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madly kim (illustration)
@madlyart.bsky.social
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kidlit illustrator based in bucks county, pa

represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency
[email protected]

madlykim.com
[email protected]

2025 SCBWI EJK Showcase Prize Winner
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madly kim (illustration) @madlyart.bsky.social · 19d
hello #kidlitartpostcard day!

I’m Madly Kim and I’d love to illustrate your next project. I have a particular fondness for history, cozy magic, and plucky protagonists.

I work primarily in watercolor and am represented by @charlottewenger.com

View my portfolio at madlykim.com
madly kim kid lit postcard. a young page is trying to pull an arrow out of a target stump. painted with watercolor and featuring colored pencil.
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annely-so.bsky.social
Hello! I am Annely So, author-illustrator and reader of picture books! I am either making something or playing outside! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

#kidlitart #canadawestillustrators #childhoodillustrations #playoutside #basketball
www.annelyso.com
www.instagram.com/annelyartandillustration
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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annely-so.bsky.social
Hello…I am a kid lit illustrator and author from Vancouver Island. I would love to go camping in a cute yellow tent!

Hope you are enjoying the #kidlitartpostcard pop ups today!

www.annelyso.com

www.instagram.com/annelyartandillustration
March 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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mhbabin.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
After the graphite pencil of October, a bit of colour! i’m Marie-Helene, a picturebook illustrator based on the stunning west coast of Canada! I love illustrating whimsical and animals.
For my portfolio www.mhbabin.com
#kidlitart #childrensbookillustrator #polarbears
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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menekarepka.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🌼🌸🌼🌸

I'm an illustrator repped by @charlottewenger.com & I would love to work on more picture books, book covers, & middle grade projects. I love vintage imagery, nature scenes, animal characters, & curious little objects! #kidlit #illustration

www.menekarepka.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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jackie-thomson.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard day! These are characters for a folktale that I've been fully swallowed up by I love it so much. I'm an illustrator open for working on picture books / board books and commissions. I love a folktale, a myth, and especially an adventure
www.jackie-thomson.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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farnaznadim.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

I‘m Farnaz, an Iranian illustrator based in California, looking forward to working with you! Please check out my portfolio at farnaznadim.com and reach out to lovely Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency if I’m a good fit for your project.

#illustration #kidlit
A Halloween illustration showing a witch riding on her broom.
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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jenniferdoehring.bsky.social
Happy November #kidlitartpostcard day! 🍁🍂 I’m Jennifer, an author and illustrator of kids books. I’m open for new projects in 2026 and would love to work on more picture books! ❤️ I specialize in nature, animals, and anything whimsical. Check out my portfolio and contact my agent for more info!
Bear in the woods
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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reyhanaismail.bsky.social
It's #kidlitpostcard day! I'm a Lancashire based Illustrator and designer, represented by The Bright Agency. My portfolio can be viewed at www.reyoflightdesign.com 😊

#kidlitart #picturebookillustrator #bookstagram #bookdesigner #bookdesign #illustration #coverdesign #childrensbookillustrator
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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studio-yuey.bsky.social
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! Are you not ready to let go of the spooky season? Me either. 🤗

🌟 If you think I’d be a good fit for your next story, please reach out to my lovely agent Kait Feldmann at @ktliterary.bsky.social
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! Are you not ready to let go of the spooky season? Me either. 🤗 “Is she her long-lost twin separated at birth? A doppelgänger conjured from moonlight? An alien wearing her face? She can’t be sure… but they met on this quiet autumn night, and they seem to be perfect dance partners. 💃💃So let this moment linger a little longer, before the night fades away.” 🌟 If you think I’d be a good fit for your next story, please reach out to my lovely agent @kaitfeldmann at @ktliterary
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
hello #kidlitartpostcard day!

I’m Madly Kim and I’d love to illustrate your next project. I have a particular fondness for history, cozy magic, and plucky protagonists.

I work primarily in watercolor and am represented by @charlottewenger.com

View my portfolio at madlykim.com
madly kim kid lit postcard. a young page is trying to pull an arrow out of a target stump. painted with watercolor and featuring colored pencil.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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cindylozito.com
Of all the trees that transform and autumn, ginkgos are my favorite! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day 🍂 I am open to illustrating kids books and black-and-white interiors.
cindylozito.com
[email protected]
Happily rep’d by @litagentsaritza.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
A scene of a young girl in a butterfly costume dressing up her toy rhino in a set of butterfly wings beneath a ginkgo tree losing its leaves in the wind
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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julianplum.com
Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!"

🌌 julianplum.com
💌 [email protected]

#kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿
Gouache painting in lush dark green and blue featuring a cross-section of a pond at night. A green harlequin-patterned frog with a hint of tadpole tail climbs half out of the water into the cattails, looking at the stars. In the darkness lurks a taloned heron foot. The water is full of tadpoles, pond weed, insect larvae, and frog eggs. A single bright mayfly hangs on a cattail leaf above the frog's head. Text below reads JULIAN PLUM | Represented by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary, julianplum.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
I am proud to say I am now represented by the wonderful Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency! Please contact @charlottewenger.com for all things book related

I am open to all projects and particularly interested in historic settings, diverse families, and anything a little magical :)

#kidlitart
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
I’m thrilled to say that two of my original watercolors will be on display and for sale at the #PhiladelphiaSketchClub this October! If you’re in the area, please go check out the show. There are a ton of amazing artists :)
September 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
I will be at the eastern pa scbwi conference in Lancaster this weekend! If you’re there too let’s say hi :)
September 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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ptitsatsa.bsky.social
«Crows». Watercolor, gouache and charcoal on pastel paper, 2025.
«Вороны». Акварель, гуашь и карандаш на пастельной бумаге, 2025.
#painting #summer #nature #architecture #pleinair #artwork #landscape #illustration #sketch #иллюстрация #живопись #пленэр
August 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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farnaznadim.bsky.social
It’s #kidlitartpostcard day!

Hi Art Directors and Editors! I’m Farnaz Nadim a kidlit illustrator who would love to work with you on your upcoming projects! I’m open for board books, picture books and editorials.
portfolio www.farnaznadim.com

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art
Mary Poppins floating in the air, over the cherry trees and the roofs the houses, holding tightly to the umbrella with one hand and to the orange carpet bag with the other.
August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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teted.bsky.social
Another kidlit postcard day! Here is a fun paper crafting experiment. ❤️

Hello everyone, I am TeTed, and I’m actively seeking new projects or collaborations, also seeking new representation at the moment!

Thanks a lot! ✨✨

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlitpostcard #paperart #kidlit #kidlitart
August 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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kentculotta.bsky.social
Happy #Kidlitartpostcard day! I'm thrilled to let you all know that I am now rep'd by Vicky Weber at Creative Media Agency! I'm Kent Culotta, an author/illustrator looking forward to working on all kinds of fun picture book and middle grade projects. #kidlitpostcard #picturebookart #kidlitart
August 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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rat-party.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day!! (my first one)
August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Thought I’d share something sweet and summery in colored pencil. I don’t know about you, but these days I yearn for some peace and quiet. And a good climbing tree.

I’m a picture book illustrator based outside of philly. Seeking representation!

#kidlitart
two young girls climb a tree. fruit from the tree falls into a basket. the hand drawn illustration is bathed in dappled light.
August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
sometimes you gotta re-work a piece. learning what feels like “me” when it comes to watercolor :)

Any preferences?

#watercolorillustration #art #kidlitart
July 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
madlyart.bsky.social
Slightly reworking an old piece that I still adore for my new portfolio. I love drawing multigenerational scenes…

#workinprpgress #kidlitart #aapiillustrator #wip #art #illustration #kimchi #watercolor
An illustration of a korean family making kimchi. The grandmother is in a yellow smock and pink gloves. She is spreading red sauce on an oversized nappa cabbage leaf. The boy is pouring the sauce onto the leaf. There is a toddler in a diaper eating the fresh kimchi.
July 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
madlyart.bsky.social
Trying to work on some black and white stuff for my #kidlitart portfolio. I’d love to work on chapter books :’)

#wip #art #blackandwhiteillustration
A black and white watercolor illustration of an adolescent boy pitching a baseball. His hat has flown off his head and a hurricane swirls in the sky.
July 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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phyllisharris.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an author-illustrator and enjoy creating emotion and playing with light. I am represented by @kterrette.bsky.social See more art at www.phyllisharris.com/portfolio #editor #kidlitart #kidlit
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an author-illustrator and enjoy creating emotion and playing with light. I am represented by @kterrette.bsky.social See more art at https://www.phyllisharris.com/portfolio #editor #kidlitart #kidlit
July 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM