Making Money with Licensing: Turn Art into Passive Income w/Carina Gardner
Have you ever considered licensing your artwork to brands? Perhaps you want to get started by licensing art online via platforms like Cricut Design Space and Silhouette Studio. We have information you need in this episode from craft expert Carina Gardner. Get advice from Carina on where to start and what NOT to do when starting the art licensing journey! You too can make passive income with your digital art - you just need to know how to begin!
Carina is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design, which offers certificates and Masters degrees in the creative fields. Carina is also the CEO of Design Suite, a surface pattern and crafting design program that teaches designers how to create a business as they learn to design.
Her popular Make and Design Podcast teaches aspiring designers how to make the transition from crafter and hobbyist to profitable designer and her exclusive inside scoop Design Your Life Podcast can be found at https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designevents .
Carina Gardner has a Ph.D. in Design from the University of Minnesota and taught there for 5 years before starting her design business and university. The Carina Gardner brand has been on dishware, jewelry, prints, clocks, sewing patterns, and holiday products. Carina also is a well known fabric designer for Riley Blake Designs and die cut designer for Silhouette. Carina was the Creative Director of Carta Bella Scrapbook papers. Her kids brand Mini Lou has sold products for Nordstrom, Peek Clothing, and 500 independent retailers and museums in the US.
Learn more about Carina at www.carinagardner.com
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