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Posted on August 1, 2024.

Ready for your remix? Open now!

It’s time to mix it up with Part 2 of your fab FREE #MATSprep warm-up assignment for Find Your Art Style with Style, which starts in just a few days, on Monday, August 5th! In Part 1, course leader, educator and illustrator Tamisha asked you to draw some whimsical vintage toys she found in New Orleans, a little taster of the gorgeous hand-curated visuals she’s collected for you to enjoy in this unique course. If you missed out, catch up here. Today, Tamisha is going to ask you to mix it up, to help you create an eye-catching piece of portfolio art that has cool vintage style with a modern edge. Ready? Let’s dive in! Find Your Art Style with Style is packed with beautiful visuals, cool vintage finds and dreamy color palettes to help you uncover and refine your unique art style. Here’s Part 2 of your FREE warm-up

Posted on July 25, 2024.

FREE illustration assignment: Play with vintage style

Get your FREE warm-up assignment! Our brand NEW live course, Find Your Art Style with Style, starts in less than two weeks, on Monday, August 5th, and today we’re sharing a FREE warm-up illustration assignment to give you a little taster of what this unique class will be like. Get ready to fall in love with Tamisha’s collection of charming vintage clothing and colorful, quirky accessories, that she’ll combine with her curated visuals to inspire you to explore a variety of styles and discover or evolve your own. You’ll focus on two of the key aesthetic elements: line and shape, and build on and develop them to find your own unique art style. Plus you’ll make some amazing art for your portfolio to help you get more of the jobs you love. Here’s Part 1 of your FREE warm-up assignment: vintage Japanese toys Here’s the first part of your FREE

Posted on July 4, 2024.

Create a character: Part 2 of your FREE assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of the FREE #MATSprep illustration assignment I created for you to get you warmed up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play. Today you’re going to find out exactly how easy it is to create winning characters for some of the hottest art markets right now. This course really is for all levels – and it’s just £99 (approx. $126)! Win a free place in class! First I need to remind you to join me and my brilliant Bootcamp Special teachers, Zoë and Riley, in a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of class, Monday, July 8th, at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! Zoë and Riley are both incredible teachers who are a joy to learn from as well as having huge amounts of information to share, and I know we’re going to have a great time. Join us – scribble a note

Posted on July 1, 2024.

It’s here! Get Part 1 of your FREE assignment!

Lilla here. Today I’m sharing the first part of a FREE two part #MATSprep illustration assignment I’ve created for you to get you warmed up and ready for Bootcamp Special: Character Play, which starts NEXT MONDAY, July 8th! Let Zoë, Riley and me show you how easy it can be to create winning characters that you can license for children’s books, toys, games and more. Q: Hold up. What’s Bootcamp Special: Character Play? A: Bootcamp Special: Character Play is a playful, relaxed course that’s designed to boost your creativity and give you more income streams for your art, so you can make more money doing what you love. It focuses on two fabulous art markets – children’s picture books and toys and games – and is taught by two top experts. Art by Make Art That Sells student Tina Burke for Bootcamp Special: Character Play. First you’ll create a character

Posted on May 16, 2024.

Get the final part of your FREE children’s book illustration assignment from top art agent Lilla Rogers!

Lilla here! I recently shared the first two parts of a FREE three-part warm-up exercise that I’ve created for you ahead of my raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts NEXT MONDAY, May 20th. If you missed them, you can catch up on Part 1 and 2 here. How did you enjoy Part 2? I bet you had some fun accessorizing. Are you seeing that the more time and thought you spend on your character, the more interesting it is? An engaging character is so important to a successful children’s book, and that’s why my co-teacher, brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, and I spend so much time focusing on characters in class, and why we share boatloads of hints and tips from our decades in the industry. Want in? Book your place here. Today, we’re going to move on to the third and final part

Posted on May 13, 2024.

FREE childrens book illustration assignment Part 2 – plus bonus assignment!

Get Part 2 of your FREE childrens book illustration assignment! Lilla here! Last week I shared the first part of a FREE three-part warm-up exercise that I’ve created for you ahead of my raved-about online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, which starts on Monday, May 20th. If you missed it, you can catch up here. In this hugely popular course, you’ll spend five weeks with me and my brilliant co-teacher, children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, creating a ready-to-send pitch presentation that contains everything an art director or publisher needs to see to give you work. This #MATSprep is a terrific warm up for class, because it will help you to start thinking about how you can create winning characters for your children’s book illustrations. Characters are absolutely central to children’s picture books, which is why we spend several weeks in class focusing on characters, and why Zoë and

Posted on May 9, 2024.

Get Part 1 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment!

Get Part 1 of your FREE picture book illustration assignment Lilla here! Today I’m going to share the first part of my FREE #MATSprep for my online course, Illustrating Children’s Books. This is the eleventh time we’ve run this hugely popular course, with dozens of students taking it two or even more times – it’s a great course to repeat even if you’ve done it before, because you get brand new texts every time and you’ll build a really powerful portfolio to help you get representation and jobs. Find out what the fuss is about – sign up here. What’s a #MATSprep? It’s a FREE warm up exercise to get you ready for class, and it’s open to everyone, whether you’re signed up for class or not. Illustrating Children’s Books 2024 starts in just a few weeks, on Monday, May 20th, so over the next few newsletters I’ll be sharing

Posted on February 2, 2024.

FREE assignment #2: Learn to do lettering

Learn to do lettering with Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering Lilla here. Yesterday I shared a little sneak peek of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which starts this Monday, February 5th, and today I’m going to give you another FREE worksheet to play with and learn from. Practice lettering by Lilla – note how she plays around and experiments with the lettering style. You’ll practice different letterforms with her insightful worksheets, each with notes from Lilla, and build a unique resource you can refer back to. In Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, you’ll get one of these worksheets – which I’m calling Micro Mini assignments – every day from Monday to Friday of the first week of each month. So I gave you one yesterday and another one today to give you a real taste of what the course will be like. Just like

Posted on February 1, 2024.

How to do lettering: FREE download #1

Learn How to do lettering with top art agent Lilla Rogers Lilla here. I’m so excited to share a FREE example of some of the content you’ll get in my brand new lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, which will show you how to do lettering and which starts this Monday, February 5th. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since we did penmanship in third grade. I’ve studied and taught calligraphy, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. Some of my lettering gigs from my days as a full-time illustrator in NYC. My clients included New York University, Chronicle Books, Uppercase magazine, the Grammys and hundreds more. I paid my bills using my lettering skills, and I want to show you how you can do it too! Now that I’m an art agent, one thing I always look at when I’m viewing

Posted on January 11, 2024.

FREE treasure hunt art assignment

Get your FREE treasure hunt art assignment! Lilla here. Today I’m sharing Part 2 of your FREE #MATSprep warm-up exercise ahead of my Manifest your Dream Creative Career course coming up NEXT MONDAY, January 15th! I hope you enjoyed Part 1 – I loved looking at your affirmations. If you haven’t had a chance to do it yet, catch up here. Enjoy three weeks of live Zoom events with me – an art agent, former illustrator, author, columnist, public speaker, educator and more – plus LIVE Career Tarot readings and fabulous assignments in Manifest Your Dream Creative Career. Sign up now! Are you ready for Part 2? Read on … Here’s Part 2 of your free treasure hunt art assignment I’ve got a nutty treasure hunt art assignment for you today, that’s sure to intrigue you, but also to get you to connect with meaningful little objects in your world.