⚡️Happy Birthday David Bowie!⚡️

🎉Happy birthday to the Master of the Macabre, Charles "Chas" Addams, who was born on this day in 1912!🧵

Here’s a selection books from my childhood. When I look through these I realize how much they have shaped me…or how little I’ve changed.🤔 Did you have any of these gems?📚

I love painting holiday cards for our friends and family. This one of a Winter elf, is a favorite.✨🎄✨

Sending wintry holiday magic your way!✨❄✨

WondLa: The Art & Making of the Limited Series! This new release features a look at the concept art behind the animated adaptation of @diterlizzi.bsky.social’s books. It’s a fantastic artbook for fans wanting more from the show! My full review below 👇

Transferring a sketch of Tinsel the Christmas Fairy and prepping her for painting for my picture book, "The Broken Ornament", now available wherever books are sold.✨

Story/Previs side by side of some moments of the finale two Wondla Final Season episodes. Fortunate to have a story/previs team who pushed the material, were patient, and elevated every scene. Thanks Skydance for the opportunity. Carlos . . #wondla #appletv #skydance #storyboards #previsualization

❄️Near the end of America’s Great Depression an ad-writer created a Christmas classic that has been cherished by millions, as well as this big kid.🧵

What a tragedy. Rob Reiner made some of my favorite movies.🎥

I am excited for these new custom stickers that just arrived! Sticker Robot does a terrific job and I've worked with them for years. You'll be able to get these at my yet-to-be announced signing events in 2026! (...or you can write me a letter :)

🎉Ernest H. Shepard was born on this day back in 1879! The celebrated, beloved illustrator contributed to Punch magazine for decades and illustrated many beloved books, including the Winnie-the-Pooh books as well as "The Secret Garden" and "The Wind in the Willows".

Behind-the-scenes of “The Broken Ornament”— one of the most challenging picture books in my career, but also one of my favorites.🎄

Pioneer Valley friends, if your looking for something fun to do over the holiday break, @carlemuseum.bsky.social has a fantastic new exhibit, "Sprites, Spells & Splashes: Magical beings in Picture Book Art"...

Carlos is an amazing director! We were lucky to have him on WondLa.🎥

UK friends, "WONDLA: The Art & Making of the Limited Series" is now available at @forbidden-planet.bsky.social with a signed art card from Yours Truly. ✨ forbiddenplanet.com/480326-wondl...

Dear Google, please add an "AI Generated Images" tab to your search engine so I can turn it off to weed out the fake reference photos of toads, insects and other amazing critters that inspire me. Thank you. 🎨

Decorating for the holidays? There's FREE downloadable papercraft holiday ornaments on my site of some of my favorite characters, including D&D monsters (though I still need to create Spiderwick and WondLa ornaments): diterlizzi.com/activities/

My next written & illus. book, THE WUMP, won't be out until next fall. In the meantime, I contributed to 2 books released this year. MASTER SKETCHBOOKS collects drawings from some of the greatest concept artists working in the industry. I'm delighted to be included in this insanely talented group!

Me during the month of final seasons... #meme #strangerthings #wondla

When the team at Skydance asked whose voice I heard when writing Arius, I replied Eartha Kitt (which we obviously couldn't get). When they came back with a sample of Shohreh Aghdashloo's deep, resonate voice I was thrilled to have her perform one of my favorite characters.✨ youtu.be/ql69zwz9DdY?...

Available in book stores tomorrow, "WondLa: The Art & Making of the Limited Series" features loads of concept art from some of the biggest names in the animation industry as well as a forward by Yours Truly. Stuart Ng Books offers a signed print with each order: stuartngbooks.com/products/won...

The final soundtrack to WondLa, composed by the Emmy-nominated @joyngiaw.bsky.social is now available wherever music is sold. And it is AMAZING! 😭 music.apple.com/us/album/won...

"Forging a new world takes work, sacrifice, and a willingness to fail in the effort to try. It is fueled by hope. Similarly, creating a show like WondLa took guts, dreams, and vision. Here’s hoping a whole lot of people find their way there soon." www.tvfanatic.com/apple-tvs-wo...

For us, here in the states, this week's holiday brings friends, loved ones and families together. Family is something that means everything to me: from my parents, siblings, wife and kiddo to the found family I'm fortunate to be a part of...

November 22nd, 2002: the @carlemuseum.bsky.social held its grand opening, featuring exhibitions by Eric Carle and Maurice Sendak. Angela and I were excited to bear witness to this amazing milestone in art and children's literature. She took this snapshot of me meeting Eric for the first time...

Carlos directed some of my favorite episodes of the series!

My Ted Turner colorization concludes (for now) with one of my favorite entries in the "Stuff I Did in the '80s" series: running a D&D game for my sister, little brother and our neighbor. Roll for initiative!⚔️🛡️ I'll announce what I am doing with these newly colorized images soon!

All of Orbona is celebrating the amazing composer, @joyngiaw.bsky.social on her Emmy nomination for the animated series! 🎵🎶

A glimpse of the final season of Wondla, coming out next week on AppleTV. Very proud of what our teams at Skydance and ICON accomplished. @diterlizzi.bsky.social #Wondla #finalseason

WondLa fans, select booksellers will include a signed art card from Yours Truly in the upcoming "Art of WondLa", released December 2nd. Keep an eye on @titanbooks.bsky.social for news on where these limited edition art cards will be available with copies of the book.🎨

Another image colorized from my "Stuff I Did in the '80s" series. These were just some of the albums I played non-stop as a teen. What were yours?🎵🎶

I absolutely loved it @realgdt.bsky.social ! Especially the nods to Bernie Wrightson.⚡️

Here's some favorite stills from the final season of WONDLA, airing on Apple TV November 26th!✨

The finale to Eve Nine's journey drops on November 26th only on AppleTV! ✨

The Ted Turner colorization of some of my select entries of "Stuff I Did in the 80s" continues. With the upcoming end of MTV, this one seems especially poignant to us Gen Xers and fans of all things 80s.📼

I am cleaning up and coloring a few select images from my "Stuff I Did in the '80s" series for...things.🤫 I'm also going to color up the D&D scene but I'm wondering if there are any others you like. I'll add a link to the entire series is in the comments below.

“The Spiderwick Chronicles is a Fantasy for the Whole Family“ 🧚‍♀️ www.cbr.com/underrated-f...

✨Coming soon!✨

🎉Happy Birthday to the incredibly versatile Gustaf Tenggren, who was born on this day back in 1896! The Swedish-born Tenggren had three amazing acts to his career, which showcases his evolution as an artist:

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃

In continuing with celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You", here is a collection of preliminary sketches (some have never been shown) which reveal that creature design for this book happened over the course of many years. Enjoy!

🎃 It's my favorite time of the year! 🎃 Download your own vintage-styled Halloween decorations on my site here: diterlizzi.com/activities/

"Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You" was released on October 25th, 2005. Although we did a 20th anniversary edition last year, with several pages of new art, I thought I'd share some behind-the-scenes photos and memories of this momentous book in my career.🧵

Inktober, Day 25, "Inferno": Here's a spiny devil, for today's entry, sitting upon a throne forged of lost souls.🔥

Inktober, Day 20, "Rivals": I am behind on entries (and my week is only getting busier), but I did manage to ink this drawing, of a warrior facing off with a lindwyrm, that I sketched 20 years ago. 20! Boy, am I happy to finally ink it at last.⚔️🛡

🎉Happy Birthday to Edmund Dulac, who was born on this day 1882! A favorite of the Golden Age of Illustration, Dulac was one of the few artists with technical skill to rival the likes of Arthur Rackham and Beatrix Potter. His twilight soaked imagery is dreamlike and otherworldly.🧵

Inktober, Day 21, "Blast": Gnome blasts goblin with magic missile. KaBOOM!💥

What do actors Clara Bow and Peter Lorre have to do with an award-winning, bestselling picture book? Read on and enjoy!🪰 🕷 diterlizzi.com/essay/behind...