Out of curiosity how do you get consent from a drawing. Like maybe you should worry less about whether or not a cartoon has rights and more about whether real life trans and Palestinian people do

Artists! Quote with your night art! #kidlitart #illustration

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We’re beginning to think through a mythology-themed beginning-reader series. I'm looking for someone w/ a commercial/punchy, character-forward style who can breath life into ancient lore. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

These are largely freelance and precarious workers, and the further erosion of their income and working conditions might not show up in macroeconomic data. But we must consider how artists are losing meaningful income and support to automated systems that have, cruelly, been trained on their work.

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.

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

THIS ANIMATION IS SO INSANE

I just want a new Animal Crossing but! I just started playing Hollow Knight 7 years late so I think I can wait. Also there's Hades 2 and Pokémon so...

Day 11 of #septempera - acorn thief. I managed to keep things pretty loose so I'm happy 😊

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 😅

a comic about fishing (1/7)

Doggust 30: Coton de Tulear. New painting. 🪵 #doggust #doggust2025

Pretty happy with this tiger from this morning’s kids’ art program at the library

and--idk quite how to articulate this--but the work of it is... critical to art-making. like you discover your intentions through the labor of expressing them. if I'd woken up at 17 with the technical ability to write a novel, i wouldn't have known what i was trying to say. the work IS the product.

I've done a lot of books, and I have very few regrets for my #kidlit career so far. The one thing I do regret though, was changing a scene in Elizabeth Warren's Pinkie Promises. You see, in the original manuscript, the main character encounters a group of bullies picking on another kid - 1/6

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

Finished the book a while ago now, but I still wanted to draw Hobbiton.

The last bit of summer. 🌦️ I was thinking back to childhood days. Right about now I would be savoring the very last bits of summer before the back to school activities started. Last minute trips to the shore, sleeping in late, playing outside… all that good stuff. #kidlitart #illustration

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Some thoughts from a few months back (and every now and then) #comics #illustration

do people post comics here... anywho! a really old one! Dragon Whiskers (2019)

A dance that never ends #loz

I’m searching for an illustrator of children’s literature (PB, MG, YA) who identifies as disabled – if that’s you please reply below! #KidLit (Can’t promise anything will come of this, though!)

These days I've been changing my portfolio a bit. The one I had didn’t quite work lately, despite all the adjustments I’d done to it. For this new portfolio, I chose Squarespace. It works really well, I like how easy it is to make changes. Have a look! www.jusabar.net

Once upon a time . . .

Trees and fields and trees #art #abstract #landscape #trees #field

Six PBs for #DisabilityPrideMonth #disabilitypride2025 by Patty Cisneros Prevo/ Dion MBD Christina Soontornvat & @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Anna Dewdney @erindealey.bsky.social & @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sarah Scheerger/Leah Giles Erin Dealey & @lupencita.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Sick of everything being Orwellian or Kafkaesque. I demand more Scarrylous situations, where animals drive vehicles and run small businesses.

Thought I was just really 💩 at my job and life but I looked it up and the cost of living has increased by 38.4% since 2015 - nearly 40% in 10 years. No illustrators I know have had a pay rise - in fact some fees are going down. No wonder it feels so bloody hard atm. Send cute gifs or money lol.

Hi! I'm the person who designs and implements all the 'Remember me at this computer' checkboxes on important websites. You'll be pleased to know they still don't work.

absolutely fantastic essay on HOW the concept of always-on social media was developed to turn glorified rolodex websites into a performative competition, HOW they mentally maniuplated, HOW capitalism destroyed any alternative, HOW the internet went from communication tool to consumption funnel

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator working in gouache & other analog media. I'm available for new projects! Also offering animal painting commissions: victoriamaderna.com/animal-paint... [email protected] victoriamaderna.com

Hello #PortfolioDay ✌️ I’m Christine and I’m open for new children’s book projects, character design & editorial work! Looking forward to working with you! ☀️ [email protected] ☀️ www.christinealmeda.com

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Kip, I'm a queer illustrator who makes picture books! I love colour and emotion ✨ My website is kipalizadeh.net and my email is [email protected] I'm represented by Mandy Suhr at storywise.uk for book things #KidLitArt

Hi #PortfolioDay! My name is Martin and I’m a #kidlit illustrator and author based in the Lake District, UK. I love to illustrate the natural world and animal characters. 🌐 martinstanev.com 📖 Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com ✉️ [email protected] #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

The most heinous and the fairest beings in Middle Earth: Shelob, and Arwen

btw I've been told in non-explicit terms by my publisher that the only way this book will happen is if hello sunshine does well, so, you know. tell your friends and stuff. better yet: tell your library 🫡🙏❤️‍🔥

A portrait of my cat to celebrate 5 years since he became my non rent paying deadbeat roommate who i love very very much.

hello, I have done some T-shirts with local angel @rogueprintco.bsky.social. Please buy 10 of each so I can afford to join a private space flight and Do Something Memorable roguescreenprint.bigcartel.com

Trend? What trend? Please forgive the completely negligible set-up and camera work.

It's #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Luisa, a Colombian children's book illustrator 👋. This one comes from UNDER ANNA'S UMBRELLA, our book with @amanda-j-driscoll.bsky.social from Rocky Pond (PRH). thebrightagency.com/us/childrens... Can't wait to see everyone's lovely (and sorely needed) art!

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Gina Perry, an author and illustrator of children's books. Today's art comes from my new book THE KING OF BOOKS, out July 15th from Feiwel and Friends, Macmillan. Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit #kidlitart

Kpop Demon Hunters: I feel like this movie is what happens when the generation of artists that grew up with Sailor Moon finally seize the means of production

Some details from The Everything Trail, coming out next month! Mine and @megosphere.bsky.social’s love letter to the redwoods and the forests of the PNW

So glad I woke up to see this. Signed. Immediately and without hesitation. ‘Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers’ To add your name, please read and sign here: lithub.com/against-ai-a...

This weekend I’ll be the ALA conference presenting The Everything Trail, my new book with Meg Fleming, at the Simon & Schuster Art Luncheon!

Wanted to gather all my Middle Earth baddies in one post: a Ringwraith, a bunch of orcs, the Mouth of Sauron, and Saruman (pondering his orb).

Happy #makeaterriblecomicday2025! It’s mandatory that you create some piece of sequential art — what it is and how you make it is up to you! Have fun! You might as well!

Post a picture of when your pet was little