Hey illustrators/agents! I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS! Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

Happy Spooky November! #kidlitart

Today's warm-up sketch, a Fairy ✨ based on #kidlitnestdtiys #kidlitnestdtiys13. Thanks @kidlitnest.bsky.social for the challenge 🧚✨ #sketchbook #characterdesign #DTIYS #kidlitart

Happy November! We have a new #drawthisinyourstyle challenge! Illustration by our nester @rekhasalin.bsky.social Rules: 🧙‍♀️ NO AI or tracing! 🧙‍♀️ Ends 30th Nov 2025 🧙‍♀️ Use hashtags #kidlitnestdtiys and #kidlitnestdtiys13 so we can find your entries to share! Don’t forget to have fun. #kidlitart

Happy Halloween! 🦇✨☺️🎃 #kidlit #kidlitart

Tomorrow!!! 👀🦇🔔🌙🍬🍭

D E R P Y !!! 💙💙💙 A sketch for Halloween 2025, that I won't finish in time 😮‍💨 Sharing it anyway ❤️ #sketch #fanart #HappyHalloween #KPopDemonHunters

It's almost candy time! Drawing from 2022. #kidlitart #Halloween

Style is the thousands of decisions you make while drawing; it is uniquely you, even when you are copying a composition, a painting or a photo. You just have to draw a lot, to find the patterns in those tiny decisions. #kidlitart

It's no secret I love shopping my portfolio and recycling work. So I'm adding colour to this one and making it a cover 🤔 I don't need a title, but how about "A Letter for Sidney"? "Letters from Charlie (dog)"? 😀 #coverart #MGcovers #kidlitart #bookcover #workinprogress

Happy October #kidlitartpostcard 🎃 It's the season to solve mysteries and visit haunted houses 👻 I'm Cat and I draw PB, MG and covers! Spooky and non-spooky too 😁 #kidlitart #kidlit #bookcover #coverart #middlegrade More at catarinaoliveirastudio.com

Want to learn about new books? The Penguin Young Readers Spring 2026 Preview is out, and you can see "Yasha's Amazin' Bar Mitzvah" by Margaret Gurevich, at min 37'37'' 🎉👀 Cover illustrated by me 😁 Design by Mary Claire Cruz www.penguinclassroom.com/blog/the-pen... @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

Searching #kidlitartpostcard on Flashes vs. Instagram. Instagram shows images from random months spanning years (after an unhelpful AI “summary”), while Flashes lets you sort illustrations in chronological order starting with the latest posts. Why isn’t publishing at large adopting this? #kidlit

So much cool art in one place 🤗✨😍❤️

I've been getting more DMs asking for advice about breaking into the #KidLit industry, critique requests, wanting to "pick my brain" about <topic> etc. To protect my own creative time (which is so short these days), I created this FAQ: debbieohi.com/about/faq/ cont'd

I love spooky season, but I don't have time to draw atm, so here's an owl I drew for Folktale Week 2021. I heard FW2025 edition is coming! I drew the prompts and wrote a poem to fit an 8-page zine, which I never released. But you can see some pages on www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/blackandwhite

This Season. www.patreon.com/posts/this-s...

October's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Spooky Chat! Join your hosts on Oct 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about spooky stuff! Banner art by Rubin Pingk

Mine is super simple, but you can make it pretty, add images or buttons! www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/links I really need to improve mine 😅 Shout-out to @byjessicaelena.bsky.social who has a beautiful Link page 😘

Do you have a website? Then you don't need Linktree (or similar). Create a page to list your links and link that page instead! Put it on your Bluesky profile. Why? because you should advertise your own platform, not others (for free). And generate more visits to your website directly. 😁

It gives me immense joy when I discover an artist I admire has a Bluesky account I can follow. I’ve stopped following people on IG (won't see their posts anyway), and yes, I bookmark their websites, but this is my happy place to stalk people and their art :) #kidlitart

For those who like to see the process, here is the first idea sketch and the sketch before the colour. #WIP

Happy Spooky #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Cat, I'm an Illustrator, and I love spooky season. I'm available to work on cover art or kids' magazines only. 🎃 catarinaoliveirastudio.com 🎃 Rep'd by @thet2agency.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlitartist #bookcovers #coverart #middlegradebooks

Fall things 🎃🍂 I enjoy creating magazine spreads like this one. #autumn #fall #october #pumpkinpatch #kidlitart #kidsmagazine #fallactivities #kidlitillustrator #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustrator #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #editorial

Happy October!!! 💀🕷️🦇🎃 #kidlitart

Submitting Your Work: Digital Portfolios and Dummies for Illustrators and Author/Illustrators. Bring your digital portfolio or dummy to share. Hosted by Kate Woodle, published illustrator, PAL member, and Illustrator Connect Facilitator. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

Don't know how to support an artist? I just updated my Buy Me a Coffee ☕ with a new bank account, now that I've moved to another country. No pressure! Just wanted to share my Tip Jar link ☺️ buymeacoffee.com/catarinao

I created this Spooky Challenge list in 2021, but I'm sure you'll still find some of these drawing challenges available today. So in case you need some prompts, here's the link www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/blog/autumn-... Have fun! 🦇🎃👻 #kidlitart #october #drawingchallenges #blogpost #halloween

The next #KidLitArtPostcard event is Thursday, October 2nd. Just over a week away! We will be extending the event through Friday in recognition of Yom Kippur. #kidlit www.ginaperry.com/postcard

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers 📚 #kidlitart #kidlit

💖 Hi~ I've recently been hired as Illustration & Creative Lead at The Story Division, helping publishers with graphic novel projects. I'm currently updating our artist database & looking for a wider range of art styles. Cartoonists: post sequentials, website, availability below. No DMs/emails plz!

I created a #kidlitart drawing challenge for October. I wanted to keep it simple so it wouldn't be overwhelming to join and it could be easily combined with other prompt lists. If you'd like to join me, don't forget to use the hashtag #kidlitartoween25 .

Our artist applications for "We've Always Been Here" are now open! Help us show that queer people have always existed, and always will 💕 Please share and tag your favorite artists! forms.gle/zHiVqh3SrsnT... #ZineSky #AToZines #Zine #Zines #ArtZine #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #ZineApps #ArtistsWanted

TrueRef Draw This! 008 🤍✨ September's Draw This! challenge is underway. We provide a free reference, you draw it to enter! More info below. There are two winners: One staff pick & one random pick. Winners get a free 1 month subscription to TrueRef! Use #TrueRefDT008 to enter! Deadline: Sept. 30th

Soup, anyone? #kidlitart #TBT #halloween

An essential reading! For kids and adults! 👏💛📚

I'm feeling the crisp morning air. It's almost time to change my main gallery from Summer art to Fall/Winter 🤗🍂❄️ with a bit of the Holidays in the mix 😁 But first, spooky season!!!! 🦇 catarinaoliveirastudio.com #kidlitart #portfolio #winterart

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

Comics are under attack in Canada. We cannot stay silent. Read and share TCAF’s statement on censorship in Alberta’s public schools, then join us in taking action! www.torontocomics.com/post/comics-...

Finished this one for Grandparents' Day. My grandpa also had a white beard, wore suspenders and taught me how to ride a bike 😊💙 #kidlitart #grandparentsday #grandpa #grayscale #chapterbook #blackandwhite #illustration #bike

September's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Making Money with your Art! Join your hosts on Sep 25, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about m-o-n-e-y (and art)! Banner art by Scout Underhill

It's September, so it feels like October 😁, and the air is chilly. Naturally, my mind is on the best season of the year - spooky season! #kidlitart

You're never too old to read any book for fun. Picture book in your teens? Go for it! Sensational new young adult novel in your 30s? Enjoy it! Middle school graphic novels as a senior? Dig in!

How is it almost September? But that means it's time for one of my favorite themes for #diversifymyart! This month is Style and Bling! Celebrate how we decorate and express ourselves through fashion, jewelry, tattoos, hair, makeup, and more! #kidlitart

Finished this background with my Cora and Robert's inspired "oil painting", for a spooky illo just before "DOWNTON ABBEY: THE GRAND FINALE" is going into the theatres 😍 #spookyseason #sneakpeek #kidlitart

Hi #kidlitartpostcard! Even the best-laid plans can sometimes go wrong 🤔 Want to know what they are searching for, even in the rain? Check the chapter book coming out this October ⤵️ www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/book-lost-loot #endofsummer #september #kidlit #kidlitart #chapterbook #grayscale

I really enjoyed reading Julian's interview over on Let’s Make Picture Books Blog 🤩 Lots of great advice! Thanks @julianplum.com @stephfc.bsky.social www.letsmakepicturebooks.com/blog/lmpb-su... #kidlitart

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

I just sketched a car. Sketched! Not the final drawing, and I feel like I need a one-month vacation 😅 #kidlitart #carsarehardtodraw

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