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Is this our best ever offer? Happy birthday to us!

Happy birthday to us! Make Art That Sells turns 12 this year, and to celebrate we wanted to share what might be our best offer ever: Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces for just £12 (approx. $16)! That means it’s reduced from £59 (approx. $80)! Sign up now and get Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces for just £12 (approx. $16) – but hurry, HURRY, this offer is only available for the next 72 hours! Grab your spot here. Faces get you jobs! Some cool products with faces from artists represented by Lilla (and Lilla herself!). Being able to draw faces hugely increases how much work you will get. Sign up now for just £12 (approx. $16 USD) in our 12th birthday sale! Being able to draw faces is great for creative career, because it can hugely increase how many illustration jobs you get. In this fun short course, former top art

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What should you do if your style isn’t on trend?

Lilla here! I was an art agent for 30 years, and I’m also an illustrator, an author, a columnist, a speaker, and an educator. I love sharing what I’ve learned from my decades in the industry. It’s just over a month now until the start of one of my favorite courses (spoiler alert: they’re all my favorites), Illustrating Children’s Books, which I teach alongside my brilliant friend and colleague, children’s book art director and author, Zoë Tucker. This will be the twelfth time we’ve taught Illustrating Children’s Books, and every year it just gets better and better! Children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker with three of her picture books. Zoë co-teaches Illustrating Children’s Books with me, and between us we have a wealth of expertise to share! As you probably know, I worked as an art agent for 30 years, during which time I agented many

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Get started with Procreate – FREE guide!

Make Art That Sells student Ruth Burrows is an artist, professional illustrator, and author of The Illustrator’s Guide to Procreate, and she’s created a fab FREE project especially for you to help you create some gorgeous florals that will look amazing in your illustration portfolio. Don’t miss this amazing FREE tutorial! Click here to download your copy. Florals are fantastic for your portfolio because they’re always in style and can be sold in so many art markets, like fabric, home décor, greeting cards, wall art, journal covers and more. Ruth is a professional illustrator and author of The Illustrator’s Guide to Procreate, which was agented by Lilla Rogers Studio and is filled with easy to follow projects to help you get started with digital art. In this project, Ruth will show you in an easy step-by-step format how to get started in Procreate by creating and arranging a beautiful bouquet.

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Don’t miss the My Arty Book Pitch LIVE review!

Date announced for the 2025 My Arty Book Pitch LIVE review! Would you love to write, illustrate and publish your very own art-driven non-fiction book? Whether you want to share a craft how-to, a travel memoir, a guided journal or anything else filled with dreamy art, writing and illustrating arty books can be a rewarding and lucrative career. Sandy Cousens created the pitch for her book, Creative Calm, in My Arty Book Pitch and it was picked up by David and Charles, who she describes as her “dream publisher”. Sandy and her book (left) and a spread from the book (right). Want to create your very own ready-to-send arty book pitch that contains everything a publisher needs to see to give you a deal? Art agent and author Lilla’s My Arty Book Pitch course will show you how to do just that, leading you step by step from coming up

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LAST CHANCE! My Arty Book Pitch flash sale ends TODAY!

HURRY! My Arty Book Pitch flash sale ends TODAY! This is just a quick note to say that the 25% flash sale on My Arty Book Pitch ends TODAY! Part of a fabulous pitch by Andrea Ringli – learn how to create an incredible pitch like this, which contains everything an agent or publisher needs to see! So if you’d love to take this fantastic course, for less … If you’re dreaming of holding your very own illustrated arty book in your hands … If you’d love to make money from writing and illustrating arty books – then don’t miss this great deal! Imagine building a lucrative career writing and illustrating gorgeous arty books like these, agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Plus, although this is a self-paced course, Lilla will be hosting a fantastically informative LIVE review of the Week 3 assignment, a spread in your book, on Thursday, June

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Replay of FREE Live with Lilla: see her 1:1 feedback on Arty Book Pitches!

See art agent Lilla give 1:1 feedback on Arty Book Pitches If you missed the fabulous FREE public live with lilla yesterday, scroll down for the replay! Lilla popped up some lucky volunteers for a FREE LIVE 1:1 discussion to chat about pitches and ideas for an arty book – basically any art-driven non-fiction book. As an agent for 30 years, Lilla helped the artists she represented write and create pitches for arty books which got published, so don’t miss this amazing opportunity to benefit from her expertise! If you’ve been thinking about signing up, whether you can’t get that idea for an arty book out of your head, or you don’t have an idea yet but you’d love to make money from writing and illustrating arty books, then we’re thrilled to offer 25% off this incredible course! Ends on Sunday, May 11! You can also watch this replay along

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Get FREE 1:1 feedback on your book pitch from art agent Lilla!

Get FREE feedback on your book pitch from an author and former art agent! Don’t miss tomorrow’s FREE live Zoom with former top art agent, illustrator and author Lilla Rogers – you could get FREE live feedback on your incredible arty book idea, or just watch to enjoy the live discussion and learn from a pro! Here’s former top art agent and author Lilla Rogers. As an art agent for 30 years, she agented tons of illustrated books, and helped her artists write and create pitches for their own arty books. Join Lilla tomorrow and she’ll be popping up three lucky volunteers for a FREE LIVE 1:1 discussion where you can chat about your pitch or idea for an arty book – basically any art-driven non-fiction book that you would love to create. As an agent for 30 years, Lilla helped the artists she represented write and create pitches for

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LAST CHANCE for Character Bootcamp 2025!

LAST CHANCE for Character Bootcamp 2025! Today is your last chance to sign up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play until 2026 – don’t miss out, register now! Make art to get picture book and toy and game commissions! Loads of our students have gotten picture book and toy and game deals from the art they made in this course! As a reminder, here’s what you’ll get when you sign up today: Lilla’s wisdom in a Zoom every month Zoe’s picture book art director expertise Riley’s expert insight into the toy and game industry Something every Monday from now until June 23rd that will help you create six pieces of art for your portfolio Instant access to all of the materials so far, including two assignments that you can complete whenever you want to plus creative insights in a special bonus video You’ll get to start next month’s assignments along with

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Whoop! Character Bootcamp 2025 flash opening!

Hurry HURRY – don’t miss the Character Bootcamp 2025 flash opening! Learn how to create winning characters and turn them into unique toys, like these by Make Art That Sells student Jean Ruth. This work is great for a portfolio to get work illustrating children’s books and toys. Sign up now or miss out until 2026! Have you seen the incredible art that our wonderful Bootcamp Special: Character Play students are sharing on social media? The first class gallery of the assignments for Bootcamp Special: Character Play 2025 is now OPEN so go ahead and feast your eyes on all the gorgeousness – you can check it out here. Want to make stunning art like this to boost your portfolio and help you land more paid gigs? Want to learn how to create winning characters you can license for toys and games, books, and more? Kicking yourself for not signing

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Discuss your arty book pitch with an art agent in a FREE zoom!

Want the opportunity to discuss your arty book pitch with an art agent? Then mark your calendar now! If you’d love to create a pitch for your very own illustrated non-fiction book ready to send to a major publisher, then you don’t want to miss this incredible opportunity. Join art agent, illustrator and author Lilla for a FREE live Zoom and you could get to discuss your arty book pitch with an art agent! Get FREE feedback on your arty book idea! Join art agent, illustrator and author Lilla for a FREE public Zoom event at 12 noon EST/5 pm BST on Friday, May 9th 2025 and you could get the chance to chat about your creative book pitch with her live in a FREE zoom! Books written and illustrated by artists represented by Lilla, and agented by Lilla Rogers Studio. Lilla has decades of experience in the creative business