From Illustration to E-commerce: Turn Your Art into a Business
How to monetize your art through sales? Defining products
A course by Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas) , Designer and Illustrator
Joined January 2021
About the video: How to monetize your art through sales? Defining products
Overview
“In this class, we'll look at how to monetize your art through illustrated product sales. For that, I'm going to use a personal project, the Tarot Coletivo Papoulas Douradas, to exemplify the steps. Who do you want to reach? With what? Like? Why? ”
In this video lesson Paola Yuu (Papoulas Douradas) addresses the topic: How to monetize your art through sales? Defining products, 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
“How to Monetize Your Art through Sales We’ll now look at how to monetize your art through illustrated products. To do that, I’ll talk about a personal project of mine: Tarot Coletivo Papoulas Douradas. Tarot Coletivo Papoulas Douradas was a project that I didn't intend on selling. I decided to get to know more about the universe of tarot based on the Raider-Waite deck. Thinking with a business-oriented mind, I found a way to make money with the project. I created each card of the deck by commission, showing my customers and their pets. I decided to do that because I know my audience. I know...”
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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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