12/29/20
We were just discussing our enthusiasm for 2021. A new year, a new vaccine, a new president, a new beginning. Here’s hoping your holidays are a time to refresh and reboot.
Today, we’d like to feature the magical and dramatic work of our artist, Jennifer M Potter. You can see how her background in video production, comics and storyboarding influences her illustrative cinematic angles and lighting. Enjoy!
Animation by Jennifer M Potter
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“I’m always exploring. Travel is very inspiring, and being part of a community of creators is an endless source of inspiration.”
–– Jennifer M Potter
(San Francisco)
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Voices of Justice (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
Right: Portrait of Jeannette Rankin
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Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator has been getting rave reviews!
(Sasquatch Books)
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Above: Staying Cozy in the Winter
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Left and above: For an article on moving during a pandemic
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Above: Jennifer’s personal piece was chosen for The Washington Post’s “Art During the Pandemic” feature
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Above: Article on Relationships in Middle School
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The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
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Above: Article on Camp Legends and Storytelling
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Pop-up card for Up With Paper
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Personal piece for Folktale Week
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Personal piece available for license as of this writing.
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
12/21/20
From pretty puzzles, to 2021 calendars, to painterly Anthro glasses, here are some more gift ideas by our artists to make your holidays brighter.
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
We’ve really enjoyed working on Carolyn’s beautiful puzzle in the evenings. (Wentworth Puzzles)
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More goodness by Carolyn Gavin for Anthropologie:
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Serving tray, coasters, and napkins, too! (Rock Flower Paper)
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Amber Lotus Kindness calendar
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Workman “Wonder” calendar
(with illustrations by four
of our artists).
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
12/15/20
Feast your eyes on these gems in our Book Bonanza! Looking for a gift for kids to encourage their love of reading? These special books are all illustrated by our incredible artists.
We’ve included Amazon links to buy our artists’ books as it is easiest for our international readers, but we encourage you to buy at your local indie bookstore. They need your support this year more than ever!
Even better,
here is a list from We Need Diverse Books of diverse-owned bookstores you can support in your area (US only).
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Sarah was asked to reimagine Roald Dahl’s classic Matilda.
(Penguin Kids)
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“A colourful celebration of our planet’s cultural and environmental diversity – an unforgettable journey that brings the people, customs and wildlife of twenty places around the world vividly to life for young readers” (MacMillan)
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Kelly Anne created over 200 illutrations for the classic
Aesop’s Fables, for French publisher Auzou.
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ABC Board Book
(Penguin Workshop)
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Jennifer contributed two fantastic portraits to the latest addition of the wonderfully popular
Rebel Girls series.
Pictured (left) is
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
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Left: “My first animal songs” with music.
(Editions Grund)
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The third book in a hilarious new series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories, this is ideal for newly-confident readers.
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Soon available for
pre-order.
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A huge honor, and also the first time a Non Fiction book has been included. Congratulations Zoë!
Her companion book Woodland Animals is available now, and,
NEWS FLASH! Sea Creatures will be available June 2021.
(Walker Books)
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12/7/20
Every year, we love to provide our readers with a curated sample of our gorgeous artists’ products for sale on their very own Etsy shops. Dive in, buy art, support artists!
Check out Kendra Binney’s pretty wooden wall plaque, Sarajo Frieden’s Inka printed pants, Carolyn Gavin’s beautiful paintings, Flora Waycott’s wall calendar and lots more, to help you with your holiday shopping.
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Cosy up with Flora’s ‘Home’ themed illustrated calendar, featuring 12 hand painted designs full of colour and detail.
Printed on beautiful 270gsm warm white paper stock, the calendar is designed to be treasured long after use.
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Princess Leia, the original rebel princess.
May the Force be with you… forever and ever.
The artwork is 9×9 and printed on archival paper using archival ink.
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Original prints, cards and notebooks.
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Katie writes:
I have prints and small originals with good vibes
(and if you’re looking for weird vibes–I also have some of that!)
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A perpetual calendar for birthdays, anniversaries and special dates year after year.
Each month has an illustration of a woman calmly enjoying nature, yoga or creative pursuits in her own company.
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These Inka Pants are handmade from organic cotton with the print from Sarajo’s painting.
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Beautiful patterns available through Zoë’s Spoonflower shop.
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An amazing wood mounted print of one of Kendra’s original mixed media paintings! It is mounted on a 1/4” thick wood round and covered with a thick layer of plastic resin.
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A beautiful illustrated journal. It comes with 128 blank pages.
Perfect for journaling, notes or sketches.
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Cute bears, pouches and tote bags by our very own Financial Manager Julia Parker.
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11/30/20
Hope you’re staying sane, safe, and creative!
Here’s a great way to make your 2021 be the most creative yet: Today is the very last day of my course Cybersale, offering the best prices on my courses for the year. Jump in here.
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Join me today as I chat with my Illustrating Children’s Books co-teacher, art director and children’s book author Zoë Tucker, in a Zoom today at 10:30AM ET. We’ll answer any questions you have about this booming industry and our popular course.
Lilla and Zoë Tucker
Live Zoom
TODAY at 10.30AM ET
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Above, from left: Me, and Zoë Tucker, respected children’s book art director, author, and my co-teacher of one of our most popular courses, Illustrating Children’s Books.
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Above: Our artist, Anke Rega’s illustration for
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“I have a big love for illustrating products from stationery to pattern to home decor. I use watercolor, and sometimes gouache and colored pencils.
I‘m a color lover and I really like to do light and playful illustrations. I like seeing all the little big things in life. They make me smile and open my heart. And that‘s exactly the feeling i want to give back to you with my art.”
—Anke Rega
Berlin, Germany
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Soon after signing with LRS, Anke landed a fantastic ongoing editorial job with Better Homes & Gardens for their
“Miss Fix It” column.
Anke writes:
“It’s the perfect job for me. I did set design years ago and I love tools.
Also my mum has always done all the handy things at home and I thought this was really cool as a role model.”
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Greeting card available at your favorite specialty grocery store
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Greeting card for Calypso Cards
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Anke illustrated The Extraordinary Life of Anne Frank (Puffin)
Full color cover and 80 mono interior illustrations.
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More amazing illustrations by Anke
available for licensing
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
11/24/20
I’ve been teaching courses over at my other site, Make Art That Sells, since 2013 and loving every minute of it. In fact, I’ve discovered many of my artists in those courses. Once a year, we have our giant sale of my courses, and it starts TODAY!
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Are you ready to super charge your art career in 2021? Would you like to focus on your art in the company of like-minded people? To be inspired and learn new things? Then check out our huge Cyber Sale which starts today!
Download your FREE copy of our gorgeous Cyber Sale guide and start plotting and planning your year ahead. It’s got student galleries, course information, and some arty worksheets, too.
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Above, from left: Me, Beth Kempton (MBA), Zoë Tucker (Illustrating Children’s Books), Margo Tantau (Creating Collections for Home Décor), Riley Wilkinson (My Toy Pitch). Note: Zoë and I will chat on Zoom on Monday Nov 30th. Watch your inbox for details.
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Join me and my brilliant Make Art That Sells co-teachers for a
FREE live Zoom TODAY at
12 noon ET/5 pm GMT! We’ll have a lively chat about each course and answer any questions you have.
Zoom with us TODAY
at 12 PM ET
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
11/23/20
We love when we get in samples by our artists, and we thought we’d share a few of the recent products our artists have been commissioned to create art for.
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Beautiful wrapping and gift bags for Impression Originale.
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Up With Paper pop-up card
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Both Helen and Carolyn collaborated with Z Wraps to create these wonderful reusable beeswax wraps. (No more single use plastic wrap!)
Both agents Susan and Kim use these and love them.
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Also from Zwraps, lovely retro cloth masks with our artist Jenn Ski.
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Available for license as of this writing.
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
11/11/20
Catch the replay of my conversation with our new Toy & Game Agent Riley Wilkinson.
We chat about his experience in the Toy industry, and riff new game ideas on the spot. Too fun to miss!
Passcode: gv7ah^J%
11/11/20
Above: Art by Sarah Papworth
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Join Me TODAY!
in a live zoom conversation
with our new
Toy & Game Agent Riley Wilkinson
TODAY, November 11th at 12.30PM ET
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- His 25 years of experience as a toy, game, and children’s content Inventor and Creative Director, for clients such as Mattel Creations, American Girl, AARP, Educational Insights, MGA, Scholastic, and more
- His award-winning products and his animated series currently out in the wild
- How he can bring sparkle and rainbows to your next project
You won’t want to miss it!
Left: Riley and I have our cool shoes and thinking caps on, while discussing our next innovative toy idea
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11/9/20
Rarely does an art agency have the opportunity to dramatically broaden its scope, expand its reach to exciting new markets, provide fresh opportunities for their artists, and add value to their clients. But now we do.
Today we are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the LRS Let’s Invent department: our creative toy and game think tank for products and characters headed up by the wonderful Riley Wilkinson.
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Riley has been a good friend, trusted colleague and judge for our Global Talent Search. Many of you know him from my Make Art That Sells courses. So you can imagine how happy I was when he agreed to join our team. I asked Riley, “Would you like todive in, work with our artists and come up with innovative and gorgeous games and toys to pitch to our clients?” He said “Oh my goodness, I can’t wait!”
And I yelled, “Yippie!”
I know you’re going to love Riley Wilkinson, our new Toy and Game Agent and Inventor. He brings decades of highly-successful award-winning know-how as a toy, game, and Children’s Content Inventor and Creative Director. BONUS: He’s funny and nice! Scroll down to see some of the many games and toys he’s developed.
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Riley’s approach to toy, game, and content development adds a giant leap to the Studio. He and our talented artists are creating unique, beautiful concepts and pitches as you read this.
Are you on the hunt for one-of-a-kind concepts and products? He’s got secret, gorgeous pitches ready for you. Is your team already working on something grand? He can help you develop it. Let’s go! Contact us !
Want to learn more? Check out the new Let’s Invent tab on our website to learn more about Riley and how he can help you. Riley and I will also be doing a Webinar this Wednesday, November 11th at 12.30PM ET.
Come bask in Riley’s sparkle and ask any questions you might have!
Join Me in a live zoom conversation with our new
Toy & Game Agent Riley Wilkinson
Wednesday, November 11th at 12.30PM ET
Password: RileyRocks
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Riley’s background is as a Creative Director in toys, games, and content children’s content for Mattel Creations, American Girl, AARP, Educational Insights, MGA and more.
At the wee age of 21, he began his career designing and art directing children’s educational books, magazines, puzzles, and classroom décor.
For the next 20+ years, he worked with talented creatives on developing children’s electronics, board games, science toys, classroom activities, talking pens, novels, and sporting goods.
See some of his innovative products below! |
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A few of Riley’s inventions
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Riley’s best animal friend is a squirrel!
Riley created The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game for preschoolers in 2011. Since its launch, “Sneaky” has sold 2 million units and earned over 6,000 5-star reviews on Amazon.
The award-winning and Toy of The Year-nominated game is sold in the U.S. and abroad. The game inspired a board book and card game, along with sister games featuring other kid-friendly animals.
Check it out here!
Left: The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game (Educational Insights)
Below: WellieWishers animated series
(Mattel Creations and American Girl)
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Riley was a Creative Executive on the Mattel Creations animated series, The WellieWishers now showing on Amazon Prime. He art-directed the visuals on animatics, settings, characters, and props for two seasons of the show, which spun off into a number of children’s products and an app.
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Grandma’s Trunk (Educational Insights)
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Some of the clients Riley has invented for:
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I hope you enjoyed the show! Check out
our site to see more.
Want great art for your project? Don’t hesitate to
contact us. We’d be delighted to assist you with any of your art needs.
xo
Lilla
Agent, Artist, Author
Founder, Lilla Rogers Studio
Co-Founder, Make Art That Sells
