I'm writing my monthly newsletter today, it'll go out on Friday. Two new prints to share & also (fingers crossed, if I finish it) a painting. The total number of crows in the new works is 3. you can sign up here. it's mostly pictures. dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/677555...

Happened to find this - it's a useful little website if you A) want to know why you should drop Substack and B) want a list of alternatives. A couple also have tools to import your old SS posts over. leavesubstack.com #kidlit

out of office 🌞

yep nowadays every time find an artist I like I sign up for their newsletter!* You can sign up to mine here pencilbooth.com/kipalizadeh

Hey since social media and life feels so very tenuous right now, I would really love for anyone who likes my work and wants to keep up with it to sign up for my mailing list! This would be a great way to stay connected in case anything ever happened www.samanthamash.com/contact

These are live now!

Our new book! 💜 Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊 #illustration #picturebook

Imagine robbing yourself of all the weird choices and decisions to make the thing you want to make, ways to make every little nook and cranny of the thing you’re making more interesting to you and maybe you alone because you’d rather ask an ai to do it.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

just sent off an email to announce five new paintings available in my store. If that kind of email appeals to you, please join my (infrequently updated) mailing list here: buttondown.com/linetteart

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

heads up for artists - an art director I'm working with just kindly warned me that WeTransfer's new T's and C's are dodgy and to use other platforms like Google Drive or Box where possible. Had no idea, so passing it on #KidLitArt

Heads up, illustrators! #kidlit This will be a well-needed boost to start the week.

Still waiting (patiently) for someone to create a Bluesky account that (automatically?) reposts all of xoxopublishinggg’s Insta posts here… …better yet waiting for xoxopublishinggg to realize that Insta is sooo 2019 and move here for realz. #booksky #kidlit #bookindustrynews #writingcommunity

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'A Touch of Poison' by Clare Sager, cover work for the french translation by Bragelonne.

Day 10 of #septempera - a book is red. Had a hard time sitting to paint today so I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet. I'll have to look at it again tomorrow 😅

i know many authors are experiencing this but it is so unsettling to create something complex, personal, inextricably interwoven into your own truth, and then see the thing only you could have made being fed into the playdough spaghetti factory of gray meaningless slop

hello #KidLitArtPostcard ☺︎ I'm Kip, I'm an illustrator and I love colour. I'm looking for my next picture book or board book project! More at kipalizadeh.net and my email is [email protected] #KidLitArt

Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.

RIP my tiktok algorithm as I look up fishing boat videos for reference for the samples I'm doing 😆

기지개 쭉쭉쭉~~

the most controversial statement you can make in this world right now is that it’s bad that israel is committing a genocide

Day 07 of #septempera - Doggie! Was gonna skip today, being Sunday and all, but I managed to squeeze this little fella in. And now it's time to do some helldiving 😁

Shrimp escapade 🦐

Thousands set off on the UK national march for Palestine: we demand a ceasefire, an end to the inhuman blockade on food and humanitarian aid. Stop the genocide in Gaza! Free 🇵🇸! #StopGazaGenocide #StopStarvingGaza #StopArmingIsrael #SanctionIsrael #London #ICJBreach #WeAreAllPalestinians #HumanRights

"A couple hundred dollars to a working artist could make a difference" is so, so true. An unexpected boon of a couple hundred would be the difference between paying off bills, and stopping the cycle of transferring credit card balances from whichever card is offering no interest to another.

On a warm night, the Harvest Moon whispers to those who listen. I’m Chris, a picture book illustrator, bringing that same sense of wonder to the stories I illustrate. Learn more at thornockstudios.com or contact my agent, Lori Steel, at steelworksliterary.com. Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!

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

hello #KidLitArtPostcard ☺︎ I'm Kip, I'm an illustrator and I love colour. I'm looking for my next picture book or board book project! More at kipalizadeh.net and my email is [email protected] #KidLitArt

Dear editors and art directors, this is my first #kidlitartpostcard done fully on paper! 🎨 I’m Yara, an illustrator who’s super excited to work on new books with traditional mediums! Updated portfolio: odnatamyara.com I’m proudly represented by Jem Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, a New England author and illustrator of children's books. I'm looking for that next cute and colorful book project: from picture book to early readers and chapter books. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy Lit. More at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit

Hi everyone! Today is #kidlitartpostcard day! ☻ I’m Juliana Salcedo, a Colombian illustrator based in Spain. I love to work with limited palettes and clean lines, and I am fond of typography. I’m repped by Susan Hawk @ UpstartCrow Literary ✒︎ www.jusabar.net #kidlit #kidlitart

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! 😊 I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator and gouache splatterer living in France, and I'm looking for new projects! Portfolio: victoriamaderna.com Email: [email protected]

Grab that pumpkin spice latte and hide away under a blanket with a spooky, autumnal book! 🎃👻 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #LGBTQ #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Hey it's #kidlitartpostcard day! 💌 I'm an illustrator who works primarily in kid's books and loves drawing cute animal characters. I'd love more animal-based non-fiction projects in my inbox! www.vickigausden.co.uk #kidlitart #kidlit

kettle broke and now I am hyper aware of how many times I go to make a cuppa in a day

From 1978, 'Bunte Welt' is an East German book of perforated gummed shapes & a series of illustrative designs that can be made from them - if you wish. We've scanned it here: www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/b...

I’ve tried jelly gouache for the first time!! It’s fun but I need more practice 😂

This was the *point* of these things being taken up by corporations. If you're just hiring people to "fix" something, you can pay them less than if you're asking them to create it -- even though it requires them to do more work. In particular this was the reason for the WGA strikes around this.

Red chair #art #painting #watercolor

AH here is mine! trungles.ghost.io

My blog has always been on my website, but I had a substack account to follow other people. I got rid of that a few months ago too nicolaschofield.com/blog/

I made the move this year. My newsletter is free and I create a how-to-draw sheet for kids each month. ginaperry.beehiiv.com

Hi did you move your newsletter away from substack? drop it in the replies so people can find you and subscribe! I am big on rewarding good choices

Ready, set, almost time to go... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday! www.ginaperry.com/postcard