Learn how to get paid for illustrating children’s books!

  Our hugely popular online course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starts May 20th

Course dates: 2024

Get Me a Book Deal bundle 2024

£987 / $1,235 (approximate)

Learn how to illustrate, write and pitch beautiful books for kids and adults!

Create professional ready-to-send pitches for some of the hottest art markets right now and build a powerful portfolio packed with winning characters designed to catch an art director’s eye – if you’re dreaming of a shelf full of gorgeous books written and illustrated by you, then this is the bundle for you!

  •  Do you want to build a lucrative and rewarding career in the dreamy world of books, for adults and for children?
  •  Do you want to share your passions with other people and influencing a whole new generation – and get paid to do it?
  • Do you want to create magical worlds and winning characters – and get to call it your job?

Payment plans: We want to make our courses as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. That’s why this year you’ll have the option to pay for this bundle in two installments With love from the Make Art That Sells Team x

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Books of all kinds remain a huge market for your art and this fabulous bundle will help you to create not one but THREE strong pitches across brilliant book markets, ready to send off to publishers, art directors and more. Plus you’ll build a kickass portfolio that will help you land more work in these fantastic markets.

Get ready to make pitches that will help you land your dream illustration jobs with the Get Me a Book Deal bundle – because no matter how digital, online or automated the world becomes, there’s nothing quite like a book.

– and this fabulous bundle gives you everything you need.

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In this fabulous bundle you get:

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The get me a book deal bundle

Here’s what you get in this incredible bundle:

  • Illustrating Children’s Books:  (May 20 – Jun 24, 2024). The career-changing Illustrating Children’s Books is consistently one of our most popular courses, and no wonder! You’ll spend five intense weeks with top art agent Lilla Rogers and renowned children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker, who together will help you to create a brilliant children’s book pitch to help you land your dream gig. By the end of the course, you’ll have a finished pitch containing everything an art director needs to see to get you jobs.

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Magical illustration by Jacqui Langeland for Illustrating Children’s Books

  • My Arty Book Pitch:  (Oct 14 – Nov 17, 2024). Art agent Lilla sees exactly what illustration jobs her artists are getting, so she knows that illustrated non-fiction books are a huge market right now. Plus there’s a vast range of subjects you could cover – illustrated quotations, guided journals, mysticism, cookery, craft how tos, memoirs, and more – so whatever your kooky heart loves, you can pitch it. And it’s easier than you think! Let art agent Lilla show you how in her exciting live course.

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Book spread by Edele Watters for My Arty Book Pitch. What arty what book will you create?

  • My Kid Book Pitch:  (Instant Access). Imagine getting paid to write and illustrate your very own children’s book – creating your own unique characters and world for children and parents to fall in love with again and again. This course will give you everything you need to write your own authentic, unique children’s picture book and avoid the slush pile. You’ll get an incredible 123-page downloadable workbook, Lilla’s dreamy custom Magic Cards to help you access your unique idea, tons of worksheets and questionnaires to help you dig deep into your personality, and tons more.

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Artwork by Make Art That Sells student Kim Fleming from My Kid Book Pitch

 

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Your dream creative gig is waiting for you … with  The Get Me a Book Deal Bundle!

why it’s perfect for you

It’s perfect for…

  • Artists who want to explore the booming children’s picture book illustration market.
  • Artists who love arty books – illustrated journals, quotations, memoirs, how tos, sketchbooks and more – and want to write their very own.
  • Artists who have had some success in either of these markets and who want to explore them further.
  • Artists who love these markets and dream of getting paid work in them.
  • Artists who would like to learn more about creating and licensing appealing, engaging characters.

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Make Art That Sells students with books they’ve illustrated and/or written: l-r, Lynn Gaines, Erica Root, Darcie Olley, Maruga Koops and Sharisse Steber

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l-r,  Annabel Tempest, Erika Jones, Emily Hamilton, Adam Ming and Sarah Allen

It’s time to follow your passion, find your unique voice and make lots of incredible art so that you can enjoy a successful, lucrative career while playing and having fun. Sign up now for this incredible bundle and let your art shine!

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Lilla Rogers & Zoë  Tucker

LILLA ROGERS, Founder, LILLA ROGERS STUDIO

Lilla Rogers: a former illustrator, innovative art agent and author, Make Art That Sells co-founder Lilla has boatloads of wisdom to share from her decades in the business, plus a warm and quirky approach to teaching that will trick you into doing your very best art

Lilla is one of the most successful illustration agents in the in the world, managing the careers of over 35 high-caliber artists whose works you’ve undoubtedly seen in children’s books, magazines, greeting cards, and on loads of deliciously designed goods from bed linens and tote bags to journals and wall art. Lilla has sold art for products and ad campaigns worth over $300 million, and has clients all over the globe.

ZOË TUCKER, ART DIRECTOR

Zoë Tucker has worked in children’s book publishing for nearly two decades, starting with Random House, working across the list from baby books right up to Young Adult. Her books have won numerous awards and she has worked with Penguin UK (Puffin Imprint), and Scholastic UK (Alison Green imprint).

In the last decade, Zoë has worked closely with award-winning publisher Alison Green to deliver some of the best-loved children’s books on the market, from some of the most talented illustrators working today.

Zoë is now a freelance art director and consultant for production and animation companies including Magic Light (who made the Gruffalo and Stick Man animations) and Dog Ears Ltd. She also designs and art directs for Hodder and Quarto, and consults for the highly original ‘Lost My Name’ which was featured on Dragon’s Den and hails a new type of personalised book publishing.

Zoë says, It’s hard to pinpoint one book in particular that I’m most proud of working on, because I’ve worked on so many! It’s a huge privilege to work with Axel Scheffler, and to be the art director on his books with Julia Donaldson. Their award-winning books are loved the world over and it’s nice to know that I’m part of that creative process, and inspiring young children (including Prince George and Princess Charlotte!).

During my time with Puffin books I worked on many of Roald Dahl picture books and treasuries. This gave me the chance to commission Quentin Blake – a treat! I also worked very closely with Jan Pienkowski too, who is most known for his Meg and Mog series. I grew up with these books, so having the opportunity to hang out with the man himself was fun. I used to go to his house every Tuesday afternoon for lunch and a bit of time working on new projects. He’s had an amazing career and taught me a lot. Plus he had fabulous chickens in the garden, big bantam hens with fluffy trousers.”

Zoë Tucker, brilliant children’s book art director and author of several children’s picture books including Ada and the Number-Crunching Machine  and Greta and the Giants .

A girl with plaits with her arms crossed, book cover of Greta and the Giants by Zoe Tucker

It’s time to follow your passion, find your unique voice and make lots of incredible art so that you can enjoy a successful, lucrative career while playing and having fun. Sign up now and let this be the time for your art to shine!

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Terms and Conditions

By registering for any of the Make Art That Sells classes, please be aware you are agreeing to the following Terms & Conditions:

  • You acknowledge that your work will only get viewed by Lilla in the live classes if you submit it as directed by the deadline of each week when the class is live. You also acknowledge that although Lilla will view every piece of work submitted and provide general feedback to class, only a handful of pieces will be chosen each week for specific critique (which will be shared with the class), and there is no guarantee that you will receive personal critique from Lilla during the course.
  • If you submit any work in class and it is selected for review, you give permission for that critique (including your images) to be shared with the rest of the class in any format.
  • You agree that Make Art That Sells may give permission to select art directors to view the finished works submitted for critique in any MATS class. Should they be interested in working with you, Make Art That Sells will put you in contact and you can continue your discussions directly.
  • You give permission for Make Art That Sells to use any images you submit for critique in any class or share in the class community area, to be included in any future class-related marketing or promotional strategies, online or offline. You will always be credited and will retain the rights to your work.
  • You agree to the class Ground Rules which are as follows: (i) Stay open (ii) Be positive (iii) No negative critique of others (iv) No excuses are necessary. If you miss a deadline for submitting your assignment that is fine, but the entire class does not need to know the reasons for that.
  • You acknowledge that Make Art That Sells reserves the right to delete any inappropriate comments in the classroom or any of the class-related community spaces, in order to provide and maintain a supportive classroom environment.
  • You confirm that you are purchasing a single license for this course for your individual use only. To enquire about educational/corporate rates (for official groups of 10 or more) please send an email to [email protected].
  • You acknowledge that Lilla Rogers Studio reserves the right to replace any advertised content with alternative content of an equivalent value without notice
  • You acknowledge that all sales are final and no refunds will be given before, during or after class.
  • You acknowledge that, if paying in installments, no part-payments will be refunded should you cancel your place before class begins.
  • All courses are priced in GBP £. Any approximate $ equivalents given are for reference only. When paying by Paypal, you will be charged in your local currency at the prevailing Paypal exchange rate.
  • You give permission for your email address to be added to the mailing list you can unsubscribe at any time.

Privacy Policy

We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.

Delivery Policy

All our courses are delivered online in password-protected classrooms. We do not deliver physical products in the post, but rather send you an email with the URL of the classroom and the password you need to log in. This email is sent to the email address you used to register for the class, and will be sent at least two days prior to the start of class (except where you register with less than 48 hours to go, in which case it will be sent within 48 hours of registering, which may be after the class has begun). If you do not receive your classroom login information within this time frame please contact us via email to [email protected] so our team can assist you.

You can view our full detailed terms & conditions here: https://makeartthatsells.com/terms-conditions/

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Art agent Lilla knows how to teach creative people like you – but she also knows how to nurture them, and her courses often touch upon the social and emotional side of being an illustrator.  Illustrating Children’s Books, for example, includes handouts on dealing with competition, being yourself, creating routines and more.  In today’s blog, Lilla tackles one of the Big Questions about being an illustrator: how do you deal with envy?  Read it now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/

Art agent Lilla knows how to teach creative people like you – but she also knows how to nurture them, and her courses often touch upon the social and emotional side of being an illustrator.

Illustrating Children’s Books, for example, includes handouts on dealing with competition, being yourself, creating routines and more.

In today’s blog, Lilla tackles one of the Big Questions about being an illustrator: how do you deal with envy?

Read it now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/
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More gorgeous art for Lilla’s lettering course, Assignment Bootcamp: Lettering by Make Art That Sells student Pamela Goodman @pamelagoodmanart. So much beautiful work coming out of this class – and this was only the first month!

Lilla’s next LIVE course is Illustrating Children’s Books, which kicks off Monday, May 20th – sign up now. Link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-courses/illustrating-childrens-books/
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Here`s another honorable mention from our most recent FREE Quarterly Art Challenge: Sarah Melendez @sarahmelendez_art!

Sarah wins a FREE place in Lilla’s face drawing course, Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces.

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Don’t forget that our second round of bootcamp, Bootcamp Special: Character Play is coming up in July, plus we have our next LIVE course, Illustrating Children’s Books, starting next month!

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⏰ Quick quick – our big Spring Sale ends TODAY!

✨ Last chance to snap up big discounts on all of our raved-about courses

✨ Some bundles won’t be available after the sale finishes – grab them now

✨ These are our best prices for 2024 courses – our next big sale isn’t until November

Sign up now and see why more than 30,000 students from dozens of countries have taken Lilla’s courses over the past 11 years!

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Imagine holding the beautiful picture book YOU illustrated in your hands – or spotting it in your favorite bookstore ❤️

Picture book illustration is a dream gig for many artists – give yourself the best chance of landing work in this fantastic art market with art agent Lilla’s renowned Illustrating Children’s Books online course.

HURRY – class starts Monday, May 20th, but you can get it for up to 40% off if you sign up during our big Spring Sale, which ends TODAY!

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In today’s blog, we’re sharing some more recent succes stories from our self-paced courses – like Vendela Vrensk @vendelavrensk, who landed a cool illustration gig after sharing work she’d created for My Toy Pitch online.

Read more now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/blog/

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Gorgeous art for our Creating Collections for Home Décor course by Make Art That Sells student Melinda Beavers @mb.illustration 😍

Fill your portfolio with beautiful art like this, designed to catch a creative director’s eye, and find out how you can build a lucrative career making art for the huge home décor market – get it now for up to 40% off but HURRY, our big sale ends SOON!

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Fabulous full page spread for Illustrating Children’s Books by Make Art That Sells student Vendela Vrensk @vendelavrensk

You’ll join top art agent Lilla Rogers and brilliant children’s book art director and author Zoë Tucker to create a ready-to-send pitch presentation that contains everything an art director needs to see to give you a picture book illustration deal.

Class starts Monday, May 20th – but sign up now and save up to 40% in our big Spring Sale!

Find all the details on our dedicated Sale page – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/
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An oldie but a goodie … Want to increase your income from your art and make real money from making pictures?

Make Art That Sells courses are designed to help you do just that – and right now you can get them all – including the MATS MBA (Money BadAss) – for at least 25% off in our big Spring Sale.

But HURRY – the sale ends THIS FRIDAY!

Check it out now – link in bio or copy and paste 👉 https://makeartthatsells.com/online-art-courses/
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