Category:Competitions
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Posted on July 29, 2015.

Tara Lilly introduces us to her projects (including daughter June!) since winning GTS in 2014

After entering Global Talent Search in 2013 and making it into the top 50, she decided to go back to “school” and signed up for Lilla Rogers’ MATS Part A, Part B, and Bootcamp to build her portfolio and strengthen her illustration skills. With energized confidence, she entered the Global Talent Search a year later, made it through three rounds of competitions and among thousands of entries, Tara became the 2014 winner! Tara has worked with Hallmark, Robert Kaufman, American Greetings, Galison, Midwest CBK, Peaceable Kingdom, Quarto Publishing, Crown Crafts Infant Products and other firms in the past year. Here’s a glimpse of a few projects Tara has been working on with Lilla Rogers Studio, while being a new mother to little June Ellawyn Lilly! All images are courtesy of Tara Lilly.

Posted on July 24, 2015.

Behind the scenes with… Lauren Hay of Badge Bomb

Badge Bomb is a fun brand of button badges and magnets featuring the art of renowned illustrators, artists, and designers. Their products can be found internationally in the coolest boutiques, bookstores, record stores, and art galleries around. All products are manufactured in Portland, USA. Lauren Hay is creative director and co-owner of Portland, Oregon based Badge Bomb, who manufactures tiny pieces of art in the USA and sells them around the planet. Lauren loves to partner with select artists to create a lively brand of buttons, magnets, and more. She and her husband, Scott, also own One Inch Round (oneinchround.com) the custom button factory responsible for sustainably crafting small objects for customers such as Dolly Parton, B-52’s, Pinterest, and everyone in between. Lauren is a judge for the Global Talent Search 2015 and offers the winner a 1:1 consultation (via Skype) on how to create both button and magnet art as small as 1” round.

Posted on July 13, 2015.

Case Study with Rebecca Jones, Lilla Rogers Studio artist and Global Talent Search winner

Rebecca Jones is the Global Talent Search Special Studio Award Winner 2014. She is an artist working and living in Melbourne, Australia. Since winning the GTS, she has had many incredible projects and worked with some of her dream clients. We have asked Rebecca to take us through some of the highlights of her career since winning representation with Lilla Rogers Studio and the work she has had access to through the agency. Here are only a few of the many commissions she has been working on in the past few months. All images courtesy of Rebecca Jones

Posted on July 8, 2015.

Why enter the Global Talent Search 2015?

If you are still wondering whether entering the Global Talent Search would be valuable for you, here are the reasons why it might well be one of the most important things you do for your creative career this year. 1. Give yourself a creative challenge “The whole key in a creative career is to keep making art and producing because the more you do the better you get, that’s just a fact.” -Lilla Rogers 2. Gain in confidence, creatively and professionally “I just love answering briefs, so any opportunity to be set a brief and to consider how I’m join got answer it is always an amazing challenge and I thoroughly enjoyed that.” -Ilona Drew, Global Talent Search 2013 participant

Flora Waycot Surtex 2015 flyer Make Art That Sells What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

Posted on July 7, 2015.

What has Flora Waycott been up to since winning the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award?

Flora Waycott is the Global Talent Search 2014 Special Studio Award Winner. Since winning, she has been represented by Lilla Rogers’ Agency and created art for some of the great names in the industry, worked at developing her style and trying out new techniques, exposed at Surtex and spoke at the MATS Global Art Gathering in Brighton – all that in only 8 months! There is no doubt that representation by Lilla Rogers’ Agency was a huge step in Flora’s career and even though she didn’t make it the first time she entered the Global Talent Search back in 2013, she was right to believe in herself and give it another go! So, what has Flora been up to since winning the GTS Special Studio Award last October? Here are only a few of the many commissions she has been working on in the past few months. All images courtesy of Flora Waycott.

Posted on July 6, 2015.

Behind the scenes with… Karen Capp of Oopsy Daisy

With the Global Talent Search just around the corner, we are having a look at who this year’s judges are. Today, we’re visiting the office of Karen Capp, Co-founder at Oopsy Daisy. Oopsy Daily licence artists and produce “engaging art-based products that embrace childhood and celebrate individual artistic efforts“. As part of this year’s Global Talent Search’s prize, Oopsy Daisy are offering a 3 year license for a collection of 6-15 designs by the winner, to include products in wall art, growth charts, night lights and wall decals categories. Along with a panel of industry professionals, Karen will be judging round 2 of the Global Talent Search entries. Learn more about Oopsy Dailsy’s products on www.oopsydaisy.com. Co-founder Karen Capp give us a tour of her office. All images are courtesy of Oopsy Daisy.

Posted on June 17, 2015.

Top 5 art and design competitions you won’t want to miss

With so many online art and design competitions at our fingertips, entering the top contests each year is a must for any artist looking to grow their career. There are so many benefits to entering competitions beyond getting your work in front of the right people. Here are just a few: Develop a community You meet other artists and peers that can serve as a wonderful resource long after the competition ends. Express yourself You’re free to push boundaries and create work that’s uniquely you. A place to learn A place where everyone from fledgling to established artists receives constructive critique and support from talented peers and judges. Have fun Entering contests gives you the opportunity to experiment, have fun and connect with other artists. Win amazing prizes Prizes run the range from winning money and trips to your own product lines with major distributors. To get you started we’ve compiled the a list

Posted on May 1, 2015.

Brighton event poster design competition – winner announced!

As a one-off special assignment in our current Make Art That Sells Bootcamp class, we recently challenged class participants to design a poster for our upcoming LIVE event in Brighton, UK, in June, ‘Make Art That Sells: The Global Art Gathering’. We were absolutely blown away by the response, and it was a difficult decision for Lilla, her studio ladies and our guest judge Judy Stevens, founder of Artists Open Houses Brighton. After much deliberation they decided that the winner would be KATIE VERNON, whose stunning poster design completely captured the character of Brighton, a buzzing creative city on the South Coast of England.

Posted on March 1, 2015.

Manifesto competition – The winners!

We receive so many wonderful comments about ‘Make Art That Sell’s, that we challenged our amazing alumni to submit their own Manifesto. We had 161 entries and were absolutely delighted (but not surprised!) by the staggering level of submissions for the MATS Manifesto illustration competition. Lilla was very impressed with all the entries and announced an overall winner, PLUS 4 honorable mentions. The winner gets a free place on our wonderful new MATS course launching later this year (watch this space!). Our runners up all win a free entry into the 2015 Global Talent Search.

Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram final entry

Posted on March 24, 2014.

Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram shares her experience

Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram works at her computer. Global Talent Search 2013 winner Zoe Ingram shares how it feels to win! 12 months ago, Zoe Ingram was working as a freelance web designer and earning a living, but her says her heart wasn’t in it. That was until she took her first Make Art That Sells course and then entered the Global Talent Search, and everything changed. Some of Zoe’s work in progress. Click below listen to an interview between Zoe and Make Art That Sells co-founder and producer Beth Kempton, in which Zoe shares her experience of the course and competition. Zoe’s entries for the Global Talent Search 2013: Round 1 (left) and the Semi-Final (right). It’s hard to believe that Zoe was nervous at the outset, unsure of whether her work was good enough, and never drew in a sketchbook! One year on, she has been