We are so excited to share the news that our free design magazine MOYO has been viewed by over 1 MILLION people! As we are busy working behind the scenes on our anniversary issue (due out in late August), we just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has helped make MOYO – the world’s first magazine dedicated to surface pattern design – such a roaring success! We look forward to bringing you more inspiration, business advice and opportunities to showcase your design work over the coming months. In the meantime, if you have missed any of our previous issues, check them out here:
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‘A Field Guide to Now’ giveaway winner announced
And the winner of a signed copy of Christina Rosalie’s lovely book ‘A Field Guide To Now: Notes on mindfulness and life in the present tense’ is…
Kira Elliott
Congratulations Kira! We will be in touch by email! If you missed our interview with Christina you can read it here. Thank you to everyone who entered.
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PS did you hear about our HUGE news? See here – so very happy and excited!
Global Talent Search winner to get Mini Collection with Robert Kaufman Fabrics!
Drum roll please… The winner of the Global Talent Search will not only be represented by Lilla Rogers Studio, but will win a Mini Collection license with Robert Kaufman Fabrics (and a host of other prizes!)
The Mini Collection with Robert Kaufman Fabrics will feature 2-4 designs with 2 colorways per design. The winner will collaborate with a Senior Stylist assigned by the Robert Kaufman Studio, who will personally guide them through all processes involved to produce and market their work on fabric. The details of the license, including royalties, will be negotiated by Lilla Rogers Studio on behalf of the winner.
Registration for the Global Talent Search closes TOMORROW! If you have not yet registered, what are you waiting for? This is an incredible opportunity and someone has to win – it might just be YOU! Find out more and register here (PLEASE NOTE 2013’S GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH IS OVER. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINNER SEE HERE.)
Global Talent Search winner to get license with Paperchase!
We are bursting with excitement to reveal unveil another fantastic prize for the winner of the Global Talent Search (registration closes this Wednesday June 26)… (PLEASE NOTE 2013’S GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH IS NOW OVER.)
The talented winner will win a license for a journal cover with gorgeous stationery chain Paperchase!! ( LOVE this shop). The details of the license, including royalties, will be negotiated by Lilla Rogers Studio on behalf of the winner.
Image via Paperchase website
Find out more about Paperchase on their website here.
How amazing? If you haven’t yet thrown your hat into the ring for the Global Talent Search, why not? Someone has to win and it might just be you! Register here by June 26 to be in with a chance of winning this career-changing prize! (PLEASE NOTE THE WINNER HAS NOW BEEN ANNOUNCED. SEE HERE FOR DETAILS).
Global Talent Search winner to get gift or home decor product line with Midwest-CBK!
We are thrilled to announce another prize for the winner of the Global Talent Search, which we are producing in association with Lilla Rogers Studio – one of the top art agencies in the world! Not only will they get represented by Lilla Rogers Studio for two years but they will win a host of licensing deals including…
A gift or home decor product line with Midwest-CBK!
Choosing from the uber talented pool of artists will be difficult, and winning will be quite a distinction. Midwest-CBK’s Vice-President of Design & Creative will personally help guide the recipient through the process of understanding how a product line is conceptualized, developed and marketed, invented and reinvented. You will work together to create a strong product line of either gift or home decor, depending on what is the most natural fit. There’s the potential of developing wall art, lighting, textiles, ceramics, gifts, specialty products… all offered with the voice of this artist to help them build an identity & strong brand footprint in the marketplace. The licensing details will be negotiated by Lilla Rogers Studio on behalf of the winner.
Awesome, right? If you haven’t yet thrown your hat into the ring for the Global Talent Search, why not? Someone has to win and it might just be you!
Register here by June 26 2013 to be in with a chance of winning this career-changing prize to help you do what you love, for life! (PLEASE NOTE 2013’S GLOBAL TALENT SEARCH IS OVER AND THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. SEE HERE FOR DETAILS.)
Global Talent Search winner to get scrapbooking license with Prima Marketing!
We are so excited to announce that the winner of the Lilla Rogers’ Global Talent Search will get a fantastic licensing deal with Prima Marketing, one of the foremost companies in the scrapbooking industry. Do What You Love is thrilled to be working with Lilla Rogers Studio to bring you this incredible opportunity to transform your professional art career.
The winner will create a Journaling Set with Prima Marketing Inc, working directly with Prima’s own Creative Director and in-house Design Team through the development process, giving them the hands on experience to learn about this industry from the inside out.
Licensing details will be negotiated by Lilla Rogers Studio on behalf of the winner.
This is an incredible opportunity, and we are thrilled to be able to offer it as one of the licensing deals secured for the winner of the Global Talent Search.
Have you signed up yet? Hurry, registration closes on June 26! Find out more and enter here. This could completely change your art career…
**PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE HAS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNER HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED – SEE HERE FOR MORE**
(All images courtesy of Prima Marketing)
Mentorship giveaway winner announced
Huge thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway to win a place on Jennifer Lee’s Right Brain Entrepreneur Mentorship Program worth nearly $1000. The winner is…
Theresa Smythe from the US
Congratulations Theresa! We hope the programme will be a huge boost to you as you grow your children’s book illustration business. Be sure to let us know how you get on!
To everyone who didn’t win – stay tuned for more gievaways here in the coming weeks, and keep taking those steps towards doing what you love!
Time for change (+ amazing giveaway – win mentoring worth $997!)
As the grey skies fold back to reveal a swathe of blue, and as the sun comes out and the coats come off, it feels like change is in the air. And there is certainly a lot of change going on around here at DWYL HQ.
We are putting the final touches to our brand new website (which will launch this month and we hope you will love). With that will come a new kind of blogging from us, with a different theme for each month to explore all the different aspects of doing what you love.
We are starting this today, June 1, with the first theme ‘Love change’. Change is fundamental to shifting from a life doing what you don’t love, to doing what you do love. Over the coming month we will share a series of interviews with people who have undergone major changes in their life (often involving bravery, excitement, and no small measure of fear), along with our own thoughts on how change has and continues to be a major part of our lives.
Fittingly, this month we are preparing for a major personal change, packing up our home in the north of England to go and live by the sea! We have spent many holidays by the ocean, or by other kinds of water, and every time we are near it we just feel happy. I grew up on the south coast of England, and it is time to return, and start to live in the environment which makes us happiest.
Brighton here we come!
This is yet another major change after several big ones these past couple of months – from getting married to my new husband then quitting his career of 12 years and starting to work together here at Do What You Love. After two months of it we have started to find our own work rhythm, and I know for sure both those changes were very good decisions. The best in fact!
Through this month’s posts we will be exploring the things that push us to change, the things that inspire us to change, and the things that hold us back from changing. We hope that along the way you will share your stories of change too.
And we are excited to kick of this brand new blog series with a massive giveaway from Jennifer Lee of Artizen Coaching, someone who has experienced significant change in their own life, and now helps others make major changes in their creative businesses – see below for details, and get involved! (THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED.)
THE PRIZE: The Right-Brain Entrepreneur Mentorship Program, which starts on June 10th, is an intensive 8-month programme led by The Right-Brain Business Plan bestselling author Jennifer Lee. You have a chance to win a seat at the Cohort Circle level (valued at $997) where you’ll learn how to develop new moola making methods, package your gifts and craft your offers, build your list so you can authentically attract and connect with your right peeps, create a successful plan to launch your offers, and more through right-brain interactive video chats, group coaching calls, and a private Facebook group. Any questions? Check out the programme’s FAQ here (includes dates for calls).
IS THIS FOR YOU? The mentorship program is for you if you’re a Right-Brain Entrepreneur yearning to finally take your creative business to the next level but are unsure what steps to take next because the left-brain details overwhelm you. Or you’ve been at your work for awhile but are tired of struggling to make a living doing what you love. You can find out more here.
HOW TO ENTER: Check out The Right-Brain Entrepreneur Mentorship Program here and think carefully about how this could benefit you and your business. Come back and leave a comment below this post explaining where you are on your enterprise journey, and why this programme is exactly what you need right now. Please include your full name, country and a link to your business website/blog if possible.
DEADLINE: This giveaway will close on Friday June 7, 2013 at 9am EST / 2pm GMT. Any comments left after that time will not be counted. THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED.
THE SMALL PRINT: This giveaway is open to anyone over the age of 18 from any country, and entry is free of charge. One winner will be chosen from the comments left below this post by the deadline. Do What You Love’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. There is no cash alternative. The winner will be requested to write a blog post for the Do What You Love blog once the mentoring programme has finished, to explain the impact it had on them. By entering this giveaway you give permission for your name and email address to be added to the Do What You Love mailing list. We will not pass your details on to third parties, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
If you think this is for you please go for it! Someone has to win… it might just be you. And if anyone you know might benefit from this amazing prize please share this with them.
Pop back on Thursday for a special Do What You Love interview with Jennifer Lee, the mastermind behind this mentorship programme!
MOYO Issue 4 (The PAPER Issue) – is here, and it’s delicious!
The fourth issue of MOYO is here and it is all about paper (yum!). Your FREE copy includes:
- Behind the scenes with top art agent Lilla Rogers
- An interview with stationery designer Carolyn Gavin
- Papercutting with Mr Yen
- Rachel Hazell on patterns in paper
- Hannah Nunn reports from a wallpaper factory
- MOYO learns to make paper
- …and much more!
We also have design tips, a designer diary, a brief for you and more – see inside for details. Being a team of paper lovers you can only imagine how much fun we had putting this together!
Get your FREE copy of MOYO Issue 4 here!
MOYO is the world’s only online magazine dedicated to surface pattern design. Packed with interviews, design briefs, colour challenges, art reviews, student showcases, design tips, inspiration, trends and more, this free resource is published quarterly. You can see the our back issues here.
MOYO is free and we want to share the wonderful world of surface pattern design with as many people as possible – please help! You can share it on Facebook, Tweet about it (@surfacepatternd #moyomagazine) or email a link to your friends. Please also feel free to blog about it or share it in your newsletter and inspire even more people to dive into the exciting world of surface pattern design!
Giveaway winners announced!
A huge thank you to the 600+ people who entered our birthday giveaways (and for your lovely birthday wishes)! It was so moving to hear why the Make Art That Sells and Creative Spark giveaways could be so good for you. We are only sorry that not everyone can win! Here are the lucky winners…
MAKE ART THAT SELLS
The free place on Part A of Make Art That Sells with Lilla Rogers goes to:
*Christine Lehto
Congratulations Christine! We will be in touch with more course info.
If you didn’t win but realise that this course is right up your street, you can still register here before class begins on June 3.
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CREATIVE SPARK book
The free copy of Tara Leaver’s new book goes to:
Shelley aka FussyPrincess
Congratulations – we will be in touch to get your postal address details!
If you didn’t win but really want a copy of the book, Tara is offering a special 15% discount if you purchase it via this link by Saturday 18 May using the discount code ‘CREATIVESPARK”.
**UPDATE: THIS DISCOUNT NO LONGER APPLIES**