A collection of art supplies, productivity tools, & helpful creative resources for artists, small businesses, & people who might want to try drawing, but need a place to start

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If you're interested in learning more about these resources and want a deeper understanding of how I incorporate them into my creative business and practice, email me with your questions. I'll do my best to incorporate your inquiries into upcoming discussions and content.

A Note about Art Supplies

I want to emphasize that you don’t need “fancy” art supplies to create art. Use what you have already or check out thrift stores in your area - a lot of supplies are often donated!

If you are in the Detroit area I can not recommend Arts & Scraps more. It’s a storefront providing art supplies, reused materials, and educational resources to promote sustainability and creativity in Detroit. Their shop is a playground for creatives - check them out!

If you have extra art supplies you no longer use, you can donate them here.

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Art Supplies ✎

I get most of my art supplies from Dick Blick!

Books 𓈃

For books, I shop through Bookshop.org

Education & Online Learning ✰

Fiber Arts ✂

Printing & Product Suppliers ❏

Print On Demand •ᴗ•

  • Design & sell custom products with your art online with print-on-demand dropshipping. Sign-up is free and you can start selling your art on products without the responsibility or start-up costs of stocking your own inventory. Implementing Printful can be a huge time-saver. The hours spent packing and shipping orders can be re-directed towards creating more art.

    Create Premium Products with your Art & Branding

  • Society6 is an open marketplace for independent artists. Creatives can create a shop page and upload their art on a range of products for wall art, home decor, tech, & more. You’ll join a community of artists, designers, & art enthusiasts and be a part of introducing fresh art to people around the world. Society6 takes care of production and shipping so you can focus on creating more of your art!

    Check Out H Miller Ink’s Society6 Shop here

    Create Your Own Shop here

    Shop New Art here

Productivity Tools ☑

  • GRAMMARLY
    As a person who definitely did not win any Spelling Bees, Grammarly is my go-to writing companion. It corrects grammar, spelling, and tone in real-time and makes my writing clear across my website, documents, emails, and more. It helps me feel more confident after I hit “send” email.

    Try it For Free here

    SQUARESPACE
    I have tried multiple website building platforms and I can confidently say Squarespace is my favorite. Their templates are beginner-friendly and there are a ton of tutorials and resources for whatever questions you may have on building your site. I also find their customer service to be really knowledgeable and helpful whenever I have questions.

    Check Out their Templates here

    WAVE INVOICING
    Wave is a financial software platform designed for small businesses & freelancers. It provides a range of tools for accounting, invoicing, & payroll. I use it to manage my financial transactions, track expenses, and generate invoices. It helps me stay organized, get paid on time, and track my income.

    Use Wave for Free here

    Check out Wave's Options here

  • KIT (formerly CONVERTKIT)
    It’s never too late or too early to start a Newsletter. I use KIT for mine! It helps with my email marketing by collecting, managing, and sending emails to my subscribers. I find it user-friendly and like their template options. It’s a great way for me to keep in touch with my audience outside of social media.

    Sign Up for Free here

    TAILWIND
    Running multiple social media accounts is a full-time job all its own. This is where Tailwind enters the chat. Tailwind is a social media management tool that helps me schedule my posts, copy, and hashtags. It assists individuals and businesses in streamlining social media efforts. It makes managing my online presence easier, so I can free up time for what I love, like creating more art!

    Sign Up for Free here

  • CREATIVE MARKET

    Creative Market is an online marketplace that offers a ton of design assets and resources. If you’re looking for mockup templates, graphics, fonts, or photos, Creative Market has all the resources you need to save you time and help amplify your art. It helps creatives and businesses by providing a platform to access and purchase high-quality design materials that you may otherwise spend hours creating yourself. The huge selection of assets empowers you to enhance your projects, from branding, marketing, web design, or displaying your art on products. It’s a valuable resource for illustrators and design professionals.

    Check Out Creative Market here

    See Home Decor MockUps here



    NOUN PROJECT
    Creating icons is hard - the Noun Project can help with that. Choose from a huge, and growing, library of visual symbols to help you express your ideas and concepts. Use iconography to elevate your next project.

    Check Out the Free Plan here

    PLACEIT BY ENVATO
    Placeit provides a wide range of design tools & templates for creating professional graphics & mockups. You can easily design logos, social media graphics, t-shirt designs, & more using their customizable templates. It's a good resource for creatives and small businesses looking to promote their offerings.

    Check out Placeit's Free Templates here

    See Apparel Mockups here

    See Digital Mockups here

    See Print Mockups here

  • AIRTABLE
    Think of Airtable as a prettier and more visual version of Excel. You can organize any kind of data into a spreadsheet. I use it to keep track of important projects and timelines, organize my portfolio, and keep track of helpful links, resources, and articles I find throughout the internet. You can customize it to suit you - for me, it’s one of my go-to project management tools.

    Check Out Demos here

    Sign Up for Free here

    NOTION
    I use Notion for almost everything - content calendars, project pitches, brainstorming, the list goes on. It’s considered a digital notebook and workspace, but it does so much more. I no longer have to-do lists scattered everywhere, or tons of Word Doc.s I have to comb through to find that one random link I’m trying to remember. You can create pages, databases, and documents all in one spot. It’s a really versatile productivity tool that I could not personally live without.

    Try Notion for Free here

Technology 𓈈

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