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Anu Chouhan

@anumation.bsky.social

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Art director / Game dev / Kid lit illustrator and author! | 🇨🇦 #kidlitart Rep’d by Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency anumation.ca

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hello #PortfolioDay! My name is Anu, and I am an illustrator and game dev artist from Canada. I am a published kidlit artist and author, currently open to picture book art + MG and YA book cover opportunities. Rep’d by Thao Le at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency 💫

Portfolio: www.anumation.ca

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Michelle Jing Chan (she/her) 🌈 @michellejingchan.bsky.social · 1d

Happy book birthday to WEIWEI’S WINTER SOLSTICE, my author-illustrator debut!! 🥳

www.michellejingchan.com/weiweis-wint...

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Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social · 1d

If you can’t afford books but want to support your favourite authors - borrow and request from your library!!! We LOVE libraries and it’s a wonderful way to support both the author and the libraries who help so many kids have access to reading 🥹❤️ especially right now!

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Beanie (Alina T) @whatsupbeanie.bsky.social · 2d

WELP ITS TODAY 🫣. I’m gonna go on my bookstore adventure in a bit! Happy birthday My Sister the Werebeast 🎂.

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 2d

Happy book birthday!!

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!!

Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

I started a new piece for kidlitartpostcard day, but life has been busy lately and I couldn’t complete it in time. But I’m still quite proud of this illustration, and glad it resonated with so many folks. Plus, I could feel my art style evolve a bit while I was working on it!

Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

Hi #kidlitartpostcard day, my name is Anu and I am open to upcoming picture book, board book, and cover art projects! 📚

Publishers, editors, and art directors, please contact my agent to get in touch
[email protected]

🎨: www.anumation.ca

#kidlit #kidlitart

An illustration of a desi fabric store. A girl to the left is tired and bored with her head resting on her hands. A little boy binding in the fabric to the right peek through in her direction. In the background a lady is purchasing some fabric from the uncle-ji who works there.

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

I loveee this

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Lilistrations 🍉 @lilistrations.bsky.social · 6d

It's my favorite #kidlitartpostcard day of the year! I love seeing all the spooky art on my feed.
I'm available for picture book and board book projects. You can find more of my work at lilistrations.com

Rep: Sophie Sheumaker
[email protected]

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Christine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social · 7d

Happy #FAHM and #kidlitartpostcard day! 🇵🇭 Here’s a preview from my next book, I DANCE, coming 10/28! They’re dancing the Tinikling 🎶

I’m open for new picture book, chapter book and cover projects. Let’s work together!

🎶 www.christinealmeda.com

A group of dancers from the Philippines dancing the Tinikling, a traditional Philippine folk dance. The Tikling bird is hopping with them.

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Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October and #KidLitArtPostcard day!

I’m sharing this illustration of the Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualatin, OR from my latest book, as I’m in the middle of wrapping up some projects for this year.

I’d love to work on more picture books! 📚

martinstanev.com
Rep’d by InklingIllustration.com

An illustration depicting the Giant Pumpkin Regatta in Tualatin, Oregon. A child is paddling in a giant pumpkin, wearing a dark blue wizard costume and hat.

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

Love the textures!!

Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible lmao

Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 7d

“I had a cat named Snowball. She died, she died!”

Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social · 7d

what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.

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Charlot Kristensen @zolwia.bsky.social · 8d

I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating
Contact me at [email protected]
See portfolio link below

Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated

A digital illustrated book cover of Cruise Life - Raining Cats and Dogs by Reese Eschmann. It shows a Black girl chasing dogs and cats on the deck of a cruise while her big brother tries to catch up while holding a cat in his arms.

A digital illustrated book cover for the title Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus. It portrays a mixed Black girl walking by with her pit bull pet, a bridge is seen overhead her, with some cranes in the background and some key characters in the book watches her from a distance.

A digital illustrated book cover titled The Season of Styx Malone
It shows a Black boy with a cap and sunglasses on, her smirks to the viewer, and within his glasses you see the reflection of 2 other Black boys, one smiling back at him with enthusiasm while the other smiles more hesitantly.

A digital illustrated book cover of a picture book titled Bessie the Motorcycle Queen.
It shows Bessie Stringfield on her iconic Hogs (Harleys) against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon.

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Greenhearth Necromancer 🌱💀🐝 Wishlist on Steam! @silverstringmedia.bsky.social · 12d

We have a brand-new Steam page (shout out to folks at @join-indie-io.bsky.social for their support) for Greenhearth Necromancer!

We've got new:
🖼️ Screenshots!
🎞️ Gameplay GIFs!
📰 Headers!
✍️ Store copy!
+ A first look at some of our characters and UI...

store.steampowered.com/app/2127570/...

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Greenhearth Necromancer 🌱💀🐝 Wishlist on Steam! @silverstringmedia.bsky.social · 10d

And @vangamegarden.bsky.social is open once more! If you’re in the area come by and say hi, try out the 🌱GREENHEARTH NECROMANCER🐝 demo, and grab some stickers!

A booth in an expo hall. A table with a black tablecloth, computer setup, some banners, stickers laid out, and a few house plants to liven things up

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 11d

I had to miss out on it today too 🥺

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Greenhearth Necromancer 🌱💀🐝 Wishlist on Steam! @silverstringmedia.bsky.social · 12d

If you're in the Vancouver area this weekend, you could be one of the first to play Greenhearth Necromancer at the @vangamegarden.bsky.social!

We'll be there with stickers and bookmarks, so come say hi and see if you've got a green thumb. 💚👍

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 13d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#kidlitart #kidlit

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 16d

out in paperback today! read the book called "the funniest book about racism you will ever find" 🥰🫡

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

A paperback edition of my book PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT sitting on a table outside with lego cherry blossoms behind it.

The book being held open by the lego cherry blossoms so you can see the praise page, which reads:

"payal's journey is less about finding formans oad more about finding a person who likes all of you. Perfect for fans of Never Have / Ever and 20 Things I Hate About You, this novel's witty banter and endearing side characters create a loving ode to teen rom-coms."
BOOKLIST
"A cute romance that explores valuable themes around self-esteem."
-KIRKUS REVIEWS
"Look no further: Here's the funniest book of the year! Payal Mehta's stoy soars with heart, humor, and brilliance while still managing to subvert romantic comedy tropes in surprising ways. I was fist-pumping AND crying in the final pages."
- MARK OSHIRO,
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Into the Light
"Outrageously funny, incisive, and tender. Chhibber's romance is effervescent and effortlessly luminous."
- ROSHANI CHOKSHI,
New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves
"Chhibber is a hilarious and delightful new voice in YA romance! A smart exploration of friendship, navigating a first crush, and diaspora teens finding their voice. A heartwarming coming-of-age!"
-KAT CHO,
New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon a K-Prom
"Hilariously charming and smartly nuanced, Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is a refreshingly honest exploration of identity, friendships, microaggressions, and that awkward line between crushes and true love.
A joyful, can't-miss winner!"
-JULIAN WINTERS,
award-winning author of Right Where I Left You
"Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is love at first crush-him-under-your-heel-Payal-you-deserve-better! Delightfully hilarious and excruciatingly relatable, you know it's a good book when I'm up at two a.m. screaming "KISS THE NERD!" Preeti Chhibber had me in a chokehold, I can't wai for her to do it again."
—ASHLEY POSTON, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantic

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 13d

Yay congrats!!!!!!!

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Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 18d

Thank u Aishwarya!

Anu Chouhan @anumation.bsky.social · 19d

Study of a little girl with the prettiest parandhi 💛🦋

#kidlit #kidlitart

A drawing of a little girl wearing a blue Punjabi suit, holding a yellow and orange flower. Her hair is braided with a gold parandhi with pompom and heart details

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 27d

On September 12th 2001 someone threw a rock at me in downtown San Jose. Please believe that some of us were permanently stripped of our American-ness that day.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27d

From @theathletic.com: On a day when America remembered the 9/11 victims and heroes, and confronted pain all over again, Yankee Stadium was a great place to be, our columnist writes. nyti.ms/46gq9BN

A quote from Carolee Azzarello, a longtime Yankees fan, who lost her two brothers on Sept. 11, 2001: “It’s a shame. It would be great if we could all go back to Sept. 12, 2001, when we were all Americans regardless of your point of view.”

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