LAST CHANCE! 6 reasons you should take the plunge

Hurry hurry HURRY – registration for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio closes TODAY and won’t open again until 2024!

Fill your portfolio with gorgeous, on-trend art designed to land you paying jobs (and it works – check out some recent student success stories here)
Explore the hottest art markets right now, based on art agent Lilla’s industry insider info
Find the joy in your art-making and grow it more than you can imagine

Sign up now and you’ll get instant access to all of the materials for January so far, including a Mini and a Big assignment and some amazing insights from creative director Margo Tantau.

Plus you’ll be able to join art agent Lilla for Monday’s LIVE Zoom event – and if you work fast you may even be able to submit your art to the January gallery, or complete it at leisure in your own time.

Then you’ll be ready to start the February assignment on Monday, February 6th along with the rest of the class!

Q: Why should I sign up?

From today through to April 3rd, you’ll get something every Monday from art agent Lilla that will build step-by-step into a gorgeous piece of art for your portfolio – three in total – all specifically designed to get you paying jobs, based on the jobs that Lilla sees her artists getting every day at her agency.

Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio is our best value course – at just £99 (approx. $119 – enjoy the continuing weakness of the British pound if you live outside the UK!), it costs about the same as a couple of lattes a week – but if that isn’t enough to tempt you, here are six reasons why you need to sign up for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio right now.

Get something from art agent Lilla every Monday until April 3rd and make gorgeous art for your portfolio, like this by Make Art That Sells student Audrey Szabo. HURRY – last chance to sign up until 2024!

Reason #1: Make art that gets you jobs

Each of the assignments for Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio is based on the work that art agent Lilla sees being assigned day after day to the artists she represents, so you can be sure that they’re bang up to date and right on trend, meaning that they’re designed to build a strong illustration portfolio and land you jobs.

Lilla says: “As an art agent, I assign jobs to my artists every single day. I know what clients want to see. What they assign. What they are looking for. Which imagery, themes, and topics are hot, which color palettes are exciting, which products are selling like gangbusters, and which aren’t. So I build my assignments around those considerations.”

Create art designed to catch an art director’s eye and land you paying jobs with Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, like this beautiful art by Make Art That Sells student Gina Maldonado. Don’t miss out !

Want proof? We shared some of our student’s most recent success stories a few weeks ago: find it here.

Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio is also a great way to diversify your illustration portfolio and explore new art markets in an accessible and enjoyable way. The bottom line: the more markets you create art for, the more art you’ll sell.

Reason #2: It’ll keep you motivated

A lot of us have got a lot going on right now. And while you might know that making art is a really important part of your coping mechanism, you might not be sure how to start. What to make. What the world needs at the moment.

Make eye-catching, job-snagging portfolio pieces like this graphic novel page by Make Art That Sells student Anna Lindsten. Sign up now.

We hear you. Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio can help you find the joy in art making again. You don’t have to think about what to draw or when or what the final result will be: you just open that week’s assignment and crack on, enjoying the here and now. And goodness knows we could all use a little bit of that.

Plus Lilla’s unique teaching method is full of whimsy and surprises, which leads us on to …

Reason #3 Lilla’s inimitable style

Lilla prides herself on the effectiveness of her teaching, and she works hard to make her classes enjoyable and engaging so that you’re excited to do them and your joy shines through in the work that you do.

One way of doing this is to break things down into manageable chunks and to include plenty of surprises and twists along the way, so you’re always excited about what’s coming next. So for example, you’ll get a playful Mini Assignment at the start of the month, which you then build on when you get that month’s Main Assignment, so you’re eased into it and have already done a ton of the work – and then bam! Before you know it, you’ve created a great piece of art for your portfolio.

Each week you’ll get something new and exciting, which all adds up to create a finished piece of art, like this by Make Art That Sells student Jean Ruth.

Lilla says: “Part of the way I motivate artists is to build a level of suspense over the weeks. It’s the way I teach—to break everything down into bite-sized bits so students don’t get overwhelmed, and then to build up to the final piece. I always like to give a Mini Assignment that will bring out the best in each student. How? By making it approachable, easy to draw, but with a broad scope so there is plenty of room for diversity of styles.” Speaking of which …

Reason #4 It works for everyone, regardless of style or level

Bootcamp is for everyone, whether you’re just starting out or solidly booked with paying gigs. Maybe you’ll discover a new market for your art. Maybe you’ll catch an art director’s eye or land representation (lots of our students have). Maybe you’ll see yourself improving week on week. Maybe you’ll just do some art you really love. Everyone is welcome, whatever your level and whatever your aims.

Make gorgeous art in your own style, like this by Make Art That Sells student Sara Ly-Tan.

Lilla says: “The course is for anyone who wants to have a great time making their work better and market-ready in a supportive environment. All levels, all styles are welcome. I secretly design the assignments so that everyone benefits. We have top artists in the class as well as newbies. There’s a lot of energy in the course, and friendships develop that last for years.” Which reminds us …

Reason #5 You get to be part of a super supportive community

Making art can sometimes be a lonely experience: finding a supportive community can be gold.

Explore exciting and lucrative markets for your art and create beautiful illustration portfolio pieces, like this by Make Art That Sells student Maxine Lee Mackie.

In Assignment Bootcamp, as with all our courses, you suddenly have a network of wonderful creative people who are working on the same piece of artwork that you are. You have company! Support! People who get it!

Whatever stage you’re at you’ll be able to find someone who understands where you’re at, plus it’s an incredible learning opportunity to see how other artists tackle the same assignment that you’re working on. There’s nothing better than making your best artwork with a lively group of like-minded students.

Are you ready to sign up? Are you ready to wake up every Monday to something new and inspiring from a top art agent? Are you ready to create some cool market-savvy art for your illustration portfolio?