Hurry hurry HURRY – our big Spring Sale ends TOMORROW!
That means there’s just 48 hours left to pick the courses that are going to give your illustration career a huge boost and make your art even more gorgeous in the year ahead.
Want to increase how many commissions you get and how much money you make from your art? Want to make your art even more stunning?
Here are 3 things that will make your art even better and radically increase how many jobs you can get and how much money you make. (And guess what? We have a bundle that covers all three things!)
1. Learn to do lettering
Lettering is wonderful for your career and can get you a ton of work – think greeting cards, journal covers, packaging, editorial, party paper, gift, and more – and it can also give you a more interesting and varied creative career.
Lettering gets you jobs! Cool products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio.
Plus Lilla told us that when she was a top art agent, lettering was something she always looked for when she was viewing an artist’s portfolio – because being able to do lettering can help you get more work.
Some of Lilla’s lettering gigs from her days as a full-time illustrator in NYC. Her clients included New York University, Chronicle Books, Uppercase magazine, the Grammys and hundreds more. Lilla paid her bills using her lettering skills, and she wants to show you how you can do it too!
Before she was an art agent, Lilla worked as a full-time artist who made a living from her illustrations and lettering. She’s poured everything she knows about lettering – and it’s a lot! – into Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering. Find out more and sign up here with 25% off.
2. Mix up your colors
Color is one of the first ways that we respond to a piece of art, and it has a huge impact on the mood and tone of a piece. Not only that, but using a range of colors and tones can massively improve the range and number of jobs you get, helping you to increase your income.
Why? Because different palettes and color stories are suited for different art markets, and different products within those markets. By increasing the range and variety of color palettes you use in your art, you’re giving yourself the best possible chance of landing a greater variety of jobs, making your career both more interesting and more lucrative.
Different palettes for different markets. Dark and moody color stories (left) are perfect for mystical work like books, craft kits and wall art. Soft, pastel palettes (right) work for dreamy journal covers and gentle, uplifting children’s books. Products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio.
Many illustrators – even experienced, professional illustrators – tend to use the same colors or palettes over and over again, but it may affect how much work you get or how many art markets you can sell your art in. Choosing different colors and palettes can immediately increase the appeal of your art.
If you want to up your color game so you can get more jobs in more markets, or you just want to play with gorgeous color, don’t miss Color Quest, Lilla’s innovative color play course, which is BACK as a self-paced course in 2026. Find out more and sign up here with 25% off.
3. Being able to draw faces
Being able to draw faces will absolutely get you more work, especially if you’re interested in the magical and lucrative children’s book illustration market.
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Being able to draw faces gets you jobs! Gorgeous products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio.
Lilla told us: “Whatever stage of your art career you’re at, whether you doodle for fun or you’re a busy working artist, the ability to draw faces is thrilling and great for your career. As an art agent, the ability to draw faces is something that I definitely looked for when I was looking at an artist’s work with a view to representation, because I knew it would radically increase their income.”
Lilla added: “Artists can be very anxious about drawing faces, but from picture books to magazine illustrations, it’s so good for their careers! So I wrote my short course Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces to help more artists learn how to draw faces confidently and enjoyably, so nothing is holding them back.”
In Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces, illustrator and former top art agent Lilla shows you the key ingredients for drawing faces so you can draw with more confidence while accessing your own quirky uniqueness.
In Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces, Lilla breaks down how to draw faces in an innovative accessible way that works for everyone, with tons of props and visual references.
Lilla breaks down the process in a series of five videos which include demonstrations, drawing African masks and folk-art dolls, special art recipes, and tons more! And she teaches all of this in the unique and lively way that only Lilla can. Find out more and sign up here with 25% off.
Can’t decide which to focus on? We got you!
Sign up for the Supercharge Your Art Skills bundle here and get Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces AND Color Quest with a huge 35% discount! That’s like buying Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering and Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces and getting Color Quest for free!
It’ll boost your skills, add more tools to your illustrator’s toolkit, and help you make more money from making art! But hurry hurry HURRY, because our big Spring Sale ends TOMORROW! Don’t miss out – shop here now.
- ENDS TOMORROW! Our big Spring Sale is on NOW, with 25% off individual courses and up to 45% off our great value bundles! This is your sign to grab those courses you’ve had your eye on and get ready to boost your creative career – but HURRY, sale ends TOMORROW!
- Monday, April 27th: Don’t miss Illustrating Children’s Books! Create a ready-to-send picture book illustration pitch in just five weeks – plus right now save at least 25% in our Spring Sale! Find out more and sign up here.
- Next newsletter: Read even more real-life success stories from our brilliant students.
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
