Greeting Card Design: Illustrate and Sell Your Collection
Ideas, Thumbnails and Composition
A course by Lauren Radley , Illustrator and Designer
About the video: Ideas, Thumbnails and Composition
Overview
“In this lesson, we are getting our ideas down on paper, sketching thumbnails and developing our design.”
In this video lesson Lauren Radley addresses the topic: Ideas, Thumbnails and Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Greeting Card Design: Illustrate and Sell Your Collection. Discover the process of creating a series of colorful greeting cards and learn how to sell them online.
Partial transcription of the video
“Ideas, Thumbnails and Composition In this lesson, we'll start getting our ideas down onto paper, sketching thumbnails and beginning developing our designs. Let's start by beginning to sketch some thumbnails. I like to have my sketchbooks where I've done some notes and reference drawings in front of me before I start. I like to do this stage in my sketchbook rather than digitally, but do whatever works for you. When I use my sketchbook, I'm a bit freer with my designs and the way I draw. It's important at this stage to stay quite free and loose in your designs. We'll start by thinking about ...”
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Course summary for: Greeting Card Design: Illustrate and Sell Your Collection
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Branding & Identity, Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Lauren Radley
A course by Lauren Radley
Lauren has been drawing ever since she can remember. In awe of her artist mother, she dreamt of being able to draw and paint just like her one day. She was encouraged by her family to draw and create from a young age, and didn’t hesitate to apply to art college when finishing school. Lauren studied illustration and Kingston University, London, but it wasn’t until taking a gap year to travel Asia that she decided to focus on her illustration work and launch her first website. Once back in London, Lauren started picking up editorial work and began building her reputation as an illustrator.
Since her first major commissioned artwork–creating a mural for Coffee Republic–and her impactful work for the ad campaign for Cancer Rearch, Lauren hasn’t looked back. She has worked with clients including The National Trust, Waitrose, and The Telegraph. She has illustrated for many magazines and publications including BBC Good Food, The Evening Standard, and Psycologies magazine. Today, her time is split between client work and working on new products for her online business. In one of her latest projects, Lauren designed a book of stamps for the Royal Mail, which will be in circulation for a minimum of five years.
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