Category:Alumni Success
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Posted on December 19, 2016.

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 9

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 9. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Ashley Lotecki | Ashley Lotecki Design This year I’ve been focused on developing and crafting a line of products that feature my illustrations and hand lettering using different techniques. I am excited to say that I will be launching my own e-commerce store very soon! Here is a peek at one of my original wooden ornament designs “Gingerbread Man,” which I laser etched and cut, then hand-finished. The MATS classes have been a great way to have designated time for me to focus on further developing my voice as an artist – with a stronger voice I’ve been able to, and continue to, push

Posted on December 18, 2016.

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

Posted on December 17, 2016.

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

Posted on December 15, 2016.

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

Posted on December 14, 2016.

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

Posted on December 14, 2016.

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

Posted on December 10, 2016.

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 4

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 4. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** Kari Percival I printed up this wood cut, “Home” just in time for the holidays. A cut away view shows the inside a beaver lodge in winter under the snow. A family member who is returning from a swim greets family members snug inside. This hand carved wood cut is printed by hand with water based inks on acid-free paper. It’s 14″ x 17″. PokeweedInk Print Shop is on Etsy HERE I’ve taken MATS Bootcamp and GTS both 2015 and 2016, and I completed the MATS Children’s Book Illustration class. The classes have helped me evolve by providing an active, international on-line community of

Posted on December 8, 2016.

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 3

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 3. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** CARRIE CHAPKO I created this pattern for a local Wisconsin shop to be used on holiday gift wrap. It features watercolor icons in a Wisconsin Christmas theme. I have since had a request to create a version for Montana too! More info and to purchase here MATS classes have helped me tremendously in finding my style and feeling more confident in it! Deciding to take these classes was the best thing I ever did for my art career, I am so grateful for them. Working alongside a talented bunch of artists and illustrators from around the world has also helped, I value all the

Posted on December 7, 2016.

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 2

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 2. See all the festive showcase posts here as they unfold. *** KAREN VERMEULEN It’s Christmas time again! this little birdie is a little surprised to find that it’s that time of the year again. A folksy robin with a big questioning eyeball in a snowy landscape will be on greeting cards and gift tags for sale at markets in Cape Town, for more details or mail orders please contact me through my website. I took Mats A self paced and I did some of my favourite work through a class project. Mats taught me a different approach and allowed my illustration work to go up a few levels. I’m hoping to create more work I’m

Posted on December 6, 2016.

MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 – part 1

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 1. *** JESS RACKLYEFT | JESSESMESS A design for a Christmas card based on a MATS assignment involving Christmas cookies! I’ve taken Children’s books, bootcamp, Home Decor and MATS A and B. MATS has been a major contributor to my artistic growth this year, I’ve pushed my boundaries and professionalism through the classes. I’ve also built a whole array of new work for my portfolio and some of this has ended up in card designs, home decor products and other client projects. See more work here: Website *** FRANCESCA IANNACCONE Set of 8 Holiday cards. I have taken Bootcamp over the last 3 years. I sign up because it gives me such an amazing amount of new