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See some of the latest books illustrated by Make Art That Sells students turned LRS artists

Check out these gorgeous books illustrated by Make Art That Sells students! We’ve still got a few months to go until the start of Illustrating Children’s Books 2024 – but that doesn’t mean we can’t treat ourselves to some gorgeous eye candy courtesy of some of the Make Art That Sells students who are represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Meet Lilla! Lilla is co-founder of Make Art That Sells, a born educator, and a top international art agent – she’s offered representation to more than 30 Make Art That Sells students and is always looking for more! One of the (many) great things about Make Art That Sells courses is that they’re led by a top international art agent, who not only sees exactly what work her artists are getting and thus knows what clients are looking for right now, but who’s also always on the look out for new

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HURRY! Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering 2024 closes TODAY!

Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering 2024 closes TODAy! Look how many products display cool lettering that you can be inspired by! Learn how to create your own unique letterforms, and make art for your portfolio in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering. Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for our most highly-anticipated course ever, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, closes TODAY! Our students and folllowers have been begging for Lilla to teach lettering, and now this class has finally arrived – and it’s your last chance to sign up! Don’t forget to join art agent Lilla for a FREE live lettering demonstration TODAY at 1 pm ET/6 pm GMT! Lilla will be doing a LIVE lettering demonstration over Zoom – an amazing opportunity to see a professional at work. Some of Lilla’s lettering gigs from her days as a full-time illustrator. Her clients included Bergdorf’s, Bloomingdales, Vogue, the Washington Post, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Chronicle Books,

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Win a FREE place in our lettering class!

Win a FREE place in our lettering class in today’s Zoom! Lilla’s long-awaited lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering FINALLY starts TODAY – and to celebrate you could win a FREE place in class! Be sure to join Lilla for the FREE live Zoom at 2.30 pm ET/7.30 pm GMT for your chance to win! She’ll be sharing some cool lettering that she’s found, answering your questions, and giving away a FREE place on the course! Plus Lilla will be joined by two of her talented artists, Ruth Burrows and Sarah Walsh, who will be sharing their products and sketchbooks, and talking about how lettering helped them get work. Here’s your teacher! Lilla has loved lettering ever since penmanship in third grade. In this unique course, she’ll show you how you can create your own distinctive lettering style. Hurry! Sign up here now! Join here or find the link on the

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FREE assignment #2: Learn to do lettering

Learn to do lettering with Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering Lilla here. Yesterday I shared a little sneak peek of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts this Monday, February 5th, and today I’m going to give you another FREE worksheet to play with and learn from. Practice lettering by Lilla – note how she plays around and experiments with the lettering style. You’ll practice different letterforms with her insightful worksheets, each with notes from Lilla, and build a unique resource you can refer back to. In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get one of these worksheets – which I’m calling Micro Mini assignments – every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. So I gave you one yesterday and another one today to give you a real taste of what the course will be like. Just like

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How to do lettering: FREE download #1

Learn How to do lettering with top art agent Lilla Rogers Lilla here. I’m so excited to share a FREE example of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which will show you how to do lettering and which starts this Monday, February 5th. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since we did penmanship in third grade. I’ve studied and taught calligraphy, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. Some of my lettering gigs from my days as a full-time illustrator in NYC. My clients included New York University, Chronicle Books, Uppercase magazine, the Grammys and hundreds more. I paid my bills using my lettering skills, and I want to show you how you can do it too! Now that I’m an art agent, one thing I always look at when I’m viewing

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Check out this amazing art for IPA packaging!

Check out our students’ gorgeous art for IPA packaging Our second FREE quarterly Art Challenge took place in December, and we were loved seeing the amazing art that you created! Today we wanted to share art agent Lilla’s favorite art from the second challenge, and, in case you missed it, let you know how you can take part in the next challenge. The assignment was to create art for IPA packaging in just one week. Why this assignment? Craft beer packaging design is a huge market for your art, and one that you may not have thought about. It can also lead to spin off sales in things like prints, t-shirts, stickers, skateboards, and other merch. Plus you can bring so much of your cool quirky self to it: cute, quirky, dreamy, radical, humorous, graphic – it lends itself to almost any style, and that means it’s a great thing to

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Learn how to harness the power of the universe!

Learn how to harness the power of the universe Hurry HURRY – registration for Manifest Your Dream Creative Career closes TODAY! Quick – today’s the last day to sign up for art agent Lilla’s first LIVE course of 2024, Manifest Your Dream Creative Career, so if you want in, register now! Lilla has spent the better part of the last four decades in the creative industry – as an art agent, an illustrator, an author, a columnist, a speaker, and more – and now she wants to share everything she’s learned with you in this unique, insightful new course. Some of Lilla’s art for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine and more from her days as a full-time illustrator. Share in the wealth of her wisdom in Manifest Your Dream Creative Career! Plus you’ll enjoy LIVE Creative Career oracle readings with Lilla’s custom Creative Career tarot cards

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FREE assignment inside: Write an affirmation!

Lilla here. Let’s make some magic together! Today I’m going to show you how to write an affirmation. One of my affirmations. They can be a powerful tool for helping you to focus and succeed. I love to write affirmations, visualize, and then manifest whatever it is I’d love to do next. I find that affirmations are wonderful for focusing your mind on what you want to do and achieve – and for harnessing some of the power of the universe. They’re also a fantastic way to start a brand new year, while we’re looking forward and thinking of the year ahead, which means that this assignment is great even if you’re not currently planning on taking my new LIVE course, Manifest Your Dream Creative Career. I’m so excited about Manifest Your Dream Creative Career, which starts Monday, January 15th. I’ve spent the better part of four decades working in

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A beautiful Lilla Rogers quotation and a happy holidays from us!

A quick note from everyone here at Make Art That Sells to wish you, your family and friends a very happy holidays! If you’re looking for a last minute gift, don’t forget you can now buy Make Art That Sells gift cards from our website here. And if you’re looking for a gentle way to let your nearest and dearest know you’d LOVE to take a Make Art That Sells course in 2024, get Lilla’s subtle hint letter here, then fill it out and leave it somewhere prominent. Dreaming of taking a Make Art That Sells course next year? Click here to download Lilla’s subtle hint letter and let your loved ones know. We loved this Lilla Rogers quotation We wanted to finish by sharing a Lilla Rogers quotation from over on her Instagram feed, which she wrote ahead of a Zoom that she hosted. Lilla wrote: “Why do I

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Get your FREE 2024 creative career planner!

Get your fab FREE 2024 creative career planner, designed to help you thrive in your fabulous art career Art agent, former full-time illustrator and fairy artmother, Lilla Rogers. She’s created this gorgeous planner for you to help you thrive in 2024. It’s absolutely possible to make a great living from making art – but good things (and successful careers) don’t happen by mistake. That’s why top art agent and former full-time illustrator, Lilla Rogers, has created this beautiful FREE 2024 creative career planner for you, so you can plan your amazing year ahead. Get your gorgeous FREE 2024 creative career planner now, grab a drink, put on some music and get ready to plot, scheme and dream. What has worked in the year gone by? What do you want to achieve in the year ahead? What’s your road map for getting there? We know you can do it, and we’re