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5 incredible game pitch tips from art agent Lilla – with art from class!

Lilla here. My one-of-a-kind toy and game design course, My Toy Pitch, starts TODAY and I can’t wait to see what you come up with this year. I really hope you’ll join me, because getting into the toy and game market can be great for your creative career. As an agent, I see exactly what jobs my amazing artists are getting, and I can tell you that toys and games – especially art-driven toys and games – are still an absolutely huge market. Why? Because people will always want and need to buy things for children, even during a downturn in the economy. Because parents are desperate to get their kids off screens for a while. Because right now we’re all craving that connection that playing a game or doing a puzzle together brings. And because we all want beautiful things in our homes. Last year, I ran this course

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Replay of Live Zoom with Lilla and Riley: My Toy Pitch begins on March 7th.

Did you miss the Live with Lilla and Riley on Friday? Check out the replay below! About My Toy Pitch Turn play into pay! In this  course, innovative art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s toy and game creative director Riley Wilkinson will guide you through the playful world of the toy and game market. They’ll share industry secrets and show you how to showcase your unique art on products that’ll capture the hearts of children as you create an exciting original toy and develop your own winning, playful pitch. You’ll discover how you can use all the great art that you already have, maybe from our courses, or your own projects, and leverage it to make new products ready to pitch. This incredibly fun duo will take you on a deep dive into the booming toy and game market. The course is jam-packed with assignments, videos, insider lessons, expert

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Get Part 2 of your fab FREE My Toy Pitch #MATSprep!

Lilla here. Can you believe that My Toy Pitch starts in less than a week? I’m so hyped for class to start: I know you’re going to love it and we’re going to make tons of amazing art tapping into those wonderful quirky minds of yours. Plus it’s an incredible opportunity to get your art directly in front of not one but TWO art agents. Last year we offered representation to two students from My Toy Pitch alone – you could be next! Did you have fun researching for your Blobby Worksheet for Part 1 of your FREE #MATSprep warm up assignment? (If you missed it then click here to find out more and join in.) Are you amazed at all the gorgeous toy and game products out there? It’s endless, isn’t it? It’s such a hot market for your art right now. Products for children are always a strong

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Get Part 1 of your FREE #MATSprep toy design assignment!

Lilla here. I’m so thrilled that it’s nearly time for my toy and game creation course, My Toy Pitch, which starts NEXT MONDAY, March 7th! I loved seeing the beautiful art and magical toys and games that my students came up with last year, and I can’t wait to see what you’re going to do this year! Plus I love teaching this class with Riley: I love his inventiveness, his insights, and his general nutty joyfulness. Today I’m sharing the first part of the My Toy Pitch #MATSprep. This is the same warm up exercise that I gave you last year before class. Why? Because sometimes it can be incredibly valuable to repeat an exercise and compare the two. How have your tastes changed? How has your art grown? Plus, in the toy and game market especially, it’s very important to know what’s out there right now, and this assignment

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Got Bootcamp FOMO? Last chance for 2022!

LAST CHANCE! Today is your last chance to sign up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play until 2023 – don’t miss out, register now! Learn how to create adorable characters like this one from Make Art That Sells student Yasemin Çaglar. Sign up now – registration closes today! As a reminder, here’s what you’ll get when you sign up today: Something every single Monday from now until the end of May that will help you create eight pieces of art for your portfolio – that’s 14 weeks of stuff! Instant access to all of the materials for February so far, including two assignments that you can complete whenever you want to plus creative insights from renowned creative director, Margo Tantau You’ll get to join the rest of the class for the LIVE Zoom event next Monday, February 28th … … Plus you’ll get to start next month’s assignments along with them

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Quick! Flash re-opening for Character Bootcamp!

Have you seen the gorgeous art coming out of the first month of Bootcamp Special: Character Play? Kicking yourself for not signing up? Want to learn how to create winning characters you can license for toys and games, books, and more? Art created for Bootcamp Special: Character Play by Make Art That Sells student Anna Lena. Hurry – registration is re-open from today until Friday! We’ve had a ton of emails asking if there’s still time to sign up, so we thought we’d re-open registration for Bootcamp Special: Character Play for a few days, from now until this Friday, February 25th, so no one has to miss out. Want in? Then sign up now! This course won’t run again until 2023! Learn how to create winning characters, and how to turn them into unique toys, like this one by Make Art That Sells student Diane Neukirch. Sign up now! Q:

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See stunning student art of Black American female artists

February is Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, in the USA, a national observance which celebrates and pays tribute to African Americans and their contributions, struggles, history, perseverance and achievements. Art by Tequitia Andrews, a Make Art That Sells student who is now represented by Lilla Rogers Studio after Lilla spotted her art in class. We are thrilled that more than 4,000 students have taken up the opportunity to engage in our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black History, which covers four key eras of Black American history under the expert guidance of brilliant educator, Tamisha Anthony. In particular, students have focused on some overlooked Black American female artists, and we’re delighted to share some of their art in today’s newsletter as we come to the end of Black History Month 2022. Missed out? There’s still time to sign up for this incredible and important course!

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Replay of Live with Lilla, Zoë and Riley: Character Bootcamp is here! (Feb. 2022)

Lilla, Zoë and Riley hosted a free live event on Friday, February 4 to chat about the #MATSprep and the course. If you missed it or you just want to watch again, the replay is below! Don’t miss out! Our wonderful students are already getting their very first packet of awesome, with an exclusive mini-text from Zoë, supporting downloads including a Character Inspiration Board created by Lilla, and their first assignment! Register now and get instant access to all the Week 1 materials! Hurry hurry – don’t miss this unique, one-of-a-kind course! Imagine getting paid to dream up appealing characters for children and adults to fall in love with … Let Zoë and Riley show you how!

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See what our My Year students REALLY think

Art agent Lilla says: “Spend a year with me and let me help you make your dream of an incredible art career a reality!” Hurry hurry – it’s the last few weeks to sign up for My Year of Art School with a tasty 20% discount! Fill your portfolio, learn a ton about the industry and give your illustration a huge boost with this incredible year. What is My Year of Art School anyway? My Year of Art School is a fabulous bundle of Make Art That Sells courses, with a big discount. You can choose from two different versions: My Year of Art School LIVE is all of the live courses that we’re running in 2022 – six in total. That means six lots of fabulous LIVE reviews, each of which is an incredible opportunity to get your work directly in front of a top art agent, a children’s

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Here’s what you get in our incredible FREE course!

Our brand NEW and completely FREE art history and illustration course, Redrawing Black History, started THIS MONDAY, January 10th, but there’s still time to sign up! Scheduled to run ahead of Black History Month in the USA, Redrawing Black History is an inspiring and visually rich four week long online course that will energize and inspire you, and fill you with a broader visual vocabulary of contemporary and historic Black American culture. By the end of the course, you’ll have four beautiful portfolio pieces, and a better appreciation of the wealth and beauty of Black American history. Portrait of Amanda Gorman by Make Art That Sells student Maria Ofili. Create gorgeous art like this for your illustration portfolio. Sign up now! This course is aimed at illustrators, and will help you to create some stunning artwork while increasing your knowledge and confidence around drawing and illustrating Blackness, but it’s also