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Hey Crystal Smith
@crystalsmithart.bsky.social
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West coast illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, ADHD, geek. Nature & neon.

Rep'd - Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at ABLA

@jemiscoe.bsky.social
@andreabrownlit.bsky.social

PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN

🌲 www.heycrystalsmith.com
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Hey Crystal Smith @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · May 30
Hello! 🐋🍂 I'm an illustrator & writer who loves nature & neon and wild stories! 🛼🤖

Artwork: heycrystalsmith.com
IG@ hey.crystal.illustrates

Rep'd by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at ABLA
@jemiscoe.bsky.social

@andreabrownlit.bsky.social

PBs - MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN

#kidlit #kidlitart
Picture book covers for "Maybe A Whale" and "Mother Aspen". -Turquoise ocean with whale silhouette and kayak from above. -Fall aspen forest with orange and red leaves, fox and squirrel
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prisonculture.bsky.social
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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hugobookclub.bsky.social
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.

These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
Stamps featuring Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Hugs to everyone out in BlueSky land today!
🦊X🦊O🦊X🦊O

#illustration #kidlitartist #kidlitart #foxes
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Check out my post about drawing what ISN'T in the text in your kids' book! ✏️🐋

neonnotes.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-dra...

#kidlit #childrensbooks #kidlitauthor #kidlitillustrator #kidlitart
How to Draw Between the Lines When Illustrating Children’s Books
Can kids book illustrators add things that aren't in the text? Yes! And you should!
neonnotes.beehiiv.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Saw this and had to post - omg. 😂😂😂

#ai #aisucks #noai #againstai #humanmade
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
Tiny Golden-crowned Kinglet showing us all the field signs (for one nanosecond) #birds 🌿
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Day 11 of the #makearteveryday challenge - SONG BIRD

#makearteveryday #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #sciart
Millerbird sitting on a plant, with a speech bubble. Background is bright orange and yellow.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
We’re snailposting, post your snails! 🐌 🐌 🐌
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️
QRP
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Happy #portfolioday! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon, wild stories & bright worlds 🐢🐋🍂

I illustrate picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects⭐️

Rep'd by
@jemiscoe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com

#kidlitart #illustration
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Happy Halloween all!! 👻💜👻💜👻💜

#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #halloween
Little ghost with crayon marking off calendar month until Oct 31st. Bats on his sheet. Purple leaves.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
ANIMAL CROSSING UPDATE!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!
😱🤯🫨
Guys!?! The world has a chance...

#acnh #animalcrossing
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 AM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
👻 Only a few more Halloween days left to post before the spook is over!

This one feels good for today because I made gumbo this week (though not with ghost peppers) and MMmmmmm is it good!! 🌶️🍲

#halloween #ghosts #halloweenart #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #illustration #digitalart
Little ghost (with pea pods on his sheet) holding ghost peppers and putting them into a big pot of soup.
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Looking for a kid's book for fall? Look no further!🎃🍂 Mother Aspen is a lyrical journey through the life and seasons of an aspen tree — and all the creatures in the forest with her.

👍🏽 Fun to read!
🍂 Learn about aspen trees!
🐿️ Spot all the hidden forest animals!

#kidlit #kidsbooks #fall #Kidlitart
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Just posting a cute gecko named Max for you today. 💕
Smile Max! 🥹
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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adhd-alien.bsky.social
How I explain Executive Dysfunction with "Buttons" or: why I'm not just lazy, I'm fighting myself. 3 Comic series, part 1 of 3. Next part on Thursday :)
Comic explaining ADHD motivation with a stove metaphor. Text: “You can explain ADHD motivation like a stove with retractable buttons.” A pot sits on a stove with two knobs. Text continues: “The buttons are the ‘motivation’ to start an action. When the stove gets turned on, an action gets started. When people want to cook, they press the buttons and turn the stove on. But for me, the buttons don’t appear, so I can’t start cooking.” At the bottom, the character with short black hair and yellow antennae tries pressing the stove knobs repeatedly but nothing happens.
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
👻👻 Ghostly Encounters for the #ABLArtFest for @andreabrownlit.bsky.social! 👻

{Somehow missed all the posts about this so just joining in now}

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlitillustration #halloweenart #ghosts
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
No lizard dinner tonight, hawk! 😂🥳😓

#art #illustration #kidsbookart #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #sciart
harris hawk trying to catch an eastern collard lizard on rocks. digital painting Lizard watching the hawk flyaway from behind a saguaro cactus. Digital painting
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Stay spooky! 👻

#halloween #ghosts #illustration #kidlitart #kidlitillustration
little ghost with a carnivorous fly trap plant in a pumpkin. They are talking about what they like for Halloween treats.
October 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Happy #portfolioday! I'm an illustrator addicted to nature & neon, wild stories & bright worlds 🐢🐋🍂

I illustrate picture books, board books, covers & more. Open for projects⭐️

Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎉www.heycrystalsmith.com

#kidlitart #illustration
Harris Hawk diving towards a lizard in the desert. Blue sky. Fall leaves on aspen forest - mushrooms and snails in foreground. Bats in background. Underwater looking up: seals, jellyfish and the bottom of a kayak. Turquoise and blue. Mother and daughter roasting marshmallows in fire while camping. Sky is purple with a whale in the stars.
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Who has carved pumpkins? Too early? I haven't even gotten a pumpkin yet but I don't usually carve until the week before Halloween. 🎃
October 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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garlicbunnyy.bsky.social
Hi everyone 👋 I’m Yan Jiang, a Chinese-Canadian illustrator & author based in Toronto. I’m on the lookout for new representation! Check out my website! I’ve been sharing lots of new projects there 💻🎨
#kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #illustrator #artpostcard
September 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Hello! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! 🍁 I'm a west coast illustrator who loves nature and neon! Bright worlds, unique creatures, and adventurous stories.

www.heycrystalsmith.com
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@jemiscoe.bsky.social

Open for projects!

#kidlitart #illustrator #cankidlit
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Quote with your yellow art! 💛

#kidlitart
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
crystalsmithart.bsky.social
Looking for a kid's book for fall? Look no further! 🎃🍂 Mother Aspen is a lyrical journey through the life and seasons of an aspen tree — and all the creatures in the forest with her.

👍🏽 Fun to read!
🍂 Learn about aspen trees!
🐿️ Spot all the hidden forest animals!

#kidsbook #kidlit #kidsbooks #fall
Fall aspen tree with a squirrel and fox. The leaves are bright orange and the tree trunks are white.
September 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM