From Illustration to E-commerce: Turn Your Art into a Business
Influences
A course by Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas) , Designer and Illustrator
Joined January 2021
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this class, I will show you some of my influences for my shop and my work as an illustrator. I learned and I'm learning a lot on the internet with the experience of other people.”
In this video lesson Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas) addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: From Illustration to E-commerce: Turn Your Art into a Business. Learn how to turn illustrations into personalized products and create an online store to launch your own collection.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences Hi. In this lesson, I’ll show you some of my main inspirations for my online store and illustrations. My influences change according to my taste and experiences. I’ll mention some of my favorites at the moment, starting with Leigh Ellexson. Leigh is one of my major influences of artists that have authorial work and an audience that financially supports her. She also makes me go towards more sustainable packaging, since this is a market that creates lots of waste. That's a concern in my store. She has a cool video about sustainable packaging that I applied to my context. I’ll leav...”
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Course summary for: From Illustration to E-commerce: Turn Your Art into a Business
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Category
Design, Marketing & Business -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Digital Illustration, Digital Marketing, Graphic Design, Product Design, Traditional illustration

Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas)
A course by Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas)
Paola Yuu Tabata is a Brazilian illustrator from São Paulo. In 2020, she graduated in design from the University of São Paulo, where she organized art fairs such as Feira Grave, Expofeira das Minas, and Tattoo no Museu and came into contact with the illustration and independent publishing scenes.
She worked as a graphic designer for the communications industry during her degree and spent three years as a tattoo artist. She is currently focusing on her signature illustration projects and known online as Papoulas Douradas. Her work's defining characteristics are vibrant colors and playful themes.
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