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Don’t miss your incredible FREE Playbook download!

Forty pages of goodness to support your creative career through 2025 and beyond Have you had a chance to download your fab FREE playbook yet? Top art agent Lilla has put together this delicious smorgasbord of goodies to inspire and guide you through the year ahead. Playful worksheets, a yearly planner, insightful quizzes and more – get your FREE playbook here. Here’s what you get in this amazing free resource: A creative career planner interactive quiz, to help you figure out what worked in 2024 and what to focus on in 2025 A tempting taste of art agent Lilla’s brand NEW course for 2025, Color Quest A sneak peek at the kind of fabulous downloads you’ll enjoy in Lilla’s inspiring lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering A bundle chooser to help you make the most of the amazing savings in our huge annual sale Plus a beautiful 12 month calendar featuring

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Don’t miss these amazing student success book deal stories

Imagine holding your very own book, written and/or illustrated by you, in your hands … Imagine spotting it in the wild in the library or bookstore … Imagine getting invited to your favorite local bookshop or school or radio station to do a reading … Imagine this being your job – that you’re getting paid to do! Just some of the hundreds of books agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Ready to hold the book YOU illustrated in your hands – and get paid for it? Grab a career-making course in our giant annual sale. Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, hugely satisfying to work on, and a great source of income. That’s why, after decades of seeing what’s in demand and what’s selling in the art market, Lilla now offers not one but THREE book courses – all currently 30% off

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REVEALED: Lilla’s brand NEW course that’s going to transform your art!

We’re sure that this cat is well and truly out of the bag, but just in case you haven’t heard the big news yet, today we’re thrilled to share all the details of Lilla’s brand NEW course for 2025 – and don’t forget, right now you can get it for up to half price in our huge annual sale! We told you: It’s something that Make Art That Sells students have been asking for for a long time. It’s a course that will transform everyone’s art, whether you’re a pro illustrator or you just love to make art for fun It’s suitable for all levels, whatever stage you’re at in your creative career. Plus, in common with all Lilla’s courses, you’re going to find it incredibly playful, inspiring and motivating! Ready for the big reveal? Drum roll please … Lilla’s NEW course for 2025 is Color Quest, all about playing

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Replay of Live with Lilla – All-Star Zoom!

If you missed the fabulous live with Four of our Make Art That Sells Teachers, watch the replay below! Celebrating the start of the Make Art That Sells Cyber Sale! More info here Here’s who you’ll meet: Lilla Rogers, Make Art That Sells co-founder and creative powerhouse, with 40+ years experience as an illustrator, art agent, author, columnist and more, creates and teaches all of the Make Art That Sells courses Zoë Tucker, children’s book art director and author, joins Lilla to teach Illustrating Children’s Books, My Kid Book Pitch and Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS and teaches Bootcamp Special: Character Play with Riley Margo Tantau, creative director, trend queen and podcaster and art agent, joins Lilla to teach Creating Collections for Home Décor and Home Décor PLUS Tamisha Anthony, educator and thriving children’s books illustrator, teaches Finding Your Art Style with Style and our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black

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FREE courses and HUGE savings: open now!

Our huge annual sale starts TODAY, with 30% off every single one of our career-changing courses, and up to 50% off our amazing value bundles! Plus join the Make Art That Sells teachers for a FREE Zoom event TODAY to get your career questions answered plus giveaways galore! The Make Art That Sells Cyber Sale is our biggest sale of the year, so don’t miss out: if you’re thinking of taking a course with Make Art That Sells in 2025, you won’t find our courses cheaper than this! Why take Make Art That Sells courses? Now over ten years old, Make Art That Sells is one of the oldest and most established online illustration schools around. Over the course of that decade, we’ve taught more than 30,000 students from more than 100 countries around the world. All of our courses are taught or co-created by a consummate instructor: art agent,

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Downloads, quizzes and savings galore: Get your FREE Sale Guide & Playbook!

Mark your calendar and get ready to give your creative career a big boost with some huge discounts: our huge annual sale kicks off NEXT TUESDAY, November 19th, with savings across every single one of our career-changing courses, and up to 50% off our fabulous bundles! Want help deciding which courses to take? Get your free copy of our gorgeous Sale Guide, packed with worksheets, and start planning your amazing creative career. Where will the next 12 months take you? This is our biggest sale of the year, with 30% off every single one of our career-changing courses and even bigger savings on our incredible bundles! Don’t miss out! Oh – and if you’ve been wondering about Lilla’s brand NEW course for 2025 … the guide might contain a little spoiler about those too … Here’s what you’ll find in your gorgeous Sale Guide: Details of Lilla’s brand NEW course

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What’s the secret of life for creative people?

Lilla here. This is the final one of five newsletters in which I’ve been sharing some of what I know from being an artist, an art agent, an author, a speaker, a columnist and more for more than three decades. You can find the previous newsletters here: The 5 traits of successful illustrators How to make time for your art (and why your messy sink is a good thing) How to get down to the business of creating in just one hour How to kick envy’s butt (and what it says about you) Today, to finish off, I’m going to talk to you about the secret of life. Isn’t that great? The secret of life for creative people The first key to success for creative people is structure and organization, and here’s why: our minds are bursting with ideas, colors, shapes, and thoughts, which makes us naturally non-linear. image Because

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How do you kick envy’s butt? And what does it say about YOU?

Lilla here. This is the fourth of five newsletters I’ve written for you to share some of the lessons I’ve learned from three decades (and counting!) of working in the creative industry, as an art agent, an author, an illustrator, a columnist, a speaker and more. If you missed the other newsletters, you can find them here. I’ve been navigating the creative industry for more than 40 years, as an illustrator, an art agent, an author, an entrepreneur, a speaker, a columnist and more. I want to share what I’ve learned with you! Today, I want to talk about something that everyone, no matter their level of success, has experienced: envy and competition. And I’ll show you how to overcome envy! How do you kick envy’s butt? There’s a lot of beautiful work out there, and you have two ways to respond to it. Let’s say you see a stunning

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How to get right down to the business of creating with just 1 hour

Lilla here. I’ve created a series of five newsletters for you that are packed with the knowledge and wisdom I’ve gleaned from decades in the creative industry, as an art agent, an illustrator, an entrepreneur, an author and more. I’ll be answering some of the big questions I get asked, and sharing some of the things I think you need to know to make it as an illustrator. Hi, I’m Lilla! I want to share some of the things that I’ve learned from my 30+ years in the creative industry. So far, I’ve talked about 5 traits which will help you to be successful as an illustrator and how you can make time for your art, even when you have a ton of other things going on too (I’ve been there!). Check them out here. In today’s newsletter, I’m going to build on the last one by sharing some ideas

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How to make time for your art

Lilla here! I’ve put together a series of five newsletters for you, where I’ll answer some of the big questions I often get asked after decades in the creative industry. I’ll also share key insights you need to know to succeed as an illustrator. Some career highlights for me so far include publishing my first book, I Just Like to Make Things, writing my regular column for Uppercase magazine, speaking gigs, and launching my jewelry craft line. I’m thrilled to pass on everything I’ve learned over the past 30 years! In the last newsletter, we discussed five traits that can help you thrive as an illustrator. If you missed it, you can catch up here. How to Make Time for Art (And Why your Messy Sink Might Be a Good Thing) Today, let’s dive into something every artist faces: how do you make time for art when there are so