Our huge annual sale ends in just a few days, on Friday, December 1st – if you haven’t already shopped our amazing reductions on our career-boosting courses, then be sure to check them out here.
Today we wanted to share even more recent real life student success stories, including some from some of our self-paced courses. Our self-paced courses are fantastic because you get instant access as soon as you sign up, and you can complete them whenever suits you – you’ll get full access until January 31st, 2027, and you can download the materials to keep forever!
Dive into incredible courses like …
- The MATS MBA (Money BadAss): business learning created especially for creative people like you
- Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces to help you learn how to draw faces in an accessible innovative way so you can get more jobs
- Creating Collections for Home Décor for a deep dive into the lucrative home décor market
- Bootcamp Special: Character Play to create winning characters for children’s books, toys and games and more
- Color Quest to up your color game and create dreamy palettes
… and tons more. Check them out here – currently all 30% off in our huge sale!
Look at all the goodness and beauty you can get completely for FREE! Download your fabulous free Sale Guide here and Playbook + Planner here for worksheets, sneak peeks and more to help you figure out what to focus on in 2026.
Be sure to download our fabulous free Sale Guide here and Playbook + Planner here – they’re both packed with tons of worksheets to help you figure out what to focus on in the year ahead, sneak peeks of our raved-about courses so you can see which is right for you, gorgeous student art, and tons more.
And don’t forget, if you’ve already bought a course or two and wish you’d got a bundle instead for even bigger savings, simply email Louise at [email protected] and she’ll be happy to sort you out.
Now, on with the show!
Lisa Wee
Art by Lisa for Illustrating Children’s Books Plus.
Make Art That Sells student Lisa Wee has landed several picture book illustration gigs and gotten representation since taking a bunch of Make Art That Sells courses, including several Assignment Bootcamps, Editorial: Illustrating for Magazines and More, Lilla’s Art Recipes: Drawing Faces and Illustrating Children’s Books PLUS.
Art by Lisa for Redrawing Black History.
See more of Lisa’s art on her website and Instagram.
Kari Percival
Make Art That Sells student Kari and her second author-illustrated book. Imagine seeing YOUR book in a bookshop like this!
Make Art That Sells student Kari Percival’s author-illustrated picture book Safe Crossing, published this year by Chronicle Books, has garnered a ton of nominations and awards. It was noted as one of the Best Books of 2025 by the New York Public Library, one of 12 Best Picture Books of 2025 by BookPage, and Best Informational Picture Books for Young Readers by The Chicago Public Library, and been honored as a Gold Standard Selection by the Junior Library Guild.
One of the spreads from Kari’s second author-illustrated book, Safe Crossing.
Kari told us: “It was Illustrating Children’s Books that really upped my game. It really helped me level up to being able to illustrate a picture book, from sketches to character design, to final art. That class was a kick in the pants: the learning curve was steep, and I had trouble keeping up. I learned what was expected of me by the industry. It was also totally what I needed to take myself seriously and be taken seriously as picture book illustrator. I’ve since won the Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, and my books have received a bunch of high-profile accolades, like the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Texas Bluebonnet Award List, A Kirkus Star, and the New York Public Library’s Best Picture Books of 2025. Thanks, Lilla and Zoe!”
See more of Kari’s art on her website and Instagram.
Another gorgeous spread from Kari’s book.
Bindy James
Make Art That Sells student Bindy is based in Brisbane, Australia. Since taking Make Art That Sells courses, she’s worked with Igloo Books, Lerner Books, Oxford University Press, Sourcebooks and Djeco.
Front cover and art from Make Art That Sells student Bindy’s first picture book illustration job, which she got after taking Bootcamp Special: Character Play.
Plus she’s also signed with an art agent and landed her first picture book illustration deal! Welcome to Whalebone Mansion was published by Charlesbridge Publishing in October this year.
Bindy told us: “I’ve done a number of Make Art That Sells courses that have helped me achieve my goals as an illustrator! The courses that helped me the most were Bootcamp Special: Character Play and Assignment Bootcamp: Portfolio, which helped me to create solid pieces for my portfolio.”
Art by Bindy for Bootcamp Special: Character Play. Since taking the class she’s landed numerous jobs and is now represented by an art agent.
Bindy added: “I felt the courses provided excellent guidance in creating eye-catching illustrations that aligns with what clients seek. Thank you to Lilla and the whole MATS team!”
See more of Bindy’s art on her website and Instagram.
More of Bindy’s art for Bootcamp Special: Character Play.
Are you ready to write your very own student success story? Don’t miss our huge annual sale, on now – it’s our biggest sale of the year and you won’t get our courses cheaper than this! But hurry HURRY – it ends THIS FRIDAY, December 5th! Sign up for a career-changing course here now.
- HURRY! SALE ENDS SOON! Save up to 50% off our career-changing courses in our huge annual sale! Click here to explore our sale pages – but hurry HURRY, sale ends SOON!
- Download your FREE copy of our Sale Guide here and click here for our fab free Playbook + Planner. They’re both packed with playful worksheets, sneak peeks of our raved-about courses, mini assignments, and lots more.
- Friday, December 5th: Celebrate the final day of our huge annual sale with Lilla in conversation with the tremendously talented author-illustrator Meera Lee Patel at 12 noon ET/5 pm GMT in this FREE Zoom. Plus a FREE course giveaway!
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
