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

Hey illustrators/agents! I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS! Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

(Paid Work) I'm looking for artists that: 1) Are open for a commission this month 2) Work traditionally 3) Specialize in portraits and likeness Drop me your portfolio here if that's you! 🩷

A new self portrait for 2025 (featuring the largest can of beans I've ever found in a grocery store)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The key to realistically paint materials is to understand the "Specularity Spectrum" (term made up by me). Once you understand how reflective or not something is, you can roughly deduce how much you need to emphasize form shadows vs reflections (highlights), or whether to combine both.

Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss

The first book-length history of Halloween, from Celtic druids through to the customs and rituals of the British Isles which underpin the celebrations in early 20th-century United States: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-book-of-halloween/

Book from 1911 showing that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption is far from being a phenomenon born with the internet. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kittens-and-cats-a-first-reader-1911-cats-and-captions-before-the-internet-age #NationalCatDay

Guess what's happening next Thursday, November 6th? #KidLitArtPostcard day! www.ginaperry.com/postcard Don't say I never warned you! #kidlit

Enjoying Halloween-week with some spooky drawing time!

If you're an artist wanting to break through in TTRPG illustrations and feel like you need an Art Directors feedback on your current portfolio. Feel free to reach out, comment or DM me here. I feel like the industry is hard enough as is. I will reply slow but I'll do my best to support! 💜

Hey #kidlit illustrators, if you’re not already following @dbuu.bsky.social I recommend that you do! He’s a fellow picture book art director. We’re on the same team at Scholastic, sitting nearly side by side. 💙❤️

What a red streak you have! @kkingillustration.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration

Going to make a thread of free software that's useful for making zines (writing, illustrating, image processing, laying out, publishing...) Different operating systems. Let's go...

Philipp Otto Runge’s Farbenkugel (1810). The top two images show the surface of the sphere, while the bottom two show horizontal and vertical cross sections. From our selection of colour charts, wheels and tables through the centuries: publicdomainreview.org/collection/c...

Hey Illustrators, how about this: please share a screenshot of a WIP. What are you working-on/excited-about right now? Will take a close look at all replies! #kidlit #artshare 💙❤️

Hello #portfolioday! I'm an illustrator and storyteller who loves all things nature. Please enjoy this fall/Halloween themed portfolio. Please consider me for your book covers or children's books that call for dramatic lighting, quirky animals, and outdoor scenes! www.KelseyKingIllustration.com

The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, October 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 💛

Sunset at Partridge Lake (gouache and color pencil on wood panel)

Apply for the Bologna Illustrator Scholarship 📝 Submissions open until September 30, 2025. Submissions can be found on the MY AWARDS tab in your Member Home. Members must be logged in to scbwi.org to access their Member Home. Learn more here: www.scbwi.org/awards-and-g...

Recent daily paintings. I made a little 5x5 inch sketchbook for this month and I'm enjoying making very simplified landscapes.

Hey #kidlit illustrators, it has been a few months (a lot going on this year) but I’ll be posting an open call for samples tomorrow. Stay tuned! 💙❤️

I am writing an essay for the first time in 12ish years and I am having so much fun you guys

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Kelsey King, an illustrator and storyteller from Minnesota who loves painting with light and color. You can find my work at www.kelseykingillustration.com Represented by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social

I just posted an entire sketchbook of figure drawings on my Patreon, check it out (it's free!) These were all created using references from the @trueref.bsky.social gesture tool, such a great resource!

Ready, set, almost time to go... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday! www.ginaperry.com/postcard

I love public libraries so much