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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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MASSIVE FREEBIE: How to get an art agent and more!

A free gift for you: Discover how to get an art agent, tips for illustrating children’s books and more! Our incredible teachers – including top art agent Lilla Rogers, award-winning entrepreneur and author Beth Kempton, children’s book art director and picture book author Zoë Tucker, creative director Margo Tantau, and game creator and agent Riley Wilkinson – have decades in the creative industry and tons of insight and wisdom to share. Click here to get your FREE copy of this incredible tip-stuffed freebie. Today we’re thrilled to be sharing a fabulous FREE bonus that’s absolutely stuffed with valuable information and gorgeous art. Learn how to get an art agent, get tips for illustrating children’s books, see how arranging your home décor designs as collections can help you sell more art and more! We’ve dug deep into some of our raved-about, career-changing online illustration courses and put together some fascinating insider


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REVEALED: Discover the latest MATS students offered representation by art agent Lilla!

Do you want to land representation with an innovative international art agent? Every live Make Art That Sells course offers an incredible opportunity to get your art directly in front of art agent Lilla Rogers and maybe get offered representation with her agency, Lilla Rogers Studio – Lilla is always on the lookout for new talent! Get represented by a top international art agent Here are just some of the reasons why being represented with Lilla is so amazing: Every year, Lilla runs a fabulous retreat for her artists at her studio, which is hugely inspiring and includes wonderful events like Speed Art Dating with some of the top art directors and editors in the industry. Lilla gives her artists exclusive assignments just like the ones she writes for Make Art That Sells, to fill their portfolios with gorgeous, bang on trend art. Her artists get free access to any


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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Join our NEW course for FREE!

Join our brand NEW art history course for FREE! Sign up now! Finally the big reveal! We’re incredibly excited to announce an amazing NEW course from art historian, illustrator and Make Art That Sells student, Tamisha Anthony, together with art agent Lilla Rogers. Redrawing Black History is a fascinating and visually rich online course that will run for four weeks from January 10th, 2022, ahead of Black History Month in the USA. We know you’re going to love seeing the images that Tamisha has put together for you, and creating art inspired by this brand new course. Lilla says: “You’re going to love how Tamisha uncovers the richness of the Black American experience, teaching us about little-known but fascinating Black Americans from four incredible eras. She dives deep into the creativity of each era: the clothing, hairstyles, and more. I know students are going to be enthralled with the visuals


mkbpworkbooksneek Make Art That Sells LAST CHANCE! You should write a kids’ book. Here’s why (and how).

LAST CHANCE! You should write a kids’ book. Here’s why (and how).

Hurry hurry hurry – registration for art agent Lilla’s children’s book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, closes TODAY! This course won’t run again until 2022, so if you want to write a kids’ book with Lilla this year then grab your spot here now! Here’s why you should write a kids’ book Sales of kids’ books soared during the first year of the pandemic, as we locked down and schools closed across the globe. Parents and carers turned to books to help educate their children, to show them a world outside the confines of their homes, to entertain them, to make up for lack of social interactions with their peers, and to share an enjoyable moment of mutual comfort and bonding. And honestly every five minutes that they didn’t spend on screens was a win back then, am I right? And with the pandemic still ongoing, the boom is


GIRAFFE Make Art That Sells Write a unique children’s story: Part 2 of your FREE assignment

Write a unique children’s story: Part 2 of your FREE assignment

Do you want to write a unique children’s story? Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of my FREE children’s story book idea generator, to help you warm up for my children’s book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, which starts next Monday, October 18th. Did you find yesterday’s Squeeze Me Doll Magic Card activated your imagination? If you missed it, click here. Big reveal! Here is Squeeze Me Doll’s best friend! Today, we’ve got Giraffe. Take a moment for yourself, away from devices and humans and noise, and let your mind wander. See what pops into your head. Giraffes have witty spots (why?), crazy long necks (why?) and are one part horse (why?)! What kind of personality do they have, in your mind? First, let’s take a good look at Giraffe. Note the neat black hooves, the long tail with a black tip, the bristly mane, the spots that


SQUEEZE ME DOLL Make Art That Sells Get Part 1 of your FREE children’s book story idea generator

Get Part 1 of your FREE children’s book story idea generator

  Here’s Day 1 of your FREE children’s book story idea generator!   Lilla here! Welcome to your three day #MATSprep. I often like to get my students ready for class with a free mini warm up assignment, called a #MATSprep, to give you a taste of the what’s to come and to get everyone motivated, so I’m sharing this free three part assignment ahead of My Kid Book Pitch, my children’s book writing course for Make Art That Sells, which begins Monday, October 18th. I honestly couldn’t be more excited about this course. Having done the course as a beta for my artists and running it for the first time back in October 2020, I know that you’re going to make some amazing stories from this. And it works: read some success stories here. Here’s Day One of your FREE children’s book story idea generator: MAGIC CARDS! I created


MKBP workbookimage Make Art That Sells 7 children’s book trends you need to know about

7 children’s book trends you need to know about

Would you like to write your very own children’s picture book? Do you want to create appealing characters to enthral and delight? Do you want to know the latest children’s book trends? Do you want to share your story and grow young minds? Art agent Lilla’s picture book writing course, My Kid Book Pitch, starts in less than two weeks, on Monday, October 18th, and there’s still time to sign up. If you’ve ever wanted to write a picture book but don’t know where to start, if you’re bursting with ideas or don’t have a single one, if you want to learn to write a unique, original story in a way that’s accessible and fun, this course is for you. Why write a children’s picture book? Children’s books are quietly radical. As well as being a great bonding experience between children and carergivers, with a host of long term benefits


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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