I just signed up for the SCBWI winter conference and I'm super excited (and nervous) to actually go out and meet people.

This week has been particularly trying for a lot of reasons but I also feel this surge of good things approaching. Hope finds a way.

Updating some character designs to make ages a bit younger. I love these Star Catcher characters and I can’t wait to develop them more! #kidlitart #illustrator #picturebooks #childrensbookillustrator

I’m going to the scout family camp for my son’s Cub Scout troop overnight tonight and while I’m excited for a nice little camping trip I wish it was a little less structured. Just let me sit in the trees and draw for a minute 😂

Yesterday I added another piece to my portfolio and said to myself, “wow, I’m actually almost there.”

My favorite season is here 😌🍂 #art #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit

It's so hard to casually post about art when the world has lost it's mind.

Finally finished this little guy after completely restarting. Sometimes it's the best solution. #kidlitart #illustration

If you see this, post your purple art 💜 #kidlitart #illustration

Sleep is good. #kidlitart #illustration #picturebooks

I really want to paint some chickens in my sketchbook today.

Ohio has weather in the low 70s this week and it’s so perfect.

I just set up the move for my childhood piano from my parents to my house and I’m beyond thrilled. 🎹

I’m so tired of people acting like these awesome caring people online when they’re actually terrible in real life.

Waking up to a thunderstorm is wonderful.

Just over here trying to keep my shit together while the world falls apart.

I’ve finally finished a sketch for my next traditional piece! Wish me luck because I can’t stop double tapping when I use a real pencil. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #wip

I really really like this sketch that I'm working on but I want to do it traditionally and I am afraid.

Day 6 is check. Just a simple doggo for today! #doggust #dogsinaugust #doggust2025 #kidlit #illustration

Day 6 is belly rub. I always love a fluffy little corgi. #doggust #dogsinaugust #kidlit #doggust2025 #illustration

I thrive in cool fall weather like you wouldn’t believe. Summer is my personal enemy.

Day 3 is Bone. I love this little guy a lot. There's something satisfying about drawing a German Shepherd. #doggust2025 #kidlit #illustration #dogsinaugust

Doggust Day 2 is Sit! #doggust2025 #doggust #kidlit #illustration

It's August 1st and time for #doggust2025! I'm planning on working from the alternate list and posting these of these guys a week. Can't wait to see what everyone else makes! #dogsinaugust #illustration #kidlitart

My #doggust drawings from last year are currently on sale! I'd love to find some homes for these guys to make room for the new ones. Any and all love is appreciated. :) www.andreazupcsan.com/shop

Deadline looming! Banner Contest submissions are due MONDAY, JULY 21st! #SCBWIOhioNorth encourages #Ohio #kidlit illustrators to submit a new website banner image. Info & submission form: www.scbwi.org/regions/ohio... #Kidlit #scbwi Thanks to our previous winner @andreazupcsan.bsky.social

Why does planning dinner every night have to be so grueling?

Weird religious lines in your bio are a red flag.

I’m almost done with one of my sketchbooks and the idea of making the next one an intentionally messy sketchbook sounds really fun.

Still working through this little Dino princess. Capturing the movement of the sketch is hard sometimes. (But also, look at that derpy little Dino that came out MUCH better.) #kidlit #dinosaurs #childrensbooks #illustration

It’s time to update our website banner - with a CONTEST! Deadline is MONDAY, JULY 21st! Many thanks to 2023 winner @andreazupcsan.bsky.social for her lovely banner of kids swimming in Lake Erie! #SCBWIOhioNorth encourages #Ohio #kidlit illustrators to submit. INFO: www.scbwi.org/regions/ohio...

Making sure people are cared for and able to live a good life isn’t a “for-profit” endeavor.

Reminder that I have a Scottish Deerhound friend available in my shop along with a few other #doggust doggies. Can't wait to make more this year! #scottishdeerhound #dogdrawing #illustration

My 3 year old daughter: Mommy, can you help me make a fish? Me: Of course! What kind of fish do you want? Daughter: An emo fish. Me: An… emo fish? Daughter: *starts to cry* I want an emooooo fishhhh.

The parents day episode of Hey Arnold never fails to make me almost cry.

I’ll take rain over this heat advisory anytime Ohio.

I call this Dinosaur Princess. My daughter is a bit intense with her stuffies. #kidlitart #illustration

My wild child dinosaur princess. Can’t wait to paint this one. #kidlitart

🩷💜💙 #art

Join #SCBWI Ohio-North for our April Manuscript Critique Night tonight TUESDAY 5/27. Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/may-m... Bring a manuscript, come to offer feedback, or just listen! It’s good company with constructive input. #scbwi #kidlit This month’s art by @andreazupcsan.bsky.social

I'm obsessed with drawing little cottages! #art #illustration

Throw back to when I was first messing around with chickens. This is just so loose and goofy I can't help but like it.

A late happy mother's day :) #kidlit #sketchbook #illustration

I have so much art I want to make but my 3 year old is sleeping on me and there’s not much that’s more perfect than that.

Dino and bird stickers are always available in my shop. Cute water bottle friends are necessary in these trying times. #kidlitart #stickers #birds

Me reading at breakfast: My 7 year old: Mom, what’s the title of your book mean? Me: On Tyranny? Well tyranny is- My husband: here we go.

I love these prints so much. The texture makes the grumpy eyebrows so much better. 🎣 #lakeerie #fish #illustration