Hi Elizabeth! Lovely video. I'm a seasoned textile and fashion designer who's been selling my artwork on Adobe stock and Shutterstock since the past 6 months - just as a means of passive income. I personally felt with these websites there's very less ROI, especially Shutterstock. After putting in hours of hardwork, earning 10/20 cents on an artwork is downright humiliating! I've scrolled through multiple videos of yours on art licensing, however would you know of any specific art licensing companies that pay for seamless patterns for apparel? Would love to see a video on specific companies that need apparel patterns, would help us tons! Thanks for your videos and the explanations. It's loads of help XXX
Yea, Stock photo companies tend to not make the artist much money at all, you'd have to sell a LOT. Apparel prints tend to be purchased outright. There may be a handful of companies who license but most larger companies purchase their art, often from design studios.
This is part of the stumbling block for me pitching because it scares me not knowing what price to start with. I know sometimes you can’t know things up front no matter what but it definitely gives pause.
I hear you, but don't let it stop you from pitching, because the sooner you get started the sooner you can get that practice in for finding clients and then start to learn what pricing works for you. Experience is ALWAYS the best teacher.
Hi Elizabeth. This is a very important topic, thanks for talking about it. ¿When you say a price it means for one pattern or for a collection? I also want to ask you a question that is not related to the topic. ¿If I live outside of the United States, what sites do you recommend to sell my patterns? Thank you very much
Usually I mean for one pattern, though sometimes studios sell mini collections with a very simple coordinate for similar prices. I'm not sure on the best spot to sell patterns outside of the US.
Thanks for sharing.i just came across your site and I am super excited. please, is textile designer same with patterns designer. I create fabric designs on my own. Please, how do I start printing my textile design. Also, I'm self taught.and I have so many designs but they are in hard copies. So, how do I put them in soft copies. Also, I don't know how to start.. i haven't gone to textile school. please advice me
Hi Chidinma, Thanks for checking in. Yes, essentially a pattern designer and textile designer are the same. I have this video on the subject and the various names and terms you may here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DChWjxVhb-I.html Check out that video and then I have a bunch of resources for beginners here: www.elizabethsilver.com/beginner Hope that helps!
The prices of everything has increased astronomically. Everything I buy and every service I pay for is way higher than it ever was. And the price rises happened almost overnight it seems..
