Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I wanted to take my Unhaunters into a non-terrifying urban monster experience for fall & was inspired by a laneway walk. I'm an experienced cartoonist, illustrator & educator seeking representation for my graphic novels, middle grade, beginning reader & picture books.

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I’m Brian Kirby, I write and illustrate humorous stories for kids (and their caregivers). Website - BrianKirbyStudio.com Agent - @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social #kidlit

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids. 🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟 Portfolio - charlenechua.com#kidlitartpostcardAgent - Tracy Marchini #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #PB #GN #chapterbooks #boardbooks

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! I illustrate books for children. I love creating happy art full of nature and animals and people enjoying life. #kidlit #kidlitart #Illustration #Picturebooks #BoardBooks #MG #PositiveArt

The Sturgeon Moon was especially brilliant far away from the city lights 🌕✨ #reservefauniquedemastigouche #sturgeonmoon #camping #fullmoon #art

One of the sites we stayed in on this trip was beside a swiftly flowing river with an old wooden bridge The slats were far apart, water rushed over rocks beneath it, the sun-bleached wood bounced as we walked. On the other side I found the most magical thing: the sparkly new beginnings of a story ✨

Seeing a blue jay land nearby is always a stop-what-you’re-doing-and-watch moment 💙✨ #birds #bluejay #ink #illustration

I’ve wanted a dragon tattoo for a very long time, and I’m totally in love with this amazing collab between my incredibly creative friend Maia and the equally talented @bekmurrell (@witchhazeltattoo)! Maia created the original design and Bek added their signature style to it, laying it down in ink 🖤✨

This is my latest collage. I’m having so much fun with these! 😃✨ #collage #art #surrealism

I guess you could say I love ravens 🐦‍⬛✨ #ravens #birds #illustration

May we all find ways to contribute to the flourishing of humanity, this weekend and always. Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🩷🩵🤍🌈🌤️✨ #pride

We just came back home from camping. This time, everywhere I looked, I saw faces in the trees ✨ #illustration #trees #faces

See a fox, post a fox! 🦊 #art #fox #illustration #alcoholink

Worried publishers won’t want that children’s book you’re writing on an issue of the day? Please go ahead and write it—the world needs it more than ever! #freelanceeditor #writer #writingtips #publishingtips #writingcommunity #itsalwaysacrapshootanyway #mightaswellgiveitashot #kidlit #writingforkids

When you’ve never done collage but you have a friend who loves to push you out of your artistic comfort zone. Why have I never done this before? It’s a lot of fun! ✨ #birds #collage #art

I’ve been in a bit of a creative dry spell lately. Sometimes you just gotta go back to what you know 🩶 #illustration #trees #moon

All of my LGBTQ2IA+ friends inspire me to embrace myself, to love others freely, and to create safe spaces wherever I am. I see you, I appreciate you, and I support you 100% Thank you for being in my life! Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷🩵🖤🤎🤍 #pride

Drawing in hair always scares me. But this person’s do turned out pretty fun! 🤩 #portrait #alcoholink #illustration #hair

I’m learning some tricks along the way. Alcohol ink markers tend to be streaky because they create beautiful lines as they blend and spread out, which is usually the desired result. But sometimes you don’t want lines. I think I’ll take a break now, mostly because I’m afraid of adding hair 😩 #newbie

My ♥️ and 🧠 have been chaotic lately and I haven’t been able to create. I got up just before 4 this morning to write some of that chaos on paper. So it can have the space to breathe on its own. And then I painted. Sometimes good things unexpectedly grow from the rubble of our chaos. #mentalhealth

Now to try something completely different while I decide which bird to paint next 🐵✨ #chimpanzee #humanart #ink #illustration

Friends do the heart good ♥️

I’m on the lookout for unique birds and I think this hoatzin totally qualifies! 🐦🌾 #birds #hoatzin #humanart #illustration #dinosaur

Well this guy was supposed to be a Shoebill, but, like my husband said, he looks more like that bird on the Muppets 😃🦅 (plus, I’m always so hard on my poor art supplies 😞) #birds #art #humanart #pastels

Ooohhh don’t these pastels look so yummy?? I used to work with them many, many years ago and I just got the itch this past week to try them again. A *very* different medium than alcohol inks so I’m anticipating a steep re-learning curve. Let’s see what happens … #humanart #illustration #pastels

Morning after election thoughts … Many, many thanks to our American friends who cared so much about the outcome of our election. And for caring that we remain an independent nation! ♥️🇨🇦♥️

Trump is so unpopular that he lost an election in another country that he was not running in.

A few more Saturday morning snails in bubbles … 🫧🐌🫧 #bubbles #snail #humanartist #art

The other day I accidentally drew a snail in a bubble. Today I did it on purpose. Somehow I feel snails and bubbles belong together 🫧🐌🫧 #bubbles #snail #humanartist #art

These two might be friends. And they might be up to no good ✨🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛✨ #birds #raven #humanartist #art

Not a raven, but a corvid nonetheless. And a cute little snail floating by in a bubble. A total afterthought because I roll with mistakes and try to make the best of them … 🐌🫧 #birds #magpie #humanartist #art

I’ve got a crystal hanging in the window of our back room and the afternoon sun sends rainbows through it. They dance on the floor and on the walls. Here, I’ve captured one in the moon 🌈🌕 #birds #raven #trees #moon #rainbow #humanartist

A cheeky little fella ✨🐦‍⬛✨ #birds #raven #humanartist #ink

I didn’t like birds when I was a kid. Their chirps and squawks were unsettling to me. But now I can’t get enough of them. What fascinating creatures they are! ✨🐦‍⬛✨ #birds #raven #humanartist #art

RavensWorld continued … ✨🐦‍⬛✨ #birds #ravens #humanartist #ink

Another chonky raven for my new RavensWorld collection ✨🐦‍⬛✨ #birds #raven #humanartist #art

My friend Kari is an incredible nature photographer. So when she said for a challenge I could try painting a brown creeper as part of a knot in a tree, I just couldn’t resist! Well, it’s not exactly a knot — it’s more like *the tree*. But still … 😊✨ #birds #browncreeper #trees #humanart

A dear friend asked me to paint something about this: “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43‬:‭18‬-‭19‬ ‭

I adore mushrooms so I wanted to include one in my Woman of the Woods series 🍄✨ #mushrooms #womanofthewoods #humanartist #illustration

Empathy is not humanity’s greatest weakness. It’s our greatest power. Feel the feelings and be generous in your thoughts toward yourself and others. We all need to extend and receive kindness more, not less. Imagine what would be possible if we did #empathy #humanity #power

Birds lend themselves wonderfully to the imagination ✨ 🐦‍⬛ ✨ #birds #ravensworld #art #illustration

My own “starter pack” because I hate ai. I’m not a traditional illustrator so I wasn’t going to participate, but then I thought why the heck not? Thanks to all the other human artists who are taking over this trend for the inspo! #humanart #illustration

I'm Stan Yan. When I'm not working on my own projects, I'm open to illustrating PBs and MG or YA #bookcovers. I'm repped by Ann Rose @annmrose at @TheTobiasAgency My #coverart portfolio: www.stanyan.me/covers My #kidlitart portfolio: www.stanyan.me/kidlit#bookcovers.#coverart#kidlitart#portfolioday

Have to say goodbye to this superpup today, after 17 years of love and laughter. Can’t even imagine life without her 💔

So how about a … PeaTree? 🦚🌳 #peacock #trees #birds #ink #illustration #art

Last time I took uni courses a prof said to me: “You’ve written a great deal. Now please answer the question.” They clearly didn’t appreciate my flair for creative writing! 😂 Today I started a creative writing certificate and I’m so happy creativity is the whole point! 🎉✨👊🏻 #writing #creativewriting

#poetrymonth #womeninpoetry #art #poetry #illustration

We know some birds live in trees, but what if birds *were* trees? 🦉✨ #birds #owl #tree #illustration #art #ink

I was so happy to do this personalized commission for an author’s birthday — the book titles are theirs! 😃 It means the world to me when someone enjoys my art and trusts my process. Their joy is my joy 💛✨ #books #kidlit #art #illustration

I mean, a raven tree was bound to happen sooner or later … 🐦‍⬛✨ #raven #tree #birds #ink