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Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Society6 Artist Promo: Free Shipping in my shop!

Hi guys, I only have three designs in my society6 shop so far, but they are nice ones... so I thought I would share some free shipping goodness with you!

http://society6.com/tanyalegere?promo=J7FF64KPBBRZ Click that link if you would like to get free shipping on any of the items in my shop. If there is a design that you would like free shipping on, but isn't in my shop, feel free to contact me and I will upload it for you! :)

Here are some examples of what you can find in my shop.

My first Design: Gorgeous pastel geometric pattern with a watercolour effect full design tote bag! Also available in phone cases, lovely throw pillows, clocks & more. Tote: $22

My 2nd society6 design: Earthy Daffodil Floral Throw Pillow! Available as shower curtains too! Pillow: $20

My third society6 design, available in prints, pillows, tote bags, iPhone cases, mugs and more! This is my most popular design. :) Print: $15.60

Saturday, 31 January 2015

This Month on Zazzle and Redbubble

Today marks the end of my 2nd month on zazzle and my first month on redbubble! This month was up and down for me, for many reasons. For the most part I was really productive, I added many new designs, explored different things, did tons of research, branched out to different social media platforms and even updated my zazzle store front! But at times I felt really discouraged, despite the awesome feedback I received from friends and fellow zazzlers on my shop and items, because my shops didn't see much action this month. I added most of the designs from zazzle to redbubble, but I don't advertise my redbubble shop as much as my zazzle shop. Here are some of my noteworthy things from each store.

My Redbubble Shop

I've now been on redbubble for 1 month. Earlier in the month I noted that I get way more views on my redbubble items that I do on my zazzle store. That trend continues, even with minimal advertising off site. What I have continued to do is add my designs to groups. I add each design to maybe 1 or two zazzle groups that they appropriately fit.

Page views: 2738 Total views across 14 designs
Most viewed design: 365 views on my Red Fox and Hearts pattern
Despite the high amount of views, I have had no sales in my first month at redbubble.

A pillow from my most viewed design. I do like how redbubble groups page views by design,
but it would also be nice to see which item specifically is popular.

My Zazzle Shop

My Zazzle store has been open for 2 months now. I was very productive on zazzle, I have now designed 1,465 items, and just in time for February I have designed a brand new organized shop front! As you know I made my first sale in December, and I was really excited about that. I expected atleast one sale in January, and I started to feel a bit down when it seemed like that wouldn't happen. Just as January came to an end however, I sold my first iPad case, which means I have sold something for each month I have been on zazzle! :) That definitely boosted my spirits, as I know all the promoting I am doing isn't for nothing. Hopefully I will see this trend grow. Here are some noteworthy things from my shop this month!

Pageviews: 518 in January
Most Viewed Item: I Survived Valentines Day Pillow with 36 views

I survived Valentines Day Pillow by TanyaDraws

My shops most liked item on zazzle (3 likes):

Pink Chrysanthemum and Chevron Coffee Mug by TanyaDraws

Sold In January: Illustrated Flowers & Laurel Leaves iPad air Cover

Illustrated Flowers & Laurel Leaves iPad Air Covers by TanyaDraws

My Personal Favourite from this month: Glitter Tropical Pineapple Pillow

Glitter Tropical Pineapple with Stripes and Dots Throw Pillows by TanyaDraws

Another noteworthy thing I would like to mention is that 7 people "like" my shop! :) I also learned a lot this month about creating items, designing patterns in illustrator, and new vector tricks as I continue to explore different styles of digital art.
Also, completely unrelated, but I really really like the Apple Custard Tea from David's tea. I am drinking it right now and it is soo good! I just had to share this. :P
So there you have it, the highlights from my January in one blog post! It will be interesting to see what February brings.

So what was noteworthy in your first month of 2015? :)

If you find this post useful and would like me to track something in my February 2015 summary, let me know!

Sunday, 18 January 2015

The Blues & Polyvore Collages

Today is one of those days where I'm just feeling blue, and I'm not really up for doing anything creative. So I opted for some social media time while starting to watch Elementary... which I quite like! It looks like a promising show, and will definitely entertain me on my social media marketing days. I recently joined Polyvore, and just joined Wanelo yesterday. I am still getting the hang of both but I am finding them very nice. I really like the ability to make collages in Polyvore, but I find it easier to find and post items in wanelo, so I am using them both in conjunction. I post my products to both polyvore and wanelo, and then clip products I like from wanelo into polyvore to make my collages. I think these websites are a great way to get your products out there, in addition to pinterest.

I was reading up on wanelo in particular, one tip I read was that you should always look at what is "trending" and post items that are similar to the ones trending, using similar hashtags. As usual, using hashtags never hurts (might be really noob advice to those of you who already use wanelo... but to me its so new!).

So I didn't make any new products today, but later on in the week I will add my cute cat faces design to more products, and maybe even design something new.... who knows. But for now, here is a Polyvore collage I created, the theme being... you guessed it, the blues. They are cheery blues at least, featuring my hydrangea accessories to go with a cute blue dress. I am actually surprised that I put together something classy and fancy in a sad mood like this, considering in real life I go straight for the sweatpants and oversized sweater.

The blues by tanyaleannel featuring a clear nail polish

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Blue Hydrangea Pattern

Earlier today I posted some of my customizable cases, and some of them featured my blue hydrangea pattern. Since I am creating patterns like crazy lately, I am going to tell you about this design before it is left in the dust!

As you may know, I have been on a flower creation spree. I find that creating flowers digitally in illustrator is really helping me learn the program better, so much that illustrator has replaced photoshop as my digital art tool. I plan on designing products for each birth month's flower. I started with Carnations, January's birth flower, and in February I will design violets.

For this hydrangea pattern in particular, i went a little different than what they usually look like. I maintained the lovely gradient of colour that these flowers usually have, but I changed the display of them from the bunch, to just single separate flowers for design purposes. It makes them less recognizable as hydrangeas, but works better as a designed pattern. I also have the option of turning these into bunches of hydrangeas in the future, which I will do. :)

If anyone else wants to feel the satisfaction of creating beautiful flowers in adobe illustrator, here is a tutorial that demonstrates steps to creating beautiful flowers.

Click the flower to get to the tutorial! Tutsplus has many wonderful free tutorials that are amazing to use for learning digital art. Some of the tutorials on this website were even used by my college professors!

Back to my pattern, here it is! These tiny hydrangeas are coloured in light violet and blues. Its a very sophisticated and feminine pattern, and looks great on most of the zazzle products.