Category:Alumni Success
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Posted on September 10, 2020.

From design to reality: the gorgeous home décor designs that got made!

do you want to create home décor designs? Imagine flicking through your favorite glossy interiors magazine and seeing your stunning ceramics … Imagine wandering around Anthropologie or a lovely neighborhood boutique and hearing someone exclaim over gorgeous bedlinen that you designed … Imagine seeing your art on plates, pillows, rugs, tea towels and more – a whole home décor line with your name on it! Dreaming of your very own home décor collection? Let art agent Lilla and creative director Margo show you how – get instant access to Creating Collections for Home Décor as soon as you sign up! From dreamy bed linen to cute ceramics to beautiful decorations that will add the finishing touch to any room, home décor is a wonderful and exciting market for your art – and it can be a very profitable one too! Our raved-about online course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, taught

Posted on August 20, 2020.

See the jobs Lilla’s artists have gotten from art created for Make Art That Sells!

As well as being a warm and innovative teacher, Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher Lilla Rogers is also a renowned art agent. This means that she can use her in-depth knowledge of the industry to create class assignments with real world appeal – plus, because she assigns jobs to her artists every day, she also has insider knowledge of what’s hot, what’s not, and what’s selling like gangbusters. Put it all together and it’s just one reason why Make Art That Sells alumni are so successful. Want proof? We reached out to some of the artists that Lilla represents to ask them to show us some of the art which they created for Make Art That Sells that landed them jobs and representation. Here’s what they told us … Anke Rega This beautiful art created by Anke for Home Décor PLUS was picked up and licensed by Kaufman

Posted on August 6, 2020.

Meet the latest Make Art That Sells student to be represented by Lilla Rogers Studio!

One of the things that makes Make Art That Sells courses unique is that they present an incredible opportunity to get your artwork directly in front of top art agent, Lilla Rogers. Lilla is always looking to take on new artists at her agency – because so many of them, especially those whose art includes illustrating children’s books, are completely booked up and she can’t give them any more commissions. And she’s especially interested in scooping up artists from Make Art That Sells courses. Why? Lilla says it’s because Make Art That Sells students are so well trained! Her courses help you to make art in a way that will appeal to agents and art directors, so you can get the work you deserve and build a lucrative creative career. Plus, she also gets to see what students are like in class: are they supportive and positive in their interactions

Posted on July 30, 2020.

Book the course, make the leap! PLUS: Last chance to register for Illustrating Children’s Books 2020!

Hurry hurry! Registration for Lilla’s raved-about, life-changing online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, closes TODAY! This is the only time we’ll be running this course in 2020, so if you want in then book your place NOW. Today, we’re sharing a great Illustrating Children’s Books success story – read on below, or find more of our alumni success stories here. In a recent Facebook Live for our business course for creative people, MATS MBA (Money BadAss), Make Art That Sells co-founders, art agent Lilla and best-selling author Beth Kempton, discussed the importance of taking risks with your business, even when it feels terrifying – like putting your art out there, or emailing an art director. Art by Make Art That Sells student Josie Macey for Illustrating Children’s Books 2019. Lilla said: “Being frightened is a gift, because it means you’re challenging yourself, and that means that you’re going to get better.

Posted on June 18, 2020.

BRAND NEW alumni success stories: See the book deals our 2019 Illustrating Children’s Books students got!

Do you want to know how YOU can have a successful career in children’s book illustration? We absolutely love sharing our students’ many success stories, and with just five weeks to go until the start of Illustrating Children’s Books 2020, our emphasis today is on our former Illustrating Children’s Books students who have gone on to land book deals and build amazing children’s book illustration careers in this wonderful art market. Imagine getting a call from an art director to say they adore your work and would love to work with you … Imagine going into a bookstore and seeing your own beautiful art on a front cover … Imagine holding your very own children’s picture book in your hands! This has been a reality for huge numbers of our students – let Illustrating Children’s Books co-teachers, renowned art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and author

Posted on January 23, 2020.

Why do students sign up for My Year of Art School? Read their stories

Do you want your 2020 to be full of creative goodness? Do you want to spend a year making your art better and better under the guidance of a top art agent? Book your place now! LAST CHANCE! Do you want to explore the exciting world of Editorial illustration, make a stunning piece for your portfolio, and learn tons of tips direct from Lilla Rogers, a former pro illustrator turned art agent? Then HURRY – you want to register for Editorial LIVE: Illustrating Magazines and More, which closes TODAY! Do you want to discover multiple art markets, build a showstopping portfolio and create better and better art in 2020? Then HURRY – you want to register for our brilliant live class bundle, My Year of Art School LIVE, which closes TODAY! Or do you want to light a fire under your illustration career this year with every single course we’re

Posted on November 30, 2019.

Book deals, representation and more – read our incredible alumni success stories

We love shouting about our amazing alumni and the wonderful work that they do, and they give us plenty to shout about! Maria van Bruggen has taken a number of Make Art That Sells courses, including Illustrating Children’s Books in July 2019, during which she signed a deal with a publisher to write and illustrate three books. (Want to find out how you can pitch for your very own kids’ book? Don’t miss Lilla’s brand NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch!) Anna Lindsten has also taken multiple Make Art That Sells course, including Illustrating Children’s Books a number of times. She says: “I was also contacted shortly after by a Swedish publisher of children’s books after the editor had seen the squirrel character I created in the previous Illustrating Children’s Books course! I was so happy to work with this book publisher for a classic anthology of stories and poems

Posted on August 22, 2019.

See art by Make Art That Sells students in Uppercase magazine

See our student art in Uppercase magazine! Imagine flicking through your favorite magazine – perhaps Uppercase magazine or Flow – and seeing YOUR gorgeous, unique art! Art by Make Art That Sells students in Uppercase magazine issue 42. In our recent Assignment Bootcamp course, one of the assignments was aimed at the lucrative and exciting editorial market. The assignment was to create an illustration to accompany an article on wabi sabi by Make Art That Sells co-founder Beth Kempton, following publication of her bestselling book Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life. Wabi sabi is a Japanese term connected to the idea of beauty in imperfection, so when Uppercase called for submissions around the theme of “perfectly imperfect”, it was clearly a perfect fit. Here is the stunning art from Make Art That Sells students which was included in Uppercase 42. Art by Make Art That Sells student

Posted on August 15, 2019.

Lilla Rogers Studio has snapped up another Make Art That Sells student! Find out who!

One of the things that makes our outstanding LIVE online classes unique is that they offer an unparalleled opportunity to get your art directly in front of our brilliant teachers – art agent Lilla Rogers, children’s book art director Zoë Tucker and creative director Margo Tantau. As well as being warm, inspirational and effective educators, they’re also creative professionals at the top of their fields, and they’re always looking to scoop up new talent: Zoë told us that she has recently taken on two MATS students for children’s book illustration work, and ALL 18 of the new artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since MATS started in 2013 have been former MATS students! Plus of course at the same time you get to make some amazing art, strengthen your portfolio, get motivated and discover our incredible supportive global community! Over the past couple of years, art agent Lilla has

Posted on July 11, 2019.

Lilla Rogers Studio’s newest artist (spoiler alert: it’s a Make Art That Sells student)!

Why Make Art That Sells? Top art agent Lilla Rogers created Make Art That Sells because she wants to help creative people to make a living from their art. She says: “I want gifted people to make money with their art. They deserve it. I want them to make art that sells, while being their own cool selves. That’s my deal.” Every one of our outstanding raved-about courses was created to help creatives like you to make a living from making art, and they really work! In fact, ALL of the new artists taken on by Lilla Rogers Studio since MATS began in 2013 have been former MATS students – 17 in total! (Read more about them and how they got chosen here and here). Why? Because MATS courses help you to make unique art in a way that will appeal to agents and art directors, so you can build