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Royalty Pricing
Mini Class

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2026
Digital Planner

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Watercolor Brushes
for Procreate

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Watercolor Brushes for Procreate

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Download 12 watercolor brushes for Procreate, the color palette and watch the tutorial on how to paint a luna moth with them.

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NEW!

A pre-made 12 x 12 inch (3600 px x 3600 px) Procreate canvas to add a hot press watercolor paper texture to your illustrations!

Find Your Target Market Class

Are you feeling lost trying to find the right market for your art? If you’re an artist, surface pattern designer, or illustrator struggling to fit your art into every niche, this class is your answer!

Plus, you’ll get the workbook so you can follow along.

Royalty Pricing Mini-Class

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In this video I’ll demystify:

  • Art Licensing Terms (Territory, Duration, Category, Exclusivity)

  • Payment forms (Flat Fees, Royalties, Flat Fees + Royalties, Advance Against Royalties)

  • How to calculate if the Royalties you’re being offered are a good offer

  • How to quote Royalties based on a simple formula and not guesswork

NEWLY UPDATED! 2026 Creative Planner

A digital planner with a cover page displaying the words 'Updated! 2026 Digital Planner' and decorated with pink flowers on a pastel background. The planner is open to a calendar and various color-coded pages, with a yellow and white pen resting on it. The name Sandra Mejia appears on the cover.

Have you used a digital planner before? If you have, you know how great they are, if you haven’t you need to try this out!

In this planner you can keep everything in the same place. No more scrambling between notebooks and sticky notes to find what you need!

  • Digital Stickers

  • Ideas

  • Newsletter Planner

  • YouTube planner

  • VIP notes

  • Link to 26 journals

  • Sketchbook

  • 6 different types of papers

  • Lists

  • Time blocking - week

  • Yearly Time Block

  • Monthly Calendar linked to each week

This is a linked PDF file that you can use in any planning app that takes these files. I use Goodnotes.

WATCH THE WALK-THROUGH VIDEO

Pattern Brushes for Procreate

A digital poster showcasing 13 black and white pattern brushes for Procreate, with example patterns including simple lines, giraffe print, grid, clouds, leaves, stars, hearts, rain, leopard spots, fancy tiles, basic tiles with lines, bricks, and uniform lines. The poster features the artist's name, Sandra Mejia, and includes a note to use the base brush to create custom patterns.

Transform your illustrations by adding details with these pattern brushes in Procreate.

This set includes 13 pattern brushes.

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