Ever wonder how to create art that is both on trend and true to your personal style?

In this companion to her course How to Get Your Art on Products Sold in Retail Stores, Gina shares experiences from her career and teaches valuable lessons for artists interested in the work of licensing and manufacturing.

In this class you will learn:

  • The basics of trend casting.

  • Some business mistakes and how to avoid them.

  • The role education plays in an artist’s development and the importance of continual learning.

  • Lessons to learn about licensing from successful artists.

  • How to create a vision board and the principle of being mindful.

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    Art Licensing: Trend Forecasting, Personal Style & Vision Boards

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About the Instructor

Illustrator/ Graphic Designer Gina Jane

Gina is an amazing illustrator and graphic designer. She has been designing art for products for over 30 years. Some of her clients include: Target, Michaels, Walmart, Dollar Tree, Jo-Ann Stores Inc, Lowes, and Amazon, to name just a few. Her art is heartwarming and she has a depth of experience in both creating art and in working with a variety of clients.

Who should take this course:

This is a companion course to How to Get Your Art on Products Sold in Retail Stores.

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction and Trend Casting

    1. Learning from Mistakes

    2. How to Avoid Mistakes

    1. School and Personal Style

    1. Artist Examples

    1. Vision Board

    1. Class Notes

    2. Trend casting video links

    3. How to Create Trend Boards with examples

    4. Products For The Emotional Buyer

    5. Change Request Example

    6. Vision Board Examples

About this course

  • 12 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content
  • 6 Videos
  • 4 Downloads

Reviews

5 star rating

Great tips on licensing!

Sonia UTTING

Great course, I loved it! I watched Gina's 1st course a while ago, and wanted to get this one as soon as I heard about it. I struggle a lot with chosing a tr...

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Great course, I loved it! I watched Gina's 1st course a while ago, and wanted to get this one as soon as I heard about it. I struggle a lot with chosing a traditional vs digital path for my art, and I found a lot of the content inspiring and informative. Thank you!

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5 star rating

Just amazing.

Whitney Simms

Such an amazing to do list! I can’t wait to do the homework and the trendcasting boards. I rip stuff out of magazines right now! Especially for color schemes...

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Such an amazing to do list! I can’t wait to do the homework and the trendcasting boards. I rip stuff out of magazines right now! Especially for color schemes. Tons of information again. Loved the assignment to shop and shop with a friend. To pay attention to why something is catching your eye. Thanks for being honest with your mistakes and what to watch out for. And really, to encourage learning. I feel comfortable with who i am as an artist, but i can certainly learn so much more. Especially painting digitally. I DONT WANT TO! But i know it’s time. I don’t need to do it in another style or redefine myself as an artist, but there are so many ways understanding how to manipulate my work digitally will help in the long run. Seriously Gina, ten more classes from you would be awesome! If you do an interactive class i would be the first to sign up. Hopefully i can get the homework done soon. But being super excited about it may indicate this is the path i want to be on! Thanks again!

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Vision Boards

Lynnette Galloway

I would like to see more examples or even a how to on the vision boards. It would also be nice to have more on the emotional aspect art can have on a vision ...

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I would like to see more examples or even a how to on the vision boards. It would also be nice to have more on the emotional aspect art can have on a vision board.

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