LT Creative is an illustrator's theme for Elementor (free): the new print as the home hero with its whole numbered edition drawn as squares (sold, left and the number you would get), selected commissions, kinds of job with example prices and turnaround, the five steps of a commission, prints for sale with their editions, the studio, risograph workshops and a sketchbook blog. A Hello Elementor child theme with bundled fonts, one-page mode and a mobile menu.
Editions
| Edition | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | The child theme with its design, fonts, header and footer, the Studio and Contact pages, blog and 404 templates, one-page mode and the mobile menu. Credit link stays. |
| Pro Standard | $29 a year | Every page, sample posts and one-click demo import, credit removal. Downloads, updates and ticket support for 1 year, 1 website. |
| Pro Unlimited | $49 once | Everything in Pro Standard plus the AI kit. Unlimited websites, lifetime updates and ticket support. |
Pages in Free (Appearance → Starter setup): Studio, Contact, Sketchbook. Pages in Pro (Appearance → Demo import): Home, Commissions, Editorial, Books, Picture books, Book covers, Non-fiction, Murals and packaging, Prints, Sold-out editions, Framing and postage, Studio, How I work, Riso workshops, Contact, Sketchbook.
Quick setup
- Install the free Elementor plugin and the Hello Elementor theme, then upload and activate LT Creative (Install and update).
- Optional: activate WPForms Lite for the commission enquiry form.
- Pro: Appearance → Demo import → Import (Demo import). Free: Appearance → Starter setup.
- Replace the demo content and pictures (below), set your logo and the header button.
Pages in the demo
| Page | Under | Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Home | – | Pro |
| Commissions | – | Pro |
| Editorial | Commissions | Pro |
| Books | Commissions | Pro |
| Picture books | Books | Pro |
| Book covers | Books | Pro |
| Non-fiction | Books | Pro |
| Murals and packaging | Commissions | Pro |
| Prints | – | Pro |
| Sold-out editions | Prints | Pro |
| Framing and postage | Prints | Pro |
| Studio | – | Free |
| How I work | Studio | Pro |
| Riso workshops | Studio | Pro |
| Contact | – | Free |
| Sketchbook (blog) | – | Free |
Home page sections
The home page sections, in order, with the name they have in Elementor’s Navigator and their CSS ID (the anchor used by one-page mode and by links such as /#release).
| Section (Navigator name) | CSS ID |
|---|---|
| New print | #release |
| Work | #work |
| Commissions | #commissions |
| Process | #process |
| Prints | #prints |
| Studio | #studio |
| Riso workshops | #workshops |
| Sketchbook | #sketchbook |
| Call to action | #ask |
- The new print, with its edition: The home page opens with your latest print and its whole edition drawn as numbered squares: sold, still available and the number the next buyer gets.
- Prints for sale and sold-out editions: Every print shows its process, size, paper, price and edition block, and sold-out editions stay on as a record.
- Commissions with prices and turnaround: Kinds of job with what the client gets, example prices and weeks, what the fee and licence cover, and questions from art directors.
- The five steps of a commission: Brief, thumbnails, rough, final art, files and licence, with the days for a typical job, plus pages for editorial, books and murals.
- Free Elementor and a ready enquiry form: Every page is built with free Elementor widgets on Hello Elementor, with a commission enquiry form made with the free WPForms Lite plugin. Fonts are bundled: no Google Fonts requests.
Menu
The demo import creates this main menu (Appearance → Menus):
- Home
- Commissions → Editorial, Books (Picture books, Book covers, Non-fiction), Murals and packaging
- Prints → Sold-out editions, Framing and postage
- Studio → How I work, Riso workshops
- Sketchbook
- Contact
Header button: Ask about a commission (link /contact/#enquire), changed in Appearance → Customize → LT Creative options.
One-page mode (Pro)
With Pro Standard or Pro Unlimited, tick One-page mode on the home page in Appearance → Customize → LT Creative options and the menu scrolls to these sections: New print, Work, Commissions, Process, Prints, Studio, Riso workshops, Sketchbook, Call to action. To change the labels or leave sections out, see One-page mode.
Used the old LT Creative onepage WordPress theme? It is not sold any more: version 2.0 is one theme for both. Install its Pro edition and turn on one-page mode.
Colours and fonts
Change them in Elementor Site Settings → Global Colors and Global Fonts; the whole site follows.
| Name in Global Colors | Value |
|---|---|
| Federal blue (buttons, links, sold squares) | #3D5588 |
| Pencil (soft text, edition notes) | #555968 |
| Drum black (text) | #1E2230 |
| Fluorescent pink (next-number ring, proofs; marks only) | #D4127A |
| Offset paper (page) | #F1F2EE |
| Overprint lilac (tinted sections) | #E4E1EB |
| Hairlines and empty squares | #C6C5D2 |
| Midnight drum (dark bands, footer) | #27345C |
| Text on midnight | #F1F2EE |
| Soft text on midnight | #BFC6DA |
| Button hover | #2C3F69 |
| Print paper (the sheet under a print) | #F8F8F5 |
| Name in Global Fonts | Font |
|---|---|
| Headings and print titles (Tilt Warp) | Tilt Warp |
| Menus and facts (Winky Sans) | Winky Sans |
| Reading text (Winky Sans) | Winky Sans |
| Buttons (Winky Sans) | Winky Sans |
Form
With WPForms Lite active, the demo import creates the form Commission enquiry on the Contact page. Fields: Your name (required), Email (required), Publication, publisher or company (optional), What is it for? (required), Deadline, Budget, Tell me about the project. Email subject: “Commission enquiry from the website”. After sending, visitors see: “Thank you. Noor replies to every enquiry by email, usually within two working days (sample).”
See Contact form for where messages go and how to change the fields.
Demo content to replace
Everything marked with one of these in the demo is sample content: names, numbers, prices and addresses that you replace with your own (or delete):
(sample)Example pricesexample.com(555)Noor HaldaneRopewalk YardSpringfield
- Keep the edition sheets honest: one square per numbered sheet, `is-sold` only on sheets that have sold, one `is-next` ring (the next number), and update the caption under it to match.
- Fluorescent pink is a mark (ring, hatching, overprint): never use it for text, buttons or on the dark band.
- Do not number sections or kinds of job; numbers are edition numbers and the five commission steps only.
Only publish facts that are true for your business: real prices, opening hours, reviews and qualifications. Pro Unlimited’s launch checker lists every sample marker left on the site.
Photo guide
The demo uses placeholder pictures. Replace each one in Elementor (click it → Choose image) with a photo of about this size; save photos as JPEG or WebP under about 300 KB.
| Picture | Upload size |
|---|---|
| A hand drawing a detailed pufferfish in black pen on white paper | 1600 × 1067 px |
| An illustrator painting a botanical watercolour on paper at a desk with brushes | 1600 × 1068 px |
| A painter seen from behind spraying a large pink and yellow mural on a shutter wall | 1600 × 1067 px |
| An open sketchbook with pencil studies of eyes | 1600 × 1200 px |
| Hands pulling a print through a silkscreen frame in a print studio | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A printmaker leaning over a pink screen-printing frame on a long print table | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A printmaker in an apron turning the wheel of a print press in a bright studio | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A hand lifting a freshly printed yellow card from a screen | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A watercolour painting in progress seen from above, with a palette and brushes | 1600 × 1067 px |
| A hand sketching small thumbnails in a notebook with a pen | 1600 × 1067 px |
AI kit (Pro Unlimited)
The AI kit’s AGENTS.md tells an assistant how LT Creative is built. The CSS classes it relies on (keep them when you edit):
| CSS class | What it is |
|---|---|
lt-hero | home hero band: text column and the new print on its sheet |
lt-sheet | a print on its paper (container): drawing, lt-print__title, lt-facts, the edition and its caption |
lt-ed | the edition sheet (text widget): a paragraph of lt-ed__cell spans, one per numbered sheet; lt-ed–mini for the small blocks under prints for sale, lt-ed–hero on the home hero |
lt-ed__cell | one numbered sheet; is-sold = inked blue, is-next = pink ring (the next buyer's number), is-ap = hatched artist's proof; no modifier = still available |
lt-ed__caption | the plain-language line under an edition (edition size, sold, left, your number) |
lt-print__title | print title in the poster face |
lt-facts | process, inks, size and paper line |
lt-print-price | price of a print (tabular figures) |
lt-work | selected commission: photo, title and facts |
lt-job | one kind of commission in the commissions list (kind, what you get, from price, weeks) |
lt-step | numbered commission step (a real sequence); lt-step__no holds the number |
lt-date-row | dated workshop or fair row |
lt-key | legend row explaining one kind of edition square |
lt-pagehead | inner page heading band |
lt-desk | contact block |
lt-price | label + value row |
See AI kit for the prompts, the safe edit tool and the launch checker.
Questions about LT Creative
Do I need Elementor Pro?
No. LT Creative uses only the free Elementor plugin and the free Hello Elementor theme. The header and footer are part of the theme, so you do not need Theme Builder.
How do I mark a print as sold?
Each edition block is a text widget with one numbered square per sheet. Add is-sold to the squares that have sold, move the is-next ring to the next number and update the line under it. The AI kit can do it for you.
Can I show paintings or digital work instead of prints?
Yes. The selected work section and the commission pages use normal image widgets; leave the edition blocks out for one-off pieces.
Will my site look like the demo?
Yes, with Pro: Appearance > Demo import creates every page, the colours, fonts, menu, header and footer. The demo photos are replaced by placeholders you swap for your own work.
What is the difference between Free and Pro?
Free has the design, header and footer, the Studio and Contact pages and the blog. Pro adds the home page, the Commissions and Prints pages and their sub-pages, sample posts, one-click demo import, credit removal, updates and support. Pro Unlimited adds the AI kit.
I have the old LT Creative. Is this an update?
It is a new version 2.0 with a new design, built for free Elementor. Your current site keeps working; install 2.0 on a new site or a staging copy and import the demo there.
Also for Joomla
LT Creative also exists as a Joomla template: see the LT Creative Joomla docs.
Ask AI about LT Creative
Ask in your own words. The assistant answers from these docs and links the sections it used.
AI answers can be wrong; check the linked section. Never share passwords or licence keys. Open a ticket