If I get this job I will love my chungus life

reminiscing about that very specific era where you’d go to the mall with your friends, visit the Apple Store and take photo booth pictures

✨🌷good things can happen🌷✨

Little sketchbook painting, gnome dog on a stump log

hi #portfolioday I'm Valerie Nelson! I'm a Graphic Designer and Illustrator making kid-friendly graphics for books, packaging, and products. I'm currently on the lookout for more work in children's books, play products, or paper goods! 💌[email protected] 🌷valerie-nelson.com

#nestober day 3 is #flame 🔥 little mock cards of fireplaces with different mantles doodled in

day 2 of #nestober with the word #tea Little ghost pup taking a tea break after a long day of ghosting

piece inspired by #nest, day 1 of #nestober 🪺

gonna be at staples during the rapture, idk why but feels right

little dog paint doodles #painting #sketch #kidlitart

snailpup diaries #1: I am snootiful (snail beautiful)

baby wario!!! #babywario #nintendodirect

personal picture book WIP 🌻🐌 #kidlitart #wip

Why yes I do funny little animal doodles but did you know I ALSO paint original fancy watercolor pet portraits? 🐩 I'd love to paint your sweet critter 🐈 valspetportraits.cargo.site #watercolor #petportrait

remembering my sweet furbaby, phillip ❤️❤️ love and miss him forever

No offense, but things should get better, instead of constantly worse

happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi I’m Valerie, I like to make heartfelt cozy and silly characters. I’m a graphic designer turned illustrator previously working with a lot of kids brands but now aiming to illustrate picture books ✨☁️ snailerie.co #kidlit #illustration #seekingrepresentation

short story about taking that scary leap 🌑✨☁️

what I’ve been trying to tell myself 🥲🪄

little one admiring a tall sunflower 🌻 #drawing #sketch

sending thoughts from afar 🌙 #kidlitart

manifesting lovely and steady work as it’s been very up and down recently 🩷

Trying to get better (and have more fun) with painting

there are so! many! incredible artists aaa!!!!! it takes a such a specific level of emotional acuity to be able to adore the beauty and talent in others works while also being confident in my own 🥲

Guys this book is gorgeous please help them get funded!!! It ends in 4 days! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul...

Hi #portfolioday 💐 I'm Valerie! I have nearly a decade of experience as a print & branding designer (mostly for kid's craft brands), but I'd really love more opportunities in storybook and character illustration! 💌[email protected] linktr.ee/snailerie

I look to this piece by Seth Tobocman and keep it to my heart when I need it

Hi #kidlitartpostcard ! I’m Valerie 🌷 I’m a graphic-designer-turned-illustrator with an affinity for drawing colorful critters and silly words 🌝 #illustration #lookingforrepresentation

*david lynch voice* And if youuuuu cannnnn believe it! I’m feeling nostalgic once again

you have a right to be angry

Watercoloring my love (Phillip the guinea pig)

I want a labubu in the same way that I want literally any cute lil fluffy guy on a keychain, I’m not picky

bringing this puppy back #illustration #kidlitart

my fellow freelance designers, illustrators, and creatives: is there a time management / calendar app / platform that genuinely helps keep you and your projects organized? and/or/also should I just get a physical planner / calendar (I didn’t get one this year and maybe that’s why I’m struggling lol)

neotropical dreams #kidlitart #illustration

little friend 🌝🌼

I just had the thought of putting some dill on a hot dog and calling it a dildog

summertime critter cards 🌴

Raising funds for Rainbow Peeps in Aotearoa the greatest country on earth by doing 21mins exercise every day 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

i've been making a mental list of horrible deceptive UI design that exists in our daily internet lives, but maybe i should channel this into my first ever youtube video being a rant about common deceiving/annoying UI patterns. i feel the need to scream about it somewhere other than the void

Had the lovely opportunity to make art alongside dozens of other artists, musicians, poets, etc, for the “Health Is Life” Creative Jam! What can the world look like if we have health equity? If we don’t have to produce in order to survive? If our basic needs are met? #HealthIsLife #CreativeJam

sketchbook doodles

just once again thinking about creatives who could make revolutionary and beautiful art if they weren’t in survival mode

self portrait kinda

pretty soon it’s going to be “tariffs only on little girls toys” and we’ll all finally see the truth that the entire us government is run by stinky boy toddlers

some doodles all hanging out with eachother

just want to draw lil squishy fellas all the time

Ugh when I see incredibleeeeee artists/designers unemployed and looking for work I feel even worse in my own looking-for-work situation. We should ALL be supported and thriving but it’s so frustrating that we are all competing for the same crumbs

I truly could not handle a version of the Pitt within an animal hospital but I can’t help but giggle at the idea of the doctors saying things like “beef stroganoff, 5 years old, broken leg” so seriously

Up in the Air 🪐🌕🌑🦡 A little piece about navigating taking care of a sick fur baby #nationalpetday #guineapig