What is Cinderzz Studio?
Cinderzz Studio is a brand I created and uphold on my own as a passion project/side hustle. I design, print, cut, market, and sell custom vinyl stickers. My designs are inspired by pop culture, anime, and video games.
I created the brand as a way to share my love of design and to interact with the small business communities that had other aspiring creatives like myself. I've tabled at multiple events to showcase my work and also interact and collaborate with other artists and designers.
Designs and Mock-ups
I create these mock-ups to digitally market my stickers and also create social media content with them in order to show off my brand and designs. I had to market them in a way that was attractive but catering to the right target audience.
Skills used:
Procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator
Tabling In-Person Events
I recently began tabling at in-person vendor events such as SacAnime and Creative Spaces Sac. At these events, I spend a lot of time interacting with people in the community, selling my stickers, and learning from other vendors there. I plan and coordinate my merchandise according to what's currently popular during the season. I really enjoy these events and use them as an opportunity to do outreach for my brand.
What I learned
I obviously learned a lot about how to run a business (although I still have much to learn) but I also learned a lot about self-motivation and keeping myself in check. While interacting with customers and other vendors/artists, I learned about customer service and collaboration. Another thing that managing a business on my own taught me was to ASK QUESTIONS and IT'S OKAY TO ASK FOR HELP.