Imagine holding your very own book, written and/or illustrated by you, in your hands … Imagine spotting it in the wild in the library or bookstore … Imagine getting invited to your favorite local bookshop or school or radio station to do a reading … Imagine this being your job that you’re getting paid to do! Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber. This could be you! Books are a fabulous market for both artists and writers, because they’re constantly in demand, and hugely satisfying to work on. Books written and illustrated by artists represented by art agent and Make Art That Sells teacher Lilla Rogers. Imagine building a career working on gorgeous projects like these! Let Lilla show you how. Which of these appeals to you the most: “I want to sink deep
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Replay of Live with Lilla: Ask the Artists
If you missed the fabulous Live with Lilla and three of her artists, we have posted a replay below. Our huge annual sale is here! with 30% off every single one of our career-changing courses, and up to 50% off our amazing value bundles! It’s our biggest sale of the year, so don’t miss out: if you’re thinking of taking a course with Make Art That Sells in 2024, you won’t find our courses cheaper than this! Plus we’ve got THREE new courses for 2024! To find out what they are, join art agent Lilla in today’s Zoom, when she’ll be spilling ALL the beans, look out for tomorrow’s blog for the big reveal, or download our gorgeous Sale Guide if you just can’t wait.
How to get your dream children’s book illustration gig
Our raved-about online course – and our last LIVE course for 2023 – Illustrating Children’s Books, starts TODAY! Over five incredible weeks, your brilliant teachers, top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker, will lead you step by step to create a fabulous pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher wants to see. And on the way, they’ll teach you everything you need to know about the wonderful world of children’s book illustration in a way that’s both fun and fascinating: you won’t want it to end. You’ll enjoy brand NEW interviews with industry experts including award-winning illustrators, a publisher and an art director – all completely revamped for 2023. Plus you’ll get weekly LIVE reviews with Lilla and Zoë, tons of beautifully designed downloadable worksheets, daily drawing prompts, and lots more. Book your spot here. Now running
Read how MATS changed these students’ lives
We often talk about how Make Art That Sells courses are career-changing. Today we want to share how they changed the lives of three artists. Sometimes it can be a little lonely being an illustrator, right? Working by yourself for hours on end. That’s why we think one of the very best things about Make Art That Sells courses is – well – YOU. Our Make Art That Sells community. More than 30,000 students from across the globe, from dozens of countries and both hemispheres, who have come together with one aim: to make better art and to make money from doing it. And at the same time, they’ve created something else too: a global community of creatives just like you, who can give advice on works in progress, share tips on everything from which brushes to use to how to format a contract, sympathise with frustrations and celebrate successes.
REVEALED: Meet the 32nd Make Art That Sells student to land representation with Lilla Rogers!
If you’ve been following Make Art That Sells for a while then you’ll already know that one of several things that makes our courses unique is that they are taught by a top international art agent, Lilla Rogers – and she’s always looking for new artists to represent. In fact, since Make Art That Sells was founded in 2013, Lilla has offered representation to a whopping 32 students whose art she’s fallen in love with in class. Huge congratulations to #32 … Fay Ford! Oxfordshire, UK, based Fay is a long-term Make Art That Sells fan who has taken Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, Hot Markets for Your Art Part A and Part B, Creating Collections for Home Décor, Illustrating Children’s Books, My Toy Pitch, our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black History, and the MATS MBA (Money BadAss) – some of them several times. All this means that she’s created a
Increa$e your income! Student success stories
Create winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more A strong character is the backbone of stories, games and more, and that’s why they’re such a great addition to your illustration portfolio. In this playful but powerful course, you’ll get something from your teachers – brilliant children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker and art agent and smash-hit game creator Riley Wilkinson – that will help you create some amazing art that’s specifically designed to get you paying jobs. Every month for three months, you’ll get a mini text and an assignment from Zoë, along with some top tips and tricks to help you start illustrating characters. Then, the following week, Riley will help you take those characters you created in week one and make them into an amazing toy pitch. And art agent Lilla will add her insight along the
See the Sneaky, Snacky board book!
Win a FREE place in Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2023! Join art agent Lilla along with beloved teachers Zoë and Riley for a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, Monday, July 10th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST. They’ll be talking about the fab FREE #MATSprep warm-up exercise, answering your creative career questions and giving away a FREE place in class! Don’t miss it! You’ll find the link to join on the front page of our website at www.makeartthatsells.com and in our Instagram Stories. There’s less than a week to go until Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2023, which starts THIS MONDAY, July 10th! Bootcamp Special: Character Play is all about creating winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more – and today we wanted to share some news about a character some of you may already be familiar with. Make Art
Why our self-paced courses work: Read success stories including Pottery Barn, Breathe mag and more
Our self-paced courses really work. Read on for some of our recent student success stories, including gigs for Pottery Barn, Breathe magazine and more. Plus they’re on sale NOW in our big Spring Sale! What’s great about our self-paced courses? Get INSTANT ACCESS the moment you sign up Access to all course materials until January 31st, 2024 You get a TON of content – in Editorial: Illustrating for Magazines & More, for example, you get four full assignments to complete, so you can build a really broad and strong editorial illustration portfolio to appeal to a load of different clients And if you need accountability – why not sign up with a buddy to keep you both on track? Cool products agented by Lilla Rogers. Have you ever looked at products like these and wondered how the illustrator got the gig? Let Lilla show you how – and save in
Our courses really work: 5 children’s book success stories
Imagine getting an email from an art director saying that they adore your art and would love to work with you … Imagine spending months creating winning characters and dreamy worlds for children (and adults) to fall in love with – and getting paid $$$ for it … Imagine getting a package in the mail and opening it up to find proof copies of your very own picture book, illustrated and/or written by you … Children’s books are a HUGE market for your art and one that many illustrators dream of breaking into. And no wonder – even in our increasingly digital world, nothing quite beats the feeling of curling up with a beautifully written and illustrated book. Whether you want to learn what you need to show in your portfolio to land kid book illustration jobs and build a show-stopping pitch, write your very own unique picture book story,
6 non-fiction book ideas from Make Art That Sells students
Art agent and educator Lilla has tons of experience of nurturing creative people to create their very best work, both through her Make Art That Sells courses and through mentoring the artists that she represents. Plus, as an art agent who assigns tons of illustration jobs every week, she sees exactly which markets are booming right now, and non-fiction illustrated books are one of those markets. Today we’re sharing some non-fiction book ideas to inspire you! Q. Why did Lilla write My Arty Book Pitch? A. Because she knows that creative people like you have amazing, original ideas – and she’s always looking for new income streams for creatives. In fact, a ton of our students have already written and illustrated their very own incredible arty books, often using the knowledge that they gained during Make Art That Sells courses. Q. So do I really need My Arty Book Pitch?