Artists can sell their designs on websites like RedBubble that print onto t-shirts, mugs, greeting cards, and send the work out for you then send you, the artist, money.
Some companies sell your cards, print them and ship them to people anywhere in the world.
"Happy B-Day Toast" designed by Sebrina Assaf
Greeting Card & text all hand drawn by Rachel G.
"Happy Purrthday! by Tida Phenglavanh
"Happy Birthday - Wishing you the best" by Larsa Eishow
Create a Greeting Card
Create a front and inside to your card (two art boards).
Illustrator Image Effects Basics | Adobe Illustrator tutorials 1. Add a “Creative Brush Stroke” like in the video above. 2. Add an “Artistic Effect” like in the video above. 3. Add your own hand drawn lettering or font to your Greeting Card. You may wish to add other fonts too. If you add Fonts remember to File - Package them and send the font to me in Schoology with your jpeg and ai files..
*If you install other fonts of brushes remember to File - Package in order to save and send the folder to me. If you add a photo or image remember to Embed the image.
Hand in your finished artwork: Two exported artboards as jpegs, and one .ai file. * Label and duplicate your Drawn Items, Creative Brush Stroke, and Artistic Effect off the 2 art boards so I can clearly see them in your ai file border.
I need your fonts, brushes and images to view your work.
How to Export - Share - Package Files
Don't lose your Fonts! Don't lose your Photographs! Don't lose your brushes! Don't lose your mind or get a bad grade!
It is easy: Go to File - Package - make sure brushes, fonts, images are packaged. Then copy the files from the "packaged" folder and send them to me through Schoology.
Your Ai file should have both artboards together in the same file. Copy and add the items you have drawn and your Creative Brush Stroke and Artistic Effect at the bottom below the art boards. "Whoever make Efforts Make Accomplishments" by Idris Kabir
"Happy Halloween" by Kylee Castillo
"Happy Thanksgiving" by Kylee Castillo
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Online Greeting Cards / E-Cards Industry Just over 1,000 businesses are involved in the creation of online greeting cards, with most businesses having a single employee associated with the company. - IBIS World
Americans spend over 1 billion dollars on online greeting cards each year. - Industry Research Reports
"Smashing" by Mallory Nardrows
"Ameowzing" by Fiona B.
Greeting Card Industry
#1. In the United States, Americans purchase an average of 6.5 billion greeting cards every year. The annual retail sales of these purchases fall between $7 billion and $8 billion at the retail level. (Greeting Card Association)
#2. Birthday cards are the most popular greeting cards that are purchased each year in the United States. This is followed by other occasion-based cards, such as thank you cards, wedding cards, or sympathy cards. (Greeting Card Association)
#3. More than 1.6 billion cards that are purchased each year are Christmas cards, making it the most popular seasonal greeting card. About 145 million Valentine’s day cards are purchased each year – though that figure excludes classroom tear-apart valentines. Mother’s Day comes in third, with 133 million cards sold. (Greeting Card Association)
#4. Cheeky and rude greeting cards - One trend that is driving demand for greetings cards, particularly among millennials and younger consumers, is the increasing availability of products that contain more relatable and often cheeky messages. Companies like Redbubble and Funky Pigeon offer independent artists opportunities to sell cards that are a little different, for example, offer cards adorned with text like, “You should probably start lying about your age now – happy birthday,” and, “In dog years you’re basically dead.” These cards cater to the need for a more comedic, informal way of communicating with friends. Many smaller businesses are responsible for creating these types of cards, and industry experts expect that sales will continue to grow.
"Merry Christmas" by Matt Kiehler
"Santa is Watching" by Evan Phenglavanh
"Best-Tea" by Zaid Kabir
"Happy Channel Surfing" by Jessica Farnswort
"Greetings - Have an out of this world Birthday" by Tyler VanDenBrouck
"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022" by Camilla Bartolone
Embed your photos or added images so they are saved in your ai file.
"Happy Hall-O-Weenie" from Mr. Palombo's Dogs Oscar & Eloise