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Missed the opportunity to join Bootcamp this year? Sign up for Bootcamp Bundle masterclasses!
For a limited time only you can also purchase our Bootcamp Bundle offering you inclusive access to all six Masterclasses available as part of Make Your Mark Bootcamp this year!
From mastering the art of pitching and selling your creative ideas to finding your voice, developing your portfolio and discovering ways to attract new clients, in this Bootcamp Bundle you will learn practical skills, industry insights and gain strategies and advice to help you thrive in your creative career.
Whether you’re an emerging or an established illustrator, our Bootcamp Bundle is guaranteed to inspire you and provide actionable strategies to help you level-up!
Gain insight, advice and creative inspiration in conversation with illustrators and artists Mark Conlan, Fotini Tikkou, Loreta Isac, Ella Kasperowicz, Con McHugh + new addition Christopher De Lorenzo!
Save £45 if you purchase our bundle (Usual price £24 per masterclass). Bundle includes EXTENDED access to all recordings until 31st July 2025.
Here’s What You Get:
- Animating Brand Stories with Character w/ Con McHugh (Instant Access)
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How to Survive (and Thrive) as an Illustrator w/ Mark Conlan (Instant Access)
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Illustrating Magic! Bring Children’s Stories to Life w/ Fotini Tikkou (Instant Access)
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Decoding the Brief: Visual Language for Illustrators w/ Christopher De Lorenzo (Instant Access)
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GIF Making 101 – Bringing Motion to Illustration w/ Loreta Isac (Instant Access)
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Passion Into Profit: How to Make & Sell Your Art w/ Ella Kasperowicz (Instant Access)
Masterclass Speakers & Industry Mentors
We’re delighted to be joined by six leading artists and designers for Make Your Mark Bootcamp coming together to share their insight, expertise, knowledge and strategies for developing your illustration practice in 2025.
Here’s what we’ve got coming up!
Animating Brand Stories with Character w/ Con McHugh
Live Class: Thursday 1st May @ 10.30am BST (GMT+1)
Con McHugh is an animator and illustrator based in Bristol who has built a reputation for his distinctive analogue-inspired, looping animations characterised by hand-drawn imperfections and a rhythm that feels almost musical. In a digital world that strives for polished perfection, his work is refreshingly tactile, celebrating simplicity and the charm of imperfection.
In his home studio in Bristol, Con deliberately avoids a perfectly curated workspace, instead opting for something a little messier—a reflection of his creative process. A bit of chaos balances out the discipline of design, bringing a looseness into his animation which defines is now-iconic style.
For his upcoming masterclass Animating Brand Stories with Character, Con will unpack his inventive creative process and share simple animation techniques that you can try at home to inject personality and character into your practice. Not to be missed!
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How to Survive (and Thrive) as an Illustrator w/ Mark Conlan
Mark Conlan is an illustrator hailing from Dublin, Ireland, known for his characteristic whimsical style both unique and playful, accentuated by his bold use of colour in full spectrum and limited palettes. Mark’s ability to distil a concept down to its visual essence is what sets him apart, affording him the privilege of working with some of the worlds most recognisable brands including Etsy, Adobe, Airbnb, The Guardian, Washington State Journal, Coca Cola, The New York Times. Mark seeks to break out of the confines of digital artwork, shifting his creative focus to physical media. He often experiments with non-traditional illustrated works, recently producing a series of hand-painted vases accompanied by large scale canvas pieces.
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Illustrating Magic! Bringing Children’s Stories to Life w/ Fotini Tikkou
Fotini Tikkou is an illustrator and ceramic artist based in Athens, Greece, and the creative mind behind her homeware brand “The Good Stuff”. Working across children’s books, editorial illustrations, book covers and art licensing projects. Her favourite mediums are gouache, watercolour and colour pencils. She loves collage and sometimes she combines traditional and digital techniques alongside pursuing her passion for ceramics and creating personal work.
In her Illustrating Magic! Bringing Children’s Stories to Life masterclass, Fotini presents an overview of her artistic career to date alongside giving you a closer look at the creative process behind her favourite picture books, alongside sharing insight and advice on working within publishing and tips on how to get started.
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Decoding the Brief: Visual Language for Illustrators w/ Christopher De Lorenzo
With a style derived from his background as a graphic designer where he started out designing logos and communicating messages, Boston based illustrator Christopher De Lorenzo creates drawings that find a certain poetry and balance in their form and shape.
His illustrations have a clean-lined, firm aesthetic, but the content itself holds a cheekiness that keeps up-to-the-minute brands such as Mr Porter, Converse, Google, and Tiffany & Co. eager to work with him. As clean and crisp as his flowing line drawings are, they are underpinned with tiny yet intentional imperfections, making them approachable and relevant to a wide range of clients and projects.
In his masterclass, Chris guides you through the framework he uses to decode client briefs and how to master your own visual language to sell into clients with smaller budgets. Essential viewing for artists, designers and illustrators alike!
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GIF Making 101: Bringing Illustrations to Life with Motion w/ Loreta Isac
Based in Bucharest, Romania-based Illustrator & Animator Loreta Isac is passionate about snowboarding, jogging, traveling, music festivals and nature. Loreta’s personal creations often involve animating and transforming various plants or objects. Her work focuses on themes such as well-being, nature, melancholy, visual poetry, and music, constantly following her curiosity.
Her specialty lies in creating illustrations and short animation loops for social media content, music animation videos, and occasionally, filter animation, working with preferred techniques that include frame-by-frame animation.
In her GIF Making 101: Bringing Illustrations to Life masterclass Loreta guides you through a simple framework to bring motion into your illustration with Procreate – perfect for beginners!
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Passion Into Profit: How to Make & Sell Your Art w/ Ella Kasperowicz
Ella Kasperowicz (UK) is an Illustrator and Print Designer based in Nottingham, UK creating colourful, playful and relatable designs. She loves finding humour in the everyday and hope her work makes you smile.
Ella brings her experience working in print design, paper goods and illustrated merchandise into Passion to Profit: How to Make & Sell Your Art, a masterclass bursting with tips and advice on how to get started with selling online and at art markets – ideal for anyone keen to diversify their income with illustrated products.
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A link to register for individual live masterclasses will be sent out to all Bootcamp Bundle ticket holders on purchase.
Purchases made after live classes will get instant access to replays of live sessions delivered to date.
Bundle purchase includes EXTENDED access to the recordings until 31st July 2025.