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EXCITING NEWS for lettering fans!

Lilla here. One of my favorite courses (they’re all my favorite), Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, starts Monday, June 8th, and I can’t wait to see what art you create this year! This will be the third time I’ve taught this class. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since I did penmanship in third grade, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. My goal for this course is to make you fall in love with and feel very comfortable drawing all kinds of lettering styles. The ability to do lettering was one thing I always looked at when I was viewing an artist’s portfolio as an art agent. Why? Because being able to do lettering can help you get more work – and more work means more income for you, along with a more interesting and varied creative career. Look how many of

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Is this you? (The illustrator who just needs a little boost)

As an art agent, I nurtured and mentored the artists I represented for 30 years, helping them to create beautiful art and achieve career success. Let me do the same for you. Lilla here. I’m so incredibly excited about my small-group mentoring intensive, Inner Circle. It gives me the opportunity to do what I love most: closely mentor a small group of artists and help them reach the next level. So many artists crave individual guidance, and with my decades of experience as an agent and teacher, I know exactly how to help people make their work more true to themselves, more gorgeous, and more lucrative. That’s what lights me up. Are you wondering if Inner Circle would be right for you? I got to thinking about a number of imaginary artists—six examples of the kinds of creatives I envisioned in my mentoring intensive—along with case studies describing how I

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Is Lilla’s Inner Circle worth it?

There are just FOUR places remaining on art agent Lilla’s small-group mentoring intensive, Inner Circle, and once they’re gone, they’re gone! To help you decide whether Inner Circle is right for you, we’ve been catching up with some former participants to find out what their experience was like and what happened next, and – crucially – whether it was worth it. Today we’re meeting Ilana Diamond, who took part in the very first Inner Circle, just over a year ago in April 2025. Ilana (left) and one of the pieces she worked on with Lilla in Inner Circle (right). You’ll get personalized assignments to help you hone your style and give your illustration career a huge boost. Q. What successes have you had since taking Inner Circle? A The piece I created during Inner Circle, Vintage Shop, was published as a 1,000-piece puzzle by Cobble Hill and presented at the

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LAST CHANCE until 2027!

Give yourself something to look forward to every month from now until August, with monthly assignments, bonus content, live Zooms with Lilla and your classmates, and more. Hurry HURRY – sign up here. Hurry hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Portfolio Club 2026 closes forever TODAY! That means it’s your last chance to sign up for four months of quirky, inspiring, real-world assignments from art agent Lilla plus instant access to all four of the assignments released so far! Fill your illustration portfolio with gorgeous art like this for class by Make Art That Sells students Tjarda Borsboom (left) and Alexandra Imrie (right), with assignments specifically designed to help you land paying gigs! Join the class here. Q. What do I get in Portfolio Club? Sign up today and you’ll get: Instant access to all the materials released so far, including four Mini assignments, four Big assignments, recordings of the

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HURRY! FLASH RE-OPENING!

Hurry HURRY – if you’ve been kicking yourself for not signing up for Portfolio Club when you had the opportunity, then this is your chance: we’ve re-opened registration for just 72 hours! Enjoy monthly assignments for a huge range of markets – it’s probably Lilla’s most varied course yet. Find out more and sign up here. One of the things that makes Portfolio Club so exciting, motivating and unique is that Lilla has drawn on her 30 years’ experience as an art agent to write each of the monthly assignments as though it was literally a real-world commission – in other words, it’ll be like it’s an actual email that you’re getting in your inbox with fees, company names, creative direction and so on. Not only is this incredibly valuable information for you, but it also gives you the chance to see what an actual commission would be like –

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LAST CHANCE for Illustrating Children’s Books until 2027!

Hurry hurry – LAST CHANCE to sign up for our career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books course until 2027! ✨ Imagine building a lucrative career in the magical world of children’s book illustration … ✨ Imagine walking past your favorite book store and seeing a book you illustrated in the front window … ✨ Imagine spending months digging deep into a dreamy children’s book manuscript, creating unique worlds and memorable characters ✨ Imagine getting paid to make art! Our outstanding online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, is on NOW, but there’s still time to sign up. Join now to get instant access to all the class materials released so far, including Daily Sketchbook prompts, lessons on things like pitching, the first Art Director’s Cheat Sheet from Zoë, and bonus lessons from former art agent and illustrator Lilla – check out the full class schedule here. Plus the rest of the class only got

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Replay of Public Live with Lilla and Zoë: Join us in Illustrating Children’s Books 2026

Did you miss the fabulous Live with Lilla and Zoë? Watch the replay below! Join top art agent Lilla and brilliant children’s book art director Zoë, for five incredible weeks where you’ll learn a ton about the picture book industry and create a ready-to-send pitch that contains everything an art director needs to see to give you work! So, are you ready to create a show-stopping picture book illustration pitch, learn a ton about the children’s book illustration market, and maybe get commissioned by art director Zoë?  – jump in today! Watch the Live Replay below  

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Which story will you choose?

Our raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts TODAY! Join now so you don’t miss out and to start working on your killer pitch ahead of your very first assignment on Wednesday! Every year, this course creates a whole new flurry of book deals for our wonderful students – read our student success stories here. Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker will lead you step by step to create a fabulous pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher wants to see to commission you to illustrate a children’s picture book. And on the way, they’ll teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration in a way that’s both fun and fascinating: you won’t want it to end! You’ll get daily drawing prompts, weekly LIVE

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HURRY! FREE picture book illustration assignment Part 3 inside!

Our absolute student-favorite online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts THIS MONDAY, April 27th, and we can’t wait! We’ve got three incredible texts for you to choose between – one witty one written by art agent Lilla, one dreamy one by picture book author Zoë Tucker – who’s previously had THREE of the texts she’s written for Illustrating Children’s Books published – and one calm, mindful by British Jennie. As ever, it’s suitable for all styles and all levels, and we think you’re going to adore the stories we’ve come up with this year! Three of the stories which Zoë has written for Illustrating Children’s Books have been picked up and published so far – in other words, you’re working with professional-level texts. Book your spot here. To give you a little taste of Lilla’s innovative teaching style, which breaks everything down into smaller steps to keep you engaged and accountable

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Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment!

Get Part 2 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment! There’s less than a week to go until the start of our raved-about picture book illustration course, Illustrating Children’s Books. Tons of our students have gotten book illustration deals after taking this course – read some of their stories here. In five intense weeks, you’ll create a ready-to-send professional pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you work. If you’re ready to build or boost your picture book illustration career, don’t wait – sign up now. In order to give you a little taste of the course, and to help you get warmed up and ready for class, art agent and course leader Lilla has written a FREE three-part #MATSprep assignment for you. We’re drawing a scene together. Scenes are a huge part of picture book illustration, which is why you’ll spend