got some quite big life changes going on so dialling down my presence on social media and won't be sending out a newsletter for the foreseeable. Will still be making books and art but quietly. Long live my website though, that I built myself 😇, always at www.kipalizadeh.net

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

Original art for I Can Fly cover by Mary Blair (1951). After posting this several years ago, someone pointed it out to me that Craig McCracken (@cmcccartoons.bsky.social) now owns this piece. #wardsmorguefile

A week or so ago, I was looking for a couple books by an author from 10 and 15 years ago and my library didn't have them. I requested them via a library form. Today I got a notification in Libby that they purchased both titles. Asking your library for writers' books is an amazing way to support us.

any artists who use an iPad, which one do you have/recommend? #illustration #KidLitArt

finished it just in time! #art ✧ #trans ✧ #pride ✧ #crossstitch

Happy Pride! We’re celebrating with three picture books: THE BI BOOK by @ajirving.bsky.social with art by Cynthia Alonso, BENNY'S TRUE COLORS written by @nrpaulson.bsky.social and illustrated by Anne Passchier, and THE WISHING FLOWER by @ajirving.bsky.social with art by @kipalizadeh.bsky.social. 💜🩷❤️

Wishing THE WISHING FLOWER by @ajirving.bsky.social and illustrator @kipalizadeh.bsky.social a Happy, Happy 3rd Book Birthday! 🥳📚🌈🌈📚🥳 #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitcommunity #queerkidlit #booksky #PictureBook #bookbirthday

nearly time to get on a plane and play Pokémon LeafGreen by the pool 🌞

Happy Saturday

“how am i supposed to explain gay people to my kid” how am i supposed to explain homophobia to MY kid

Jeff Bezos havinge opiniouns on the economye ys lyke a pickpocket havinge opiniouns on pants

ICYMI, the June 4th #KidLitArtPostcard event marks the 5th anniversary. That's two weeks away! I'm suggesting a theme for our illustrations: You, as a kid. Learn more about the event here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlit

Remember folks, the endgame of the AI promoters is to start charging you for it. A lot. As soon as the possibility of working without it has been pushed off the table. Resist. It's your only hope.

I stopped using Adobe, I can stop using Google 😤

Never feel guilty for borrowing books from a library. Authors LOVE libraries. And libraries pay authors a small sum every time one of their books is borrowed (which in many cases comes to more than the percentage earned from the sale of a book in a discount outlet)...

BAT! (best read in Matt Berry's voice) Gouache on paper. Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

disco naps >>>

New stickers now on the webshop woo yukfun.shop/collections/...

I have done almost no publicity for my own work in a bit on account of *recalls the past few months* BUT I’m gonna pick it back up because they’re pretty good comics, and I hope more people enjoy them!

I'm looking for a UK giclée printer that can do metallic gold highlights onto something like hahnemuhle etching paper. around A3/A2 size. Prodigi do prints onto metallic foil but that's not what I'm after. any ideas?

Atmospheric CO₂ of 340 ppm

everyone deserves a universal income and healthcare and reliable public transit and free third spaces

oh uhm. youre on my house

the very real possibility of a fascist government in Westminster in 2029 brings a clarity of thought: what is the most effective way I can contribute to stopping this happen? As Diane Di Prima said, "no one way works, it will take all of us shoving at the thing from all sides to bring it down".

Black Dog #art ✧ #crossstitch ✧ #dog

imo Mac Barnett has been heavily helped by his illustrator pals and is in no position to be calling the vast majority of kid's books 'crud'.

maybe what Mac Barnett should consider reading is the room

fox ☺︎ watercolour and pastel #KidLitArt #art

just two left of this fella now - limited edition signed linoprint 💀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/skul... #witchsky #crow #artsky

Useful thing to use here

added some new bits in my shop ☺︎ kipalizadeh.bigcartel.com #art #KidLitArt

Read the Green Party’s “Workers Charter”, launched at our May Day Rally by @zackpolanski.bsky.social Labour now take more money from corporations than unions, they watered down the employment rights act, and speak against striking workers. @greenparty.org.uk are the strongest party for workers.

Busy heron along the Six Mile in Antrim

It’s the time of year to be sharing this.

Gallop. Playing around with fantasy vibes in digital charcoal/pastels.

a shooting star! #KidLitArt

I recall when a friend of mine back during the BLM movement told me that if people reject the cause then the logical conclusion is that No Lives Matter & I thought I understood what he meant philosophically but living through the explosion of global suffering since I see now that he meant materially

Frog Going Through Stuff. Gouache and pastels. Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

Alice & Martin Provensen

HOBBIT!

another thing I've sold a few of of late is this jaunty fella - this is a limited-edition hand-made linoprint and there are now only 3 left 👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/skul... #crow #witchsky #art #artsky

added some new bits in my shop ☺︎ kipalizadeh.bigcartel.com #art #KidLitArt

It's tough seeing every single freelance artist I know having the same "uhh I haven't had paying work or sales in weeks" posts, it's gotten extremely tough out there for us. If you have the means, please consider treating yourself to a commission or print or book from an artist you like, it helps!

Erik Bulatov (1933-2025) & Oleg Vasiliev (1931-2013)

fox ☺︎ watercolour and pastel #KidLitArt #art

People who lament that “music was just better in the 70s/80s/90s” are partially correct in that working class kids could go on the dole for a couple years and explore their creativity without it ruining their life. Most bands now come from the kind of money you’ve only ever heard of