Break Into Greeting Card Design & License Your Art: Live with Gia Graham
Join Top Teacher and creative entrepreneur Gia Graham to learn how to create work to grow your licensing business.
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Online
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About this event
- 1 hour
Join us live with Skillshare Top Teacher Gia Graham in this interactive create-a-long, discussion and Q&A on getting your artwork licensed.
Gia Graham is an accomplished illustrator and lettering artist that has done it all, from corporate design and branding to art direction, photo styling and stationery design. As a creative entrepreneur, she has had her work licensed by brands big and small, and over the years she’s learned what it takes to build a strong client network to get paid for your creative work.
In this Live Session, Gia will share her journey from launching her own stationery line to licensing her artwork to other brands. Along the way, you’ll gather key insights for growing your own creative practice. Then, Gia will guide you through designing a greeting card while offering tips on how to approach artwork for licensing.
You Will Learn:
- Insights for growing your creative business and getting your work licensed.
- The design process and timeline for licensing creative work.
- How to create work that is designed for common licensing opportunities.
- Gia’s creative process for making greeting cards.
You will walk away from the session with a roadmap for getting your work licensed and your own mocked up greeting card.
What to Bring:
- Paper and your preferred drawing medium (paper, pens, markers).
- If you would like to work digitally, bring your iPad with the Procreate app installed.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions live in the session.
Skillshare members have access to a 25% discount code for this Skillshare Live Session. If you are a Skillshare member, email live@skillshare.com for your code. You must email us with the same email your Skillshare membership is attached to.
This Skillshare Live Session will be recorded. The recording will be shared with all ticket purchasers 24-48 hours after the session.
About Gia Graham:
Gia is a hand lettering artist and illustrator, born in Barbados and based in Atlanta. Her experience ranges from corporate design and branding to art direction, photo styling and stationery design. She has worked for agencies large and small, she has been an entrepreneur, and she has been a freelancer. Her work has evolved over the years to uniquely merge the different cultural aesthetics she has experienced in her life, resulting in modern design enlivened with lush florals, foliage and a keen eye for color. Her current focus is working with product-based companies to bring their products and projects to life with lettering and illustration.
Your Host:
Danny Halper is a creative producer at Skillshare. He launched Skillshare’s Teach Lab program to help jumpstart online teaching careers for rising creatives. On the side, he is a songwriter and producer under the name Dani Sundream. He is also the founder of Musicollage, an organization that puts together interactive music and singing events in New York City and beyond.
What is a Skillshare Live Session? Join a Skillshare Live Session to create alongside Skillshare’s most inspiring teachers in an interactive, hands-on environment. When you join a Skillshare Live Session, you deepen your creative practice, strengthen your skills, and step fully into your creative potential with the support of the Skillshare community. Skillshare Live Sessions give you the opportunity to engage with your favorite teachers and ask questions along the way. You’ll leave every Skillshare Live Session feeling accomplished, having created something new with the guidance of the best creative teachers out there.