still quite fond of these character classes I did for The Hidden Isle: the Swindler and the Scholar

Midsummer Magic ✨

It's #kidlitartpostcard day and spring keeps springing! 🌼 I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator based in France fond of painting animals, nature & folk tales. Looking for new projects (PB, MG, covers & +)! 🖥️ victoriamaderna.com ✉️ [email protected] Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social

a reminder for all of my fellow dehydrated babes 🚰 #art #cuteart

Hello, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Yara, I’m a mixed-media illustrator, who’s also writing stories. Dear art directors and editors, I’m open for kidlit, nonfic, MG and YA projects. ✏️ odnatamyara.com Represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social

I'm quite enjoying doing simpler drawings on my ipad atm.☀️ This was an old sketch from 2020 that I redrew to get more used to procreate.

When skating is the last thing that can make all those dark clouds go away...

Scribble distraction of my Thing 😔

Working on the Hollowed Night #3 (yipee) and staring at @ladysantos.bsky.social 's character designs to feel inspired!!

✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨ 💼:tanishacherislin.com ✉️:[email protected] #PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart

Looking for a ~good~ magical boarding school book series for your kids/nieces/nephews? Look no further 🖤 The Labyrinth of Souls series is suitable for middle grade readers who like creepy stuff, magic, and mayhem!

I’ve been in a really weird head space lately, just kind of odd. Thinking about my little candle folks and just trying to get by.

A hair style photo reference library 🙂‍↕️🙏 afroindex.org

From the first trailer of "Forgotten Island" (Dreamworks Animation). Directed by Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado. Inspired by Filipino folklore. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RH...

This looks super cute!

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

“Discussion of gender is not sexualization… [nor making] books available to students that represent the diversity of their experiences. Such an interpretation says far more about the adults and the perspectives they’re applying to books than it does about the books or their intended audiences.”

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

I used to use detectors before realizing they are also basically LLMs and hallucinate answers just like any other LLM

From all the middle grade covers I've done so far I (and therefore manuscripts I've read) Ally's "This Appearing house" is still one of my favorites. It's about experiencing cancer and grief as a kid and have that all packaged in a truly scary but emotional story.💛

On September 15th the first book of the Riley Dare Trilogy by MK England will release. A story about Escape rooms, D&D and Secret Agents, that I drew the cover for.😊

On March 3rd 2026 "ABBA" releases, a Little Golden Book I've worked on 2 years ago.

This january The Little Golden Book Beatles Baby edition released, which shows the colors a bit more nicely than the original version because it’s printed on shiny cardboard. (I totally don’t know the correct term for that )

I drew a chapter for @joshtierney.bsky.social 's comic Warmblood which you can find here: warmbloodcomic.com

I'm the worst at posting things I've done ( I don't know why) so let's just do a few little updates right now: The Ripple Effect by Rebecca Caprara released on February 18 2025, but I forgot to mention it here.

Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale. So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Happy book birthday to Broken Dolls! I was honored to draw the jacket illustration for Ally's third book and because AD David pretty much gives me free rein I took the chance to also illustrate Ally's author pic again, hehe. 👻

"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories. EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS. Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.

Loved this Kirkus Review of Broken Dolls “The climax gives young readers a blood-free taste of body horror, and a final stinger keeps the chills alive.” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

If you’re looking for a very talented and professional illustrator/colorist check out Adrian‘s portfolio! Comes highly recommended!

work for hire is fucking insidious, maybe one of the worst "industry norms" we have. If you're getting treated like disney owns your ass they should have to pay your medical bills and recognize unions too

If you're a traditionally-published middle grade author with a MG book being published between now and December 2025 that has LGBTQIA+ representation, please tell me about it! I'm making a 2025 masterlist and want to make sure I'm not leaving anything or anyone out! 💖 #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit

I went through my folders of personal art (most of it I don't share anymore) but I found this one I liked. A little b&w illu I did in my free time of a scene in The Whisperwicks 1, which I illustrated the french book cover for.

Folks, when you are hiring an artist for a commercial project try not to think about the cost as a total price but break it down into weekly pay for potentially a month or two. All of a sudden their quote of 2K or whatever aint much for 6 weeks of work. We all got bills to pay unfortunately.

IT'S JUNETEENTH! There is still so much fucking work to do in this country to clean up the blood it was built on and so many reparations owed. One of the small ways we can help is actively seeking out, hiring, supporting and buying from Black artists. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Good morning friends. This kid is spot on 👏🏼💙

As a heads up: A story in three parts. Watch out for this from topetegu dot Bluesky dot social. No doubt they got hacked. It’s a known scam.

Respectfully. If I see any generative AI in a videogame even if it's just one asset, well acclaimed or just getting kickstarted, then unfortunately no, they're not getting my time or my money. Solidarity with creatives means maintaining that integrity no matter what. Our work is not a freeforall

IT'S DONE! Do you use CSP or Photoshop? If you use CSP here's the thing! If you use Photoshop, Let me know I'll send you the File

Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address [email protected] 🧵1/8

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

Incredibly important video right now:

Trump’s trying to gut funding for libraries: you can fight back with ALA. The President's executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services would be deeply harmful. We need to speak out. Take action NOW: tell Congress to protect library funding. bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Google joins the call to gut our legal protections, pushing for a world where Big Tech gets to profit from all your innovations & works for free, and that theft is ok’d by law. No joke IF they get this, the US will likely face irreparable harm as pivotal creative economies crash.