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Christmas Card by Zoe Ingram

Zoe Ingram on Make Art That Sells

Zoe Ingram on Make Art That Sells Illustrator and Make Art That Sells student Zoe Ingram was the winner of the 2013 Global Talent Search from Lilla Rogers Studio.  She got in touch to let us know how things had been going since she won the competition and landed representation with Lilla. Hi Lilla, I’m just popping in to share a little post Global Talent Search update. I thought It would be good to share a bit of my experience so far. It’s been almost two months since the end of the Global Talent Search, and I think I’m finally getting my head around what just happened to me! I can only describe the experience  as a roller coaster ride. There was the thrill of starting work on a new brief, and then the nervous wait after submitting, and then the elation at hearing that I’d advanced to the next

Linda Ketelhut Joshua Tree sketchbook

See artist Linda Ketelhut’s sketchbook from Joshua Tree

Linda Ketelhut shares her Joshua Tree sketchbook Illustrator Linda Ketelhut was previously represented by Lilla Rogers. She sent this message from her trip to Joshua Tree National Park. Hi Lilla, I’ve had a growing obsession with succulents since I first set eyes on one. I thought I could be satisfied with a casual purchase at the local nursery or a quick photograph while out on a walk … And then I went to Joshua Tree. To some, a beautiful park to go camping and rock climbing. To me, a vegetation wonderland. Cacti, algae, desert shrubs, wildflowers … h e a v e n. I was in awe discovering the different varieties of cactus in this stunning terrain. It was one of those weekends that left me feeling renewed and inspired – and more than ever wanting to channel my adoration into art. I thought I’d share a photo diary of

John Coulter in Anthology magazine

JOHN COULTER for Anthology magazine

Illustrator JOHN COULTER shares his process Hi Lilla, I recently had the pleasure of working with Anthology magazine’s amazing creative director, Meg Mateo Ilasco, on the Summer 2013 issue: “Home is where the Art is.” I was asked to do an illustrated map of Rio de Janiero.   This was a very gratifying job. I did copious amounts of research online for each neighborhood featured, in an effort to get the flavor of each one.   I recently showed the map to a friend living in Rio, and he said, “Looks to have been done by somebody only with a native knowledge. Just showed my brother in law (native Carioca) and he was thoroughly impressed as well.” I have attached some of my preliminary sketches, lettering experiments, details and the final. Obrigado, – John

Two images of the creation of a mural by illustrator Allison Cole

Mural by illustrator Allison Cole

  How I created my mural by illustrator Allison Cole Illustrator Allison Cole, who was previously represented by Lilla Rogers, writes: I was recently invited to participate in a group show at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA, called Seven: A Performative Drawing Project. Seven different artists were each given one of the seven walls of the main gallery to paint or draw on. The whole process was recorded with a digital camera taking photos at different intervals that will eventually be compiled into a stop-motion video, recording each artist’s process. It was a tremendous opportunity and I was honored to be invited to participate.

The front cover of the book I just like to make things by art agent Lilla Rogers

Review of I Just Like to Make Things by Lilla Rogers

Review of I Just Like to Make Things by Lilla Rogers Mindset coach Tammie Bennett reviewed art agent Lilla’s book, I Just Like to Make Things. I Just Like to Make Things by top art agent Lilla Rogers. Learn how to write, illustrate and pitch your very own arty book in My Arty Book Pitch – be sure to check out Lilla’s FREE five part video series! Here’s Tammie’s review: “The second i heard Lilla Rogers was releasing a book, I put it on my Amazon wishlist. her agency, Lilla Rogers Studio, represents so many of my very favorite current artists. My work isn’t ready for her yet, but hopefully someday. Last week I saw on Twitter that her book was being released earlier than planned, so I obviously dropped everything and ordered a copy. In a strange twist of fate, one of my bubbies had a bad case of the

feat Make Art That Sells Adolie Day's step by step illustration process

Adolie Day’s step by step illustration process

Adolie Day’s step by step illustration process Adolie Day was previously represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. In this blog post, she explains her step by step illustration process for creating a character for the front cover of a journal. Adolie writes: “Hi Lilla! Here (finally) is an overview of my work process for creating a character, I hope it will answer some questions. For the first step I draw with anim pencil in blue. I then turned to the light table to improve it, make it more readable, clean, adjust my line and add details sharper. I then add some values ​​in blue ink. I scan and begin working on Illustrator forms (the tablet). I draw some bodies, details, printed, peas … and import them into Photoshop. Sometimes (not here) I scan funds in watercolor, fabric, I import photos to bring the material. For the rest I’m working on Photoshop, with

trinaYogaJournal Make Art That Sells Interview with illustrator Trina Dalziel

Interview with illustrator Trina Dalziel

An Interview with iLlustrator Trina Dalziel Trina Dalziel is a freelance illustrator who is represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Her clients in the UK include: Mini Boden, Cico Books, Duncan Baird Publishers, HarperCollins, Hodder and Stoughton, Sainsbury Magazine, She, World Wildlife Fund. In the USA, her clients include: Air Continental, BlueQ, Body and Soul Magazine, Boston Globe, Chronicle Books, Delicious Living, Family Circle, Land of Nod, Madison Park Greetings, Real Simple, Scholastic, Spa Magazine, Time Asia, Yoga Journal She is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, Anglia Ruskin University, University of Wolverhampton, Southampton Institute, University of Central Lancashire, Middlesex University, University of the Creative Arts Maidstone. For this interview with illustrator Trina Dalziel, Trina was interviewed by Deborah Henry-Pollard. Trina told us: “Thought you might like to read this. It was for the blog of a lovely woman called Deborah Henry-Pollard, who I met last week at

Plate on a desk with a hand lettered quote This is for You

Love your customer …

  Some of Lilla’s pottery projects. This is an extract from a wonderful blog that I enjoyed a great deal, by Whitney Smith, a potter from Oakland, California. Love your customer, even when you don’t Whitney writes: “I worked a few jobs in high school that required constant interaction with the public, and I learned — as did my supervisors — that customer service was not my forte. People would get on my nerves with their foolish expectation that I should serve them quickly and politely. I would shake with indignation if a customer gave me attitude. Of course I was young and untrained, and I had little idea what the word “customer service” meant, only that it sounded like somebody else’s job. I thought being an artist and escaping into my studio every day was a great way to avoid having too many encounters with the general public. I

blog trina inschriach bluepoppy Make Art That Sells Using natural inspiration to make a repeat floral pattern

Using natural inspiration to make a repeat floral pattern

How to use your sketches to make a repeat floral pattern Trina Dalziel is an illustrator who is now represented by Lilla Rogers Studio. She recently got in touch to share her process for creating surface design, and showed us how she used inspiration from a visit to a local nursery to make a repeat floral pattern. Trina’s photos from Inshriach plant nursery in the Highlands in Scotland. Trina wrote:  “I thought you might like to see how my collection of repeat patterns named Inshriach started. Last May, I went home to Scotland to visit my parents. On my Mum’s birthday, we went to Inshriach plant nursery, which is in a wood at the foot of the Cairngorm Mountains in the Highlands. They have a little café that sells amazing cakes made by the owner’s Norwegian wife and where you can sit and watch squirrels and birds in the trees

Headshot of author Elizabeth Gilbert giving a Ted Talk

Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on nurturing creativity

Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED talk on nurturing creativity Elizabeth Gilbert, the amazing author of Eat, Pray, Love  recently gave a great TED Talk. This part really stuck out to us: I am a writer. Writing books is my profession but it’s more than that, of course. It is also my great lifelong love and fascination. And I don’t expect that that’s ever going to change. But, that said, something kind of peculiar has happened recently in my life and in my career, which has caused me to have to recalibrate my whole relationship with this work. And the peculiar thing is that I recently wrote this book, this memoir called Eat, Pray, Lovewhich, decidedly unlike any of my previous books, went out in the world for some reason, and became this big, mega-sensation, international bestseller thing. The result of which is that everywhere I go now, people treat me like I’m