Feliz Día de la Independencia Honduras✨🇭🇳 y demás hermanxs que celebran sus independencias hoy~ Hoy extraño los mitos y leyendas de Honduras y Centro America que colorearon mi niñez 👹 #LatinxHeritageMonth

New post on my substack ✍️ Read here: myinkcastle.substack.com/p/new-beginn...

🌼“Imagination”🌸 for the show ‘WOW2’ @wowxwowgallery.bsky.social ⭐️AVAILABLE⭐️ . watercolor & pencil on paper | 12”x12”

WIP #kidlitart

WIP #kidlitart

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Cleonique Hilsaca, a children’s book illustrator~ I’m available for new projects in children’s publishing✨📚👻 ~ ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 [email protected] 🔮 Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 Agency

~Digital Sketchbook~ #sketchbook

“Tea Gnome”✨🫖 for the ‘5X7’ show at @giantrobotstore ⭐️Available⭐️ Bring him home, but be wary, he may steal all your tea 👀

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“Dragon Summoner”✨🐉 for the show ‘One by One’ at ABV Gallery in Atlanta, GA ⭐️SOLD⭐️

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Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Cleonique Hilsaca, a children’s book illustrator~ I’m available for new projects in children’s publishing✨📚 . www.cleonique.com | [email protected] rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | Tugeau 2 Agency

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Cleonique Hilsaca, a children’s book illustrator~ I’m available for new projects in children’s publishing✨📚 . www.cleonique.com | [email protected] rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | Tugeau 2 Agency

Celebrate World Nature Conservation Day! Reduce plastic and protect ocean habitat! Dream Submarine art by @cleonique.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social #WorldNatureConservationDay

Finished my painting for ABV Gallery’s show ‘One by One’ opening August 16th in Atlanta~

Nap time~ #sketchbook

Nap time~ #sketchbook

My submission to Folio Society’s Book Illustration Award competition. The story was “Rapunzel”👸 I didn’t make it into the long list, but I’m happy with my piece ☺️ Created in watercolor and pencil~

My submission to Folio Society’s Book Illustration Award competition. The story was “Rapunzel”👸 I didn’t make it into the long list, but I’m happy with my piece ☺️ Created in watercolor and pencil~

New post on my substack ✍️ Read here: open.substack.com/pub/myinkcas...

“Valley of the Wind” for the ‘Reanimated’ show @giantrobotstore.bsky.social✨ This is a study of the film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Studio Ghibli. ⭐️SOLD⭐️ . watercolor & ink | 12”x8”

“Valley of the Wind” for the ‘Reanimated’ show @giantrobotstore.bsky.social✨ This is a study of the film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Studio Ghibli. ⭐️SOLD⭐️ . watercolor & ink | 12”x8”

I created a set of Naked Mole Rat pins for @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social pin club for July! Watch the episode below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDmJ...

Hello #PortfolioDay, I’m Cleonique Hilsaca, an illustrator with a fondness for world-building, character design, and mythology. I love bringing whimsical ideas to life! My work can be found in picture books, board games, galleries, and beyond~ ⭐ www.cleonique.com 💌 [email protected]

I’m super duper late…but happy #KidLitArtPostcardDay for July✨💌 I would love to work on more books~ I’m represented by Nicole Tugeau at Tugeau 2 Agency~ . Painting created for the Tugeau 2 Agency art prompt ‘Pages Come to Life’! Inspired by “Kiki’s Delivery Service” by Eiko Kadono 🐈‍⬛ #kidlitart

One of my favorite spreads from my thesis project “Home is a Dream”, where I painted the view of Tegucigalpa from my house in El Picacho✨🌳 . watercolor & ink on paper | 8”x16” . #kidlitart #illustration

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Storytime special event at Barnes & Noble Duluth! Join us for stories, kids' activities and book signing on Wednesday July 9th at 10:00 @cleonique.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @brianbiggsstudio.bsky.social #disneybooks stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006... #duluth #minnesota

“Georgia Peaches” 🍑 for the show ‘Locals Only’ at ABV Gallery! I painted Georgia peaches being eaten by the monarch butterfly caterpillar, a symbol of immigration. As a Honduran immigrant, Georgia is my US home~ ⭐️SOLD⭐️ . watercolor & ink on wood | 16”x16” #fineart #painting #watercolor #ink

“Visiting Van Gogh”🌻 A comic exercise made a couple of years ago in ink and watercolor about my visit to Saint Remy many more years ago. . #comic #analogmedia #watercolor #ink

I’m restarting my substack today: a diary-like space for me to learn and grow as an artist. Read here: myinkcastle.substack.com/p/what-now?s...

I’m restarting my substack today: a diary-like space for me to learn and grow as an artist. Read here: myinkcastle.substack.com/p/what-now?s...

I am available for freelance editorial work! I have worked with Scientific American, Il Corriere della Sera, Storytime, and others. If interested in hiring me, please reach out✨ . ⭐ www.cleonique.com 💌 [email protected]

Sketch inspired by Jessie Willcox Smith’s painting “Little Jack Horner in a Corner Eating a Christmas Pie”✨🍰 . Watercolor & ink . #sketchbook #kidlitart

Sketch of my next little painting~

World Ocean Day AND National Kids Day! Celebrate with #childrensbooks about the #ocean! Find fun #childrensactivities and learn about #oceananimals at www.booksbycharlotte.com/about-3 Dream Submarine from @candlewickpress.bsky.social @cleonique.bsky.social #worldoceanday #nationalkidsday

Happy World Ocean Day AND National Kids Day! Celebrate with with the Dream Submarine ocean animals matching game on my website: www.booksbycharlotte.com/about-3 @candlewickpress.bsky.social @cleonique.bsky.social #worldoceanday #worldoceansday #nationalkidsday #ocean #childrensactiviites

Happy #WorldOceansDay ✨🐳 Illustration created for Dream Submarine written by @charlottegunnufson.bsky.social and published by @candlewickpress.bsky.social ~

Buying my book (that my publisher just informed me they’re all but stopping supporting 😭) is one of the cheapest ways to get some of incredible human artist, @cleonique.bsky.social’s artwork! www.schulerbooks.com/book/9781576...