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Final call: Portfolio Club registration ends TODAY!

Hurry hurry HURRY: registration for Portfolio Club closes TODAY, and this is your last chance to jump in before it’s gone! Hurry HURRY – time is running out to make EIGHT fabulous pieces of portfolio art like this by Make Art That Sells student Anke Rega. Sign up now – registration closes TODAY! Don’t hesitate and then regret missing this opportunity! Portfolio Club will give you eight wonderful months of inspiration, motivation and creative pizazz that will put a rocket ship under your creative career. From now through to August, you’ll make eight gorgeous pieces of ready-to-pitch portfolio art for some of the hottest art markets around. You’ll get Mini warm-ups, industry-style Big assignments, monthly live Zoom sessions with, and a community of supportive creatives worldwide. Here’s what you’ll miss out on if you don’t sign up today: Real-world professional-level illustration assignments created by former art agent Lilla across top

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Replay of Live with Lilla: Portfolio Club begins today!

If you missed the wonderful Live with Lilla, below is a replay. If you’ve ever dreamed of building a strong, market-ready illustration portfolio – or you already have some art in your portfolio but want to get noticed by clients so you can get more jobs and make more money – then now is the moment to jump in. You’ll get eight whole months of assignments from me, to take you all the way through to August – how cool is that? Watch the replay below  

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REVEALED! Get your first assignment now! Plus live Zoom TODAY!

Lilla here. Today’s the day! My newest course, Portfolio Club 2026, is officially open, and I’m so excited! If you’ve ever dreamed of building a strong, market-ready illustration portfolio – or you already have some art in your portfolio but want to get noticed by clients so you can get more jobs and make more money – then now is the moment to jump in. You’ll get eight whole months of assignments from me, to take you all the way through to August – how cool is that? Fabulous art for class by Make Art That Sells student Laura Moyer. In Portfolio Club, you’ll make incredible portfolio art like this for a whole range of markets. But HURRY, registration closes SOON! Quick reminder of what you’ll get in Portfolio Club: A Mini assignment on the first Monday of every month, to warm up, experiment, and get your creative inspiration flowing

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Get your FREE #art career bingo board!

Lilla here. As an agent, one thing that I get asked all the time is: what should I show in my portfolio in order to get illustration jobs? Artists say to me: “Lilla, I have a load of art on my website, but what do I actually NEED?” Gorgeous products in a variety of markets illustrated by some of the artists I represented. There are so many markets out there that need your art! Let me show you how you can get jobs like this. My whole thing is about diversification. In other words, the secret to a successful art career is just like a financial stock portfolio: you don’t know what’s going to give you a ton of work or what art markets going to go up or down, so you need to diversify your investments. That’s why I often talk about having many eggs in many baskets –

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Look! Introducing Lilla’s Art Cart: Art supplies curated especially for you

Lilla here. I can’t wait to tell you about our newest wild adventure! I’m so excited to share my latest adventure with you – it perfectly combines two of my greatest passions: my love of teaching and my love of art supplies. If you’ve ever been to or seen my studio, you probably know that I have practically every art supply in the whole world! Art supplies are my love language From more than five decades in the art biz, I’ve got drawers of gouache and watercolor tubes organized by color; deeply pigmented oil paints and oil mediums; funky, sparkly and chunky acrylic mediums; silky 6B charcoal pencils; soft and absorbent printmaking paper; crispy linoleum blocks; and soft, richly colored handmade pastels sorted in wooden drawers! There’s a good chance I already have every art supply in the world, but I think I probably still need more, right? So just

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48 hours to go: Join Portfolio Club before the price jumps!

Hurry hurry HURRY – only TWO DAYS before our biggest sale of the year ends for good, and that means it’s also your last chance to save big on Lilla’s brand new course for 2026, Portfolio Club! Imagine what it would feel like to get an email directly in your inbox each month with a brand-new assignment for a commission to create a gorgeous piece of portfolio art for a super hot art market … That’s exactly what you’ll get every month for eight months in Portfolio Club! You’ll explore a huge range of art markets, and experience exactly what it’s like to get a commission from an art director. Sign up now! Art by Make Art That Sells student Jean Ruth. Lilla has written eight fantastic Mini assignments and eight Big Assignments for you for an incredible range of art markets that are written exactly as you’d get them

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REVEALED: The amazing NEW course for 2026 from Lilla Rogers!

Lilla here! I love writing illustration assignments designed to land you jobs and help you make real money from your art. Join me for eight months of assignments and joy in my brand new Portfolio Club! Lilla here, and I could not be more excited to announce my brand NEW course for 2026 that’s going to transform your illustration portfolio, introduce you to a ton of thrilling new art markets, and give you something to look forward to every single month from January to August – that’s eight months of joy! Art for class by Make Art That Sells student Maxine Lee Mackie. Introducing my brand new Portfolio Club! Hey, Lilla, what’s that? I’m glad you asked lol. Portfolio Club is probably the most wide-ranging, varied course I’ve ever offered. You’re going to get an exciting, inspiring assignment from me every single month for eight months in a huge range

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A NEW course from Lilla Rogers for 2026 …

Ssshh – we can’t spill too many beans just yet, but guess what? Lilla’s got an incredible NEW course for 2026! Any ideas what it could be? We’d love to hear your guesses. Here are a few clues: It’ll last an amazing EIGHT months, from January to August It’s probably Lilla’s most wide-ranging course yet It’s going to be packed full of surprises to keep you energized, delighted and engaged You’re going to make some of your best work ever Gorgeous products agented by Lilla Rogers Studio and which might be clues, but also – who knows? – might not Clockwise from top left: Hsinping Pan, Kendra Binney, Sarah Walsh, Flora Waycott, Tara Lilly, Sarah Walsh, Mara Penny, Katie Vernon. When can you expect the big reveal? Get all the juicy details in our gorgeous Sale Guide, available from the first day of our big cyber sale, Tuesday, November 18th