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ChristmasPostcards Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 8

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 8

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 8. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Mateja Lukežič | Mima illustration You can get a holiday spirit with this lovely and colorful postcards. Find out more here So many things I have learned through the ‘Illustrating Children’s Book’ course. I have learned how to develop a great illustrations for children’s books, how to see and read the text and make characters (poses, emotions) and enviroment the best possible. The course showed me inside information from the children’s book industry and how to contact the art director. And the most important, to be kind to yourself, to believe that I can make it. We had a book fair a few days

Organization Make Art That Sells Twelve Days of Affirmations #7

Twelve Days of Affirmations #7

Welcome to Day Seven of  “12 Days of Affirmations” by Lilla. We hope that these inspire, encourage, and make you smile during this holiday season. Please feel free to share the affirmations on Instagram and let us know if they’ve helped you or if they’ve inspired you to create one of your own. Use the #makeartthatsells so we can be sure to see them. Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and she’s lettered her own favorite ones to help guide your own career and art practice. Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Post them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of affirmations

Dominika Bozic Christmas card MATS Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 7

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 7

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 8. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Dominika Bozic |Les Chérubins This is a Christmas card designed with my illustration “Fairy on the Christmas Tree” I took MATS Bootcamp 2015 and MATS Bootcamp 2016 and I am following all the freebies and small assignments Lilla is giving for inspiration. Classes and Lilla’s advice on her blog and periscope helped me focus and realize how this “job” I have chosen to do for the rest of my life is the most amazing thing that have happened to me. The advice I am getting from her classes and from the community of artists on our Facebook group page are precious. Through the constructive

one thing leads Make Art That Sells Twelve Days of Affirmations #6

Twelve Days of Affirmations #6

Welcome to Day Six of  “12 Days of Affirmations” by Lilla. We hope that these inspire, encourage, and make you smile during this holiday season. Please feel free to share the affirmations on Instagram and let us know if they’ve helped you or if they’ve inspired you to create one of your own. Use the #makeartthatsells so we can be sure to see them. Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and she’s lettered her own favorite ones to help guide your own career and art practice. Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Post them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of affirmations

Joy Make Art That Sells Twelve Days of Affirmations #5

Twelve Days of Affirmations #5

Welcome to Day Five of  “12 Days of Affirmations” by Lilla. We hope that these inspire, encourage, and make you smile during this holiday season. Please feel free to share the affirmations on Instagram and let us know if they’ve helped you or if they’ve inspired you to create one of your own. Use the #makeartthatsells so we can be sure to see them. Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and she’s lettered her own favorite ones to help guide your own career and art practice. Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Post them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of

Mirka Hokkanen TeaTowel and elves 1 Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 6

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 6

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 6. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Mirka Hokkanen Scandinavian Christmas elves. The designs were watercolors scanned in and printed at Spoonflower.com. I wanted to have 3-dimensional elves to have as a group on a shelf, and tea towels for the kitchen. The elves are for sale at the local Christmas markets that I am attending and the tea towel was a preorder through my social media and mailing list. I felt the Children’s book illustrating class was life changing for me. I have been a fine artist for a long time and people have always been telling me that I should be illustrating kid’s books, but I had no idea

infinite talent Make Art That Sells Twelve Days of Affirmations #4

Twelve Days of Affirmations #4

Welcome to Day Four of  “12 Days of Affirmations” by Lilla. We hope that these inspire, encourage, and make you smile during this holiday season. Please feel free to share the affirmations on Instagram and let us know if they’ve helped you or if they’ve inspired you to create one of your own. Use the #makeartthatsells so we can be sure to see them. Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and she’s lettered her own favorite ones to help guide your own career and art practice. Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Post them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of affirmations

May Leong Christmas Robin Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 5

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 5

Happy Festive season! We are so proud of our wonderful Make Art That Sells alumni and are pleased to showcase some festive designs and products they have created for the season. Here is part 5. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** May Leong | May Leong Design Studios A perching Robin enjoying serenity, peace and joy of the festive season. I have taken MATS A & B and the classes helped me to discover the types of art that the market is looking for and to narrow my focus in creating artwork in the markets that I am interested in. In 2017, I would like to continue to enhance my art skills and to market my beautiful designs to reach more clients See more work here: Website *** Yayun Chang-Cahill | DimSumLove My product is a holiday card (5″x7″) and my goal is to celebrate the Asian American story

Im a rebel Make Art That Sells Twelve Days of Affirmations #3

Twelve Days of Affirmations #3

Welcome to Day Three of  “12 Days of Affirmations” by Lilla. We hope that these inspire, encourage, and make you smile during this holiday season. Please feel free to share the affirmations on Instagram and let us know if they’ve helped you or if they’ve inspired you to create one of your own. Use the #makeartthatsells so we can be sure to see them. Lilla has used affirmations as a powerful tool for her entire career, and she’s lettered her own favorite ones to help guide your own career and art practice. Affirmations are a great way to program your beliefs so that you move in the direction you want your life to go. By repeating a key phrase, you reframe your beliefs in a subtle, but powerful way. Post them in key places around your house or workspace. Lilla says, “My morning mirror is covered with sticky notes of affirmations

Announcing the winner from the Illustrating Children’s Book Video competition

We love seeing the videos that our MATS Alumni make! In our very first ‘Illustrating Children’s Book‘ class, we invited our participants to make a one minute video about their experience of the course. Our favorite wins a 1:1 portfolio review and career development chat with Children’s Book Art Director Zoe Tucker (one hour via Skype at a mutually convenient time)! We are so happy to announce that the winner is KIRSTI DAVIDSON and you can watch her wonderful video below! Do you dream of illustrating a children’s book? Would you love to create a magical world with characters that you’ve designed? Do you love the magic of children’s books and feel that you have something to offer? Then, our ‘Illustrating Children’s Books‘ course is for you! Learn everything you need to know in a supportive and step-by-step approach to create your own winning children’s book illustration pitch. Taught by me, an art agent