Since it's Father's Day, I figured I would play around with the theme and do some drawing for fun

Morning lion 🦁 #kidlitart #art #illustration #Procreate

It's kindly sunny today , warm, not too hot

The weather here has been swinging all over the place , rain, sunshine, strong winds

#KidLitArtPostcard day is here once again! I'm Armando Leiva kidlit illustrator currently seeking representation for picture books! A little recent medieval critter rendering for fun 🍊 #scbwi #kidlitpostcard #april

recent piece for a client, was challenging but fun to tackle a scene like this 🐻🍯🐝 #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration

And just like that January has more or less passed

Happy holidays, stay warm and cozy ~ 🍂🍃

turkey day holiday inspiration drawing 🥧 🍂 #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration

The cold weather really kicking in

It's raining in California, nice cool weather ☁️

Been curiously brainstorming ideas on what kind of stories I want to write for picturebooks. Focusing on narrowing down to a few topics

Weekend is here ~

tiny critters up to no good ~ #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration

always fun to draw a bat critter 🦇 #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration

recent finished piece trying little by little bring over all my art posting + portfolio from Instagram unto here in a small drip fashion "Kite Runner" #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitillustration

ill be slowly uploading some pieces through the week , old and new portfolio. dont wanna just spam out a bunch of images

Has anyone attended SCBWI in New York conference before ? Been curious to hear folks feedback on it, something Im looking into to ~ #kidlit

daily drawing #kidlitart

Kidlit Illustrators, you don’t need a huge social following. I hire illustrators who don’t have huge followings all the time. You just need strong work. If you’re trying to decide between spending time practicing or posting, I’d recommend practicing. 💙❤️

Howdy! artist based in California, hoping to find kidlit folks/community here to interact with and chit chat about picture books :) a little doodle based on prompt "dazzle" #kidlit #kidlitartist