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Post Content Displate is a print on demand shop based out of Europe. They sell metal signs that feature high-end artwork designed and uploaded by artists from all other the world. If you are an artist or graphic designer and want to make some passive income from selling your art online, this has been a… Continue reading 25,000 SALES on Displate: 5 Print-on-Demand Tips

Post Content If you are using artificial intelligence to generate print-on-demand designs, you might be frustrated that you aren’t making sales. In this video, I cover 5 different strategies that you can use to help make sales on sites like Redbubble, Teepublic Merch by Amazon and Displate. Kittl: https://kittl.pxf.io/c/3527091/1364465/16402 Creative Fabrica: https://www.creativefabrica.com/promo/6931/0P618-ABFGHIJKLMNO/ref/2137342 These are affiliate… Continue reading 5 Tips: Using A.I. Art for Print on Demand

Post Content Kittl is a premier solution for print on demand… but what about other types of projects? In this video, I walk through 5 other types of graphic design projects that you can use Kittl for. KITTL is an easy-to-use website that has hundreds of editable templates. These are great for print on demand,… Continue reading KITTL: 5 Projects That Are NOT Print on Demand

Post Content Many print-on-demand designers struggle to make sales because they are working in niches that no one cares about, or the niche has ridiculously high competition. The goal of print on demand is to make sales. How can you do that! In this video, I cover a niche research tool called EVERBEE that is… Continue reading How to Use EVERBEE for Other Print-on-Demand Sites (Redbubble, Teepublic, etc.)

Post Content We are always looking for niches that will help us make print-on-demand sales. But there are some niches that have good long-term potential (they are growing). In this video, I cover what I think is a popular but underserviced niche that has the potential to grow and grow! This could be very helpful… Continue reading This Print-on-Demand Niche Could Be HUGE

Post Content The future of print on demand might be artificial intelligence. In this video, I cover three different A.I. tools that Kittl subscribers can take advantage of—these tools can really help take your print-on-demand business (or any commercial or personal project) to the next level. KITTL is an easy-to-use website that has hundreds of… Continue reading KITTL AI: 3 Design Tools for Print on Demand

Post Content There’s a great website called Picryl that is a public domain search engine. Using Picryl, you can find all sorts of great public domain images that are free for commercial use. The problem is that to download a high-resolution image, Picryl charges a fee (donation). In this video, I show you a couple… Continue reading Picryl: How to Bypass the Donation Option (Get Free Public Domain Images)

Post Content In this podcast I cover the idea of possible scammers and greedy gurus! It can be frustrating to purchase something related to print on demand—a book, a course, a subscription—so in this audio-only podcast I cover how Youtubers actually make money and why you should question “too good to be true” sales pitches.… Continue reading Scammers & Greedy Gurus (Print on Demand Podcast)

Post Content Tarot card designs can be popular both as fine art prints and also t-shirt designs. In this video, I do a full graphics design tutorial on how you can create a tarot card designs using Kittl! In addition to the designs that you can make, Kittl is known for its world-class print-on-demand templates.… Continue reading KITTL: Tarot Card Design (Full Walkthrough)

Post Content The goal of print on demand is to make sales. You may have heard about “niching down” or “finding good niches” with print on demand in order to find high-demand and/or low-supply niches. But how exactly do you do that? In this video, I cover a niche research tool called EVERBEE. Using EverBee,… Continue reading Print on Demand: How To Niche DOWN (Using Everbee + Etsy)

Post Content Photopea is a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Photopea is completely free! You can use Photopea to create PNG, SVG and JPG files (and many more). You can edit photographs, create illustrations and designs that are perfect for print on demand. Using Photopea, you can make t-shirt designs that you can put on… Continue reading PHOTOPEA: Free Photoshop Alternative Beginner Tutorial

Post Content There’s a free website called Stable Diffusion and it is pretty easy to generate images that you can use for print on demand. In this video I cover 10 easy-to-use art styles that will help radically change the look and feel of your design. I am using “cat” in this video but you… Continue reading Stable Diffusion: 10 Easy Art Styles (Free AI Art Generator)

Post Content Kittl is known for its world-class print-on-demand templates. They have hundreds and hundreds of amazing templates that you can edit and download to help make print-on-demand sales! In this video I cover 5 tips to edit your templates. KITTL is an easy-to-use website that has hundreds of editable templates. These are great for… Continue reading 5 Tips to Edit a Kittl Template

Post Content The Biodiversity Heritage Library is a fantastic resource for print on demand or virtually any commercial project. There are hundreds of thousands of high-quality scans featuring animals, plants, insects and more! Most of these images are in the public domain, so you can use them for print on demand or any personal or… Continue reading 5 Print-on-Demand Ideas Using The Biodiversity Heritage Library

Post Content Kittl is a premier design tool for print on demand. In this video, I cover the basics of Kittl—if you are a beginner, this is the video for you! If you already use Kittl, this is a great refresher to make sure that you are using all of Kittl’s awesome resources. KITTL is… Continue reading Learn KITTL in 7 Minutes (Beginner Tutorial)

Post Content I have had some pretty good success in print on demand; I regularly make sales on sites like Redbubble, Teepublic, Merch by Amazon and Displate. But I have made some mistakes too! In this video, I cover 10 of my biggest print-on-demand mistakes. Learn from me! If you are just starting out in… Continue reading 10 PRINT-ON-DEMAND MISTAKES

Post Content Merch by Amazon is one of the world’s biggest and best print on demand opportunities. However, when you first start out with Merch by Amazon, you are placed in Tier 10 (the lowest possible tier) and you are limited to only 10 different designs. I was stuck in Tier 10 but I broke… Continue reading MERCH BY AMAZON: How To Get To Tier 500

Post Content Kittl has a very cool artificial intelligence feature that allows artists to easily make world-class designs for print on demand. In this video, I cover how to use the Kittl A.I. tool and also offer 5 tips on how you can maximize the Kittl A.I. experience. KITTL is an easy-to-use website that has… Continue reading Kittl AI Tutorial: 5 Tips for Artificial Intelligence

Post Content Displate has announced that they are increasing their commissions for artists! While this is great news, I do get emails sometimes from people claiming that Displate’s print-on-demand commissions are too little. In this video, I show 3 strategies to INCREASE YOUR SALES in order to make even more commissions! Displate is a print… Continue reading Displate Increasing Commissions! Too Little?

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica designs for print on demand—I can create t-shirts, coffee mugs, poster prints and all sorts of print-on-demand merchandise. In this video, I cover 5 different under-appreciated hidden gems that can help take your t-shirt designs to the next level. These are often subtle tweaks to a good design… Continue reading 5 Hidden Gems on Creative Fabrica (Print-on-Demand Tips)

Post Content Kittl has a masks feature that allows artists to easily create shapes that house illustrations, vectors and even photographs. In this video, I cover how the masks feature works in detail—this includes the different types of graphics that you can use and how to edit both the mask and the underlying design. KITTL… Continue reading Kittl: MASKS FEATURE Explained

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica designs for print on demand—I can create t-shirts, coffee mugs, poster prints and all sorts of print-on-demand merchandise. In this video, I cover 4 different file types (SVG, PNG, EPS and DXF files). I also show some examples of why you would want to use that certain file… Continue reading Creative Fabrica File Types Explained (SVG PNG EPS DXF)

Post Content Our friends at Tom Chalky have a new library called THE CENTURY LIBRARY. It features hundreds of great-looking vintage assets like maps, illustrations and graphics! You can use these images for free—in this video I do a high-level overview of what is available and how to get them! Links: https://centurylibrary.com/ #tomchalky #zenwatercooler #printondemand

Post Content If you are selling print-on-demand products on Redbubble, you may be missing an opportunity: jigsaw puzzles! Most people just turn on their jigsaw puzzle design (which is a basic t-shirt design) and it looks horrible, no one will buy it. In this video, I cover THREE TIPS to help you stand out from… Continue reading REDBUBBLE JIGSAW PUZZLES: Deep-Dive Tutorial

Post Content I love using Creative Fabrica designs for print on demand—I can create t-shirts, coffee mugs, poster prints and all sorts of print-on-demand merchandise. In this video, I cover different ways that you can use logo designs. These designs are typically circular or have a shape, some text and they look fantastic on a… Continue reading Creative Fabrica: Using LOGO Designs