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Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram final entry

Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram shares her experience

Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram works at her computer. Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram shares how it feels to win! 12 months ago, Zoe Ingram was working as a freelance web designer and earning a living, but her says her heart wasn’t in it. That was until she took her first Make Art That Sells course and then entered the Global Talent Search, and everything changed. Some of Zoe’s work in progress. Click below listen to an interview between Zoe and Make Art That Sells co-founder and producer Beth Kempton, in which  Zoe shares her experience of the course and competition. Zoe’s entries for the Global Talent Search 2013: Round 1 (left) and the Semi-Final (right). It’s hard to believe that Zoe was nervous at the outset, unsure of whether her work was good enough, and never drew in a sketchbook! One year on, she has been

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Trina Dalziel on Make Art That Sells

Trina Dalziel on going back to school with Make Art That Sells Trina Dalziel is an illustrator who is represented by Lilla Rogers. She joined one of the first Make Art That Sells online illustration courses, now known as Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, and reflected on how it felt to “go back to school”. Scrapbooking : vintage typewriters and cameras I’ve been freelancing for over seventeen years and I’ve also taught on several illustration degree courses – but going back to “school” this year has been a delight for me. Map of famous people connected with the area around Crystal Palace These projects are my responses to Lilla’s amazing online course for Make Art That Sells, aimed at professional illustrators and designers worldwide. Party paper with a Winter Folk Art theme The majority of my commissioned work has always been for editorial (which is

Student review of Make Art That Sells

Read this student review of Make Art That Sells!

Check out this student review of Make Art That Sells! Emily Balsley is an artist who signed up for the very first Make Art That Sells course, Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, as well as art agent Lilla Rogers’ Global Talent Search. She got in touch to let us know what she thought of her experience. Read this student review of Make Art That Sells below. Hey Lilla! Now that the Make Art That Sells course and the Global Talent Search are over, I finally have the time to sit down and reflect on the last six months. What a whirlwind it has been! I went into the course a fairly “green” illustrator and I have come out of it ready to take on the world one illustration at a time – with new skills, self-confidence, focus and drive. Before Make Art That Sells, I

Christmas Card by Zoe Ingram

Zoe Ingram on Make Art That Sells

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

Linda Ketelhut Joshua Tree sketchbook

See artist Linda Ketelhut’s sketchbook from Joshua Tree

Linda Ketelhut shares her Joshua Tree sketchbook Illustrator Linda Ketelhut was previously represented by Lilla Rogers. She sent this message from her trip to Joshua Tree National Park. Hi Lilla, I’ve had a growing obsession with succulents since I first set eyes on one. I thought I could be satisfied with a casual purchase at the local nursery or a quick photograph while out on a walk … And then I went to Joshua Tree. To some, a beautiful park to go camping and rock climbing. To me, a vegetation wonderland. Cacti, algae, desert shrubs, wildflowers … h e a v e n. I was in awe discovering the different varieties of cactus in this stunning terrain. It was one of those weekends that left me feeling renewed and inspired – and more than ever wanting to channel my adoration into art. I thought I’d share a photo diary of

John Coulter in Anthology magazine

JOHN COULTER for Anthology magazine

Illustrator JOHN COULTER shares his process Hi Lilla, I recently had the pleasure of working with Anthology magazine’s amazing creative director, Meg Mateo Ilasco, on the Summer 2013 issue: “Home is where the Art is.” I was asked to do an illustrated map of Rio de Janiero.   This was a very gratifying job. I did copious amounts of research online for each neighborhood featured, in an effort to get the flavor of each one.   I recently showed the map to a friend living in Rio, and he said, “Looks to have been done by somebody only with a native knowledge. Just showed my brother in law (native Carioca) and he was thoroughly impressed as well.” I have attached some of my preliminary sketches, lettering experiments, details and the final. Obrigado, – John

Two images of the creation of a mural by illustrator Allison Cole

Mural by illustrator Allison Cole

  How I created my mural by illustrator Allison Cole Illustrator Allison Cole, who was previously represented by Lilla Rogers, writes: I was recently invited to participate in a group show at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, called Seven: A Performative Drawing Project. Seven different artists were each given one of the seven walls of the main gallery to paint or draw on. The whole process was recorded with a digital camera taking photos at different intervals that will eventually be compiled into a stop-motion video, recording each artist’s process. It was a tremendous opportunity and I was honored to be invited to participate.

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Interview with Beth Kempton of Do What You Love

an Interview with Beth Kempton Who is this woman that has been to every continent on earth, hosted her own talk show in Japan, been chased off the Great Wall of China by rock-wielding bandits, and now is the star producer of Do What You Love, which produces ground-breaking e-courses as well publishing the hugely popular MOYO Magazine? Art agent Lilla Rogers here. I am proud to be collaborating with Beth on our e-course Make Art That Sells and the Global Talent Search. I was eager to know more, so I asked Beth all the questions I was dying to ask this outstanding woman. Read my interview with Beth Kempton here.

The front cover of the book I just like to make things by art agent Lilla Rogers

Review of I Just Like to Make Things by Lilla Rogers

Review of I Just Like to Make Things by Lilla Rogers Mindset coach Tammie Bennett reviewed art agent Lilla’s book, I Just Like to Make Things. I Just Like to Make Things by top art agent Lilla Rogers. Learn how to write, illustrate and pitch your very own arty book in My Arty Book Pitch – be sure to check out Lilla’s FREE five part video series! Here’s Tammie’s review: “The second i heard Lilla Rogers was releasing a book, I put it on my Amazon wishlist. her agency, Lilla Rogers Studio, represents so many of my very favorite current artists. My work isn’t ready for her yet, but hopefully someday. Last week I saw on Twitter that her book was being released earlier than planned, so I obviously dropped everything and ordered a copy. In a strange twist of fate, one of my bubbies had a bad case of the

Lilla’s Time Management Tips for Artists

Good news: You’re getting lots of work. But I can know it’s very stressful. I’ve been there when I was a full-time artist with tons of projects, and here are my tips on time management: 1. Write each item on a small sticky piece of paper (post-it notes). An item to write down might be: sketch animals for bag get ideas for pattern scan in all line drawings color in patterns etc.