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📣We are thrilled to announce that for a limited time, we are accepting manuscript submissions for children's books!📚 The submission period is May 3-17, 2026‼️ Visit 🔗chroniclebooks.com/submissions for more details. We can't wait to hear from you!🩵

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day (and #mermay!) I’m Kelsey, and illustrator who just finished her first semester of grad school and had fun making this piece to celebrate! Looking for work in book covers, PB, and MG. Represented by @chelseabigbang at @madwomanliterary 🌱 www.kelseykingillustration.com

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I am Christina Wald and this is from my latest picture book, Thomi rettet das Meer, based on a puppet show about saving the oceans.😍🐳🐠 I love by the range of adventures I get to illustrate from mountain climbers to ducks to rodeos!🧗🦆 ✍️Portfolio: christinawald.com

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Thu, an illustrator interested in picture book and b&w interior projects. View my portfolio at www.thukimvu.com Rep’d by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpostcardday #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartist

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Hi art directors, editors and authors I love storytelling and illustrating the worlds your characters live in. Please reach out if you would like to work together. #kidlitart Portfolio: theremaybecats.com Agent: [email protected] @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Andrea, an illustrator available for PB, MG, and other #kidlit projects. I love expressive animals in cute outfits! Will this fox ever get those grapes? 🦊🍇 Portfolio: andreasparacio.com Rep’d: @chelseabigbang.bsky.social #kidlitmegafeed #aesopsfables #fox #sourgrapes

Hi #kidlitartpostcard! Our latest lookbook is now available, featuring new art and new artists here at Mad Woman: buff.ly/MX5T0La Cover art by @lunaludraws.bsky.social! #illustration #illustrator #art #kidtlitart

Happy May and #kidlitartpostcard day - I'm Kris, looking for work in PB, MG, and everything in between! You might recognize this plant lover from another of my illustrations, just a little older (and having amassed quite a collection). 🌱 Rep’d by: @jenrofe.bsky.social www.kriseasler.com

Happy May #kidlitartpostcard Day ! I've had some of the best strawberries of my life these past couple of weeks, it's been unreal🍓 (Btw hello, I'm K. Risa McLoughlin, a queer kidlit illustrator making picture books! Repped by Lori Steel @steelworksliterary.bsky.social ) www.krmcloughlin.com

Some things in this world seem out of control and crazier than ever been before, but there is always hope! Here’s to books and the empathy and comfort they bring. And the next generation of curious readers. My portfolio is at sarahillustrations.com I’m looking for representation. #kidlitartpostcard

#kidlitartpostcard pro tip. Include key words that describe the elements in your postcard. In addition to posting open calls when I'm looking for illustrators I also sometimes search #kidlitartpostcard + key words. These posts live beyond the day they're posted.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day (and #mermay!) I’m Kelsey, and illustrator who just finished her first semester of grad school and had fun making this piece to celebrate! Looking for work in book covers, PB, and MG. Represented by @chelseabigbang at @madwomanliterary 🌱 www.kelseykingillustration.com

And evergreen advice for any kind of alarming email/phone call. Something I have struggled to remember when I've been phished, for real.

I just wrote a long piece on how I did The Animorphs covers. Please check it out, and subscribe to my Substack, “My Adventures as an Illustrator.” myadventuresasanillustrator.substack.com/p/how-i-did-...

ICYMI, the June 4th #KidLitArtPostcard event marks the 5th anniversary. I'm suggesting a theme for our illustrations: You, as a kid. Learn more about the event here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlit (We still have a May 7th event too!)

Our new #illustration lookbook is out now, with new art from @kkingillustration.bsky.social, @jessmontz.bsky.social, and more! Plus meet our newest illustrators, Uzoma Nduka & @heyitscorinth.bsky.social! Cover art from @lunaludraws.bsky.social. #kidlitart buff.ly/F3tKEEm

Preservation | Restoration #earthday

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Kelsey, a #kidlit illustrator and author with a focus on the natural world. Looking for work in covers, picture books, and middle grade interiors. 💫www.kelseykingillustration.com 💫Rep'd by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social

The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, April 14th! If you’re a creative looking for work or someone looking to hire talent, this is the tag for you! Watch this video to find out how to participate. 👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈 More info at portfolioday.art 💛

We're looking for a part-time agency assistant! $25/hr, 20 hrs/week. Fully remote or hybrid in tristate NY. Send cover letters and resumes to [email protected]

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Get ready, #kidlit Next Thursday, April 2nd is our next #KidLitArtPostcard day! Read more here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Demo painting from tonight's class. The best class days are days I get to do a painting.

I'm going to be opening up spots for (free) individual comic critique/ feedback sessions! Aiming to work with emerging/ intermediate cartoonists without BFA/MFAs, who'd like feedback on a comic at least at thumbs & text-roughed-in stage. stay tuned for a short application in the next few weeks!

Six years of daily* paintings! March 15th, 2020 vs March 15th, 20206. The left is acrylic on hardboard, the right is gouache on wood panel. *I've missed 3 days in the last six years, none this year!

Tomorrow! #KidLitArtPostcard day! This June marks the 5th anniversary of the event. I'm cooking up some fun ideas to celebrate, starting with a logo refresh. I can't wait to see everyone's art! Be sure to triple check your hashtag!!!! #kidlit

See if you can find a couple of cats to look out a window with today! Art by @kkingillustration.bsky.social See more art from Kelsey and our other illustrators in our latest lookbook! buff.ly/JkEitHg #illustration #art #kidlitart

PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔 This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art

#KidLit FYI: The next postcard event is Thursday, January 8th. www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlitartpostcard

It's a little early, but I wanted to let #kidlit know that our first #KidLitArtPostcard event of 2026 will be Thursday, January 8th. www.ginaperry.com/postcard

once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!) heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...

Art vs artist, 2025 edition. This year felt like a return to the love of drawing. Photo featuring an in-progress mockup of a father's day hat. Print your own here: printables.hp.com/us/en/printa... Remember, fish have fathers too.

Just a part of a story I'm working on about a little mouse who get transformed into a sandhill crane. Excited to keep exploring this further :) #kidlit #kidlitart

Not affiliated, but the Star Wars: Fate of the Republic team is hiring full-time positions now for many disciplines. Offices in Kelowna + Edmonton, remote positions. Jobs: www.arcanautstudios.com/careers

Season's greetings from Waffle

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Kelsey, and illustrator and author who loves the natural world - and all the creatures in it! Interested & open for work in book covers, PB, and MG. Represented by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social More at www.kelseykingillustration.com

Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Anyway, this is why live drawings are so heavily recommended to folks still learning how to draw. When you do studies from flat images, there's a lot of possible distortion that the observer may not be aware of. Observations from life are being received by that universal organ, the ol' eyeball.

"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026. In the meantime, here's the free digital version. >> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com

Have you ever done the thing where you don't change the clock in your car when daylight savings ends eventually it's correct again in the spring? This year I forgot to put my snow shovel back in the garage all summer so my transition into the first snow today has been seamless

Hello! Did you know I would love to do romance book covers? Just saying~*

Explore the rich SciArt ecosystem on Bluesky with my SciArt Starter Pack. Paleoart to fine art, comics to medical illustration, bioart to space imagery. 150 artists, plus the entire popular SciArt Feed 🐡. And no gen AI or NFTs. 🥳

FYI, I have updated the section of my site where I give basic information about #kidlit agents--what they do, how to find one, how to assess their website, resources to use. You can start here: www.underdown.org/agents.htm

If you see this, post your bird art! A couple risographs and a couple digital studies made for #BIRBFEST a few years ago

After 6 months of waiting and watching on ebay I have finally found and purchased a stack paper cutter. I used it for almost 2 hours straight tonight cutting down 8 months of risograph prints. Beautiful.

Artists! Quote with your night art!

"The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times, for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald" Thinking about this piece I made for the Light Grey Art Lab show "The End is Nigh" a few years ago as we mark the 50 year anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Seriously! If there's a piece of mine you like and want to use commercially licencing is an option. There are some images I can't resell but many I can! And it's far cheaper than custom work. I can't speak for other artists but I'm sure many feel the same!

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Kelsey King, an illustrator and storyteller who loves mysteries, adventures in the outdoors, and animals of all kinds! www.kelseykingillustration.com Rep'd by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social