Your Daily Design Dose: 8 Pin Design Tutorials

Learn everything you need to know to design enamel pins professionally. Our course is taught by a former factory owner and graphic designer, Craig Davidiuk. A new lesson or resource is delivered daily.  

Videos lessons and demonstrations will ensure clarity and fast learning.  You'll also get a bunch of awesome design tools that the professionals use every day. Submit your own enamel pin design and get a private critique from the instructor. All graduates get a free  enamel pin sample card showing all the finishes we offer!

What You Will Learn In This Course:

• Learn how to leverage raised metal and electroplating in your designs
• You'll know exactly what size to make your pin
• Figure out how to properly submit colour specs to suppliers (colour matching)
• See examples of how to re-draw or 'vectorize' your art
• Understand the enamel pin manufacturing process and see pictures inside our factory

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does the course take to complete? 

You get a lesson emailed to you daily for 8 days. Some lessons are very short, others can take about an hour to complete. 

What software do I need to complete the course? 

We teach you using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.  However the principles we teach can be transferred to many other low cost of free design tools. 

What skill level do I require to design pins? 

If you have never used digital design tools before, you are going to be lost. The target audience for this course is graphic designers and artists who already use these tools.  Please note that our art service is free of charge so if you have a rough idea of what you want, one of our skilled designers can help. 

Who is teaching the course? 

Craig Davidiuk has been designing pins for over 20 years. His family owned a factory for 30 years and he literally grew up in the family pin business. Craig's been using Adobe Products since they were in beta in the 80's and he's also spend thousands of hours working on the factory floor electroplating, polishing and finishing pins. Craig is also the owner of Ultimate Promotions and the third generation in his family to be in this business.

How do I get my free Pin Finishing Guide card when I'm done learning? 

It's easy. Simply complete the survey when you are done and you'll have your card in a week or two.