Merchandise & Product Graphics

Sticker Design

Design stickers that actually print and cut clean

12 lessons4 modules9h 30m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This hands-on course teaches the production craft of sticker design, the gap between a nice drawing and a die-cut sticker that a vinyl cutter can actually make. You will build clean contour cut lines with a 1/8 inch offset, set bleed and safe margins so nothing important gets sliced, convert RGB art into CMYK-safe colour that does not shift in print, scale character art down to a 2 inch sticker that still reads, and export the precise files that Redbubble, Sticker Mule, STIX, and other services demand. You will leave able to ship a print-ready sticker pack and upload it without a rejection.

Curriculum

Module 1: What a Sticker Actually Is3 lessons

Die-Cut, Kiss-Cut, and SheetsPreview45m
Materials, Finishes, and Durability🔒45m
Sizes, Resolution, and the Tiny-Format Problem🔒50m

Module 2: Building the Cut Line3 lessons

Contours and the Offset Border🔒50m
Bleed, Safe Zones, and Margins🔒45m
Backgrounds, Transparency, and Single vs Sheet Layout🔒45m

Module 3: Colour, Detail, and Small-Format Art3 lessons

RGB, CMYK, and Colour That Prints True🔒50m
Scaling Character and Detailed Art Down🔒50m
Typography and Legible Sticker Text🔒45m

Module 4: Exporting and Selling Through Print-on-Demand3 lessons

Export Settings and the Print-Ready File🔒50m
Uploading to Redbubble, Sticker Mule, and STIX🔒50m
Shipping a Clean, Consistent Sticker Pack🔒45m