Join our global membership for artists and illustrators!
You’re invited to join the wait list for our membership community for artists and illustrators: Inkygoodness Collective (@inkygoodnesscollective)
Designed to support and connect artists and illustrators to support their creative development, Inkygoodness Collective provides an opportunity to join a network of global creatives for creative inspiration, collaboration, connection and community.
Membership gives you access to dedicated spaces including Bring Your Work; a monthly meetup to share what you’ve been working on for peer-to-peer feedback, 100 Rejections to overcome your fear of client outreach and start sending those portfolios out and Draw This In Your Style; a brand new monthly drawing challenge run by members for members!
Inkygoodness Collective members also benefit from a regular programme of events including creative business workshops, meet-ups, panel talks, industry mentoring sessions, digital resources, discounts on our courses and live streams hosted by Inkygoodness to give you a boost of motivation every week.
We’ve got lots more coming up in 2025 including a new global art swap and we would LOVE you to come on board and help shape the future of our community!
Creative Resources Hub
Inside our Creative Resources Hub you can access to many of our industry sessions curated for our brand new Make Your Mark Bootcamp – including two industry career sessions with Bright Agency where we publishing and licensing, pricing & contracts; our much anticipated Panel Talk with Flying Eye Books on Children’s Book Illustration, our Picture Books Panel Talk with Plum Agency & Jess Mason and our collection of Masterclasses with illustrators Lisk Feng, animator Hannah Jacobs, children’s book illustrator Ella Bailey, Aardman Senior Designer Gavin Strange and illustrator Danii Pollehn!
These sessions will not be available anywhere else and we are not selling tickets – joining Inkygoodness Collective is the only way to access these wonderful industry sessions!
Coming Soon: Fireside Chats
New for 2025 we are curating monthly fireside chats with creative directors, art directors and illustration agents coming in for bitesized 30min live streams and Q&As to answer your questions on everything from pricing to contracts, portfolio development, contacting art directors, creating your first picture book pitch and more.
Join the wait list now
Membership Perks
Start with a 3 day free trial – then just £24.99 per month or £129.99 per year (save 57%!)*
- Industry workshops & events
- Group community sessions to connect with other members
- Access exclusive interviews, workshops & design talks**
- Live briefs + creative opportunities
- Ask me Anything sessions
- Access to our new Creative Resource Hub!
- Member spotlight interviews
- Exclusive offers, discounts & freebies!
- Annual exhibition curated by Inkygoodness (Coming 2025)
*Cancel anytime – there is no minimum term!
**Our new Creative Resources Hub brings together over 40+ hours of recordings delivered as part of our course programme including industry talks with leading artists, designers and illustrators such as Hedof, Jacqueline Colley, Melissa Castrillon, Kelly Anna and global illustration agencies The Different Folk, Snyder, Jelly London and Pocko to name a few!
You’ll also find a growing collection of business workshops where we dive into tips and advice on getting the most out of Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest & more, alongside a curated collection of Behind the Brief talks where we hand the mic to our members and invite them to share their insights and creative process on working within editorial, branding, advertisng, packaging and techniques for getting started with Murals, Packaging Illustration and 3D Animation.
Super inspiring!
What makes Inkygoodness Collective special?
Crafted for creatives who want to pursue a career in freelance illustration, Inkygoodness Collective offers a safe space to explore and learn alongside like-minded peers, with members from all corners of the globe united in their passion to pursue illustration as a career.
Offering access to quarterly portfolio crits, dedicated group spaces such as Bring Your Work where members can present and get feedback on their work; our 100 Rejections Challenge which supports members to overcome their fear of client outreach and our main Inkygoodness Collective Hub where you can connect with members in our group chat!
We recently introduced member badges too – so for every challenge, course or programme you complete you’ll get a recognition badge on your profile! Cool eh? We’re also rolling out badges for active members, co-hosts, digital skills and much more later this year. And as a new member you’ll also get a welcome badge when you join. Yay!
Members also benefit from weekly live streams to give you a boost of inspiration, monthly member meet ups and our new Creative Resources Hub – featuring over 40+ hours of recordings, including business workshops on everything from LinkedIn to Instagram, Creative Block and Pricing, plus artist masterclasses, panel talks with illustration agencies, curated articles on industry trends and digital downloads to support your professional development! Woweeee!
Join Inkygoodness Collective for creative community, unrivalled support and attend our member-only events this Summer!
Find out more & join the wait list now.
Who we are
Inkygoodness is a global community focused on connecting, inspiring and developing artists and creative businesses. Founded by Lisa Hassell in 2010, Inkygoodness started as a series of exhibitions and events before launching an online blog. Following a relaunch in April 2021, Inkygoodness pivoted into mentoring; offering provide portfolio crits, workshops and a group coaching programme.
Over the last 2 years our Instagram community has more than doubled to 69k with Lisa Hassell, founder of Inkygoodness hosting regular IGTV interviews with leading creatives and adding to their course offering with the launch of our flagship programme Make Your Mark in 2022; a 12-week intensive programme designed to kickstart your illustration career.
With support from her co-hosts, Lisa continues to deliver outstanding content, masterclasses and creative challenges to support illustrators navigate their careers in the creative industry.
Make Your Mark returned in June 2024 as a new six month bootcamp offering industry mentoring, creative briefs, masterclasses, portfolio development and much much more!
Applications for this programme have now closed – however if you’d like the opportunity to join us for our next programme in Septeber 2024, drop your details below and we will be in touch when we launch:
Join the wait list for Bootcamp
Harness the power of community
Our members come from all corners of the globe, from a variety of creative backgrounds including graphic design, teaching, art and illustration, united in their passion for pursuing a career in freelance illustration. Whether you’re just starting out or pivoting into this industry from another creative career, you’re guaranteed to find a friendly and welcoming environment to connect with likeminded creatives, share your story, unpack your challenges and get a much needed boost of inspiration when you need it most!
We’re proud to have cultivated a collective of members come from a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds and global locations, and our average member age of 36, with many more in their forties – affirming our belief that there is no age limit to pursuing your dreams!
With a focus on personal and professional development for artists and illustrators, Inkygoodness is committed to engaging with emerging talent, sharing knowledge, offering support and cultivating a creative community for artists and illustrators to connect and thrive.
We know you will love being part of it!
Why our members love it
“It’s so important to have a community where you can share tips and tricks with each other and ask for advice – knowledge is power!? The Collective has really catapulted me in the right direction.”
— Lynn Bremner, Illustrator
“I’m very happy with the progress I have made in my journey to come back to illustration since joining Inkygoodness Collective. The atmosphere in this space is truly amazing, the support, the talent, the wonderful energy of the people, and most of all the fact that it feels like we’re working together, and we all want each other to succeed and enjoy the process as much as we want it for ourselves. I feel very lucky and grateful to be able to have access to this amazing community!”
— Valeria Molinari, Illustrator
“Joining the community has been an amazing experience. Working alongside such awesome, talented people. It’s so inspiring and motivating.”
— Dani Stacey, Illustrator
“Being a member of the Inkygoodness collective helps because I get to spend time with likeminded people and have the collegiate support that I think would be impossible to do without.”
— Ville Salervo, Designer & Illustrator
Meet the Founder – Lisa Hassell
Built on a strong foundation of 15+ years industry experience as an illustration agent, consultant, design writer, curator and creative business owner, I’ve nurtured and grown Inkygoodness from a side hustle into a full time business within the last 3 years, focused on developing and supporting artists and creative businesses – and attracting the majority of our members through our engaging Instagram feed where we share visual inspiration and industry advice.
Inkygoodness Collective offers artists the opportunity to not only tap into my extensive industry knowledge and expertise – our event calendar also offers members access to free resources, workshops, design talks + Q&A’s with leading illustration agencies, established creatives and makers, plus crazy discounts on upcoming courses and creative challenges.
We’re excited to invite you on board to experience the true power of our community!
Join the wait list now »
We’ll be inviting new members to join Inkygoodness Collective on Monday 6th January 2025.
A full list of our membership Terms & Conditions can be found here. We look forward to meeting you soon!
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