COLLAB: A creative community for illustrators
Inkygoodness launches COLLAB: a new kind of creative membership built to help illustrators connect, grow and navigate the industry together
COLLAB is the next chapter of Inkygoodness — a focused, participatory community for illustrators who want to strengthen their work, understand the industry and build a more sustainable creative career.
Instead of overwhelming you with more content, COLLAB is about putting ideas into practice: making work, learning directly from industry professionals, sharing your process and moving forward alongside other illustrators.
Join the COLLAB Waitlist – Doors Open September 2026
What you’ll explore
What Commissioners Want
Get closer to art directors, agents, studios and commissioners — and understand how they discover, select and work with illustrators.
Portfolio Power-Up
Respond to briefs, make new work and develop stronger, more distinctive portfolio projects.
Pitch to Paid
Build confidence around visibility, outreach and pitching — and turn creative opportunities into paid work.
Inside the Studio
Make space for experimentation, process and play while developing your visual voice.
COLLAB moves through these themes seasonally, combining live industry conversations, workshops, creative Sprint Challenges, Open Studios and practical resources.
The idea is simple:
Learn something. Put it into practice. Share what you’re doing. Keep moving forward together.
COLLAB: Your creative community
A community membership for illustrators who want connection, accountability, inspiration and creative momentum — while building a stronger, more sustainable illustration practice.
COLLAB brings together industry insight, creative development and community, giving you opportunities to learn, make, share and keep moving forward.
Season One: What Commissioners Want
Launching October 2026, our first season takes you behind the scenes of commissioning.
What makes an art director stop and look? Where do commissioners find new talent? What makes an illustrator memorable? And what actually happens once you land the job?
You’ll hear different perspectives from across the creative industries — then use those insights to take practical action with your own portfolio, positioning and visibility.
Ready for your next chapter? Join COLLAB.
What’s included
- Studio Pals — small accountability groups to help you stay connected and keep moving forward
- Show & Tell — share your work, works-in-progress and creative wins
- Quarterly Sprint Challenges — focused creative briefs to spark ideas, make new work and build momentum
- Live Workshops — practical sessions designed to strengthen your creative and professional practice
- Studio Sessions with Guest Artists — step inside the practices and processes of working illustrators
- Live Industry Talks — hear directly from commissioners and creative professionals about how the industry really works
Explore the industry. Strengthen your practice.
Across COLLAB, we explore four key areas: What Commissioners Want, Portfolio Power-Up, Pitch to Paid and Inside the Studio — helping you understand the industry while developing your work and creative practice.
Join COLLAB
Membership starts from £8.99 per month.
Come for the insight. Stay for the people, accountability and momentum that help you keep creating.
Join the COLLAB Waitlist – Doors Open September 2026
Meet the Founder
Hi, I’m Lisa and I’ve spent the last 15+ years championing illustrators through exhibitions, events, mentoring, courses and community.
Since launching Inkygoodness, I’ve supported more than 1,500 illustrators through professional development programmes, including our Playbook courses and flagship Bootcamp.
My mission has always been simple: to create the kind of supportive creative community I wish had existed when I graduated.
Today, that means supporting illustrators at different stages of their creative journey.
Launchpad is our 10-week foundations course for aspiring and early-stage illustrators building their skills, confidence and creative direction, starting September 28th.
COLLAB is our global community for illustrators who want connection, accountability, industry insight and creative momentum.
And Bootcamp returns in 2027 as an 8-month Creative Residency. for emerging and experienced illustrators ready to push their practice and careers further.
Together, they create a pathway from building your foundations ? developing your practice and community ? taking your career to the next level.
I’m incredibly excited for this next chapter — and I’d love for you to be part of it!