Category: Books
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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7/9/20
We’re excited to invite you to join us TODAY at 12:30 PM ET for the next in our series of WebinARTs with Guest Artist Sarah Papworth, who has worked on a variety of illustration projects for HarperCollins, Quarto Group UK, L’Oreal Paris, Workman Publishing and tons more. Her luscious and varied color palettes and distinctive portraiture have garnered a number of rich book projects.
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom with Guest artist Sarah Papworth today at 12:30 PM ET.
Password: Sarah77
I’ll ask Sarah how she begins an illustration, how she hones in on a particular color palette, tips on portraiture, what makes a great art director, what she’s reading right now. She’ll show us a number of her favorite images in a gorgeous slideshow.
We can’t wait to see you there as we put some goodness out into the world, and we’ll do a giveaway of Sarah’s stunningly illustrated Rainbow Revolutionaries book (HarperCollins).
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Above: Greeting card for
American Greetings
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Above: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, fully illustrated by Sarah Papworth (HarperCollins)
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From I Know An Artist (Quarto)
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From I Know A Woman (Quarto)
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Illustrations for The Washington Post
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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
6/24/20
Happy Pride Month!
We’re excited to announce Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History, fully illustrated by Sarah Papworth. Here are a couple highlights from the book that we thought you’d enjoy.
Contact us to assign or license art. We’re happy to help you find the perfect artist or gorgeous images for your project!
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Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History(HarperCollins), with portraits beautifully illustrated by
Sarah Papworth.
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Available for license as of this writing.
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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
5/28/20
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Kendra has worked on a variety of illustration projects for top companies such as Hachette, Page Street Publishing, Roger La Borde, Sterling Publishing, and more.
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom with guest artist Kendra Binney today at 12:30 PM ET. Password: Kendra77
I’ll ask Kendra how she works in both paint and digital media, what makes a great art director, what her dream illustration project would be, how she enjoyed the Residency and creating a picture book pitch, her tips on working from home with her little boy, what she’s watching right now, and more.
We can’t wait to see you there as we put some goodness out into the world!
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Kendra Binney, illustrator
Washington State
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Right : Card for Roger La Borde
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Above: Sample book art for Hachette
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Above: Wall art for Oopsy Daisy
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Images above and below: Collection for Roger La Borde
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5/26/20
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 WebinART #5 featuring Guest Artist
this Thursday,
May 28th at 12.30 PM ET.
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We’ll be broadcasting live on Zoom here on Thursday. Bookmark it and set your alarm! Password: Kendra77
Did you miss the WebinART last week with artist Sarajo Frieden?
Password: 9I$.U3$1
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Above: Personal piece available for licensing
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Above: Personal piece available for licensing
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Kendra is both a gallery artist and an illustrator who creates dreamy, sublime art for a range of projects including greeting cards and books. Having spent a week with me on my Picture Book Residency, she’s currently finishing up an incredible authored children’s picture book pitch. You can imagine how delightful it’s going to be. Editors and art directors, we’d love to hear from you if you’re interested.
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Above: Card for
Roger La Borde
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Above: Card for
Roger La Borde
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Today we’ve curated some of our favorite images that we love and thought you’d enjoy…
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Big Words for Little Geniuses (Jimmy Patterson Books)
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Playful Painting: People (Walter Foster Publications / Quarto)
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Available for license as of this writing.
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Cover for “A Year of Reading Aloud” (Hodder & Stoughton Limited)
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From This Little Artist (Simon & Schuster)
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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
5/21/20
May 21, 2020 – WebinART #4 with illustrator Sarajo Frieden
Did you miss our WebinART with the brilliant Sarajo Frieden? Lilla and Sarajo chatted about maintaining freshness throughout a career that spans decades, and how Sarajo has preserved her unique voice through gallery work and commercial work alike.
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 9I$.U3$1
5/15/20
Join us at 12.30 PM ET TODAY for our Free WebinART #3
Our Artists’ Residency: Picture Book Pitches
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Above: Banner by Mara Penny
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Join me as I chat with five of my stellar artists when we take a break from the week-long virtual Residency to chat with you TODAY at 12:30 PM ET. I’ll ask them about their working process, how they magically dreamed up their ideas for their children’s picture book pitches, the hardest part and easiest part of making their pitch, PLUS they’ll possibly show a sneak peek of what they’re working on. It’s not to be missed!
Click here to join our free public WebinART on Zoom at 12:30 PM ET.
Password: Residency7
Art directors and editors tell us that they’re looking for author/illustrator book pitches (probs because artists are so cool and imaginative), so we dreamed up our latest caper–our Residency–which is an incredible incubator for five of my artists to work on their authored/illustrated picture book pitches.
I’m in the midst of working with them this entire week while they dive into my latest course (ahead of the public launch) called My Kid Book Pitch that I’ll be offering in October. My six artists will have brilliant and highly original pitches–including texts and sample spreads–finished by the end of the week or shortly thereafter.
Art Directors and Editors: Contact us or simply reply to this email to get your hands on what I promise will be pitches that will shine.
You don’t want to miss this. Can’t watch it live? We’ll send you the link for the replay next week in our newsletter or look for it on the Lilla Rogers home page this Friday.
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Here are the six in-demand Residency artists who will join me on today’s WebinART:
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Above: For The Washington Post
Local Living section
Left: Personal Work
Clients include Callisto Media, Crazy 8,
FabKids, Gap Factory, Gymboree,
Janie & Jack, Simply She, Tea Collection,
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Above: Personal Work
Clients include
Sterling Publishing, Workman Publishing, Running Press
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Above: Starting from Seneca Falls
(Random House)
Clients include
Quarto, The Washington Post,
Editions Auzou, Sellers/RSVP,
Studio Oh!
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Clients include Amber Lotus,
Hachette, Page Street Publishing,
Calypso Cards, American Greetings,
Design House Greetings, Oopsy Daisy,
Roger La Borde, Sterling Publishing
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Above and below, left: Like a Girl (Sterling Publishing)
Clients include Design House Greetings,
Galison/Mudpuppy, Moda,
Running Press, Biely & Shoaf,
Boston Globe, Chateau Ste Michelle, Sterling Publishing
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Left: Make Art Every Day (Quarto)
Above: Notebooks (Roger La Borde)
Clients include American Greetings, Anthropologie, BBDO Worlwide, Chronicle Books, Disney Hyperion, Hallmark, IKEA, Oopsy Daisy, Papyrus
Quarto Publishing Group, TAG, Ltd.
Up with Paper!, The Washington Post
Workman 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
5/7/20
May 7, 2020 – WebinART #2 with illustrator Katie Vernon
Replay Link: Click here
Password: 3G#a#6n^
Lilla chats with Katie about her stellar career making art in her eccentric style, what she’s working on right now, her favorite illustration project, and her creative process. Katie also reveals how her previous work as a florist influenced her illustration!
Enjoy :)
5/5/20
Thanks to those of you who attended our very first WebinART with artist Mara Penny. We had a great time chatting with Mara, and seeing her latest work.
If you missed it, you can catch the recording here. Password: 4p^#178H
Next up…
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Join me as I chat with top artist Katie Vernon broadcasting live here this Thursday, May 7th at 12.30 PM ET. Password: Katie77
Bookmark it and set your alarm!
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…and while you’re waiting, here are some gorgeous books for your reading pleasure, illustrated by our genius artists.
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Released today!
This engaging guide fully illustrated by Kelly Anne Dalton offers a series of snapshots of 25 scientists famous for their work with chemistry, each paired with a step-by-step illustrated experiment offering kids a hands-on opportunity to explore scientific concepts. (Quarto)
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Helen’s charming pen-and-ink drawings from her sketchbooks are interspersed with quotes from classic novels such as Alice in Wonderland and The Secret Garden.
Published by Chronicle Books.
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Inspirational sticker book with contributions by our own Mara Penny. (Duopress)
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Dive into this series of fascinating biographies of trailblazing folks fully illustrated by Sarah Papworth.
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Buy Stephen Hawking here. Buy Rosalind Franklin here. Buy Katherine Johnson here.
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Introducing a truly hilarious and one-of-a-kind new character: Magnificent Mabel!
Sometimes life isn’t fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she doesn’t have one SINGLE pet in her whole life. And ALL the people in her class are losing their baby teeth. And she doesn’t EVEN have a sprinkler in her own garden. But none of that matters in the end… because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT.
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First in a series by Nosy Crow. Three laugh-out-loud funny short stories,
brilliantly illustrated throughout! (Nosy Crow)
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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
