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Why Do You Need Resources?
As someone that openly admits that I don’t really know what I’m doing when I’m creating graphics, I can do with any help I can find. After outsourcing loads of work to artists on People Per Hour and Fiverr, I had to go for an all you can eat design package over at Penji. However, I’m well aware that most people in the early stages of their print-on-demand journeys aren’t able to afford something on that scale.
Graphics resources are the best way to get a head-start to make something that looks professional. It’s all about perception. You could have come up with the best quote to stick on a t-shirt, but if the font’s dry, it may put the customer off. The same goes for the graphics; poor quality ones aren’t going to earn you sales, even if the concept is great.
The following are all of the resources I’ve used over the years to get by in the print-on-demand world.
Full Suites
There are quite a few full suite graphics things these days. Although I’ve tried a fair few, I can’t remember the names of any of the ones I used to use; only the one that I use now.
The reason Canva’s so great is because it’s got a little bit of all you need; banging templates, plentiful fonts, graphics, and the ability to test out extras before you actually pay for them. I pay for the monthly subscription because it’s so helpful for social media post templates.
I would say that anyone interested in print-on-demand would get a lot of value out of Canva, but be aware that its popularity means that a lot of its templates are already floating around in the POD space. You don’t want your designs to look unoriginal.
Fonts
In terms of the type of products that I create, fonts are the absolute backbone of what I do as a print-on-demand creator. I need to be able to find the right ones to match what I’m trying to convey, and I need to be able to find them quickly. I’ve got folders full of fonts, and the loose categorisation means that I can usually find what I need quick quickly.
But where do you get these fonts from?
There’s a bag of free font websites. Loads. I used to go to DaFont for most things, but felt like (in spite of how vast the site is) that it was difficult to get to the high quality, rarely used ones easily. Since then I went from searching on free font blogs to collecting fonts from the newsletters of the following sites:
It’s very rare that I would pay for a font these days. It would have to be very special for me to pull the trigger on one, considering how many are out there. If my freebie finds aren’t quite hitting the spot, I’ll just scour the web for fonts that fit my loose brief.
For those that are more focused on graphics, this may not be as important. However, I feel like everyone should be prepared for all inspiration they may get. The quicker you’re able to turn a spark into a product, the better.
Graphics
Graphics, icons and all of that kind of stuff is where I need the most help (and is the reason why I tend not to do any of this kind of thing myself, if I can help it). Someone somewhere will have made a graphic that will fit in with what you’re creating. I usually turn to the following, most of which have free options for you:
When seasonal events come up like Halloween, Christmas, Easter and the rest of them come up, a lot of these offer bundles of goodies that you can buy. It means that if you really know how to capitalise on these time periods, you can easily gather together resources to make something special. If you were trying to come up with Valentine’s gifts then you’re sorted with these.
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