🌸🌱🐝🌿🍂🪻 // sunlight scavengers // spread from Gardening for Biodiversity by the Wild Seed Project // gouache on hot press paper realized I hadn't posted the art from one of the coolest projects I've ever done, so I'm starting that today! plant facts in the comments :) #art #botanicalillustration

hi! tomorrow is my birthday. i’ve written a children’s book about how land is indigenous land and a young readers book about the history of boarding schools. now i’m writing a YA indigenous solarpunk novel about 100 years after #landback for my birthday, i’m asking for help doing that.

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Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!" 🌌 julianplum.com 💌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿

hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Madly Kim and I’d love to illustrate your next project. I have a particular fondness for history, cozy magic, and plucky protagonists. I work primarily in watercolor and am represented by @charlottewenger.com View my portfolio at madlykim.com

It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Yara, I’m a mixed-media illustrator looking for new exciting projects! I love using soft colors, textures and playing with shapes in my works. I’m proudly represented by Jem Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 👁️👁️ odnatamyara.com

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Gina Perry, a New England children’s book author and illustrator. I’m open for new projects mid-2026. Rep’d by Sean McCarthy. More at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlitart #illustration

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids. 🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com#kidlitartpostcardRep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #starwars

Of all the trees that transform and autumn, ginkgos are my favorite! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 🍂 I am open to illustrating kids books and black-and-white interiors. cindylozito.com [email protected] Happily rep’d by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

It's #KidLitArtPostcard day! A bit under the weather so some recycling this time, but with good timing as I've harvested my first homegrown butternuts recently 😅 I'm Victoria, Argentinian illustrator living in France. Looking for work & representation! victoriamaderna.com ✉️ [email protected]

It's KidLit Illustrator Postcard day! I'm a published author and illustrator with some fun stuff in the works! I love whimsy and magic and folklore and unusual animals My agent is Kristen Terrette with Martin Literary Management and you can see more at denisegallagher.com #kidlitartpostcard

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Adria - a queer, trans author/illustrator of books for kids! I’m interested in BB, PB, and CB. I’m repped by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kiltart #cutpaper #autumnleaves

Hey! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of books for kids. I try to work texture and color into everything I do. I love manuscripts that are quirky, funny, and have a load of heart. I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social. ✨ www.twofishillustration.com

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!" 🌌 julianplum.com 💌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Gordy, a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨 Happy to share this artwork from a new book I have coming out next year - 𝐼𝑓 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑊𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑂𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 🌐 gordywright.com #childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

😭 turns out the whole "you get sick the moment you finish a deadline" thing is both a real phenomenon and a constant in my life.

Local news story on why MotE/ PRI is special: $̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY. #SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca #fingerlakes www.wbng.com/2025/10/27/m...

Something only mildly spooky for your Halloween 🎃 #kidlitart #illustration #watercolor #middlegradeart

I just donated to my local food bank. If you can, you should too. People are already suffering but next month, in particular, is going to be so difficult.

hello the fall sticker for Patreon is live and if you'd like it you can get it!! This lil guy glows in the dark AND brings you a little luck while they do it. stick one on your water bottle to lightly unsettle your enemies! get them here --> patreon.com/plumorchard gouache on hot press paper

Got to do a presentation on prehistory last night for a local event (covered just the Precambrian, so part 1 of 13!) and a friend got this picture of a slide about the Hadean that's frankly too real. Also I did not know I was doing such a Gay Little Stance. it was a blast tho!

I am EXCITED and THRILLED to share— My first prose novel. My first webnovel. An m/m romantic comedy called: JOHN RICH & THE BIG PICTURE It's sweet and funny and and reads like a sitcom and you should subscribe to get chapters in your inbox every week. ✏️ ✨ www.okjohnrich.site/start ✨

if y'all didn't know anyone affected by the health insurance stuff, now you do. The cost for my spouse and I to stay insured next year is going to be $2300 A MONTH. We cannot afford that. It is literally more than our housing costs.

friends & colleagues: how bad of an idea is it, 2 weeks before my book deadline, to repaint an entire spread. pros: only 1 more spread to paint and then I'm done, so I have time old version bad. I could make it, instead, good cons: less editing time, am a known perfectionist, it might be fine??

#PortfolioDay Hello! I’m Emmy, a children’s book illustrator primarily working with anthro animal characters. I’m open for PBs & chapter books with availability for all of 2026 🤍 emmybrownillustration.com [email protected]

It's #portfolioday!! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary! 🌿 julianplum.com 🐌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

Hello !! ⚡🌿 I'm Mathias, a queer artist who would love to work on book projects, editorial, advertising, and indie game projects. Open to other opportunities as well! 🍎 mathiasball.com 🍊 [email protected] 📚 @socalledyalife.bsky.social [ #portfolioday #illustration #art ]

It’s #PortfolioDay ! I’m Yara and I’m a neurodivergent mixed media illustrator, looking for new PB projects and cover work. I love textures, soft colors, drawing fun characters and weird animals. 🦥 www.odnatamyara.com I’m represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Hello #PortfolioDay 🌟 I’m Christine, a kidlit illustrator open for new picture book, chapter book, and cover projects! I love working on cozy and bright stories, let’s work together! 🌟 www.christinealmeda.com 🌟 www.instagram.com/eychristine

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids. 🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com#PortfolioDay!Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m Victoria K. Chapman, an illustrator/author of children’s books. Artist/art instructor. I love animals, the outdoors, conservation, magic, imagination & mindfulness. Rep’d for kids books by Rosa Frazier & Joyce Sweeney of @seymouragency.bsky.social! www.weyakindesigns.com

It's #portfolioday!! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary! 🌿 julianplum.com 🐌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

Hi #portfolioday! My name is Gordy and I'm an illustrator based in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈 I paint make my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic. 🌐 gordywright.com ✉️ [email protected] #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

“There are people who say it doesn’t exist. That we don’t exist. But their maps can’t erase us.” -- Maysa Odeh from A Map for Falasteen #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek

You can now request an arc of my next middle grade from Netgalley!

Is it the neurodivergence or the long history of havin a rough one in school that makes me so afraid to sound strange on social media?? hi everyone I just want to hang out but I'm deeply afraid of being off-putting and weird!!

Ahh my first cover reveal!! HUGE huge thank you to the team at Macmillan for working with me on this project! It's my first-ever MG cover and a huge dream to paint as a person who really IDed with the main character of this gorgeous novel and also as a certified bird lover.

Look who emerged! They've been tucked away in my garden for weeks now, changing slowly.

This is not an aesthetic photo but I have made pawpaw custard and it's the best thing I've ever made

I'm all set up for my fave show of the year, which is of course Ithaca's Applefest!! squeezed in time to make a glow in the dark painting 👀 making these lil ones is such a nice break from more complicated picture book stuff!

hi, cis folks! do you trust the senate to decide whether you can have healthcare or if you legally exist under the law or where you can legally wash your hands or pee? neither do we! please tap into the thread & tell senators our civil rights & lives matter—even more than the jimmy kimmel show!

My friend who was arrested for being queer in public in WV had his consultation with a lawyer and now has an idea of court and legal costs and needs to raise a bit more money. He's facing a year in prison for essentially "cop didn't like the look of him." www.gofundme.com/f/5d3hr-help...

spotted in the wild: @kslivensky.bsky.social 's book!! This was at my local tiny library and the librarian told me "I tried to match the faces the rock makes it but looked too scary, so I settled for a nice smile." they made all the bits themselves and it's SO CUTE #kidlit

gotta say, as a trans person on the spectrum: it's nice to see (some of) the mainstream media covering the autism stuff with the horror it deserves, and I wish they could have extended the same incredulity to the trans things too. It hurts that they don't in a dull, poked-bruise sort of way.

it's hard to be queer in appalachia, and someone I care a lot about was arrested seemingly for walking home on rural roads while queer after losing his keys. He's trying to raise funds for his court costs. www.gofundme.com/f/5d3hr-help...

Please preorder my book from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social: loyaltybookstores.com/book/9780593...

Updated portfolio with one of the coolest projects I did: The Wild Seed Project's 2025 planting guide! I got to illustrate the cover, spots, and six spreads all featuring native plant communities. Altogether painted ~80 native species! → julianplum.com/the-wild-see... #kidlitart #sciart #gouache

Updated portfolio with one of the coolest projects I did: The Wild Seed Project's 2025 planting guide! I got to illustrate the cover, spots, and six spreads all featuring native plant communities. Altogether painted ~80 native species! → julianplum.com/the-wild-see... #kidlitart #sciart #gouache