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Posted on February 20, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Stephanie Olivieri

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, and we are pleased to feature a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We’ve asked them to share how the MATS courses have helped them learn and grow. You can see more Alumni Success stories here Today, we have an interview with Stephanie Olivieri who has taken Bootcamp twice, MATS A and MATS Illustrating Children’s Books. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design I actually was auditioning for a singing voice in a Disney Feature film and was doodling on the call sheet and the director suggested I go into animation. I started there and then when traditional animation crashed in the early 2000s I started working as an illustrator. Lilla always says “People buy your joy.” What brings you joy?’ Making fun, happy, emotional drawing, usually geared towards kids whether it be

Posted on February 19, 2018.

Hurry! Class starts today! Lilla’s Facebook Live and get your free text chooser for class!

I thought it would be really fun to pull a handout from the Illustrating Children’s Books course (which starts today!) and give it to you now so you could get started early. Download your free copy here. I made this unique handout for you specifically to help you choose which text to illustrate for the course. It focuses on examining your personality type, art style, and preferred art media. Let me give you some background about how I teach. One of the things that distinguishes my e-courses is that I’ve taught or mentored artists for four decades. I pride myself on knowing how to teach artists. It’s about deeply inspiring the artist so they dive right in. It about giving plenty of structure so they know where to go next. It’s about breaking things down into tiny bites so that the student feels a greater sense of calm. I understand

Posted on February 17, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 6 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. Camille Medina I created this cover for the fifth and last week of the course. It shows the main character of the story as well as the shadows of three other major characters without unveiling what they look like. I just love this image! It combines a lot of the things I like (minimalism, rough-ish lines, pencil texture, hand lettering, block colours) and I feel that it is very ‘me’. I also had a lot of fun creating the artwork that week so whenever I look at this image it brings back good memories and a feeling of excitement and positive energy. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow?

Posted on February 15, 2018.

#MatsPrep for Illustrating Children’s Books class: My Home Planet

Let’s get you ready for my course, Illustrating Children’s Books! I’ve chosen my very favorite MATS Prep for you. What’s a MATS Prep? They are free exercises to get prepared for class, or just to have some creative fun. What’s the number one thing that art directors look for in a portfolio when selecting an illustrator for a children’s book? They look to see that an illustrator can draw a great character! What is a ‘great’ character? It can be a person, an animal, or even a thing like a robot or even a pencil! The character has personality. So how do you show that? We will teach you how in class, but for now, here’s a tip: give it interesting accessories. What is it holding, carrying, wearing? Do the accessories help to tell the story? I’m going to show you some work for for Illustrating Children’s Books. See how

Posted on February 14, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 5 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. *** Natallia Bushuyeva I chose the image from the week „Emotions“ because this was my first attempt to create a character in professional way. I loved to play with Eleanor’s emotions, making her crying or laughing. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? ICB class helped me a lot. During 5 weeks I learned and improved much more, then during last two years, when I was trying to learn and to illustrate children’s book in my own. The information, given from Lilla and Zoe, is precious! I was also very encouraged to draw and to break my barriers thanks to the Facebook group. What did you discover about yourself? I

Posted on February 13, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 4 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. *** Asma Enayeh | Asma Original I really enjoyed working on my cover as it was the last week and I already had understood how the course works. I got used to sketching everyday for the daily prompts and I had already designed all the characters of the story. So working on the cover was a matter of putting all the story characters together in an eye catching way. I had the privilege to see my cover featured in the live review by Lilla and Zoe in the “Cool Style” section. A lovely way to wrap up the five weeks journey with this feature. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you

Posted on February 12, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 3 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. *** Nicole Wilson My favorite image from weekly assignments: Week 5 Cover. This was my favorite image from the course as it was the culmination of everything we learned from Lilla and Zoe over the course of 5 wonderfully challenging and creative weeks. It really reflected how much I had both grown and learned from the time we began the course and turned in our Week 1 assignments. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? I feel like Lilla’s brilliant children’s book illustration course really gave me wings to fly as a working artist and supported me beautifully through the process of honing new skills and brushing up on older

Posted on February 11, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 2 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. *** Lynn Gaines | Lynn Gaines Design This image is from week 4 MATS ICB: Environment -the image shows our story’s main character, Eleanor, trying to get her pet giraffe up to her 27th floor apartment in the elevator. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? This class helped me to work on developing characters that have more life in them, conveying emotion and movement and setting them in an environment as well as working on the craft of story-telling through my art. What did you discover about yourself? I actually enjoy drawing characters that have personality and a story to tell. How would you describe the course to

Posted on February 10, 2018.

Illustrating Children’s Books Student Showcase part 1 {Oct 2017 class}

We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase a series of gorgeous student work that was produced in the previous session of the Illustrating Children’s Books class. View more student showcase posts here. *** Michelle Vinson | Brush & Inc. My favorite submission and week for Illustrating Children’s Books was the emotions week. Making my character come to life was always a struggle (or fear) and I felt like I broke through a barrier during this week and now feel more comfortable telling my stories through my illustrations. How did the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ class help you grow? Illustrating Children’s Book class helped me grow professionally because it confirmed that, YES, I do want to illustrate children’s books. I feel like the class gave me the steps to work hard and make that happen. What did you discover about yourself? I discovered that I have so

Posted on February 9, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Kate Mazeika

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, and we are pleased to feature a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We’ve asked them to share how the MATS courses have helped them learn and grow. You can see more Alumni Success stories here Today, we have an interview with Kate Mazeika who has taken Illustrating Children’s Books class twice! 1. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design… I knew I wanted to be an illustrator since high school when a local illustrator spoke to my art class about his job. I went to Columbus College of Art and Design and earned a BFA- my major was illustration. 2. Lilla always says “People buy your joy”. What brings you joy? I get a lot of joy from creating textures and playing with color. I also like to learn new skills/digital

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