Zoe Ingram on Make Art That Sells
Illustrator and Make Art That Sells student Zoe Ingram was the winner of the 2013 Global Talent Search from Lilla Rogers Studio. She got in touch to let us know how things had been going since she won the competition and landed representation with Lilla.
Hi Lilla,
I’m just popping in to share a little post Global Talent Search update. I thought It would be good to share a bit of my experience so far. It’s been almost two months since the end of the Global Talent Search, and I think I’m finally getting my head around what just happened to me!
I can only describe the experience as a roller coaster ride. There was the thrill of starting work on a new brief, and then the nervous wait after submitting, and then the elation at hearing that I’d advanced to the next round. Three rounds of extreme and intense emotions, but I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Zoe Ingram’s illustrated map of Adelaide for Hot Markets for Your Art Part B.
Since the announcement back at the beginning of October, things have been full on, but thankfully Lilla, Susan, Jennifer and Julia have all been there helping me to get settled in. What an amazing team! There has been a lot for me to take in and digest and work through.
I was going to say that things have calmed down a little bit for me now that Hot Markets for Your Art Part B has finished, but actually that’s not really true! It’s still full steam ahead with stage two of my book illustrations with Quarry, a fabric collection with Robert Kaufman, greetings cards with American Greetings and Printsource preparations, all of which are dream jobs!
Zoe Ingram’s Christmas card design for Hot Markets for Your Art Part B.
So what exactly have I been doing since the end of the Global Talent Search? Well, lots of drawing, that’s for sure! But I love drawing so it couldn’t get any better! I have also been working closely with Margo Tantau at Midwest CBK on my new line with them which I am crazy excited about and they are now working on the range and it will be going into production very, very soon.
I have also come to understand the importance and value of having a good support network in place and people to talk to in the sometimes solitary world of illustration and, in particular, working from home. I make a point of going to my local library cafe at least once a week to sit and draw. The ladies who work there ask me about my work when they see me drawing, which is lovely. Another great support network that I am very lucky to be part of is Forest Foundry collective, an amazing group of seven other artists from all around the world. We keep each other motivated, inspired and support each other everyday.
I received a little email from Lilla the other day asking me if I can believe my life now and I promptly replied that no I couldn’t and would I ever?! The whole experience from Hot Markets for Your Art Part A, to the Global Talent Search, to Hot Markets for Your Art Part B has really, really been out of this world and has changed my life.
Another Christmas card design by Zoe Ingram for Hot Markets for Your Art Part B.
I’m so grateful for the opportunity that Lilla & Beth have created for me. It was, without doubt, the best choice I ever made to do the course and the Global Talent Search. I almost didn’t sign up for the course or the competition, but had 20 seconds of insane courage and did it. It’s been the best and happiest time of my working life so far, and I believe it’s only going to get better.
I think the moral of the story that I’m trying to get across here is that dreams really can and do come true. Don’t hold back, just do it, whatever “it” may be to you, and with a little bit of hard work and determination, who knows what might happen? I believe that a lot of what has come to me has done so because I have been open, willing to take a chance, using positive thinking and a lot of determination and hard work. If you’re thinking about taking a Make Art That Sells course, go for it, you really have nothing to lose!
I don’t have much in the way of work that I can show yet as it’s all in development and a bit top secret, but I can show you a couple of pieces from Hot Markets for Your Art Part B!
