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LAST CHANCE for Character Bootcamp until 2024!

LAST CHANCE! Today is your last chance to sign up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play until 2024 – don’t miss out, register now! As a reminder, here’s what you’ll get when you sign up today: Something every single Monday from now until the end of September that will help you create six pieces of art for your portfolio Instant access to all of the materials for July so far, including two assignments that you can complete whenever you want to plus creative insights in a special bonus video You’ll get to join the rest of the class for the LIVE Zoom event next Monday, July 31st … … Plus you’ll get to start next month’s assignments along with them on Monday, August 7th You’ll get your art directly in front of two art agents and two art directors – and they’re always looking for new talent And access to our

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Hurry HURRY – Character Bootcamp flash re-opening!

Have you seen the gorgeous art coming out of the first month of Bootcamp Special: Character Play? Kicking yourself for not signing up? Want to learn how to create winning characters you can license for toys and games, books, and more? Art created for Bootcamp Special: Character Play by Make Art That Sells student Helen Bryant. Hurry – we have re-opened registration from today until Friday ONLY! We’ve had a ton of emails asking if there’s still time to sign up, so we thought we’d re-open registration for Bootcamp Special: Character Play for a few days, from now until this Friday, July 28th, so no one has to miss out. Want in? Then sign up now! This course won’t run again until 2024! Q: Wait, won’t I be missing out if I sign up now? Class started weeks ago! A: One of the great things about Bootcamp Special: Character Play

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REVEALED: Meet the 32nd Make Art That Sells student to land representation with Lilla Rogers!

If you’ve been following Make Art That Sells for a while then you’ll already know that one of several things that makes our courses unique is that they are taught by a top international art agent, Lilla Rogers – and she’s always looking for new artists to represent. In fact, since Make Art That Sells was founded in 2013, Lilla has offered representation to a whopping 32 students whose art she’s fallen in love with in class. Huge congratulations to #32 … Fay Ford! Oxfordshire, UK, based Fay is a long-term Make Art That Sells fan who has taken Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, Creating Collections for Home Décor, Illustrating Children’s Books, My Toy Pitch, our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black History, and the MATS MBA (Money BadAss) – some of them several times. All this means that she’s created a

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LAST CHANCE: Bootcamp Special closes TODAY!

LAST CHANCE to take a deep dive into the rewarding world of creating characters: registration for Bootcamp Special: Character Play closes TODAY! Hurry HURRY – registration for Bootcamp Special: Character Play closes TODAY, and this course won’t run again until 2024! If you want to get something from a children’s book art director and picture book author and an art agent, creative director and toy creator every Monday for three months that will help you create great portfolio art designed to get you work – then sign up now! As a quick reminder, here’s what you get when you register for Bootcamp Special: Character Play TODAY! Three exclusive mini-texts written especially for class by brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker, designed to work for all levels and based around on-trend market-savvy themes Tons of insight and advice from renowned creative director and smash-hit toy and

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Replay of Public Live with Lilla, Zoë and Riley! Join us for the Character Bootcamp class!

Hi everyone! If you missed the fabulous live zoom, we have posted a replay below for you! Create winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more – Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2023 started yesterday so there is still time to grab your spot!   We hope you enjoyed the show and have an idea of how Bootcamp Special: Character Play can grow your art, fill your portfolio, and help you create gorgeous on-trend artwork that will help you create more income. A strong character is the backbone of stories, games and more, and that’s why they’re such a great addition to your illustration portfolio. In this playful but powerful course, you’ll get something from your teachers – brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker and art agent and smash-hit game creator Riley Wilkinson – that will help you create some amazing art that’s specifically

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  Create winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more A strong character is the backbone of stories, games and more, and that’s why they’re such a great addition to your illustration portfolio. In this playful but powerful course, you’ll get something from your teachers – brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker and art agent and smash-hit game creator Riley Wilkinson – that will help you create some amazing art that’s specifically designed to get you paying jobs. Every month for three months, you’ll get a mini text and an assignment from Zoë, along with some top tips and tricks to help you start illustrating characters. Then, the following week, Riley will help you take those characters you created in week one and make them into an amazing toy pitch. And art agent Lilla will add her insight along the

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Win a FREE place in Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2023! Join art agent Lilla along with beloved teachers Zoë and Riley for a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, Monday, July 10th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST. They’ll be talking about the fab FREE #MATSprep warm-up exercise, answering your creative career questions and giving away a FREE place in class! Don’t miss it! You’ll find the link to join on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com and in our Instagram Stories. There’s less than a week to go until Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2023, which starts THIS MONDAY, July 10th! Bootcamp Special: Character Play is all about creating winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more – and today we wanted to share some news about a character some of you may already be familiar with. Make Art

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Here’s Part 2 of your FREE illustration assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of the FREE #MATSprep illustration assignment I created for you to get you warmed up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play. Today you’re going to find out exactly how easy it is to create winning characters for some of the hottest art markets right now. This course really is for all levels! Win a free place in class! First I need to remind you to join me and my brilliant Bootcamp Special teachers, Zoë and Riley, in a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, Monday, July 10th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST! Zoë and Riley are both incredible teachers who are a joy to learn from as well as having huge amounts of information to share, and I know we’re going to have a blast. Join us – scribble a note on your hand now so you don’t forget!

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Open for a sweet treat: FREE assignment inside!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing the first part of a FREE two part #MATSprep illustration assignment I’ve created for you to get you warmed up and ready for Bootcamp Special: Character Play, which starts Monday, July 10th! Q: Hold up. What’s Bootcamp Special: Character Play? A: Bootcamp Special: Character Play is a playful, relaxed course that’s designed to boost your creativity and give you more income streams for your art, so you can make more money doing what you love. It focuses on two fabulous art markets – children’s picture books and toys and games – and is taught by two top experts. I am grateful to the thousands of students who have taken my Make Art That Sells courses and the kind words you send me about my teaching style, because you’ve found that my assignments grow your art like nothing else and because they help you land real

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Light your fire: 2 FREE mini assignments from art agent Lilla

Lilla here. Something else came up in a recent live Zoom event with my My Arty Book Pitch students that I wanted to share with you. Here’s what I want you to know. I see how hard you’re working to get that project to happen, whatever it might be. For my My Arty Book Pitch students, it’s their illustrated book pitch, but it might be building a portfolio or setting up a new website or sending out kidlitart postcards or honing your style. That new phase – learning new things, discovering new things you want to do – should never stop. Here I am, in my late 60s, and I’m still figuring out what floats my boat, how I can help, what makes me excited, and what I’m dying to do. My first book, I just like to make things, for Quarry Books. I want you to keep that passion.