalypska]

thank you. it was exactly what i needed for my black/white drawings )))

[@vriddhigovekar5032]

Thank you for such a great tutorial. I have one question though. After u fill in the color in illustrator, do u merge the two layers? The black line and color layers? What's the step before arranging them on a sticker sheet.. Merging The layers, drawing a rectangle and them placing the objects?? Kindly sort out this doubt for me.. Thank you so much. 😊😊

[@ellieisbusy]

I watched this video just out of curiosity and wow, there are a lot of steps! I had no idea stickers could be this complicated. Yours are lovely :) Since you seem to be working on a Mac, you might want to check out Affinity Photo and Affinity Design - they’re like Photoshop but created for Macs, takes up much less space and the computer is much more responsive. Just a suggestion!

[@nostalgicglow115]

Your voice and the music is so calming. Thank you for going into such details 😊

[@NadaSamir]

im a graficdesigner an i love your sketch your smooth voice girl you creativ and awesome keep it and make more of them :D

[@madisongrace15]

Your voice is so calming 💓

[@FancyPaperCrafts]

JORDAN!!!!!!! I have so much love for this video!!!! Thank you so much!!!

[@heatherrae5930]

Great video! I am curious though, why did you not just start in Illustrator and use Image Trace from the beginning? Does it loose it's original shape more than going through the steps in Photoshop first?

[@jasminelarke415]

Yayy I have been waiting for this video! Thank you so much for doing it♡

[@xomsicxompk]

Thresholding your image in photoshop would save you a lot of steps & time ! Great video you have beautiful content ❤️.

[@Zephyr_STKR]

Question when you took it in IA and start coloring how did the color didn't go over your edge of yojr drawling outside of the lines? When u let go the color poped back inside your lines

[@arielalena]

omg your stickers are SO adorable 🤩✨💫

[@koransuara4475]

Super duper Loved it cause everytime you make a Video i always get Inspired Of anything that you said LOVE YOU Jordan alwayyss

[@CallitPureJoy]

Your voice and the way you talk is so asmr 😩 Love it! I know this is a 2 year old video but this was recommended to me 🤣

[@YasminRosm1996]

your psd skill is just bomb!

[@food4444lyfe]

Would I need to do all the color adjustment with the image even if I using a scanner instead of my phone. ? Thanks.

[@oO0san0Oo]

So kind of you to share! I was wondering how you created the pallet of colour swatches on the left of your work in illustrator @9:33? Can you explain how you create that please?

[@arikazuma6472]

i shouldn't have watched this before class... this video is so calming, i'm gonna fall asleep