Category: Amazing illustration
10/28/20
We are beyond excited to announce we are now representing Albert Arrayás. Unlike how we usually take on artists–I typically find artists in my Make Art That Sells courses–Albert approached us directly.
We instantly fell in love with his dreamy, imaginative, other-worldly, and confident style. We can envision him illustrating very beautiful picture books and creating stunning work for editorial articles.
He’s a true original. If you’re interested, be sure to contact us as we know he will get booked up.
Allow me to show you a few of his stunning pieces. I’ve selected a few of my favorites, but there are loads more, which you can see
here.
Albert has illustrated over 25 children’s books and has authored/illustrated three children’s book, primarily in Spain. We’re excited to bring him to the US and UK markets where we know he’ll shine.
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“I’m from Barcelona, Spain.
I use watercolors, pencil and colored pencil, and sometimes digital media like Procreate and Photoshop.
While I work, I live in a little house with my dogs and my wife. I am the happiest man in the world.”
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Lilla: What recent book do you recommend for a good read?
Albert: I just read Tatiana’s book Țîbuleac, “The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes” which is very sincere and very raw but I liked it. The tone of the book is similar to the Fleabag series.
Some of our Favorite pieces by Albert
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From My First Mahatma Gandhi (Little People, Big Dreams)
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From A Thousand Hugs and a Sweet Nudge (Lumen)
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From The Pirate of the Stars (Babulinka Books)
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From The Mystery of Chickentown (Babulinka Books)
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From children’s magazine Cavall Fort
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From A Thousand Hugs and a Sweet Nudge (Lumen)
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From My First Mahatma Gandhi
(Little People, Big Dreams)
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From In The Dark Lives A Secret (Gaivota Editorial)
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Cover of Geniuses of Science: Newton(Vegueta Editorial)
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From the book Kisses in your Pockets(Alfaguara)
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From book Kisses in your Pockets (Alfaguara)
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From book Kisses in your Pockets (Alfaguara)
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…and one more we can’t resist…
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Personal piece 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
10/23/20
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We’re taking on a new artist which we’ll announce this coming Monday, so stay tuned!
<—Here is a tiny little sneak peek of his work.
We fell in love with it at first sight.
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Some wise words to send you off into your weekend…
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Available for license as of this writing.
Available for license as of this writing.
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From Truth and Daring (Chronicle)
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The Art of Kindness Calendar (Amber Lotus Publishing)
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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
10/7/20
You may know about my other business, Make Art That Sells, my course site where I’ve been teaching for the past eight years. Today, I’d like to share some work by my artists for the recent Illustrating Children’s Books course, and also to invite you to join me in my newest course!
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Join me for a
this Friday October 9th
at noon et
to get an overview of the class, find out more about my dreamy Magic Cards, and discover everything else I have in store for you!
this Friday!
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Creating a unique book comes from understanding what makes you unique and discovering the story you’re excited to tell.
To help you do this, I’ve created a playful, personalized and structured course that will bring out your special story. It’s 125 pages packed full of quirky worksheets, fun exercises and interactive videos that will guide you step by step to create your own special brilliant story – the story that only you can write.
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Editors and Art Directors: Six of my artists beta-tested the course in May creating incredible pitches with irresistible characters, lively plots and quirky viewpoints, from witty premises to STEM/STEAM themes. Interested? I’d love to hear from you.
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See the amazing work by our artistsfrom the recent
One of the many things I love about the class is the opportunity to write a texts for the students to illustrate. For the most recent course, I wrote a story entitled I Paint Purple. Below, see how my artists illustrated my story and the other stories from class, each so brilliantly and quite differently.
If you’re an editor or art director and are interested in having a look at my text or more of the art from class, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
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Story by Jennie Stevenson
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Story by Jennie Stevenson
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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
9/29/20
Hey people! Hope everyone is doing well. Thought you’d enjoy a buncha random gorgeous images by our artists that agent
Kim picked for you this week.
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Personal piece available for licensing as of this writing.
We’re thinking it could make a great card.
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Available for license as of this writing. We can envision this as mermaid and narwhal dolls, a keepsake journal, a bolt fabric collection that can be utilized for many things like children’s apparel. Just for starters.
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From the fully-illustrated book Nature All Around: Bugs (Kids Can Press)
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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
9/17/20
What makes magical Marenthe tick? How does she come up with such dreamy, other-worldly images, painted so lushly? Is she from another planet? We’ll find out TODAY at 12:30 PM ET for the next in our series of WebinARTs with our artist Marenthe, who has worked on a variety of illustration projects for Amber Lotus Publishing, Elle Magazine, Flow Magazine, Hallmark, Quarto Publishing, Roger La Borde, and more.
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom with our artist Marenthe today at 12:30 PM ET. Password: Marenthe77
I’ll ask Marenthe to share with us her various creative projects, her dream illustration project she’d love to manifest, her tips on working from home with two kids, a book that most influenced her, plus enjoy her gorgeous work in a slideshow. We’ll take a few questions live.
We’ll do a random giveaway one of Marenthe’s products. Join us!
We can’t wait to see you there!
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Marenthe, illustrator
The Hague, Netherlands
“I dream of my own Pippi Longstocking castle in France near Paris. With lots of whispering trees, animals and flowers where I can stare out of my window and I make art all day!”
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Above: Contact us about licensing availability of the above artwork.
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A Few of Marenthe’s Commissions
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Lettering and illustration for a spread for Flow Magazine
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Lucky Elephant character and packaging (Running Press)
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Scratch and Reveal 78 Original Magical Tarot Cards (Quarto)
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Gorgeous art by Marenthe
available for licensing
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8/25/20
Back before the pandemic when 2020 was still new and fun and we were allowed to be together, Kim and I gathered a box full of our favorite products by our artists to show you. We hope you enjoy this short video.
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Watch Coffee Time with Lilla & Kim
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More great products by our artists…
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Fabulous circular puzzle for eeBoo.
Photo: eeBoo
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Kids Quilt set for Anthropologie.
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Design of Storybook for Hasbro’s Baby Alive doll.
Photo: Hasbro
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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.
8/20/20
We’re excited to invite you to join us TODAY at 12:30 PM ET for the next in our series of WebinARTs with our artist Jennifer M Potter, who has worked on a variety of incredible illustration projects for clients such as The American Library Association, The Boston Children’s Museum, Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Nosy Crow, Running Press, Sasquatch Books, The Washington Post, Up With Paper, and more.
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom with our artist
Jennifer M Potter today at 12:30 PM ET.
Password: Jennifer77
I’ll ask her how she transitioned to a full-time career as a freelance illustrator, how she creates such dramatic cinematic pieces (hint: she studied animation, comics and storyboarding at SCAD), what her very favorite illustration project was and why, and how she stays organized. If nothing else, come for the gorgeous work in the slideshow. Plus we’ll take a few questions live.
One lucky participant will win Jennifer Potter’s lushly, fully illustrated book,
Voices of Justice.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Jennifer M Potter, illustrator
San Francisco, USA
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Above and Left: Voices of Justice
(Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
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Cover of Songbird Dreams of Singing (Running Press)
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Illustrations for The Washington Post
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Above, left: Local Living Section cover, article on Middle School friendships
Above, right: Real estate section, article on moving during a pandemic
Below: Weekend/Going out section, article on Hygge
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8/17/20
Jennifer M Potter
San Francisco
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Above and below:
Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator (Sasquatch Books)
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Join me Thursday for our WebinART #11 as I chat with the unparalleled
and view her gorgeous work.
This Thursday,
August 20th at 12.30 PM ET.
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We’ll be broadcasting live on Zoom here on Thursday. See you then! Password: Jennifer77
Did you miss last week’s WebinART and portfolio showcase with Kelly Anne Dalton? You can catch the replay here; Password: 51Zfn7.f
Find links to our entire WebinART series HERE.
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Congratulations to Åsa Gilland whose book The Perfect Shelter (Little Tiger Press) also received a starred Kirkus Review.
“Gilland’s illustrations use gorgeous layered colors, patterns, and clean lines with plenty of white space for thoroughly engaging pictures.”
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Check out this lovely piece that Janie Secker did for one of the assignments for my text, I Paint Purple, for my Illustrating Children’s Book course. Stay tuned for an upcoming newsletter and see the big reveal of all the work by our artists for class!
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Click here to see a time-lapse of Sarah Walsh creating this piece.
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Sarah writes:
I’m in portrait/fan art mode! Been nibbling at this piece for a minute and finished last week. If you don’t know, Slick Woods @slickwoods is a dynamo, an artist, and a boundary breaker. Giving her the label of supermodel seems so narrow! Slick is a beam of bad a*s light! She’s changing the tired perception of what beauty is in the world and I’m here for it. She’s worked with Rihanna, Mark Jacobs, UGGS, Vogue and soooooo many others. Not only is she incredibly beautiful, she’s hilarious as well. Her one liners on @lauraperlongo Moms In Hot Tubs kill me. (Yes she’s also a mom) Slick your spirit speaks to me! I had to put my brush to the paper✨✨✨✨✨
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Puzzle by Crocodile Creek
Rebecca writes:
It’s always a lovely surprise when I come across one of my illustrations unexpectedly. Spotted my little mouse puzzle in a gorgeous gift shop by the beach.
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Available for licensing as of this writing.
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7/27/20
My kid book class Starts today!
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Even in a pandemic, children’s books are selling remarkably well, and we’re receiving book deals for our artists all the time. As a matter of fact, Susan McCabe, Senior Agent here at LRS, dropped by today and remarked at how all of our top children’s book illustrators are heavily booked. In part, that’s why I created this course five years ago–to help our artists make even better pitches, and to find new illustrators in that market. And we’re happy that this is keeping many of our artists busy during this time.
Scroll down to see work that our artists have created in the course from previous years.
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I regularly fall in love with the artists in my courses. Occasionally one will emerge that is so appealing, so unique, that we are compelled–and thrilled–to take them on.
We’re excited to announce (really, to tease you with that fact) that we are taking on a new artist this week! Join me as I will be interviewing them and enjoying their incredible work in our next WebinART this Thursday.
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Join me for WebinART #10 as I chat with special guest, our newest artist! I’ll reveal who it is this Thursday. (Yeah, a sneaky ploy to get you to watch.)
This Thursday,
July 30th at special time
7.00 PM ET.
Watch for details in your inbox
on Thursday morning.
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Here’s a little sneak peek of their work.
Can you guess who it is?
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Hints:
— This artist’s style is highly rendered and very dreamy.
— This artist’s dream job is to illustrate a compendium of insects or magical flowers.
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Contact us to assign or license art–we’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
Children’s book illustration by our artists from my courses
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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
7/23/20
I’m excited to invite you to join me TODAY at 12:30 PM ET for the next in our series of WebinARTs as I chat with our witty and charming artist Julia Christians, (‘memorizing song lyrics is my useless superpower’). She’s worked on a variety of fantastic book projects for Nosy Crow, Oxford University Press, Scholastic, and more. You’ll see why she is kept so busy with work commissioned by top publishers.
to join our FREE WebinART on Zoom
with our artist Julia Christians today at 12:30 PM ET.
Join me as I ask Julia about her process (“the three P’s: Photoshop, Pencils and Procreate”) her tips on working from home with two kids, how she stays sane, and we’ll view her gorgeous work. We’ll do a random giveaway of one of Julia’s fully-illustrated books for one of the viewers.
“I worked with Julia on a children’s book series and I am blown away with how well she captured the characters’ humor and all the energy she injects in the stories! Julia is an amazingly talented illustrator!”
Elisabetta Barbazza, Senior Fiction Designer, Nosy Crow
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Julia Christians
Harz Mountains, Germany
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Above: Magnificent Mabel series covers
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What’s That In Dog Years
(Oxford University Press)
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Lilla: What question would you most like to be asked?
Julia: Do you really want all these puppies?
When I saw this brilliant piece by Julia, I immediately knew that I had to represent her. What I saw was hilarious and expressive characters, the ability to depict cinematic views (close-ups, medium shots, wide angles), rich textures and charming lettering (not to mention the hilarious text she wrote!) This is still one of my all-time Julia Christians favorites.
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Lilla: If you weren’t an illustrator, what would you be?
Julia: I would be a dog trainer!
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Julia’s art for an assignment for
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Available for licensing 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
