Somehow, I managed to blink and TWO YEARS have flown by. The 11th August 2017 was my last day in the corporate world, and a month after, I wrote a blog about my initial observations. I thought it would be fun to revisit that blog post 2 years on! The original post can...
A question I tend to get a lot from beginners is, “when will I know I’m good enough to sell my art?”, and the answer to me is SO obvious. I get it though. I know that as a beginner you can experience all the feels of not being good enough, not knowing HOW to sell, not...
It has been exactly a month since I’ve been out on my own, running Black Chalk Co full-time and launching Penultimate Magazine. It has been fun, weird, amazing, hard, easy – everything. There are some great parts like – pants off every day, not just Friday. Never...
Welcome to Part 2 of ‘the business side of a hand lettering and calligraphy start-up!’ I hope you enjoyed Part 1. This blog post is going to focus a lot on social media – let’s get into it! Do you have to have many followers to start turning a hobby into a business?...
Warning: this blog post is going to be crazy-long – and this is just part 1 of 2! I’m super passionate about all the stuff I’m about to spill, so prepare for an essay. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions! How do you start a creative business from scratch? Good...