Learn how to turn your creative passion into a profession as an Artist, Illustrator or Graphic Designer
Even if you have no experience as an Artist, a Graphic Designer or Illustrator you can turn your creativity into a new career!
My Name is Monja and my Mission is to help you create, sell and grow your Digital Product Business by providing you the best Trainings and Tools to archive your goals. I help you create evergreen Digital Products (aka graphic sets!) and grow a sustainable, panic-proof Business for years to come!
Maybe you ask yourself: What is a Digital Product Business?
Artists, Graphic Designers and Illustrators who do not want to work as a freelancer and trade hours for money more often than not work as digital product creators. Those people create illustrations for other designers and allow them to create e.g. greeting cards, wall art, wallpapers and more from that. Or they create these graphic sets for their own creations. No matter what your plan is - you need the skills to create these wonderful graphic sets and you need to know where and how to sell them.
All that and more is what the Safari Lounge Designer Classes are about. I show you how to create stand out graphic sets and sell them as digital products on the big sites such as CreativeMarket and DesignCuts with thousands of daily visitors.
Product Images shown here come with friendly permission from JuliaDreamsCo.
Inside the Safari Lounge you also learn how to create your own physical products - from cards to wall art and pillows from the graphic sets you have created inside the class or those you have bought online (such as those from Julia's Dreams). Wherever you feel at home is the route we take for you!
Once you've mastered product creation we will find a place for you where you can sell them. The "where" depends on your goals. You can sell them on your own website, on the big marketplaces or on Etsy - just to name a few. I show you how.
And beside a place where you can sell them you also need a plan to market your products.
All that and more is what the Safari Lounge is all about. And we expand our creative skills each and every month with new classes, resources, marketing and business tips!
The Safari Lounge Designer Classes are for you
The Safari Lounge Designer Classes are not for you
The Safari Lounge Designer Classes
How to turn your creative passion into a profession as an Illustrator or Graphic Designer
Designing a digital product such as a Stickers, Wall Art, a Pattern or whatever you can think of is not just about throwing the right colours together to make your product look good. It's about knowing and studying what your customers want and need for their creative journey and how to support them so that they can express their creativity while using your products.
So inside the Safari Lounge Designer Class I will teach you everything: From positioning yourself as a designer, branding and presenting your products to developing your design skills to create products people love and can use to create their own digital products. But we'll also keep an eye on your brand and your marketing so you can position yourself right from the start and create products your customers love and buy!
Special offer! Enroll now and get a $54 discount!
Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign Up
In the Safari Lounge you'll learn everything you need to know to become an artist, designer or illustrator who successfully creates and sells digital products. We do not just focus on the skills you need to master a graphic program but we also have exercises for you so you can apply what you have just learned. Beside that we set up your business foundation for success. You'll know exactly who you are, what you stand for and what you want to offer. We take care of everything - from branding and packaging your products to
social media marketing.
This course has a lot to offer but you have all time on earth to complete it and I'm with you all the time. You can learn as quickly or als slowly as you want. And in the end you'll be able to design beautiful digital graphic sets you can sell as sets for other designers on the big sites such as CreativeMarket and DesignCuts!
If you prefer to sell Cards, Printable, Patterns, Fabric or Wall Art - that's fine, too! The principles are all the same. And we'll practice that inside out!
Once you've signed up you have immediately access right away to all the classes, material and downloads and of course to me who is always just a click away!
This online course is like your personal graphic design university with a private teacher helping you along the way and all the material you need to finish your studies and become a great digital product designer or illustrator. And you can always come back to re-watch tutorials and download new material to learn more skills.
Video Classes
Each class is jam-packed with great and engaging video lessons which invite you to follow along.
Additional Material
Just like at school you'll get material and exercises whenever necessary. You can download the PDFs to your computer or your tablet to print them and create your own learning guide! You can send me your exercises so we can talk about your results. No worries, we are not grading your exercises, this is just for you to learn and understand.
Designer Resources
Each project has the material you need to get the project done as well as additional resources so you can make your own products from the new knowledge. You'll also find guides, color palettes, brushes and much more to create your own products for sale.
Support
I'm always just an email away. Use the contact form on the website (which is in every corner on the top right) or send an email with your questions or projects to info (at) digidesignresort.com. Usually I answer your email in no more than 24 - 48 hours on business days but please keep in mind that I'm in Germany and I'm in a different time zone or might have a holiday or anything which is different to your country.
Here’s what others are saying about the Classes
This course exists since 2009 and has developed over the years. What I've always had are fans who gave me some great feedback. Here is what the arising designers said:
Ben from Benthaicreations
Designer from France
I can follow each tutorial very easily
I’ve always dreamed about learning skills, great skills from experimented people, and here at the DigiDesign Resort Safari Lounge you get knowledge from designers who share their own practice teaching you how to get the best from your software . You watch the video really clear as a step-by-step easy to follow and understand : I am not an english native speaker and I can follow each tutorial very easily!
What is really great is that you can learn everytime you have free time and go back to the video whenever you want! After you think you are ready, you can practice and do your homework…really cool!
Papierstudio Silke
Designer from Brasil
The perfect Place to
increase your Knowledge!
The Safari Lounge is the perfect place to increase your knowledge about designing. I’m usually a person who loves to learn by myself, but when I watched the videos and the tips around scrapbooking here at DDR, I discover that many times I used the looooong way to get a specific result!
Pam
Designer from South Africa
I'm now a Designer and loving it!
I fell in love with Digital Scrapbooking as soon as I found it on the web. From then on I wanted to be a Designer and make beautiful kits like the ones I saw in Digidesignresort. The problem was, where to begin? How do you make those beautiful papers and elements? What do you have to do to become a designer? I joined the Safari Lounge and found all the answers there. It was brilliant, everything I needed to know was there. From how to find free programmes and setting up your CT team to how to make those beautiful papers and elements and everything in between. I am now a Designer and loving it. Thank you Monja
Dr. Marcel Tella-Amo
Online Course Creator from Austria
The courses are beautifully crafted
The courses that I have done from Monja have all been amazing. Everything seems so beautifully crafted, and it actually gave me a lot of entertainment, as well as relaxation and piece of mind. Because everything is so well guided, the pace feels perfect to follow the course, learn a lot, and enjoy at the same time. Totally Recommended!
Sue from Downunder Scraps
Designer from Australia
If I miss something
I can easily go back
Hi my name is Sue (aka DownUnderScraps), for those who would like to know what I think of the new Safari Lounde Classes for learning designing, here it is… I am so glad I joined because I am learning heaps of new stuff and also enjoying the classes. The videos are also great because they really explain things and if you miss something you can restart or pause them when and as often as you need so you can follow the instructions. I am enjoying learning how to use Gimp as I have only used Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
I am also very appreciative of ALL the help and support I have been receiving from Monja, thank you so much for this new adventure and for all your help :-)
What's inside the Safari Lounge Designer Classes
The Safari Lounge Designer Classes has six different Modules but is a work in progress!
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Module 1: Your Success Foundation
Position yourself as a Graphic Designer and/or Illustrator. We will find out why graphic sets are evergreen products and how you can build a profitable career around those.
We'll also talk about the essential equipment you need to make sure that your business becomes a success.
We will also find a designer name for you and then start by making a plan what else you need. We'll talk about your online home as well as an effective advertising strategy.
Our goal in this module is to get the big picture. At the end of module 1 you'll know what products you will create, how you will create them and what you need to do so. You'll also have your designer name and you'll also get an overview what else you need to do to become successful as a digital designer!
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Module 2: Creating a Graphic Set
Bevor we can dive into product creation you need to be crystal clear about the fact that everything you do starts with a high quality product. Your product defines your style, it positions you, it lets your customers know what you have to offer them.
So yes, your product is essential and you need to know what to include to make it stand out!
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Module 3: Drawing Raster-based Images in Procreate
One of the best and affordable programs you can use for digital product creation is Procreate. It is a drawing app that sits on your iPad (and just there!) and it is really powerful. That's why we will dive deep into Procreate in this module. You do not just learn how to handle the program but also how to color drawings you have created and how to export those. Yes, we can get along with "just" raster-based images. But it's much better to give your customers an option and prepare your image for vectorising!
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Module 4: Your "Go-To" Program to vectorise your Files
In this module we concentrate on what you really need to know about Adobe Illustrator. Illustrator is a beast, it's really complex and it can take forever to really "know" the program. We will concentrate on the most important things you need to learn to vectorise a digital graphic set
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Module 5: Packaging your Product
Presenting your Product in a great way is essential for your success. What does it help if your product image looks good but your customer doesn't know what he can do with it? That's why we really need to put our heart and soul into product presentation and show what your peeps can do with it!
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Module 6: Create an Online Home and find Friends and Fans
To complete your business setup you need an online home as well as an advertising plan. We will talk about your product portfolio as well as about the store you should start with. Because, after all, the most beautiful product is nothing if you have no place where you can sell it. And once you have an online home you need to build up our customer base.
While going through this module we will have some pit stops to dive deep into marketing your products on different platforms!
Bonus
Here are the Add Ons you'll love!
Wait! There is more!
I believe in community over competition so I want to teach and give you whatever I can to make your new adventure a success. So here you go. Many lessons inside the Safari Lounge Designer Classes have exercises which should help to tighten what you've learned. Beside that you can send your creations to me and we can talk about your results - constructive criticism helps to grow.
But you might also want to expand your skills. We'll do so with some additional resources aka classes which show you the creation of the one or other product. Remember there are two ways: You can create your own graphic sets and draw all illustrations yourself but you can also use already created products with commercial use rights to create "something" from them.
We cover both in the additional material!
Passive Income Streams for Artists
With this class you learn about the different passive income streams artists can concentrate on and actually should. Because it's always good not to put all eggs into one basket.
From Procreate to Pattern
Creating seamless patterns is also a really valuable skill. Because with seamless patterns alone you can definitely make your money! In this class you'll learn one option: Creating seamless patterns in Procreate.
Create a Mobile Phone Wallpaper in Procreate
Yes, you can also create a business just by creating mobile phone wallpaper and sell those on Etsy. You can draw them yourself as we do in this class but you can also put them together from ready-made graphic sets. That's up to you!
Print on Demand for Artists: Turn your Designs into real Products and sell them without the Hassle!
You've created a seamless pattern or a graphic set and then put something nice together. But now what? Well, now it's time to use what you've created and put it onto physical products but, please, hands off! And yes, that's possible as well if you have a partner who creates your product and ships it to your customer. I know it sounds too good to be true but yes, these things exist and you only do one thing: designing!
Create an Abstract Art Set in Procreate
If you want to concentrate on abstract art this class is for you. I walk you through the creation of an abstract art set in Procreate.
Create Abstract Wallart in Procreate and Photoshop
If you prefer to "use" commercial graphic sets and make something from them this is your class. In this business model we draw our own abstract art set (which you can skip if you have a set you can use) and put a wall art together in Photoshop. I show you how, step by step until your product
is ready for sale.
Create Illustrations in Affinity Designer
You wanna dive into vector creation? Great! I put together a huge class for you to learn every little piece of Affinity Designer on your computer. It's also a complex program that's why I dedicate an entire class to it - with lots and lots of workshops included.
Vector Girl (and Guy!) on the Go!
Get familiar with Vector Art on your iPad
You prefer working on your iPad rather than on your computer? Great! That's what this class is about. I show you everything you need to know about Affinity Designer on your iPad and yes, we also dive into several projects so you can use this program as well for building your digital product business.
About Your Safari Lounge Teacher, Monja
If we have just meet: Hi! My name is Monja and I'm the owner of Digidesignresort since 2008. When I first started I just wanted to be the "Admin of a big Website" - just like the guys from Two Peas in a Bucket those days.
I love Photography, it was my main subject at University, and that's why I guess that's why I stumbled over scrapbooking and was hooked! Until today I still love to tell my story with pictures but also with a pencil - or on my computer.
Personally, I'm a huge fan of hybrid scrapbooking because it allows me to print out the scrapbook papers and embellishments I create when I need them - this is eco-friendly and I don't need to store so much material (just on my computer ;-) )
I finally became the owner of a big Scrapbooking Site, Digidesignresort, and there were times when we had 40+ Designers on the site, a huge creative team, their manager, a great and active forum and many lovely people and friends. There we sold digital Scrapbooking Kits.
So over the years I have learned a lot about which Scrapbooking Kits (or graphic sets in general, because that's what they, too, actually are!) sell and which not. I know what quality designs are and what not. Since 2009 I support new and promising designers to create their own digital products (not "only" digital scrapbooking sets) to sell them. And I know how to set up an online business and all this and more is what you can learn in the Safari Lounge.
We will just no longer concentrate only on digital scrapbooking kits, because, let's face it - the market is kinda limiting. It's is just one of many digital products you can create and sell as a graphic designer or illustrator.
That's why I expanded the Safari Lounge Designer Classes. At the end of the class you know what a good design is, you know the tools you need to create a product and you'll have your own portfolio as well as your first fans and hopefully sales.
You'll see - we have a lot to do in the Safari Lounge Designer Classes. So let's get started!
Safari lounge designer classes
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27
Safari lounge designer classes
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YEARLY PAYMENT
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250
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Absolutely, hassle free refund!
If you feel that the Safari Lounge does not fit your needs or cannot help you properly it's all on me. I want you to be happy so I'll refund, no questions asked. Sometimes things might not fit and that's ok! So when you feel that the Safari Lounge cannot help you to become a great digital graphic designer it's just fair that I refund your money and I will - this should not stop you from going after your dreams!
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Safari lounge designer classes
Get access to all Material, Coaching and Classes!
MONTHLY PAYMENT
$
27
Safari lounge designer classes
Get access to all Material, Coaching and Classes!
YEARLY PAYMENT
$
250
Click here to claim your $54 Discount!
regular course
One sentence summary of what they get
$
99
/month
Advanced course
One sentence summary of what they get
$
127
/month
From my Desk to yours
This course is a work of love. Being an artist, graphic designer and teacher my entire life (at least that's how it feels!) and being the owner of Digidesignresort since 2008 I could collect the one or other experience selling digital products or more precise digital graphic sets online. And in this course I put all I know, every little detail and there is more I add because being a full-time graphic designer myself I learn more things about selling digital products every day. And I'll share them with you, I promise. So you'll always be up to date.
With lots of Love,
Monja