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HUGE news! Creating Collections for Home Décor is BACK!

Do you want a home décor collection of your very own? Imagine dropping round to a friend’s house for coffee and finding that she’s got mugs that you designed … Or imagine seeing your stunning art on beautiful cushions and throws in a shop and hearing customers exclaim over how lovely they are … Or imagine your fabulous ceramic tea set being picked up and featured in a glossy style magazine. How would that feel? If you’re harboring a secret (or not so secret) dream of having your very own home décor collection – a whole line of products featuring YOUR gorgeous art – we have amazing news for you: our raved-about online course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, is BACK as a LIVE course for 2022! What is home décor anyway? In short, it’s all the beautiful and/or functional items in your home. It covers a massive range of

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Part 2 of your FREE #MATSprep: Plan your amazing art career

Cups, containers, vases, mugs. You can absolutely make a living from art. Here are some products illustrated by some of the artists I represent: cat cup by Helen Dardik and blue floral travel mug by Carolyn Gavin Lilla here. Today I’m sharing the second part of your FREE #MATSprep illustration assignment. I want you to start thinking about your amazing art career for the year ahead. What will it look like? What do you want to focus on? What are your dreams? How will you get there? You can have a successful art career I promise you it is absolutely possible to make a real living from making art. I did it for many years when I worked as a full-time illustrator in NYC, and now I help other artists do the same both as an art agent and through my illustration courses with Make Art That Sells. Thousands of

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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

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#MATSprep: Get your FREE art assignment to help you figure out 2022

Get your free art assignment Lilla here. We’ve had a rocky 18 months or so, but I have some good news for you: there are so many opportunities for creative people right now! Some of the biggest art markets – home décor, children’s books, games and toys – are booming right now, and the need for your gorgeous, unique art is only increasing. Art from the last time I gave you this #MATSprep, by Madeline Norris (left) and Valerie Hamill (right). I want to help creative people – people like you – make money from their art. That’s my thing. I’ve been helping thousands of artists do just that for the past eight years through my Make Art That Sells courses. I truly believe that they are game-changers and there’s no better basis for building a successful and lucrative art career. Plus, once a year, we slash our prices in

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The Make Art That Sells Sale starts TODAY! Get your FREE sale guide!

Hooray! The Huge Make Art That Sells Sale is here! Our biggest sale of the year will be running from today right the way through to Tuesday, November 30th, with 25% off every single one of our career-changing courses and even bigger savings on our incredible bundles! Don’t miss out! Click here to download your FREE copy of our gorgeous Giant Cyber Sale guide so you can start planning your amazing art career. It’s packed full of gorgeous student art (maybe yours!), worksheets and more to help you plan for 2022 and beyond. Where will the next 12 months take you? Get your FREE copy of our beautiful Sale Guide here. Let Lilla help you make 2022 the year your art shines! Take a minute or two to think about what you want to achieve in the year ahead: Do you want to build a powerful illustration portfolio that will

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WIN a MATS course TODAY! FREE Zoom with art agent Lilla!

Win a MATS course TODAY! Download your FREE copy of our gorgeous Sale Guide and explore everything that’s included here. Lilla here. Join me for a FREE Zoom event TODAY at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT and plan your awesome creative career in 2022! The Make Art That Sells giant Cyber Sale starts TOMORROW, with at least 25% off everything and up to 50% off bundles. If you’re thinking of taking any of my courses next year, these are the best prices of the year, and I want to show you how to make the most of it. There are so many illustration gigs out there that you may never have dreamed of – socks, chocolate packaging, embroidery patterns, toothbrushes and more! Let me show you how to get gigs like these. Let me help you figure out the next steps to your brilliant art career and turn your vision

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NEW for 2022: How to create characters for toys, books and more

Imagine getting paid to dream up engaging characters that children (and adults) will love! Look at all the markets! Books for all ages, gifts, toys, socks with a plant face! A coin purse! And look at all the different styles too: there’s room for everyone. Learning how to create characters is fantastic for your art career Here’s why: You can get tons of work. You can license your characters for children’s books and toys and games (plush toys, play sets, card and board games and so on) of course, but there are shedloads of things that you probably haven’t even thought of – clothing for kids and adults alike, cushions, bedlinens, teatowels and oven gloves, phone cases: basically anything you can decorate. It’a a great way to show an agent or art director that quirky, unique personality of yours. Whether you’re witty, dreamy, playful, nerdy or whatever else, the characters

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Lilla’s hints and tips #3: What’s the secret to a successful art career? Plus FREE Bingo Board!

Lilla here. Over the past month or so I’ve been sharing some of my thoughts, based on my decades in the art industry, and answering some of the questions that I’m often asked as an art agent and a former professional illustrator. I hope that you’ve found them useful. How do you have a successful art career? Today’s question is a biggie. What’s the secret to a successful art career? What’s the key for making a living as an artist? Here’s the deal: you want to make a living as an artist because it’s the greatest job in the world. Of course it is: you get to make money from making art, and you can do it in your pajamas while listening to fabulous music and eating toast! My whole thing is about diversification. In other words, the secret to a successful art career is just like a financial stock

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Lilla’s hints and tips #2: What’s the difference between a good artist and a great artist?

What’s the difference between a good artist and a great artist? AND How do you get there? Lilla here. I’ve been sharing some hints, tips and thoughts with you over the past few weeks that I’ve learned from my decades working in the illustration industry both as a professional illustrator and as an art agent, and I hope you’ve found them useful. (If you missed out on the first installment, you can read Lilla’s hints and tips  #1: How to up your game and get work as an artist here.) One thing I was asked recently is what’s the difference between a good artist and a great artist? For me, I think it’s when you can look at a piece of art and really sense the individual behind it, and their unique self truly comes through in a way that’s magical and original and fresh, that’s the difference between a

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Lilla’s hints and tips #1: Get work as an artist and up your game

Want to get work as an artist? Lilla here. Over the next few weeks, I want to share some hints, tips and thoughts with you, things I’ve gleaned from my decades working in the creative industry both as a professional illustrator and as a leading art agent. These are the things that would have helped me when I was starting out as an illustrator, and I hope that they help you too. Some of the books illustrated by artists that I represent. How can you get illustration jobs like this? Today I want to talk a little about how you can up your game and how you can get work as an artist. How to get work as an artist One thing that I’m often asked as an art agent is which of my artists get the most work. How do you get work as an artist? Of all the