Category:Alumni Success
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Posted on July 14, 2022.

Assignment Bootcamp gets you jobs: here’s proof

There’s just a couple of weeks until the start of this year’s Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio course! We can’t wait to see what art agent Lilla is going to pull out of the bag this year and all the incredible art that you’re going to make. Lilla has spent months dreaming up and writing all-new assignments to help you make your portfolio shine! Year after year, it’s our most popular course! Why? Here’s why: It’s really fun and motivating. Every single Monday for three months, you’ll get something from art agent Lilla that all adds up to creating a gorgeous piece of art for your portfolio. It’s full of surprises, so it’s engaging and enjoyable. The pace is low-key: it fits easily around your other commitments and it’s no biggie if you’re busy: you can always catch up later in your own time. It’s cheap as chips: it costs roughly the

Posted on May 4, 2022.

Read how these artists got book deals!

Why should you sign up for Illustrating Children’s Books and save up to 40%? Don’t delay – our big Spring Sale ends TOMORROW! In just five weeks, you’ll build a powerful pitch presentation that contains everything an art director needs to see to give you a children’s book illustration deal … … while learning everything you need to know to land and do the job (like Cat, below, who landed her first deal before she’d even finished the course!) Weekly LIVE reviews to keep you motivated and inspire you to do your very best work (prepare to be amazed by how much your art grows!) Get your art directly in front of top art agent Lilla and renowned children’s book art director Zoë, who are always looking for new talent Right now you can save 20%, or up to a huge 40% when you buy as part of a bundle

Posted on May 3, 2022.

She drew her dream client – what happened next will amaze you!

She drew her dream client – what happened next will amaze you! We love boasting about our fabulous students and everything they’ve achieved, and fortunately they give us tons to boast about! We recently shared a selection of recent student success stories, with more coming up tomorrow and a ton on our website – read more here. Today though we’re sharing a fabulous success story that really caught our attention. Watch an extract from Lilla’s live Zoom event below where she reads the card from Sharisse and shows off Sharisse’s beautiful book. A couple of months ago, art agent Lilla picked up her mail right before a live Zoom event, and found a card from Make Art That Sells student Sharisse Steber, along with a copy of her book, Rise & Roar: A guided journal for outdoor adventure. Sharisse wrote that she had signed up for the MATS MBA (Money

Posted on May 2, 2022.

WOW! 🤩 Another text from our Illustrating Children’s Books course got published!

If you’re going to make portfolio art, illustrate professional level exclusive texts that will help you build a powerful children’s book illustration portfolio that gets you a book deal! Every Illustrating Children’s Books course includes at least THREE exclusive stories written especially for class by co-teacher Zoë Tucker, who is a children’s book art director and published picture book author, which means you get real world experience of professional quality texts! Class starts May 23rd, and right now you can save 20% in our big Spring Sale – sign up here! How do we know they’re so good? Because the THIRD story from class just got published! Full page spread from The Garden We Share, the third story written for Illustrating Children’s Books that has gone on to be published. Sign up now for real world experience of exclusive, professional level texts! Zoë Tucker, the children’s book art director and

Posted on May 1, 2022.

Make Art That Sells courses really work: here’s proof!

Hurry! Our big Spring Sale ends Friday! Imagine getting an email from an art director saying how much they love your art, that they’ve bookmarked your website and that they can’t wait to work with you Imagine getting paid real money to draw pictures – and getting so many jobs that you can pick and choose and have to turn some down Imagine getting The Call from art agent Lilla Rogers! For almost ten years, Make Art That Sells courses have boosted the creative careers of thousands of students across the globe – and we’ve got the receipts to back it up. We’ve got tons of alumni success stories to share – scroll down for some of the most recent, including how one of our students got picked up by Cartoon Network, or head over to our blog for dozens more. Do you want to make a career out of

Posted on April 21, 2022.

Get a children’s book illustration deal! Student success stories

Make Art That Sells courses really work. We’ve got dozens of success stories to share, from students at every stage of their journey, from setting up a new website or having the courage finally to send that email, all the way up to landing incredible book deals and representation. Why are Make Art That Sells students so successful? Here are just some of the reasons why: You’ll learn everything you need to know to get the gig: this is real world learning from experts. Our teachers, including top art agent Lilla Rogers, brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, renowned creative director Margo Tantau and smash-hit game creator Riley Wilkinson, have decades of industry experience under their belts. That means that not only do they have tons of insight to share, but they can teach you how to present your art so that you’re showing art directors, publishers

Posted on April 14, 2022.

Meet the TWO Make Art That Sells students now represented by Lilla Rogers

If you caught the recent free live Zoom event hosted by art agent Lilla and creative director and smash hit game creator Riley (and if you didn’t then you really should – catch up here) then you may already know that Lilla Rogers Studio is now representing yet another Make Art That Sells student – but Lilla actually offered representation to TWO more students (with a couple more in the pipeline!), and we’re thrilled to introduce them both today. Watch the moment when Lilla accidentally revealed her new artist in our recent live Zoom event below. You never know what will happen in a live Zoom! Join us for our next one on Friday, April 29th – details below. These are the first two students to be offered representation by Lilla so far in 2022, but we’re confident they won’t be the last – she took on a huge EIGHT

Posted on March 17, 2022.

Spotted by an art agent! Meet Lilla Rogers’ new artist

There’s no doubt that landing representation can make life as an illustrator much easier – they deal with all the messy business stuff so that you can focus on just making gorgeous art, plus an agent can provide exciting new opportunities for your art, a community, and more. How do you get an agent anyway? In simple terms: by getting your art in front of them. This might be by creating a website for your art and keeping it up to date, sharing your art on social media, sending out postcards of your art to agents you admire, or contacting them directly. Another fantastic way of getting your art directly in front of an art agent, of course, is Make Art That Sells courses – and now that Riley has joined the teaching team, several courses give you the opportunity to get your art in front of not one but

Posted on November 29, 2021.

Your incredible illustration career: 5 more success stories

Meet your teachers in a fab, FREE, content-packed, all-star Zoom TODAY at 2 pm ET/7 pm GMT! Do you still have questions about any of our courses? Do you have a burning career question you want to put to a top art agent or brilliant creative director? Do you just want to spend an hour or so in the company of an amazing creative community that will leave you feeling invigorated and inspired? Meet your teachers in our FREE all-star Zoom: (l-r) Lilla, Beth, Zoë, Margo, Riley and Tamisha. Join art agent Lilla for a FREE all-star live Zoom event TODAY at 2 pm ET/7 pm GMT, along with all of your amazing Make Art That Sells teachers: Beth, Zoë, Margo, Riley and Tamisha. This is your opportunity to ask an art agent – plus the Make Art That Sells teachers – anything! Lilla will be asking questions of the

Posted on November 25, 2021.

How to make a living as an illustrator: 5 MATS success stories!

Do you want to learn how you can make a living as an illustrator? Do you want to make your art better and better and discover how you can make real money from drawing pictures while wearing your pajamas and listening to your favorite music? Let art agent Lilla Rogers show you how! Don’t forget that every single one of our career-changing courses is currently a big 25% off in our giant Cyber Sale, plus you can save even more – up to half price! – when you buy one of our tasty bundles. Check out everything that’s available in the sale here – but hurry, the sale ends next Tuesday, November 30th! Today we’re sharing a fantastic quiz that Lilla has created for you to work out which of our sale bundles are best for you, plus we’ve got some fabulous success stories to share! Here’s the first part