Happy Father’s Day, m’Dads! #fathersday #kidlit

Happy Birthday to our daughter Margaret. She’s four!

Looking for the perfect Father's Day present? Here are three new picture books that celebrate parents in unique and beautiful ways. @steveteare.bsky.social @annewynter.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2026/05/20/f...

New book projects on the way from @steveteare.bsky.social @shaenon.bsky.social @spookymeggie.bsky.social + more buff.ly/q4x7eBH

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Steve Teare from Sixteen Games of Hide and Seek (as played with Dad) with reassuring text by Stephen Barr. Teare draws comic strips for US magazines, and this uses a painterly base overlaid with comic strip pen drawing. Neal Porter Books 12 May. @steveteare.bsky.social

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Flat Mary Road @steveteare.bsky.social, Rocket Bureau, Annabelle Chairlegs, and Tacoblaster @howlinbanana.bsky.social:

Sketching at the cafe between projects. A mix of imagination and copying Jules Pascin. #cafe #cafesketching

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m rep’d by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola, and I love expressive characters in fabulous outfits. Let’s work together! #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Steve Teare, an illustrator and author in Philadelphia working on picture books and graphic novels. Love to take inspiration from old art and illustration, and use a mix of traditional and digital methods to bring new images to life! #kidlitpostcard #kidlit

The #pittsburgh themed #tarot deck I finished last year is up for pre order at @microcosm.bsky.social ! microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/deck...

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday ! I’ve been loving vintage clowns and circus imagery recently. Last night I dreamt I was a clown. #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #kidlit

Baseball playin kids for #kidlitpostcardday ! #kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardart #chidrensbooks

Dr. Snuze Lethargez was named Professor Emeritus in 2006 by the School of Rest and Relaxation at the University of Sleepytown in Sleepytown, Minnesota. He's published over a dozen papers on naps and snuggling for the Journal of Bedtime, and he's a boardmember of the American Yawning Committee. #cats

I’m part of a comics exhibit at the Philly Airport between terminals E and F. I’ve got a very goofy comic strip up there about playing pranks and joking around in Philly’s art museum… #comics #philadelphia

A little you through a sketchbook I finished recently, with some added photoshop color for your pleasure… #comics #kidlit

A few preview images of the picture book I’m illustrating…

I was commissioned recently to paint a dog on a whiskey bottle for a wedding gift. The result reminded me of the gift shop section of a very large truck stop I used to go in the Poconos… #dog #petportrait

Collaborative drawings featuring the 2.5 year old in my house and me…

I made many pet portraits at the end of last year. Here’s a rather groovy one… #cat #petportrait #guitar

Drawing with my daughter at a Philly library… #sketch #kidlit #library

I was hired recently to draw a house in southern Maryland that I've enjoyed visiting with my family. Bonus fun for me included creative license with varying levels of realism, and an opportunity to try out some new color schemes... #architecture #illustration #maryland