- Imagine getting that call or email from a renowned art director to say they love your work and want to offer you a children’s book illustration gig …
- Imagine spending weeks or months digging deep into a manuscript and using your beautiful art to create adorable characters and magical worlds …
- Imagine going into your favorite bookshop and seeing your very own art – or hearing that they’ve sold out of their copies because kids just can’t get enough!
Our career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books online art course can turn your dreams into reality – click here for just some of our success stories.
Plus if you’ve always dreamed of writing as well as illustrating your very own children’s book, art agent and Make Art That Sells co-founder and teacher, Lilla Rogers, has also introduced a brand NEW course, My Kid Book Pitch, that will help you come up with your own unique, authentic idea plus a fabulous character, and avoid the slush pile!
Make Art That Sells teacher Zoë Tucker had two children’s books published in 2019, both based on texts she wrote exclusively for Illustrating Children’s Books; and Ada Lovelace and the Number-Crunching Machine was illustrated by a Make Art That Sells student based on work done in class!
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One thing that the teachers of Illustrating Children’s Books, art agent Lilla and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, are asked again and again is: what do I need to show in my portfolio to get a children’s book illustration gig?
Lilla says: “The number one thing you need to show an art director that you’re capable of doing a children’s book illustration gig is a great character.”
There is a huge focus on creating a memorable character in both Illustrating Children’s Books and My Kid Book Pitch – and it works! Read alumni success stories here.
What does Lilla mean by a great character? Watch the video below to find out, with some gorgeous examples from Lilla’s extensive children’s picture book collection!
Below is the first video in Lilla’s mini-series
We hope you enjoyed the show! Don’t forget to check back tomorrow and Wednesday for parts 2 and 3, to find out what else you need to include in your portfolio to land a children’s book illustration job.
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
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