Ta da! Zoe Tucker, children’s book art director, and I are delighted to announce that Isabelle Follath was selected from hundreds of submissions as the winner of our Sugar Plum Fairy Book Competition. Congratulations, Isabelle! The assignment was to create a book cover for the imaginary title The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Adventure “Isabelle hits many key notes that art directors look for when commissioning a children’s book illustrator: A beautiful style that is consistent throughout the piece Lovely color palette. It’s fairly monochromatic (shades of pinks and violets) with pops of blue, white and yellow An interesting story told on the cover. The boy has assembled a pile of books and boxes from which to reach the candy shelf An animated main character (reaching, stretching). One can immediately spot the main character–he pops off the page Charming supplemental characters–the dog is interacting with the boy There are lots of little
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What Makes Working on A Children’s Book So Exciting for Artists?
What makes working on a children’s book so exciting for an artist? Watch this video with Lilla Rogers and Art Director Zoe Tucker to find out! [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/180746712[/vimeo] *** Would you like to develop your own world and illustrate an entire book with your art? Do you dream of illustrating a children’s book? Would you love to create a magical world with characters that you’ve designed? Do you love the magic of children’s books and feel that you have something to offer? Then this course is for you. In five weeks, you’ll create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream children’s book gig. You’ll get over 20 videos, weekly assignments, live weekly video reviews, interviews with publishers and illustrators and more. Co-taught by top art agent Lilla Rogers and highly-respected children’s book art director Zoe Tucker. Spaces are limited for our first session of class this October. Don’t
Who will be the next represented artist at Lilla Rogers Studio? Lilla’s favorite pieces by the GTS Finalists
Who will be the next represented artist at Lilla Rogers Studio? I’m so grateful that the judges and the People’s Choice voted on the Global Talent Search Finalists. (I never could have chosen!) They’ve narrowed it down to six incredible artists. It turns out that all of them have taken my Make Art That Sells classes, so I’m very familiar with their work. Allow me to show you a few of my favorite pieces of each of the Finalists. Terry Fry Kasuba, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charmingly eccentric, joyful and painterly work all rolled into one. Left: For the MATS 2014 Bootcamp Course Right: For National Read-A-Book Day Marenthe Otten, Netherlands This may be one of the most trend-ahead pieces I’ve seen in a long time. I see tarot book illustrations here. Left: For the Make Art That Sells Self-Paced Course, Live Review, in conjunction with Janine Vangool, publisher of UPPERCASE Magazine. The
Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 7}
Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** KATJA POTOKAR I love the weekly Persicopes of Lilla! The Videos especially have helped me a lot to pursue my career as an illustrator, to stay positive and look at the illustration business from a different perspective. Make art the sells courses make you look on art from a different perspective. They show you that art isn’t there just for it’s own purpose, but it can have much more potential. See more of Katja’s work here. *** NICOLE GOLDEN | PEA SOUP I am currently enrolled in MATS A-Self-paced class and am working through the Children’s Book portion right now. The MATS experience for me has been a rejuvenation of
Why I created a children’s book course for you. And a secret.
Why a children’s book course? For one thing, sales of children’s books are booming. Revenue from children’s books sales ballooned to $1.7 billion in 2015, according to the Association of American Publishers. Even in this digital age, consumers want the high-touch experience of an actual book. Art directors are on the lookout for artists! We know that artists love illustrating children’s books. Why? Because it’s magical to sink into a project for months, creating their own signature characters and imaginary world. There was also a growing demand from students who loved the week on Children’s Books in MATS A. Zoe and I have each enjoyed great success in this area and were excited to develop a course together. Both of us regularly work with artists and we they understand how to get the best out of creative people. Together we will give you everything you need to you get work
Want a chance to develop your own fabric line?
The UPPERCASE + Windham Fabrics New Designer Competition We’re excited to share with you that Uppercase magazine and Windham Fabrics have teamed up for a design competition. The winning designer will have the opportunity to develop a fabric collection with Windham and will be featured in UPPERCASE magazine. Read all about this fantastic opportunity and the competition details here. The submission form closes on September 12, 2016. Good luck! Make Art That Sells Team
Introducing the 2016 Global Talent Search assignment
It’s remarkable. The submissions for our annual Global Talent Search are absolutely top-notch. What is the Global Talent Search? It’s our annual competition to find the next top artist for our art agency to represent. The winner lands a boatload of assignments, licenses, and consultations with some of our favorite companies. (I will tell you that our GTS winners of previous years are consistently booked with work!) The fifty semi-finalists are from all over the world. 21 Europe 22 North America 6 Australasia 1 Africa 82% of the participants have taken one or more of my e-courses, Make Art the Sells. The competition consists of three assignments. In the first assignment we introduced our fictional character, Sunny Spindler, who owns a charming candy shop and café. Meet “Sunny Spindler”, the star of our competition this year. We asked the participants to design a teacup and napkin set for Sunny’s café.
Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 2}
Welcome to Manifesto Monday, where we share some of the Manifesto artwork submitted by our Make Art That Sells Alumni and MATS Community. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** CLAIRE EDEN In January 2016 I took the plunge into the intense 5 week course of MATS home decor. Currently I am on MATS Bootcamp. I have also devoured the free resources on the Make Art That Sells website, MATS courses are a special life changing creative experience. They are full of engaging content and activities. I feel that having taken the MATS courses my work is stronger and more suited to a variety of art markets while still being authentically my own style. I’m excited to be on this journey and will continue to grow through MATS courses. See more of Claire’s work here *** MORGAN
Manifesto Monday 2016 {part 1}
Welcome to Manifesto Monday We receive so many wonderful comments about ‘Make Art That Sells‘, that we invited our amazing alumni to submit their own MATS Manifesto! We were absolutely delighted (but not surprised!) by the staggering level of submissions for the 2016 Manifesto competition. Over the coming weeks, we will be sharing their beautiful artwork on the blog. Would you like to experience the Make Art That Sells class yourself? Browse our live and self-paced classes here *** GRACE NOEL | CREATIVELY GRACEFUL By taking the MATS course I expect to uncover extra nuggets of industry insight so I can fulfill my dream of designing collections for the home decor market. That will combine all my loves in one!! See more of Grace’s work here: creativelygraceful.blogspot.ca *** BROOKE ANNE BRISTOW I participated in the Global Talent Search 2015. I enjoy watching all of Lilla’s videos-I am trying to build my
Behind the scenes with… Evie Ashworth of Kaufman Fabrics
It’s Evie Ashworth’s turn to open the doors to her office at Robert Kaufman Fabrics. An established member of the textile industry for over 40 years, Evie has traveled the world to all production points from Europe to Asia and in between. She brought her expertise to Robert Kaufman in 2000 to establish a whole category of product specifically for quilt fabric retailers. She merchandised the line, introducing the concept of coordinated samples and print basics, including the trademarked Fusions(TM) brand, and today continues to ensure Robert Kaufman brand’s association with only the highest quality standards. Evie currently directs a large internal design team as well as several art studios abroad, to produce Robert Kaufman’s signature in-house Luxe and Gallery looks as well as a broad range with external licensed artists and brands. Evie is a judge for the Global Talent Search 2016. All images are courtesy of Robert Kaufman