Editorial Illustrating for magazines and more 2024
Get work in this cool and lucrative market!
Lilla Rogers is not only a renowned art agent, but also has many years’ experience as a professional illustrator. In this course, she shares her wisdom, expertise and top tips from her decades-long editorial and agenting career.
Find out how to get work in this cool and lucrative market, whether you have previous experience or not; what to show on your website or Instagram to get magazine work; how to come up with concepts in your own style; and much more.
This course has previously run live four times (including twice in its first year after it sold out the first time!) and is now available as a self-paced course. This means that not only do you get instant access as soon as you sign up, but you also get all four assignments PLUS a bonus mini assignment, enabling you to build a really strong and broad editorial illustration portfolio that covers a range of subject matter, from science to pop music. Sign up now!
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Editorial Illustrating for magazines and more…
In this exciting class, Editorial Illustrating for Magazines and More, you’ll be guided step by step to create FIVE stunning editorial illustrations for your portfolio that are ideal for enticing magazine art directors to hire you, as well as learning the entire process of creating editorial illustrations from rough to finish, with tons of tips and advice from former full-time illustrator Lilla along the way.
Some of Lilla’s work from her years as an illustrator. She has heaps of insight from her decades as both an illustrator and an art agent, and she can’t wait to share it!
The course will cover:
- Why editorial illustration is such a cool career
- How to create concepts with Lilla’s playful Find the Concept game
- How to complete the process from rough illustration to finished piece
- Insider tips on finding work and breaking into this market
… and much more!
Work by Lilla’s artist Katie Vernon for National Geographic
You’ll also get fantastic supporting downloads on subjects such as:
- Adding lettering
- The six types of layout
- How to turn your image into an animation
and more.
You’ll also discover what to showcase on your website or Instagram to get magazine work, and have your eyes opened to the myriad editorial opportunities in today’s world and more!
Flow magazine cover by Lilla’s artist Marenthe. Imagine getting a copy of your favourite magazine with *your* art on the front cover!
Plus, you’ll have access to all of recordings of all of the reviews carried out when the course was live, an amazing opportunity to learn from Lilla’s reviews and implement her advice in your own work. Learn what works, what grabs attention, and what art directors and agents are looking for in your portfolio!
Watch a replay of a Facebook Live event that Lilla hosted where she reviews some of the course prep, so you can get a great insight into class:
I’ve already taken this course: should I take it again?
Absolutely, yes! Why? Firstly, an art director is going to look at your portfolio or Instagram, and before they can trust you with the text for a website, magazine or book, they need to know you can deliver – one strong piece isn’t enough. You need several strong pieces in your portfolio (including full pages, spot illustrations and so on. Discover art agent Lilla’s must-haves for your editorial illustration portfolio) in order to land editorial work.
Now that this course is self-paced, you get access to FOUR full assignments plus a bonus mini assignment, so you can pack your portfolio with tons of amazing art!
Your art is powerful! Sometimes an image can express things that photographs can’t or more succinctly than text can. Lilla Rogers made this flag ahead of the Women’s March several years ago and shared it on social media, inviting people to use it.
Secondly, you limit your options if you just show one piece of editorial work. You’ll get lots more work if you cover different tones of editorial work and show your whole range – you need something moody, some current events, some popular culture, a how-to and so on. With access to all of the previous course material, you’ll cover a wide range of subject matter, including the environment, lifestyle and more.
The flag that Lilla created for the Women’s March even ended up on stage next to Elizabeth Warren during her speech in Washington DC!
- This course is self-paced, so you can start anytime and get INSTANT ACCESS as soon as you sign up. The course is designed to take you 4 weeks at an intensive pace, or up to 4 months at a slower pace. Suggested scheduling is included to help you stay on track.
- The course format is online, with video, written content, imagery and a private Facebook community.
Join the Editorial class here.
Colorful work from Helen Dardik
This Instant Access course includes:
- FOUR full editorial assignments, made up of a mini warm-up assignment and a final assignment, which will lead you step by step to create FOUR editorial illustrations in your unique style which you can add to your portfolio and send out to potential clients.
- Plus a bonus mini assignment, to strengthen your portfolio even further!
- Access to an incredible archive of recorded reviews of student art by top art agent Lilla Rogers, in which she shares her insights and wisdom from her decades as a former professional illustrator and now a world-renowned art agent.
- Tons of downloads to support your learning, with topics including adding lettering, the six types of layout, how to turn your work into an animated gif that will attract more attention online and develop your skills and what you can offer a client, and more.
- Access to an exclusive community of your fellow students for support, advice and celebrating success!
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Topics covered in the course will include:
- What’s cool about editorial work and how to break into this lucrative market
- Lilla’s fun concept game and how to come up with concepts in your own style
- How to move from getting spot illustrations to landing full-page illustrations
- What to show on your website or Instagram feed to get magazine work
- What art agents and art directors are looking for when they view an artist’s portfolio
- How to do a rough illustration to get approval from an art director, make changes and go to finish
- Adding lettering
- How to find clients and grab their attention
- What to do when you get the job
… and lots more!
Do you dream of landing editorial work like these pieces from Lilla’s artists Clairice Gifford and Flora Waycott? We can show you how!
Lilla will take you through the whole process step by step so that it’s easy and fun and so that you can get real work earning real money from your own unique art.
Some of Lilla’s artwork from her years as a full-time illustrator.
Don’t miss out. Sign up today!
Front cover and full-page illustration by Sarah Walsh, represented by Lilla Rogers.
This course is for you if:
- You want to find out how to get started in this exciting, profitable market
- You’ve already got spot illustration work but would like to move on to full-page illustrations
- You want to know what art directors are looking for
- You want to know how to build your portfolio so it showcases your unique style and lands you magazine work
- You want an overview of the process of magazine work, from rough to approval to finish
- You want to understand the modern editorial market, and what opportunities are out there besides magazine
- You want to build a broad and powerful editorial illustration portfolio, with a wide range of subject matter
Editorial work by Jessica Allen, represented by Lilla Rogers.
Editorial magazine illustrations by your teacher, top art agent and former full-time illustrator, Lilla Rogers
Take the Editorial Track Chooser quiz below and find out which track to take first.
Which one will you choose? Which one speaks to you the most? Are you all about bold, powerful women, the magic of science, or dreamy contemplation? We can’t wait to see – get instant access to ALL of these fantastic tracks when you sign up now!
Find the Concept game
Sometimes in your editorial illustration career you’ll be asked to illustrate something straightforward, like gardening or shoes or a how-to, but other times an article might be about something more abstract, like climate change or networking. How might you start to show something abstract in a visual way?
Art agent Lilla, who has also worked as a successful editorial illustrator and has decades of experience as an innovative educator, has come up with her fun Find the Concept Game to get you to start thinking about how you can come up with concepts for your work.
In class, you’ll see how art agent Lilla shares some words or the headline of an article, and together all the students will brainstorm different things which could represent that idea, then Lilla reveals how the artist did it. It’s a really fun and creative way to start thinking about concepts and how you can create them in your own work.
We’re thrilled to be able to give away the version she shared with her students previously. Can you match the concept with the illustration? What ideas does the concept spark? How might you have done it?
If you have a question about Make Art That Sells please check these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) first. If you do not find an answer to your question here please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
Q. I’ve never taken an online class before. How does it work? Do I need to be at my computer at a certain time?
A: The course happens in a password-protected private classroom right here on this site. There is a separate classroom for each course, divided into lessons. The course is instant access, so you can start as soon as you sign up, and self-paced, so you can complete it at a time to suit you.
The beauty of an online course is that you can check in whenever you like and do not need to be online at a specific time as the content will be available 24/7, so it does not matter what time zone you are in or what your schedule looks like. You can log on every day if you choose, or set aside some time once or twice a week to work through it. There will also be a private community space where you can connect with others and share images of your work.
The written content in the class will be downloadable so you can keep it forever. The classroom will be open until 31st January 2025. The community space will remain open indefinitely.
Q. What format is the class taught in?
A: The class is taught using video, written posts and a huge amount of imagery. Everything is made available in a bespoke, password-protected private classroom. There are editorial illustration assignments as well as a handful of additional creative exercises in the course.
Q: Does this class contain live reviews?
A: No, this class is self-paced and contains replays of Lilla reviewing student work. For courses that include live reviews of a selection of student work please see our live courses here.
Q: Do I need to have a drawing tablet or be able to create digital illustrations for this course?
A: You don’t need any special software or equipment for this course. Our students use all kinds of different methods, some are strictly digital, others are traditional artists, and lots are in between. Any method you want to use to create your illustrations is fine!
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