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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


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


lillabolecz forestchristmas Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 4

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


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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


Christmas 2017 karen vermeulen Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 2

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


JessRacklyeftCard Make Art That Sells MATS Alumni Festive Showcase 2016 - part 1

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


Lisa Baudry Portrait Make Art That Sells Alumni success 'spotlight' interview with Lisa Baudry

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Lisa Baudry

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, that we are pleased to continue a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We also ask 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 Lisa Baudry. Lisa has taken MATS A, B and Assignment Boocamp Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design I grew up in an environment where making things was the norm and I did alot of it as a child. If Dad needed something around the farm and he could make it, he would. He had a big welding workshop to do this and Mum sewed our clothes. My first introduction to formal art and design training was going to design school in Auckland, New Zealand in


Editorial2 Make Art That Sells Alumni success 'spotlight' interview with Stephanie Hofmann

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Stephanie Hofmann

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, that we are pleased to continue a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We also ask 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 alumni Stephanie Hofmann. Stephanie has taken MATS A, B, Bootcamp and entered the Global Talent Search. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design I  studied graphic design and worked as a designer for 15 years whilst gradually getting into surface pattern design as a side line. Lilla always says “People buy your joy.” What brings you joy?’ I love illustrations that are quirky and tell a story. If I have a great idea I get super excited and can’t wait to get it realised into a


Maria Parrish logo 1 Make Art That Sells Alumni success 'spotlight' interview with Maria Parrish

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Maria Parrish

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, that we are pleased to continue a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We also ask 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 Maria Parrish. Maria has taken MATS A and Bootcamp. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design Hello, My name is Maria Parrish and I’m from Guatemala living the San Francisco Bay Area. I always knew I wanted to be a creative person of some sort. When it came to college my parents told me I had to learn “computers” and I wasn’t fond of that so to please them I ended up taking a Photoshop class, that counts as “computers” right? I loved it so much


Natalie Zart profile pic Make Art That Sells Alumni success 'spotlight' interview with Natalie Zart

Alumni success ‘spotlight’ interview with Natalie Zart

We are so proud of our Make Art That Sells Alumni, that we are pleased to continue a series of spotlight interviews showcasing their successes and artwork. We also ask 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 Natalie Zart. Natalie has taken MATS B and Assignment Bootcamp. Tell us a little about how you got started in art and design Both of my parents are artists and so I grew up surrounded by tubes of paint, regularly went to my dad’s exhibitions and all art hanging on our home walls (and standing around) was by my parents. On top of that, my grandmother was a graphic designer, so no matter who I spent my childhood moments with, I either had scissors, pencils or a brush in my hand and