happy for you. As much as I dislike tiktok Out of all the platforms I believe that tiktok probably has the best algorithm so people who found you were probably (I assume) actually looking for someone like you and were charmed by the product.
thank you for this video! this is really helpful for me because I am almost ready to open my own shop and it’s really nice to hear this advice from a newer seller. I really loved when you were talking about the story you created with the star, it actually made me tear up a bit, I loved not only the story but also how much passion you have for creating them and the characters too. The idea you have of making these characters in your polymer clay and sticker designs brought me so much joy too! I think that would be so cool and would look awesome on your website and instagram. I only use youtube and instagram, I never used tiktok because I liked how instagram was when it would only show me the peaceful intentional stuff that I followed before it was sold to market so many ads. I love your polymer clay keychain designs and I think those would look so cute as earrings too! 💕
Thanks for that video. I'm a game artist, but I've been considering opening a store (I'm so tired of the industry), I miss working on personal stuff, and also I love handmade stuff, so seeing realistic videos like yours helps to set my expectations. Keep going, girl
I was the same (Game Artist) but came back to traditional Art, as i started out in it. It's so comforting, to create stuff that i can connect to on a personal level.
watching this is inspiring and making me wanna focus on my ocs more, specifically about my bug characters, and to create a website on that world and story. i wanna see how much this world and story grows with your characters! :3
Cricut is a hobby machine, I have come across several people who have become increasingly frustrated with theirs once they even attempted to lightly use it at a professional level for their small businesses. I'd look into professional level desktop machines just for research purposes like the Brother Scan and Cut, but stickers are definitely one of the cheapest/easiest outsourcing items. Yass, make earrings and other jewelry! 💜
Found your video in my feed and gave you a follow here and on tiktok. I love seeing other small artist's journeys, I also started an artshop last dec and it has been such a roller coaster haha I'm glad the algorithm has been working in your favor, I'm still trying to figure that part out lolol your art is gorgeous and I can't wait to see more of your videos in my feed ^_^
Really interesting and SO refreshing where you're stating real numbers! The amount of videos on my feed where they're saying they earnt 80k in the first month
Honestly I like the idea of making a story around a mascot character then making merchandise based on it. It makes every launch feel like a special collection, keep it up ❤🎉
I’m in the stage where I’m meticously applying a billion layers of glaze, building my polymer clay inventory. Thank you so much for sharing your first month, you make it seem SO much more approachable. Your new glasses look very good on your face!
@@Domiokii ahh thank you so much! My videos and environment not being aesthetic enough was one of the things holding me back from making videos so I’m really happy to hear that 🥹💜
im really charmed by the style of moss - the words that come to mind are lilac digital, it must remind me of something - and the thoughtful story of the starry sweet dreams 🌟🪻☂️ best of luck going forward with your unique and refined style!
These are so pretty. What the hell!! I stumbled upon your videos cuz I'm also starting a small business and was looking to be inspired but I stayed because 1) I love that you're a fellow British girlie and 2) your stuff is so beautiful!! I wish you all the success and I'm definitely buying from your shop xx
Hi! Thank you sm for the lovely comment I appreciate you a lot 🥺 I feel like there's not many people in this space like us so I'm really happy that you found me! I'm wishing you the very best too 💜
I’ve had thoughts of putting my original art out there, I just often get nervous at the thought of someone stealing those designs, thats why I’ve kind of leaned more toward character art from shows that I love😭 do you ever worry about that too?
Hi! Honestly my art has been, stolen, redrawn, posted with no credit and everything in between quite literally hundreds of times just from what I’ve seen my art is all over Pinterest without my permission, I think it was worst because I did fanart no one cared about my original art much 😅 i still hate seeing my fanart stolen and I used to worry about it all the time but at a point it was happening so often and nothing I did was able to stop it permanently so I gave up and accepted that it’s something I can’t always control :( I just try my best to watermark my art well and upload it at a medium quality so people feel less incentive to steal it. I haven’t experienced that with Eggys Planet yet thankfully but stolen art seems to be a price you have to pay when you start getting popular 😖 I’m sorry if this is too realistic haha but I really want to be honest about stuff like this, that being said you shouldn’t let it stop you from drawing what you want! Good luck! 😖💜
@@EggysPlanet I can’t believe I never saw this comment til right now😭😭 thank you sm for responding! I’ve literally had a concept stolen from me on my old art page and I just get sooo nervous about posting my true art. I definitely agree it’s just a price you have to pay, but I feel it’s worth it in the end because people will know and love you for your style regardless of how many people steal it😭 it’s not too real at all, I accept the reality of things quickly I was just like “this is so original, I wonder does she think about this”😂😂 I love your art so much, I can’t wait to shop💜
@@tulipcatss ahh thank you! Some mini comic stories will be sweet and meaningful and some others I’ve planned are just.. very silly and childish honestly but they’re so fun to make 😭💜
Thank you so much! It’s still early days for Eggys Planet and I’m playing the long game~ I’m just happy there’s interest in my silly little characters at this point 🤧💜
@EggysPlanet You're welcome 💞 They are well drawn, beautifully coloured and expressive! 100%, that's the best mindset to have! Keep faithful to your art and it will produce results for you!
Girl, congratulations for shop launch. You’re doing great I would say. Don’t be discouraged. It’s a couple of years I am on tiktok and had no chance of growing on that platform. 😂😅 Keep up ❤the good
Hi, make them as earrings! If you’re disappointed that some products don’t get bought you can always try to use those same designs in different products!
@@wonderheythere hehe I’m definitely considering it! Oh that’s a good idea thank you~ as of right now I think I’ve sold at least one of everything so I realise sometimes it’s a matter of just waiting for the right people to find it 🤧💜
Best of luck to you! I always appreciate these down to earth type videos. I've been thinking of opening an Etsy at some point in the future and I'm so curious to see how things would go with 0 social media promotion, word of mouth only, and like whatever their algorithm decides lol. So I appreciate the frame of reference you've provided here with regards to your Shopify store!
Your art is so cute. I’m happy you were able to get some orders :) . I’m also working on launching a shop in the next couple months. Watching your video really help me stay motivated 😊
Thank you sm 🥺 you've got this, the most important thing in my opinion is to not be too hard on yourself and your progress~ Wishing you the best for your upcoming small biz launch 💜
Hey, just wanted to wish you all the best in your new venture. I'm sort of in the position you were in before starting your shop. I've made a lot of items but not sure which move to make next. Where to sell, shipping costs, selling nationally or internationally, what to price my items at and so on. I have to say that you must be doing something right for the algorithm because your video was in my top row of videos to watch today. I hope you have much success in your future.
Okayyyy I'm glad I came across your channel. I love your art, your video was very eye opening for me and I relate so much. Like first your right my cricut maker be playing serious games with me. I spent hours yesterday testing paper for my stickers. I'll have a video posted soon about that experience. Lol I love the concept of eggys planet and I'm also surrounding my art around a world I built for my characters. So it's refreshing to see someone else doing something similar. I look forward to seeing more. ❤ sorry for any typos 😅
i'm happy you found me too! It's not easy getting people interested in original characters it'll take some time but it'll be worth it in the end when you've made something entirely your own that feels bigger than just you :) I'm rooting for us! Thanks so much for watching 💜
I'm here for the lasik part lool so basically when you're young you have myopia which means you don't see far so that's what lasik corrects but when you get older you start to loose your near sight which will happen with or without lasik because it's part of aging so it won't prevent it. I had lasik myself and assisted many surgeries.
So happy for you! It’s my dream to do my shop full time. But each day it feels further and further away. Maybe I’m not motivated enough. I do a video and it doesn’t do well and then I get unmotivated
I got Lasik in 2020 and it was the best thing I ever did for myself btw! I had horrible eyesight and now I see perfectly. It won't stop you from needing reading glasses when you're middle-aged, but everyone eventually needs reading glasses. Which is why the doctors you see doing Lasik are wearing glasses haha
ahh I needed to hear this haha😅 I hate wearing glasses and contacts but I think I heard a few horror stories about lasik, I already have severely dry eyes and I worry about messing around with my eyeballs even more but most people who get lasik seem to be very happy with the results! 😖
There are books for naturally improving your vision with exercises and there are glasses designed to retrain your eyes to see as well, they usually look like black plastic with holes in them. Ive read in youtube comments under dr bergs videos there are people who have used castor oil as eye drops to improve their eye moisture but id research that properly before you try it
I love your transparency. I see you sell on Shopify. I would love if you can do a video on setting up your Shopify account. I'm considering doing the same thing. I sell on Printify and have my designs on shirts but would love to sell my cartoon art since I only do that at in person events. I'm also a children's book author/illustrator and I've seen other author/illustrators turn to Shopify as well. Trying to see how to make the transition as I know I can merge my printify with it. Thanks I love your content.
gentle request to audio balance for someone with an audio processing difficulty ^^' the music post 17:40 makes it hard to hear you clearly. (thankfully CC did capture you well enough though.)
ahhh I actually noticed it too before I posted but I already spent like 2 hours rendering and uploading so I convinced myself people might not even get to that point to hear that, I'm sorry! 😭Thank you sm for watching to the end, I still haven't found if theres a button in my video editing software that'll help me easily balance audio but I'll try my best to look for it next time 💜
This is a great result for your first month considering you don't have a fanbase already. It is really difficult in the begging to get any attention at all!
Dude my Cricut was the sole reason I started outsourcing my stickers becase WTF. I wasted SO much time and money on trying to get it to work NOPE no way it is now gathering dust in my garage
Cricuts tend to be assholes. My Explore Air 2 literally will not actually cut stickers evenly they're always somewhat lopsided. No matter how many times I calibrate it and it's perfectly calibrated I go to do die cut or kiss cut stickers and the border is always chunkier on one side than the other.
There must be more to it than luck and posting consistently try collaborations or reaching out to brands or sending your products to publications/influencers
hi, thanks for the suggestions! Personally I think reaching out to brands, collabs etc is secondary, at the moment my priority is working on my characters/illustrations and building collections around them, hopefully people will find me organically while I establish my world which I think is much more fruitful for long term growth right now~ this is just the first month I have years ahead of me (hopefully!) 🤧
I’m excited to see your journey 😌 I just started mine as well and haven’t officially launched yet but at least I’m setting my site up lol. Can’t wait to see what else you release!
sooo glad that I came across this video. I just started my small online business a few days ago and I haven't received any orders yet but staying hopeful. congrats to you! that is such a blessing 🤎
happy for you. As much as I dislike tiktok Out of all the platforms I believe that tiktok probably has the best algorithm so people who found you were probably (I assume) actually looking for someone like you and were charmed by the product.
thank you for this video! this is really helpful for me because I am almost ready to open my own shop and it’s really nice to hear this advice from a newer seller. I really loved when you were talking about the story you created with the star, it actually made me tear up a bit, I loved not only the story but also how much passion you have for creating them and the characters too. The idea you have of making these characters in your polymer clay and sticker designs brought me so much joy too! I think that would be so cool and would look awesome on your website and instagram. I only use youtube and instagram, I never used tiktok because I liked how instagram was when it would only show me the peaceful intentional stuff that I followed before it was sold to market so many ads. I love your polymer clay keychain designs and I think those would look so cute as earrings too! 💕
Omgosh I love those charms!! (Around 11min) especially if they’re your original characters!! I think that’s so cool, would love a keychain!
Thanks for that video. I'm a game artist, but I've been considering opening a store (I'm so tired of the industry), I miss working on personal stuff, and also I love handmade stuff, so seeing realistic videos like yours helps to set my expectations. Keep going, girl
I was the same (Game Artist) but came back to traditional Art, as i started out in it. It's so comforting, to create stuff that i can connect to on a personal level.
Game artist here too. Industry killing my love of 3D art so I've found myself coming back to traditional art and using my hands lately.
Thanks for this video. It was really inspiring hearing about your progress running a small business!
watching this is inspiring and making me wanna focus on my ocs more, specifically about my bug characters, and to create a website on that world and story. i wanna see how much this world and story grows with your characters! :3
That’s a great launch! The advice is that you might not see profit for 3-5 years. It’s a treadmill and then suddenly something switches. Subscribed!
Cricut is a hobby machine, I have come across several people who have become increasingly frustrated with theirs once they even attempted to lightly use it at a professional level for their small businesses. I'd look into professional level desktop machines just for research purposes like the Brother Scan and Cut, but stickers are definitely one of the cheapest/easiest outsourcing items.
Yass, make earrings and other jewelry! 💜
I really appreciate videos like this, it gives you realistic expectations and goals.
Found your video in my feed and gave you a follow here and on tiktok. I love seeing other small artist's journeys, I also started an artshop last dec and it has been such a roller coaster haha I'm glad the algorithm has been working in your favor, I'm still trying to figure that part out lolol your art is gorgeous and I can't wait to see more of your videos in my feed ^_^
Really interesting and SO refreshing where you're stating real numbers! The amount of videos on my feed where they're saying they earnt 80k in the first month
Honestly I like the idea of making a story around a mascot character then making merchandise based on it. It makes every launch feel like a special collection, keep it up ❤🎉
I’m in the stage where I’m meticously applying a billion layers of glaze, building my polymer clay inventory. Thank you so much for sharing your first month, you make it seem SO much more approachable. Your new glasses look very good on your face!
I'm absolutely obsessed with you and this world you are creating, IMMEDIATE follow
LOL the circuit machine part made me laugh.
the passive aggressive staring LMAO
I have to say, I absolutely love your vibe! You seem like a really nice kind person so I’m rooting for ya! ❤
I swear your videos are always so aesthetic, eggy looks so pretty :D
@@Domiokii ahh thank you so much! My videos and environment not being aesthetic enough was one of the things holding me back from making videos so I’m really happy to hear that 🥹💜
You definitely should do earrings, they look adorable! I also love the lore behind sweet dreams stars idea 🫶🏾
Me too! I absolutely love stars so I would be looking forward to this🤩✨
im really charmed by the style of moss - the words that come to mind are lilac digital, it must remind me of something - and the thoughtful story of the starry sweet dreams 🌟🪻☂️ best of luck going forward with your unique and refined style!
in love with your art style
that is so good to know about the Esty because I want to do a Shopify store. Much blessing to you and your business
A video about world-building in illustration would be amazing.
Waaaaaaiiiittt I love the sweet dream star collection idea!! So excited to see it 😮
Thank you!! I really hope it turns out how I imagine it in my head 😖
I haven't even gone into half of your video, but just want to say you're so gorgeous!
keep up the good work! be proud of yourself :) it's not easy starting a small business and you're doing really well for a first month!
I'm excited to see your progress and journey! Good luck and keep it up!
These are so pretty. What the hell!! I stumbled upon your videos cuz I'm also starting a small business and was looking to be inspired but I stayed because 1) I love that you're a fellow British girlie and 2) your stuff is so beautiful!! I wish you all the success and I'm definitely buying from your shop xx
Hi! Thank you sm for the lovely comment I appreciate you a lot 🥺 I feel like there's not many people in this space like us so I'm really happy that you found me! I'm wishing you the very best too 💜
@@EggysPlanet
I love your vibe, please post more on youtube!
This is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey. 🙌🏾
You have such a lovely energy and radiant smile :) I wish you soooo much luck on your journey 🧡🧡
🎊 congratulations 🎊 wishing you lots of success❤️
I’m so glad I came across your channel
I’ve had thoughts of putting my original art out there, I just often get nervous at the thought of someone stealing those designs, thats why I’ve kind of leaned more toward character art from shows that I love😭 do you ever worry about that too?
Hi! Honestly my art has been, stolen, redrawn, posted with no credit and everything in between quite literally hundreds of times just from what I’ve seen my art is all over Pinterest without my permission, I think it was worst because I did fanart no one cared about my original art much 😅 i still hate seeing my fanart stolen and I used to worry about it all the time but at a point it was happening so often and nothing I did was able to stop it permanently so I gave up and accepted that it’s something I can’t always control :( I just try my best to watermark my art well and upload it at a medium quality so people feel less incentive to steal it. I haven’t experienced that with Eggys Planet yet thankfully but stolen art seems to be a price you have to pay when you start getting popular 😖 I’m sorry if this is too realistic haha but I really want to be honest about stuff like this, that being said you shouldn’t let it stop you from drawing what you want! Good luck! 😖💜
@@EggysPlanet I can’t believe I never saw this comment til right now😭😭 thank you sm for responding! I’ve literally had a concept stolen from me on my old art page and I just get sooo nervous about posting my true art. I definitely agree it’s just a price you have to pay, but I feel it’s worth it in the end because people will know and love you for your style regardless of how many people steal it😭 it’s not too real at all, I accept the reality of things quickly I was just like “this is so original, I wonder does she think about this”😂😂 I love your art so much, I can’t wait to shop💜
The story at the end was so cute 😭💗 I’m so excited for you
@@tulipcatss ahh thank you! Some mini comic stories will be sweet and meaningful and some others I’ve planned are just.. very silly and childish honestly but they’re so fun to make 😭💜
ur work and characters are enamoring!! looking forward to following along on ur journey
Keep up the good work! ❤❤
That falling star would be a pretty sweet tshirt design 🤔
Also, you’re so pretty and I love your accent 🥹
@@tulipcatss omg tysm im still getting used to talking in front of a camera 😳🤧💜
I love the style of your art! Keep going, I am sure you will grow soon!
Thank you so much! It’s still early days for Eggys Planet and I’m playing the long game~ I’m just happy there’s interest in my silly little characters at this point 🤧💜
@EggysPlanet You're welcome 💞 They are well drawn, beautifully coloured and expressive! 100%, that's the best mindset to have! Keep faithful to your art and it will produce results for you!
“Not sneaky crafty” 😂
I love your story idea. ❤
Looking forward to the sweet dreams collection 💫
Girl, congratulations for shop launch. You’re doing great I would say. Don’t be discouraged.
It’s a couple of years I am on tiktok and had no chance of growing on that platform. 😂😅
Keep up ❤the good
Wishing the best for you! I watched your previous video about starting your business and I'm rooting for you from the bottom of my heart
Hi, make them as earrings! If you’re disappointed that some products don’t get bought you can always try to use those same designs in different products!
@@wonderheythere hehe I’m definitely considering it! Oh that’s a good idea thank you~ as of right now I think I’ve sold at least one of everything so I realise sometimes it’s a matter of just waiting for the right people to find it 🤧💜
i loved the story with your original characters so much :(
thank you so much and yesss fan art is super fun but making your own characters too can really be fulfilling in the long run 🤧
Best of luck to you! I always appreciate these down to earth type videos.
I've been thinking of opening an Etsy at some point in the future and I'm so curious to see how things would go with 0 social media promotion, word of mouth only, and like whatever their algorithm decides lol. So I appreciate the frame of reference you've provided here with regards to your Shopify store!
Your art is so cute. I’m happy you were able to get some orders :) . I’m also working on launching a shop in the next couple months. Watching your video really help me stay motivated 😊
Thank you sm 🥺 you've got this, the most important thing in my opinion is to not be too hard on yourself and your progress~ Wishing you the best for your upcoming small biz launch 💜
Hey, just wanted to wish you all the best in your new venture. I'm sort of in the position you were in before starting your shop. I've made a lot of items but not sure which move to make next. Where to sell, shipping costs, selling nationally or internationally, what to price my items at and so on. I have to say that you must be doing something right for the algorithm because your video was in my top row of videos to watch today. I hope you have much success in your future.
Okayyyy I'm glad I came across your channel. I love your art, your video was very eye opening for me and I relate so much. Like first your right my cricut maker be playing serious games with me. I spent hours yesterday testing paper for my stickers. I'll have a video posted soon about that experience. Lol I love the concept of eggys planet and I'm also surrounding my art around a world I built for my characters. So it's refreshing to see someone else doing something similar. I look forward to seeing more. ❤ sorry for any typos 😅
i'm happy you found me too! It's not easy getting people interested in original characters it'll take some time but it'll be worth it in the end when you've made something entirely your own that feels bigger than just you :) I'm rooting for us! Thanks so much for watching 💜
This is really interesting to me as a freelancer who tries out different income streams. Your sticker dreaming of passive income is cool.
I swear I’m on the journey to figure out what’s the best way to market my art! Getting consistent sales is so hard
Thanks for sharing your experience ❤
This is so fucking inspiring for me.
So true about luck! I’ve had a small business (Rymermade) for over 7 years now and I feel like it’s STILL such a struggle to find my people
And so real about Cricut being an arsehole sometimes 😂😂😂
Also, this my first time watching you, great art, those would be cute as earrings
I enjoyed your video, I just subbed good luck on your journey
awww, what a cute story ! 🌟
tysm! I have soooo many more lil stories to come 😖💜
Your art is so charming! And so are you
I'm here for the lasik part lool so basically when you're young you have myopia which means you don't see far so that's what lasik corrects but when you get older you start to loose your near sight which will happen with or without lasik because it's part of aging so it won't prevent it. I had lasik myself and assisted many surgeries.
Btw your ideas are so cool!
@@wonderheythere thank you, I’m so glad you think so 🥹 my notes app is literally full of all the ideas I have 😖
So happy for you! It’s my dream to do my shop full time. But each day it feels further and further away. Maybe I’m not motivated enough. I do a video and it doesn’t do well and then I get unmotivated
I got Lasik in 2020 and it was the best thing I ever did for myself btw! I had horrible eyesight and now I see perfectly. It won't stop you from needing reading glasses when you're middle-aged, but everyone eventually needs reading glasses. Which is why the doctors you see doing Lasik are wearing glasses haha
ahh I needed to hear this haha😅 I hate wearing glasses and contacts but I think I heard a few horror stories about lasik, I already have severely dry eyes and I worry about messing around with my eyeballs even more but most people who get lasik seem to be very happy with the results! 😖
There are books for naturally improving your vision with exercises and there are glasses designed to retrain your eyes to see as well, they usually look like black plastic with holes in them.
Ive read in youtube comments under dr bergs videos there are people who have used castor oil as eye drops to improve their eye moisture but id research that properly before you try it
I like my cricut maker but if I get another getting a juliet sizzer as they have tons of great reviews from people.
I love your transparency. I see you sell on Shopify. I would love if you can do a video on setting up your Shopify account. I'm considering doing the same thing. I sell on Printify and have my designs on shirts but would love to sell my cartoon art since I only do that at in person events. I'm also a children's book author/illustrator and I've seen other author/illustrators turn to Shopify as well. Trying to see how to make the transition as I know I can merge my printify with it. Thanks I love your content.
What did you use to make your website?
gentle request to audio balance for someone with an audio processing difficulty ^^'
the music post 17:40 makes it hard to hear you clearly. (thankfully CC did capture you well enough though.)
ahhh I actually noticed it too before I posted but I already spent like 2 hours rendering and uploading so I convinced myself people might not even get to that point to hear that, I'm sorry! 😭Thank you sm for watching to the end, I still haven't found if theres a button in my video editing software that'll help me easily balance audio but I'll try my best to look for it next time 💜
@ there’ll always be someone sticking it out, never lose hope love. excited to see where this journey takes you 🩵
I had one lonely order on my Etsy this month! Boom, now you know 😅😂
Oh I’ve been there 😩 let’s keep going, next month will be better! 😤💜
This is a great result for your first month considering you don't have a fanbase already. It is really difficult in the begging to get any attention at all!
also which editing app do you use, it looks so clean (if you do a qna vid)
@@Domiokii I use davinci resolve to edit my TH-cam vids :)
Dude my Cricut was the sole reason I started outsourcing my stickers becase WTF. I wasted SO much time and money on trying to get it to work NOPE no way it is now gathering dust in my garage
I want to be shop owner :)
Cricuts tend to be assholes. My Explore Air 2 literally will not actually cut stickers evenly they're always somewhat lopsided. No matter how many times I calibrate it and it's perfectly calibrated I go to do die cut or kiss cut stickers and the border is always chunkier on one side than the other.
There must be more to it than luck and posting consistently try collaborations or reaching out to brands or sending your products to publications/influencers
hi, thanks for the suggestions! Personally I think reaching out to brands, collabs etc is secondary, at the moment my priority is working on my characters/illustrations and building collections around them, hopefully people will find me organically while I establish my world which I think is much more fruitful for long term growth right now~ this is just the first month I have years ahead of me (hopefully!) 🤧
Cricut is a bit of a jerk for almost everybody!
You have some audience!! (Me 🥹💕)
🥺💜💜💜
I’m excited to see your journey 😌 I just started mine as well and haven’t officially launched yet but at least I’m setting my site up lol. Can’t wait to see what else you release!
This is an odd compliment but I feel like you have a lovely 90s type of look, especially with the white hat :D
sooo glad that I came across this video. I just started my small online business a few days ago and I haven't received any orders yet but staying hopeful. congrats to you! that is such a blessing 🤎
a fellow black girl starting a small art biz!!! i feel seen 🥲💗