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Join me June 17-20th for the Creativity that Pays Summit!
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Join me June 17-20th for the Creativity that Pays Summit!

Hello everyone! I‘m Jen! You may know me for my work as a top teacher on Skillshare or my YT YouTube channel The Design Studio where is share design tutorials!! I’m excited to share that I will be participating a FREE event - the Creativity that Pays summit later this month! I’ve created a special class just for the summit focused on making digital stickers in Affinity Designer 2 desktop. I am also offering some digital goodies in the summit success kit! The summit is perfect for those of you ready to hit your creative business goals out of the park this summer. It is a FREE event - just for entrepreneurs, business owners, and creatives! Sign up here: https://creativitythatpays.com/jenny Here’s everything you need to know: ✅ The Summit will run from 17th to 20th of June. ✅ Each day will be packed with amazing presentations from 25 industry experts who are ready to help you achieve your creative business goals. ✅ We’ve got a private Facebook group for the summit where you can connect with other entrepreneurs and creatives, ask the speakers questions, win prizes, and more! ✅ The summit is absolutely free to attend and you can choose to upgrade your ticket to include our Creative Success Kit for bonus resources, lifetime access to the recordings and an upgraded event experience. hope you can join! See you later this month! 💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Tutorial - Creating Digital Stickers for Digital planning in Procreate
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The Creative Studio Tutorial - Creating Digital Stickers for Digital planning in Procreate

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD If you are a digital planner, who loves digital stickers and have procreate and goodnotes on your iPad, this week’s tutorial is just for you. If you find yourself always searching for the right sticker pack, or wondering how other creatives have made their own digital sticker packs, in this tutorial I will walk you through how you can create digital stickers right in procreate and prep them for use in apps like Goodnotes easily and rather quickly. Check out my digital planning classes here: https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Chapters Intro - 0:00 The Sketch and Tips - 2:20 Moving elements around - 5:13 Helpful Tips - 5:55 Coloring the sketch - 7:56 How to use transparency - 8:10 Layer Effects - 9:50 Using Reference Layers - 10:00 Updating the color palette - 11:05 Drag and drop coloring - 11:58 Grouping layers- 14:43 Duplicating grouped layers - 15:24 Flattening grouped layers - 16:09 Using selection tool to copy stickers - 17:06 Side by side view - 17:11 Pulling stickers into Goodnotes - 17:43 Cropping stickers in Goodntoes - 18:27 Using stickers in other Goodnote files - 20:39 Exporting final project from Procreate - 21:42 Outro - 22:03 WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Courses - Simple Animation for Graphic Designers in Procreate Dreams
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The Creative Studio Courses - Simple Animation for Graphic Designers in Procreate Dreams

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Take the new course here: https://skl.sh/4cvGFQK Procreate Dreams continues to delight creatives both hobbyists and professionals alike since its release in late 2023. The app allows artists of all abilities to animate and create motion graphics on the go on their iPad!  The software is very user-friendly but it offers a powerhouse of options that allow users to seamlessly combine illustration and animation tools. As a graphic designer and illustrator, I have found that it is a great option to add a bit of magic and movement to projects. Throughout this class will be working in procreate dreams to animate text. As a graphic designer - creating projects that are text based is quite common. Whether you are designing a logo, a lock up for social media or even title graphics for a YouTube channel, adding a bit of movement can truly up your game and make simple text a bit more eye catching. The beauty of the Procreate Dreams App is that you don’t need to be a professional animator or motion graphics designer to create high quality and fun looking moving graphics. I am hoping, this class can inspire you to create something that you can use for your own YouTube channel or to use for graphics for a type project or even just to share on social media. I’m looking forward to creating with you today! Find this class when it is live on Skillshare: https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on ANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
TCS tutorials - Exporting digital stickers as PNGs quickly from affinity designer on the iPad app
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TCS tutorials - Exporting digital stickers as PNGs quickly from affinity designer on the iPad app

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Check out a teaser from my latest digital planning course. Learn how to quickly export multiple PNG files in one go using the slices function. If you want to check out the whole course you can find it here: https://skl.sh/49fEoqpx Or on gumroad here: Thanks for checking out my videos! Hope you find them helpful, if you do then please consider liking and subscribing! -Jen WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 3
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The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 3

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Hello everyone! Today, we are going to be talking about 4 of my favorite books to source color inspiration as a designer. Last year, I shared a video that walked you through my process of creating easy color palettes using procreate that I will linked in the description and in the cards above. I wanted to do a sister video to that video that goes through some really helpful book resources for color. This short is a part of a 4 part short series, but if you prefer to watch it as one video you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/iByLbnjcres?si=lIgpqxCVuwbGs0J8 Books The Complete Color Harmony (new version) - https://amzn.to/4bZff5z Design Basics Index - https://amzn.to/3TkkMfA Werners Nomenclature of Colour - https://amzn.to/4c5Ecwj Ad Boy - https://amzn.to/3TqQoAw WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 2
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The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 2

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Hello everyone! Today, we are going to be talking about 4 of my favorite books to source color inspiration as a designer. Last year, I shared a video that walked you through my process of creating easy color palettes using procreate that I will linked in the description and in the cards above. I wanted to do a sister video to that video that goes through some really helpful book resources for color. This short is a part of a 4 part short series, but if you prefer to watch it as one video you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/iByLbnjcres?si=lIgpqxCVuwbGs0J8 Books The Complete Color Harmony (new version) - https://amzn.to/4bZff5z Design Basics Index - https://amzn.to/3TkkMfA Werners Nomenclature of Colour - https://amzn.to/4c5Ecwj Ad Boy - https://amzn.to/3TqQoAw WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 1
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The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Pt. 1

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Hello everyone! Today, we are going to be talking about 4 of my favorite books to source color inspiration as a designer. Last year, I shared a video that walked you through my process of creating easy color palettes using procreate that I will linked in the description and in the cards above. I wanted to do a sister video to that video that goes through some really helpful book resources for color. This short is a part of a 4 part short series, but if you prefer to watch it as one video you can check it out here: https://youtu.be/iByLbnjcres?si=lIgpqxCVuwbGs0J8 Books The Complete Color Harmony (new version) - https://amzn.to/4bZff5z Design Basics Index - https://amzn.to/3TkkMfA Werners Nomenclature of Colour - https://amzn.to/4c5Ecwj Ad Boy - https://amzn.to/3TqQoAw WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!
The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Intro
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The Creative Studio Shorts - Four Epic Books with Color Inspiration for Graphic Designers Intro

💌 Sign Up For My Newsletter & Get Some Freebies! https://bit.ly/4e02FnD Hello everyone! Today, we are going to be talking about 4 of my favorite books to source color inspiration as a designer. Last year, I shared a video that walked you through my process of creating easy color palettes using procreate that I will linked in the description and in the cards above. I wanted to do a sister video to that video that goes through some really helpful book resources for color. So, let’s jump into the video and check out 4 epic books for color inspiration in design. Hope you find this useful! Books The Complete Color Harmony (new version) - https://amzn.to/4bZff5z Design Basics Index - https://amzn.to/3TkkMfA Werners Nomenclature of Colour - https://amzn.to/4c5Ecwj Ad Boy - https://amzn.to/3TqQoAw Procreate Color Tutorial: https://youtu.be/vTj_oqlUL04?si=akQZU4PBAOHxqFAl WANT TO CONNECT OR HIRE ME? VISIT ME ONLINE: http://www.bellasophiacreative.com Take my classes and try skillshare for 1 month free! https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/jennylezan?gr_tch_ref=on Want to teach on Skillshare? Apply here to try a Teach Challenge or Teach Lab https://skl.sh/3PJI3WE WANT TO TAKE BUY MY CLASSES INDIVIDUALLY? http://www.learn-create-design.com GUMROAD https://bellasophiacreative.gumroad.com UDEMY https://www.udemy.com/user/jenniferlezan/ Shop My Products: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BellaSophiaCreative Creative Market: https://creativemarket.com/JenniferLezan TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bellasophiacreative ☕ Donate a coffee? https://ko-fi.com/thefreelancelife Want to be Pen Pals? P.O. Box 9658 Naperville, IL 60567-9658 ABOUT ME Welcome to the Creative Studio! I'm Jen - A Latina mom of 3, based out of the Midwest. Despite hardships growing up, I attended art school as a first generation student. With a career journey in fashion, design, illustration & digital media, I've come to merge my creative passions into the work I do as a freelancer and teacher. I look to inspire others as much as I look to be inspired! Let's create something great together!

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