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How to find your art style

Our brand new course is going to help you discover or hone your art style, while making gorgeous art for your portfolio! Art agent Lilla tells us that one of the most common questions she gets asked as an art agent is: how do you develop your art style? How do you push your style further? How do you freshen up your existing style? Need a jump start? Feeling stuck and want to be inspired? Lilla and Tamisha have come up with a unique, original and inspiring way for you to explore your style. Here’s your teacher! Illustrator and educator Tamisha will inspire you with her vintage accessories, plus she’ll pose in period dress so you can practice your figure drawing. That’s why we’re so thrilled to share our brand NEW course from illustrator and educator Tamisha Anthony. She’s curated some beautiful vintage accessories and combined them with her knowledge

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Learn what to show in your portfolio – with a huge saving

Build a show-stopping illustration portfolio designed to get you paying jobs – with a massive 40% off! Art agent Lilla has put together this amazing My Stellar Illustration Career bundle that’s built around creating a powerful illustration portfolio that art directors, art agents, creative directors and more will love to see. Here are the FIVE courses you’ll get in this fabulous bundle: New + Live! Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering: Being able to do lettering opens up a ton of art markets from journal covers to wine labels, and it’s something that Lilla looks for when viewing an artist’s portfolio (and don’t forget, she’s always looking for new talent – taking a Make Art That Sells course is a great way to get seen by her!). You’ll get something every Monday for three months and it’s suitable for everyone, no matter what level you’. Lilla’s NEW course for 2024 will give you

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Wow! Even more real-life success stories from our students

We already shared one batch of our students’ actual real life success stories a week ago, but we have so many that here’s another bunch for you. Why? Because we want you to know that it’s perfectly possible for you to build a full-time career in illustration. Q: Why do we have so many success stories to share? A: Art agent Lilla cleverly designs every course to help you to fill your portfolio with art designed to attract paying customers, grow your art so you get better and better (while loving every minute), and make real money from making pictures. We love sharing these. Read on to find out who credits Make Art That Sells courses as setting them on course for their dream career and more. But first, a quick reminder: our huge annual sale is on NOW! So if you’re thinking of taking ANY Make Art That Sells

This could be YOU!

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! Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber. This could be you! Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, and hugely satisfying to work on. Books written and illustrated by artists represented by art agent and Make Art That Sells teacher Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let Lilla show you how. Which of these appeals to you the most: “I want to sink deep

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How to harness the power of the universe

If you want to work in the creative industry and make real money doing what you love, then this course is for you. Some of Lilla’s career highlights, including best-selling author, owner of a national jewelry craft line, regular columnist for Uppercase magazine, illustrator, ecourse co-founder, and more. Let Lilla share the wealth of her experience with you! Manifest Your Creative Career is a magical, helpful and informative NEW course from top art agent Lilla that’s packed with useful information about how you can have a lucrative creative career. Lilla says: “I want to help you to make real money from your art, your craft, being your own cool self. I want to share the wealth of my experience – as an illustrator, art agent, author, columnist, speaker, ecourse co-founder, educator and more, and show you the many, many ways you can monetize your creativity – with a little bit

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Replay of Live with Lilla: Ask the Artists

If you missed the fabulous Live with Lilla and three of her artists, we have posted a replay below. Our huge annual sale is here! with 30% off every single one of our career-changing courses, and up to 50% off our amazing value bundles! It’s 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 2024, you won’t find our courses cheaper than this! Plus we’ve got THREE new courses for 2024! To find out what they are, join art agent Lilla in today’s Zoom, when she’ll be spilling ALL the beans, look out for tomorrow’s blog for the big reveal, or download our gorgeous Sale Guide if you just can’t wait.

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Ask the Artists: FREE Zoom (and giveaway) TODAY!

Join Lilla plus three of her artists for a fab FREE live event TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT and you could win a FREE place on one of Lilla’s courses! Here’s art agent Lilla! Join her in conversation with three of the artists she represents TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT. Join here. Lilla will be chatting with three of her artists, all of whom are Make Art That Sells students, and asking them questions including: What’s the secret to becoming a successful illustrator? What is the day-to-day life of an illustrator like? What work did you share to get an agent? What advice would you give to someone just starting out in illustration? What do you love about being an illustrator? … and more. Plus you’ll be able to put your own questions to the artists, Lilla will be performing her famous career tarot (always fascinating

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Take this course to give your art career a huge boost

Do you want to give your art career a huge boost and start landing more paying gigs? Here’s how. Being able to do lettering is fantastic for your creative career, and is used across a ton of wonderful art markets. Check out these gorgeous products, agented by Lilla Rogers. Art agent Lilla’s brand NEW lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, will show you how you can find your own unique lettering style and help you build a mini-encyclopaedia of styles to fall back on, plus you’ll create some eye-catching art for your portfolio and get direct access to your teacher in monthly Zoom events. Being able to do lettering opens up a huge number of jobs, and it’s useful across nearly all art markets, including children’s books, non-fiction books, editorial, gift, wall art, party paper, greetings cards, even bolt fabric. Lilla says: “Lettering is fantastic for your career and can get

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Check out your FREE playbook 👀

37 pages of FREE goodness to support your creative career! Have you had a chance to download your fab FREE Playbook & Planner 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 & Planner here. Here’s what you get in this amazing free resource: An insightful planner from art agent Lilla that will help you clarify your goals for the year ahead, with questions to answer and next steps to follow A playful quiz that will help you figure out what sort of book is perfect for you A cool worksheet to help you plan your very own unique arty book idea step by step Details on how you can access Lilla’s fab FREE five-part video course on writing and illustrating non-fiction books

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WOW! Read actual illustration success stories!

Make Art That Sells courses are designed to – well – help you make art that sells. Art agent Lilla cleverly designs every course to help you to fill your portfolio with art designed to attract paying customers, grow your art so you get better and better (while loving every minute), and make real money from making pictures. And they really work! We love sharing our student success stories, and we’ve collected a few more for you below. Read on to find out who’s landed THREE picture book illustration deals since taking Illustrating Children’s Books, who got cards licensed for Trader Joe’s and American Greetings among others, and more. But first, a quick reminder: our huge annual sale is on NOW! So if you’re thinking of taking ANY Make Art That Sells courses in 2024, just remember that you won’t get them cheaper than this. With 30% off everything and