Category:Alumni Success
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Posted on January 18, 2019.

Drum roll please … Find out who won our huge video testimonial competition plus watch your gorgeous films!

At the end of last year we launched our massive video testimonial competition. We wanted to know all about what you loved about Make Art That Sells, the great work you’ve gotten, the friends you’ve met, and the courses that have blown your mind, and you didn’t disappoint. We were blown away by the standard of the entries that we received, and it was very hard to pick a winner, but a winner we must have, so we are delighted to announce that the winner of a place on My Year of Art LIVE plus an exclusive 1:1 with a teacher of her choice is …Sam Rudd Watch her film and the other videos we loved below. We also loved the following videos: Denise Ortakales Liz Munro Galia Luz Natalia Gonzalez Thanks so much to everyone who took part. You never fail to amaze us with your creativity, skill and

Posted on November 1, 2018.

See the MATS students work that made it into the Flow Calendar 2019!

Recently, Flow Magazine published their gorgeous tear-off calendar for 2019, and we were thrilled to see that so many MATS students were selected to be included in the calendar! Flow told us, “We paid attention to quality, diversity, colors, orginality and if the illustration makes us happy, or touches us. We think with this calendar we bring an ode to illustrators, and we give you a different ‘painting’ on your wall, every day of the year!” In many cases, the images were created during Make Art That Sells online courses. This is because MATS courses are designed to help you create showstopping portfolio pieces which are just what art directors are looking for and which can help you get real work! Read on to see just some of the stunning images from MATS students and to find out how they felt that their experience of MATS has helped them to develop their careers so far … Bénédicte Barret: “Paris sera toujours Paris” Bénédicte says:

Posted on October 18, 2018.

Read our amazing Illustrating Children’s Books alumna success stories!

Do you dream of finding work in the magical world of children’s book illustration? Would you love to create memorable characters and see your work in print? Our outstanding online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, started Monday and there’s still time to sign up. Just think: in just five weeks you could be holding your very own stunning book pitch in your hands, ready to send off to potential clients! But HURRY: registration closes tonight! Click here to grab your place now. MATS works! To celebrate our the launch of our course, we’re thrilled to be able to showcase some of our recent MATS alumni successes, focusing on the illustration jobs our students have landed in the children’s book industry after taking our courses. ANDREA STEGMAIER Through sharing her work for the Illustrating Children’s Books class on social media, Andrea got her very first illustration job: making an activity page

Posted on October 17, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Devon Holzwarth

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 Devon Holzwarth who has taken MATS A, MATS Bootcamp, Global Talent Search, Creating Collections for Home Decor and Illustrating Children’s Books Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design As a child growing up in Panama with a teacher mom and an intelligence agent/artist dad, I was surrounded by many cultures, lots of books, art supplies, ginger and lemongrass on the stoop, chirping marmosets in the garden, and mahogany trees that rained helicopter seeds over the house. I’m still constantly inspired by my childhood. I attended the Rhode Island School of Design,

Posted on October 17, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Andrea Stegmaier

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 Andrea Stegmaier who has taken Illustrating Children’s Books + My year of Art school (all classes held in 2018) Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design Since I was a little kid I have made art, but never thought of it as a profession to earn money, so I learned something serious and became an architect. Last summer I posted a doodle on social media and got some likes. I kept on posting little drawings and a few weeks later I discovered MATS and the Illustrating Children’s Books class, took

Posted on October 11, 2018.

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Caitlin Murray

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 Caitlin Murray, who has taken Assignment Bootcamp four years in a row, Creating Collections for Home Decor and Illustrating Children’s Books. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design It was a long and winding road! I originally studied teaching Drama and English, then went on to study Gold & Silversmithing and Millinery, before eventually studying illustration full time in Melbourne in 2001-2002. After that, I freelanced as an illustrator for a year before getting a job as an in-house designer for a fashion company who designed kids’ clothes for

Posted on October 8, 2018.

MATS Students at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is held in the Spring every year in Bologna, Italy. The Fair is the event in the publishing year’s calendar, built around children’s content today. Zoë Tucker, our beloved co-teacher of the Illustrating Children’s Books course and a highly regarded children’s book art director, attended in 2018. Zoe wrote a report about the fair here and we also asked some of our MATS students who went along to send us some thoughts. So in today’s post, MATS students share a few images and thoughts on attending the fair in person! Caroline Bonne-Muller This is me in front of the fantastic artwork created by Chloe Almeras and a photo of a 1.5 hour line for a portfolio review at Nosy Crow. I was at the fair with my 16 year old daughter, who has ambitions to go to the art academy, so I thought it was nice to

Posted on September 6, 2018.

Meet the six new artists being represented by Lilla Rogers Studio!

We want to give a big giant shout out to everyone who entered the GTS this year. The competition was fierce! So many of you went on to get commissions and agents from the exposure, and we are delighted for your successes! Those that keep at it, and grow their work, will succeed. That’s the simple formula. We are so delighted that Kendra Binney was the grand prize winner. And the exciting part was that the work was so outstanding that Lilla and her studio ladies couldn’t resist taking on ALL SIX of the finalists! Interesting fact: The judges’ six finalists’ picks were all MATS students! MATS works! Meet all six of Lilla’s newest artists Kendra Binney, Portland, Oregon I’ve been following Kendra since we discovered her work in my Make Art That Sells courses four years ago where she stood out with her dreamy, magical style for a wall art assignment. While we know that she is capable of gorgeous

Posted on August 17, 2018.

Announcing the 2018 global talent search winner(s)!

What an incredible field of talent! The level of mastery and beauty made the decision incredibly exciting yet super challenging. We are grateful to our impressive panel of VIP judges who narrowed down the field from 50 semi-finalists to six, from which we were then tasked with selecting a winner. We loved seeing the work for the final assignment, which was to illustrate a short section of one of three texts to create a double-page picture book spread. After hours of discussion and deliberation here at the Studio, including reviewing the entire body of work of each artist, we are delighted to reveal the winner of our international search for our next artist, our Global Talent Search! Based on mastery of work and originality of style, we are delighted to announce that the winner of our Global Talent Search, and next represented artist, Kendra Binney! (Scroll down for more BIG news!) Kendra Binney, Portland, Oregon I’ve been following Kendra since we discovered her work in my Make Art That Sells courses four years ago where she

Posted on June 15, 2018.

What it’s like to win the Global Talent Search: INTERVIEW with DANIEL ROODE!

Interview with Daniel roode Want to know what the previous winners of the Global Talent Search really think about their experience? We recently interviewed the previous winners of the Global Talent Search to share their experiences with you. Find out what it’s like to win directly from the winners! Daniel Roode’s charming illustrations on various books & products Today we’re chatting with Daniel Roode, winner of the Global Talent Search Special Studio Award in 2013. Daniel’s clients include Simon & Schuster, Nickelodeon, Scholastic, Inc, Hallmark, Fisher Price, Editions Milan, and many more. Read on to find out all about Daniel’s experience entering & winning the Global Talent Search and what he thinks about being represented by Lilla Rogers Studio! Make Art That Sells: Hey, Daniel! Thanks for chatting with us today. We’d love to start out by asking you why you decided to enter the Global Talent Search? Daniel Roode: Representation