Lilla here. One of my favorite courses (they’re all my favorite), Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, starts Monday, June 8th, and I can’t wait to see what art you create this year!
This will be the third time I’ve taught this class. I’ve been passionate about lettering ever since I did penmanship in third grade, and when I was an illustrator I paid my bills thanks in part to my lettering. My goal for this course is to make you fall in love with and feel very comfortable drawing all kinds of lettering styles.
The ability to do lettering was one thing I always looked at when I was viewing an artist’s portfolio as an art agent. Why? Because being able to do lettering can help you get more work – and more work means more income for you, along with a more interesting and varied creative career.
Look how many of my illustration gigs included lettering! My clients included Vogue magazine, the New York Times, Chronicle Books, 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! Sign up here.
I wrote Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering to help you get more jobs and more money. I designed it to help you find your own unique lettering style and fill your illustration portfolio with beautiful artwork designed to help you get paying jobs.
In this class, you’ll get the opportunity to try out 15 different styles of gorgeous lettering in order to help you develop your own unique style, and to create a mini encyclopaedia full of varied styles of lettering that you can refer back to.
Gorgeous books illustrated by some of the artists that I represented. Being able to do lettering will help you land more paying jobs like these, and as an agent it was one of the things I looked for in an artist’s work.
BIG NEWS!
Last year I concocted a wild new approach for five of the assignments you get in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering: I pretended that I was a creative director who is commissioning you with some very cool jobs!
Having been on the receiving end of job commissions for decades, it turned out I have a knack for being a fake creative director creating fake jobs – and you loved it so much last year, I’m doing it again for Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering 2026. All three of the Big assignments you get in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering will be written as though they are real (fake) commissions!
Art for class by Make Art That Sells students Trish LaPointe (left) and Lauren Loucas (right). You’ll explore some amazing markets which buy a ton of lettering. Sign up here.
I’ve had so much fun creating briefs for you that are entertaining and engaging while also giving you some real skills. Although the jobs are just pretend, they’re tuned in to current lettering needs in the marketplace and are phenomenal for your portfolio. I give specifics, fantastic lettering styles to follow, and sometimes color palettes and more. I hope they make you giggle, but also motivate you to draw while teaching you tons.
MORE BIG NEWS: we’re giving away Day 1 of class for FREE!
Join me for the free live Zoom on the first day of class, Monday, June 8th, where I’ll share the link to your first Micro Mini assignment.
The Zoom is on Monday, June 8th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST – set a reminder now!
Here are a few Q&A if you’re still thinking about signing up.
Got more questions for me, about the course or anything else to do with lettering? Then join me for the FREE live Zoom on the first day of class, Monday, June 8th at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST!
Q. Why take Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering?
A. Before I was an art agent, I enjoyed a thriving career as a full-time artist who made a living from my illustrations and lettering. And in this unique course, I’ll share everything I know with you.
Plus you’ll get to create a unique reference guide of font types and styles, learn how to come up with your own gorgeous style, and create some beautiful art for your portfolio that’s designed to help you get paying gigs.
In my signature teaching style, I’ll break it all down so it’s never overwhelming, and I’ve got plenty of surprises up my sleeve to keep you motivated and engaged all the way.
In this course, you’ll create beautiful art like this for your portfolio to showcase your lettering skills. Art by Make Art That Sells students (l-r) Heather Brewster, Elisa Lara Campos and Sarah Chinnery.
Q. What do I get in Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering?
A. You’ll get all this:
Three assignments to create three pieces of art for your portfolio to help you land lettering gigs, written as though they were real-world commissions
15 pretty, downloadable Micro Mini assignments to learn lettering techniques
Three surprise pieces of bonus content
Three live Zooms with me, one per month. Ask me your questions in a live real-time video each month!
Access to a private Facebook group where you can chat with your fellow classmates, make friends, share work in progress, get feedback, and cheer each other on
The option to post your work to a public gallery where it can be viewed by Lilla, art directors and other industry experts.
… and more! Check out the full schedule here:
Q. Am I good enough for this class?
A. YES! This course is suitable for all levels, and for whatever kind of media you want to use.
I wanted to make an inspiring course that would allow every lettering style to shine, for all levels of ability and for all techniques, whether you used traditional materials like markers and dip pens, or something like Adobe Illustrator and Procreate. And I wanted to make a fun course that would entice you to fall in love with lettering and to think of lettering as drawing. Sign up here.
Create stunning art like this for your portfolio which showcases your lettering skills, helping you to get more paying gigs. Art by Make Art That Sells student Kristina Rodriguez.
Q. I’ve taken Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering before. Is it worth me taking it again?
A. Absolutely! Over the course of three months, you’ll get 15 BRAND NEW lettering styles to play with and get inspired by, plus three BRAND NEW assignments, to help you build a fantastically varied reference guide for lettering, and a really broad and powerful lettering portfolio. Read more and sign up here.
- Monday, June 8th: Lilla’s much-loved lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering, starts Monday, June 8th. Lettering is fantastic for your creative career – find out more and sign up here.
- Monday, June 8th: Join Lilla at 12 noon ET/5 pm BST for a FREE live Zoom event on the first day of Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering. She’ll be sharing Day 1 of class for FREE and giving away a FREE place in class!
- Hurry HURRY! Places in Lilla’s small-group mentoring intensive, Inner Circle, are almost gone, and it won’t run again until 2027! Don’t wait another year to give your creative career a huge boost. It always sells out! Find out more and sign up here.
- Next newsletter: Get Part 1 of your FREE #MATSprep warm-up assignment!
Lots of love
