Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! ✨ Hello! I’m DeAndra and I’m looking for work in pb, cb, and YA covers! I love working on books about inspirational people, community, culture, history, and education. 💌 For book inquiries, please contact my agent: [email protected] 💻 www.deandrahodge.com

Couldn’t wait to hop on this trend 📚✏️✨ #kidlit

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BAYARD RUSTIN 📞🪧 Bayard Rustin was a political activist for civil rights, socialism, non violence, and gay rights. He’s best known as the organizer for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. #blackhistorymonth

Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work- Children 📚✨ I’m officially an NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator!! AHHHH!!!! Thank you so much, NAACP Image Awards! #kidlit

MAYA ANGELOU 📚 Maya Angelou was a poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist born in St. Louis, Missouri. She’s published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist known as the “Godmother of Rock-And-Roll.” She’s one of the first gospel musicians to become a major recording artist. She influenced early rock n roll musicians like Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes everyone!! ❤️❤️❤️

TWENTY EIGHT!! ✨♒️🎉

Happy Black History Month!! ✊🏾✨ Kicking off the month with an illustration of heavyweight boxing champion, activist, and cultural icon Muhammad Ali. 💥🥊 #blackhistorymonth #illustration

Absolutely speechless! Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work! I’m so proud of this book Allen Wells and I created. Congratulations also to the other amazing books nominated in this category! www.ebony.com/57th-annual-...

Habari Gani! Happy Kwanzaa! 🖤❤️💚 (An illustration for a puzzle I illustrated for @puzzlesofcolor last year ✨) #illustration

Merry Christmas Eve and Happy Holidays! 🎄#illustration

My #artvsartist 2025! 👩🏾‍🎨 It’s so crazy to see how much my artwork (and I!) have grown since I began posting my work in 2020. Here’s to seeing what 2026 has in store! ✨ #illustration #kidlit #design

Hopping on Flora’s (@flaroh on IG) color of the year trend ✨ This was such a fun trend, I loved coming up with names for these colors in my artwork! Which one’s your favorite? Don’t ask me to pick cause I definitely can’t 🫣 lol #illustration

Merry and Bright ✨ #illustration

Getting work as a freelancer can feel extremely daunting if you don’t know where to start. Here are the most common ways I’ve found freelance work as an illustrator and designer ✏️✨ ⬇️ #freelance

‪Hello #kidlitartpostcard! ❄️If you have a story for me, I'd love to work with you! ❄️I’m repped by Lynnette Novak at @seymouragency.bsky.social View more of my work here www.gortmanillustration.com Happy holidays!

Happy holiday festive time! For #kidlitartpostcard I drew the main characters from my tween graphic novel project in crafty “ugly sweaters.” They’re both collectors, so I imagined them laughing in a corner of the secondhand shop where she works, sifting through old buttons. SadeeSchilling.com

Last #KidLitArtPostcard of the year! 🎄 Hello Art Directors, I’m DeAndra and I’m looking for work in picture books, chapter books, YA covers and general illustration projects! Find more of my work at www.deandrahodge.com Rep’d by Christy Tugeau Ewers at The CAT Agency, Inc.

“The Hands that Make” Happy Thanksgiving, and thank you to all the people spending their time making the yummy foods we eat! #thanksgiving

I try to be honest with people who ask me about what it’s like to be a freelancer. While there’s lots of benefits to it, there’s also things that make it hard. What are some things you hate about freelancing? #freelancing

A couple of birthday cards I designed/illustrated. The cowboy ones are based on some fun prompts I got from Goodtype

Today, I’m sharing five things I LOVE about freelancing! If you’re a freelancer, let me know what you love about freelancing below! ✨

When I was 8, I missed out on trick-treating cause I had the flu on Halloween. But thanks to my mom and my older brother, I still had a really fun Halloween! This comic is based on that memory. Happy Halloween! 🎃 ⬇️

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! ✨ Hello Art Directors, I’m DeAndra and I’m looking for work in picture books, chapter books, YA covers and general illustration projects! Find more of my work at www.deandrahodge.com Rep’d by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency, Inc.

Art Study Painting by Jacob Lawrence #illustration

Heads up! Redbubble is having a flash sale: 25% off site wide! ✨ If you’re looking for fun and unique greeting card designs, I have a lot you can choose from! Take a look ✨ www.redbubble.com/people/DeAnd...

Some old Reading Rainbow/ LeVar Burton fanart I did a while back. Super excited for the reboot series with Mychal Threets ✨#illustration

Head full of bobos ✨ Drawn with some of the new Procreate brushes! #procreate #art #illustration

Happy Book Birthday Let’s Get Together! 🎉✨ bookshop.org/a/99839/9780... #kidlit

A silly pattern inspired by my lunch 🐟 ✨ #surfacepatterndesign #illustration

Happy Grandparents Day ! An old favorite of mine from a few years ago ✨ I always imagine them listening to "In a Sentimental Mood" by Duke Ellington. #kidlit #illustration

Happy National Read a Book Day! 📚✨ Illustrations from the DC Public Library Discover Summer Program

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! ✨ Hello Art Directors, I’m DeAndra and I’m looking for work in picture books, chapter books, YA covers and general illustration projects! Find more of my work at www.deandrahodge.com Rep’d by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency.

“Let’s Get Together” comes out Sep 9th and @barnesandnoble.com is having a 25% off sale on ALL pre-orders starting Sep 3rd until the 5th!

“You must be a friend,” said Corduroy, “I’ve always wanted a friend.” “Me too!” said Lisa, and gave him a big hug. #kidlit

Halloween is coming! Halloween Friends, illustrated by @deandrahodge.bsky.social is part of my Brown Baby Parade series. It’s just right for tiny trick-or-treaters! #halloween #boardbooks @randomhousekids.bsky.social bookshop.org/p/books/hall...

One last summer illustration before the seasons over with! ☀️ This one is based on my older brother and I. I have a hyper specific memory from the summer we stayed with our grandma in Maryland (I believe I was 6 and he was 13).

I design baseball merch (for fun!) ⚾️ Read more on my Substack! open.substack.com/pub/deandrah...

I have sadly been hit by the lay off bug. Currently seeking any Freelance, Contract, or Full Time work! linktr.ee/CasWassHere

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ! Hi there I’m Emma. I'm a kids book author/illustrator in the UK. I’m rep'd by my wonderful agent Lorna Hemingway @belllomaxmoreton
 www.emmalatham.com :-D #kidlitart #KidLitArtPostcardDay #picturebookart #authorillustrator #childrensillustration #kidsillustration

#KidLitArtPostcard day snuck up on me and I'm going to repost an old piece—but it's one that delights me! Looking to illustrate picture books with bright colors, big feelings, whimsy, and fun! 🎨 sparklemarkers.com Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Mazie, an illustrator/cartoonist/writer from Canada. I like writing stories about magic, but I’m also looking to illustrate stories besides my own, from picture books to middle grade! I have experience in comics, but want to branch out to all kidlit!

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Mirka, an illustrator who loves to draw animals and cute kids. I'm open to new picture and board book projects. I've also done nonfiction and graphic novels. Portfolio: mirkah.com/pbillustration I'm represented by @laurelsymonds.bsky.social at KT Literary. #kidlit

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard ☀️ I’m looking for picture book, chapter book, and covers! I love adding a creative flair to nonfiction/biographical work and stories with lots of fun and diverse characters! I’m rep’d by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency 💌: [email protected] 💻: www.deandrahodge.com

Here’s a look at some of the sketches for Let’s Get Together ✨ I love the final cover but it’s always fun to look back at all the different versions the team and I came up with. Which one is your favorite? Let’s Get Together comes out September 9th and is available on Pre-order now!

Don’t you hate it when your little siblings won’t leave your room? (It’s me, I’m the younger sibling 🤭) #illustration

How I’m feeling after finishing the edits on this personal project

✨COVER REVEAL✨ I’m so excited about this very cute book I got to illustrate the cover for, “Let’s Get Together” by Brandy Colbert. Coming out September 9th this year! Published by HarperCollins Publishers