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🐚 they / she / he 💗 illustrator + poet ⛅️ NYC🪞台山 🍀 shop + commissions open! 🔍 looking for a #kidlit literary agent 💕 💌 [email protected] 🔗 https://salpalc.carrd.co

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Dec 16

“In My Heart, There Is Joy” (2024) is at Brooklyn Children’s Museum until March 2025 🥳

It’s about how in all of our hearts, we have joy, love, & a community that keeps us going through celebrations, big and small. When we are loved, we are able to shine brighter than if we pursued our dreams alone.

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 2d

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday” for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle!!

I’m a #kidlitillustrator looking for a literary agent 🍀

#artist #kidlit #colorpencil #illustration #イラスト #dibujo #ink #cute #birthdaycake #scbwiillustrator #drawingprocess

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 3d

literally an icon

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Rhelaza ⟡ @rhelaza.bsky.social · 24d

a tiny tetra study 🐟

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 3d

ILYSM THANK U!!!!! >:) we r so back …

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 3d

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday!” final + closeups for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle 💛

made with @robertoster.bsky.social ink + a glass dip pen

#artober #artwork #illustration #ink #イラスト #whimsy #kidlitart #drawing #kidlitartist #scbwi #插画 #inktober #illustrationjeunesse

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 4d

There are so many creatures in and around the goblin city

a page with lots of drawings of various creatures on it including a frog with a snail shell and a spiral shaped worm and a long axolotl and a bat and a horned ladybird and a long frog and a mushroom with a face and legs. At the top of the page it says "there are so many creatures in and around the goblin city"

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 4d

thank you!! 🥰

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 4d

#scbwiartober2025 day 6: candle 🕯️

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday” is inspired by jet packs and birthday celebrations

made with @robertoster.bsky.social toffee ink & a glass dip pen ⭐️

#art #lineart #artober #illustration #inking #cake #dessert #kidlitart #artprocess #イラスト #artist #drawing #whimsical

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 5d

closeups :)

#art #inking #animals #nature #イラスト #raccoon #squirrel #rabbit

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 5d

#scbwiartober2025 day 01

“Who Ate My Squash?” in India ink & color pencil! ⭐️

📍 i’m a kidlit illustrator based in NYC looking for a literary agent!

#kidlitart #drawing #colorpencil #illustration #scbwi #indiaink #cute #artober #autumn #whimsical #childrensbook

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 6d

light filtering through my window to my sketchbook :) ⛅️🪟✨

#illustrator #colorpencil #trees #whimsical #sketchbook

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 6d

#scbwiartober2025 day 1: squash #coloring process :)

#artsky #illustrator #whimsical

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 7d

#artprocess video for #scbwiartober2025 day 1: squash! 🧑🏻‍🌾

#kidlitart #illustrator #gardening #ink

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 10d

drew the prettiest squashes in my sketchbook the other day!! 🥹

#artsky #sketchbook #colorpencil #kidlitart #autumn #garden

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 13d

birthday drawings for my friends :)

#artsky #illustration #nostalgia #sketchbook #colorpencil #queerartist #nycartist

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 15d

some of my fave portraits i did at a vow renewal ceremony in Long Island! ❤️

#artsky #vowrenewal #liveportraits #portraitartist #nycartist #longisland #seacliff #weddingartist #colorpencil

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Jun 20

From NYC, With Love (2025), my new #SingForHope #Piano available for public play at #UnionSquarePark until June 29! 🥹🫶🏼

#nyc #nycartist #art #manhattan #kidlitart #whimsy #animals #paint #aapiartist

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · Jun 12

“bite the hand that oppressed you” ft bunny on a stamp chomping a hand

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Ashanti Fortson @ashantifortson.com · Jun 11

Neighbors don't let neighbors get eaten ✊🏽

Illustration of various people pulling other people out of a huge horned white snake that had eaten them. Large textured letters at the bottom read: Abolish ICE!

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Jun 8

new sticker drop :)

⭐️ salpalc.bigcartel.com

#trans #happypride #lgbtq #artsky #wholesome #art #stickers #shopsmall #nonbinary #illo

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Jun 5

shop update :)
🌈 salpalc.bigcartel.com

#artsky #illustrator #artforsale #wholesome #stickers #artprints #shopsmall #trans #whimsical

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Jun 4

The End (2025) depicting the end of a journey from adventurers who set out to find a legendary banned book. When they finally free the book from its shackles, they find the message that they’ve all been kept away from all along.

⭐️ salpalc.bigcartel.com

#artsky #lgbtqia #queerart #wholesome #illust

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sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · May 30

coming soon to #UnionSquarePark! :)

#artsky #nycartist #subway #cuteanimals #illustration

sally chen | illust | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · May 29

happy little guys on the #subway! 🥹🚉💖

sneak peek of my upcoming #SingForHope #piano at #UnionSquarePark, available for public playing for a month in June!

#nyc #nycartist #artsky #kidlitart #illustration #cuteart #animals #painting #queerartist #communityart #paintedpiano #subwayart @mta.info

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · May 29

sketching at the museum

warm illustration based off the jardin des plantes dinosaur exhibit. we see three skeletons displayed over someone who is sketching nearby

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