Artist’s life is a never ending hustle. It’s exhausting. But how awesome that I get to point to this stuff and call it work. #illustrator #teachingartist #muralist

Here’s my birthday wish—that this country’s bigoted book banning be quashed. Please sign this petition. Don't let the American government decide what books you and your family are allowed to read. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

How to make an Origami Fortune Cookie! buff.ly/AoFiNIu @pragmaticmom @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @kongsavage.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #picturebook #fortunecookie #origami #activity #AAPI #history #foodhistory

Let your EYE-deas grow in their own time. Sooner or TATER you'll see success. How do I produce so much and work so fast? Years (and years!) of practice and figuring it out. Bloom late. Share this with someone who needs some encouragement. #inspirationalquotes #kidlit #encouragement #potatolove

In FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE! by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social w/art by @kongsavage.bsky.social, history of the fortune cookie is woven into a story shared by a grandmother over a family meal. Culture & cuisine collide in an entertaining & fact filled book. @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍🏻

If you've ever been curious about how fortune cookies came to be, then may I suggest: FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social and @kongsavage.bsky.social! It's beautifully written and illustrated, and there were a lot of things that surprised me. Check it out! 🥠 #kidlit

So delighted to present character design workshops to help kick off @qplnyc.bsky.social ‘s Dog Man Reading Challenge. Behold! A few heroes, villains, monsters concocted by kid artists! #edusky #teachingartist

So delighted to present character design workshops to help kick off Queens Public Library’s Dog Man Reading Challenge. Behold! Heroes, villains, monsters concocted by kid artists! #edusky

Painted Eric Carle’s beloved BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? into a mural at Lexington School for the Deaf? Thank you, Lexington, for welcoming Plushie and me w good vibes❤️. Made possible thru Queens Arts Fund, presented by NYFA & NYC DCLA, & materials fr Thrive Collective. #edusky #kidlit

Today is My Book Birthday for FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE! + 5 Signed Book GIVEAWAY! buff.ly/mco1hAV via @pragmaticmom @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @kongsavage.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #bookbirthday #giveaway #picturebook

An interview w @pragmaticmom.bsky.social to mark the BOOK BIRTHDAY🎉 of our new title FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE!

“At Home in the City” is up at Queens Public Library, Central! Me n my crew of 3-12 yo artists made this for ProjectArt at Forest Hills QPL. This is what my art looks like when I wear my 2 hats at same time—collage as kidlit illustrator, collaboration & big scale as community muralist. #edusky

Welcome to your week. 🩰 #violetlemay #illustration #kidlitart #amwriting #kidlit #picturebook #ballet #dance #bunhead #mbartists #ballerina

Our annual summer corn picking with daycare friends 🌽 Freshly picked corn is so sweet you can eat it raw! Even little boy (almost 2) couldn’t stop munching . #kidlit #kidlitart #summerilluatration #illustration #summervibes

Brave Girl Practice #kidlitart #kidlit

First time i got a mural wall all to myself 😊 to paint whatever I wanna Hester & Eldridge Streets in NYC #mural

This is teaching. Year 23 has been dark. I teach art in a failing, funding starved, segregated, broken school. We don't worry about book banning: we have a library with empty shelves. in my city, schools are waiting rooms for prisons. Trying to brave the storm. #kidlitart #edusky

A few spreads to share. Slowly coming to a finish with my book. This book has been such a fun personal journey and I can’t wait to share it. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #kidlitmegafeed

🎉 Lee & Low Books is celebrating 50 years of Children's Book Press! 💻Visit leeandlow.com & use discount code CBP50 at checkout through Feb. 28, 2025 for 25% off any Children's Book Press titles!

🎨 This weeks illustrator spotlight highlights @kongsavage.bsky.social Colleen is represented by @carynwiseman.bsky.social . She is open to picture books, chapter books, and interiors, including nonfiction. Colleen's Illustrator Page Get Spotlights in Your Inbox

Watercolor experiments w 4-12 yos. What happens when you sprinkle in salt? Can we move paint w no brush (maybe not great idea to blow paint around w straws in cold/flu season but gosh that was fun)? Began dioramas fr watercolor swatches. So much fun. And mess. 🤪 #EduSky #teachingartist

Hello! I am a printmaker and aspiring children’s book #illustrator hoping to connect with other illustrators, agents, and art directors here on Bluesky. I love creating playful images using bold colors and shapes, often inspired by nature, animals, and Japanese culture. #kidlitart #scbwi

I’ve been thinking about lost childhood toys recently, and wanted to draw a little guy waiting patiently to be found by his friend🐻🌿 #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks #scbwi #amillustrating

One of Janet & Allan Ahlberg’s lesser-know books from 1979. (Sorry about spoiler at the end)

This ART habit, which suited my introverted self as a kid, now pushes me out and about in the world as an adult. It has become the main way I connect with new people. Here's some images from 2024—kid lit art, murals, collages, and exploration in procreate. #artvsartist #kidlit.

How many of you out there know how to knit? I haven’t the slightest idea. It would be one big knot. Happy #kidlitartpostcard day. My name is Mark Hoffmann and I’m a kidlit author/illustrator. I am rep’d by Jenn Laughran (@literaticat) with @andreabrownlit. #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcardday

Happy New Year! #kidlitartpostcard I’m Chris, a mixed Korean-American author/illustrator. I like to skateboard in my free time and will literally take any project involving skateboarding (specifically Asian-American and women skateboarders

I don't have anything new finished for #kidlitartpostcard today, but I am working on something new! So here is an old, rather out of season postcard alongside a snippet of a snake woman I made today. www withoutaladder com

It's the first #kidlitartpostcard day of 2025! I make theatrical, humorous images with a little edge. Portfolio: www.davidhohn.com Represented by: @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social #childrensbook #kidlitart #NYE #NYC

And a Happy New Year. Wishing you peace and love 💗 #kidlitartpostcard

Did you know that in winter, wood frogs nearly freeze solid? You can see this illustration & other amphibian mysteries in my new book, SAFE CROSSING, to be released January 7! #kidlit #kidlitart #amphibian #woodfrog #frozenwoodfrog #winter #hibernation #hibernationmode #childrensbookillustration

The Year of the Snake is almost here. I’m designing a kids’collage workshop to go with my book visits to schools and libraries. Test driving processes. Hmmm… What’s the best way to collage a snake with a crowd of elementary students, big n little? #kidlitart #edusky

Savoring raspberry chocolate from a student, I thought how the best part of any gift is knowing that someone thought of you and that they thought of you with kindness. #kidlitart

If you see this, post some cat art 🐈‍⬛

Digital painting from a beach trip. This particular trip the dunes were wild with flowers and I wanted to draw them all. #kidlitart #illustration #sciart

Exploring Japanese American history as I illustrate FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social. During WW2, US govt imprisoned 120K civilians of Japanese descent—2/3 US citizens—in the name of national security. Red Comet Press, 2025 #picturebook #kidlitart

😳I’m looking at this and wondering ‘what was I thinking, choosing to illustrate a whole book this way?’ This is for Mia Wenjen’s @pragmaticmom.bsky.social FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE published by Red Comet Press. #kidlitart #picturebook

Woo! Just booked my first timeslot for #WorldReadAloudDay! Get 'em while they're hot!

If you see this, post a bird 🐦‍⬛ #kidlitart #illustration

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” - James Baldwin

theconversation.com/most-us-book... #kidlit #bookbans

I’m excited to share the poster reveal for Read Your World 2025, illustrated by me 🥳! #ReadYourWorld celebrates all our different cultures in children’s bks. I learned some serious kid lit history in this assgt 😳. Made me appreciate how far #kidlit has come. Download a FREE POSTER thru the link.

Illustration in progress…Details from San Francisco Japanese Tea Garden for FORTUNE COOKIES FOR EVERYONE by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebook

Today is WE SING FROM THE HEART’s book birthday & GIVEAWAY! buff.ly/3Nq2x4D via @pragmaticmom #VictorBizarGomez #ReadYourWorld #picturebook #giveaway #biography #SupremeCourt #AsianAmerican

This is amazing. A "pro" tip (I'm no pro, but I have experience with discussing these things with far-right friends and family): If you know an issue is important for someone, send them that specific topic's comic. Don't overwhelm them with the full set and risk them disregarding all of it.

I have released three new prints. This is one of them. They are all available now: www.tomgauld.com/shop

I always wanted to paint a street mural! Presenting STORIES IN FLIGHT on Doyers Street, NYC, commissioned by Chinatown BID, and painted with a lot of help from volunteers including some amazing artists. Thanks, Abby Walsh teaching artist extraordinaire, for joining me. #publicart #chinatownnyc

Getting ready to fly. STORIES IN FLIGHT is a mural for Doyers Street, Chinatown, Manhattan. Artists Abby Walsh & Plushie & many volunteers are helping me paint 4800 square ft in 4 days next week. Wish us good weather and a smooth flight! #streetmural #publicart

Another mural painting intensive with NYC youth come and gone. This year we were At Queens Family Court. This was for outside the children’s center.

If you see this, quote reply with something summery from your portfolio! 🌞 #illustration #kidlitart