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Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net · Jul 3

Been pretty heads down working on a picture book dummy, but managed to pull together something for #kidlitartpostcard! Here's a character study of my anxious possum son.

Open to PB and book cover projects!!

🤠 www.reaganlehman.net
🐈‍⬛ Rep'd by @christiemegill.bsky.social, @thecatagency.bsky.social

Character study of a possum cowboy. In each study, the possum examines himself in the mirror, plays the harmonica, is startled, falls toward a cactus, plays dead, and holds his tail anxiously.

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Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day
I’m srinidhi, a #kidlit illustrator and I love drawing kids, their inventions and discoveries.
Here’s jess and her lost things finder!

I’m open to #picturebooks #middlegrade Interiors and covers!

View my work www.srinidhidraws.com
#kidlitart #picturebookart

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Sydney J. Stone @sydleys.bsky.social · Jul 3

It’s been a minute #kidlitartpostcard !

My name is Sydney Stone and I’m a #kidlit illustrator rep’d by @kellydhouse.bsky.social at @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

Hire me to illustrate your next spooky or whimsical graphic novel, book cover, or chapter book!

#kidlitart #middlegrade #youngadult

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Jul 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday friends! I’m Delphine and I love to draw everything about childhood, especially the joy of being a kid.

When it sizzling outside, there is nothing better than a chilled watermelon 🍉 .

I’m rep’d by Aliza Hoover at @thecatagency.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · Jun 5

Hey #kidlitartpostcard ! I'm Julian, a queer author-illustrator painting critters & oceans of all sorts in gouache! Would love to illustrate a nonfiction picture book about the sea :)

Rep'd by Naomi Davis @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
🌊 julianplum.com
🌈 [email protected]

#kidlitart #kidlit

An art postcard of a red-haired boy clinging to a selkie skin in a swirl of blue waves and seafoam. Fish jump around him. A hand reaches out to pull him free. The text reads, "Julian Plum," and "author-illustrator, julianplum.com, hello@julianplum.com"

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Michelle McGaughey @michellemcgaughey.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

My name is Michelle McGaughey I'm an illustrator/writer seeking representation for picture books!

#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustration #illustration #scbwi #kidlitpostcard

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Andrea Yomtob @yomtobillustrator.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌸I'm Andrea Yomtob, an illustrator for #picturebooks, and my #whimsicalbees are twirling and whirling for #KidLitArtPostcard day!
My #handpaintedillustrations blend watercolor, Prisma, and tissue paper.
Let's connect and create!
#SeekingRepresentation #KidLitArt

bees dancing on flowers, ballerina bee, hip hop bee

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Jun 5

Thank u!!

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Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social · Jun 5

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Clary here 🦖 I’m a #kidlit #illustrator who would love to work with you on your next projects.

Available for picture books, board books, editorials, and any kidlit-art-related projects.

✨ Rep’d by Tracy Marchini | @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
🖥️ claryillustration.com

A boy plays with his triceratops and T-rex toys. He loves them so much that he even fixes T-rex's broken tail with a little bandage.

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Jun 5

Love this so much!!!

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Reagan Lehman @reaganlehman.net · Jun 5

Can you tell I've been fascinated by illuminated manuscripts lately? ✨ I'm obsessed with decorative borders, and I'd LOVE to illustrate a book in this style. #kidlitartpostcard

🌿 www.reaganlehman.net
🦌 Rep'd by @christiemegill.bsky.social
🐈‍⬛ For @thecatagency.bsky.social's 100 things prompt

List of 100 things Reagan loves to draw. The image is illustrated in a medieval, illuminated-text style. There are flourishes, floral details, hand-lettered text, little hidden critters, and many other details. There is also a portrait of Reagan drawing at her desk with her two cats, Cash and Jasper. There is also the full written list of 100 things ranging from mythical creatures to autumn leaves to cozy clothing.

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Jun 5

Mom: Oh, isn’t he the cutest thing EVER?!
Dad: Welcome to the world, buddy!
Nugget: Wassup
😅

It’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Hello, I’m Delphine. Hire me for PB or BB featuring cute and mischievous animals with PERSONALITY.

For
@thecatagency.bsky.social prompt for May.

#kidlit #kidlitart

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Apr 8

💙❤️ all the #PortfolioDay posts!

Illustrators, I’m an executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group. Interested in working together? I’ve created an illustrator contact form just for you! 🤗

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Illustrator Contact Form

Hello! My name is Brian LaRossa, I’m executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group, where I’ve worked for 20 years. I oversee our Branches and Acorn imprints which are beginning ...

docs.google.com

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Michelle McGaughey @michellemcgaughey.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy #portfolioday!

My name is Michelle McGaughey, I'm an illustrator and writer from New England!

Currently seeking rep in picture books! Cheers!

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Sydney J. Stone @sydleys.bsky.social · Apr 8

Howdy #portfolioday ! My name is Sydney Stone and I'm a #kidlit illustrator who loves all things spooky and whimsical.

Want more art? Check my website sydneyjstone.com or instagram.com/sydleys

For book inquiries, please contact the lovely @kellydhouse.bsky.social with @thetobiasagency.bsky.social

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Happy #portfolioday ! I’m Delphine Lee and I love writing/ illustrating spunky little people and critters having epic adventures. Picture books, board books, book covers, I love them all!

I’m rep’d by Aliza Hoover at @thecatagency.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Really lovely!! 💕

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · Apr 8

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Julian 🏳️‍⚧️, a picture book illustrator working in gouache! I paint colorful nature with specificity & style 🍄 Would love to work on nonfiction stuff!

🌿 Books: contact my agent, Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary
🪿 Prints & stickers: julianplumart.etsy.com
🐌 [email protected]

A snippet of a lush, leaf-filled gouache painting showing a grasshopper sparrow sitting on a gray birch branch. It holds a chunky grasshopper in its short beak. Surrounding the bird are fading sundial lupine flowers with emerging seedpods, pink corydalis, and bright yellow partridge pea flowers.

Snippet of a gouache painting showing a green lacewing flying away from its dangling eggs laid on a milkweed leaf. Its transparent wings overlay a lush green background and a bright pink eastern wahoo fruit. Brown maleberry seeds cascade down from the right toward a puff of downy white milkweed seeds flying into the air.

Bright gouache painting of orange glowing mushrooms, Omphalotus illudens, on a forest floor against a dark night sky. The mushrooms are covered in the insects that feed on them: snails and ants, flies and dark beetles.

Gouache painting of a forest floor and the soil beneath it. The ground is bursting with Lactarius and saffron milky cap mushrooms, whose mycelia are entwined beneath the soil with the parasitic root ball of the ghost pipe flower. Lacking chlorophyll, the white flowers stand out against the lush green background. A spring peeper and an eastern red newt greet each other from atop mushrooms. Worms wriggle under the earth.

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · Apr 8

Why hello there, #portfolioday. I'm a #kidlitart illustrator (and author) that likes to romp around in texture and color.

✨ Portfolio: www.andreabrownlit.com/illustrator/...
🌟 Rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Yara, an illustrator looking for illustrating your book about animals! I love all the weirdly shaped creatures, random facts about them and having fun with my textures!

I’m proudly represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 🐞

odnatamyara.com

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · Apr 8

👋I’m Mark Hoffmann. I love writing & illustrating silly & cute books. Interested in picture books, board books, middle grade & kids’ editorial

I’m rep’d by @literaticat.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
🎨: www.studiohoffmann.com

#PortfolioDay #KidLitArt #KidLitIllustration #illustration

An image combining 4 illustrations:
A rabbit knitting a very long scarf; 3 trolls under a bridge; a dinosaur party around a volcano; a bunch of dog faces with the text “Found Family”
Text in the center says: “Mark Hoffmann author & illustrator, studiohoffmann.com”

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allysa-adams.bsky.social @allysa-adams.bsky.social · Apr 3

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!

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Melissa Zurca-Ng @melissazurcang.com · Apr 3

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! And Happy Spring! 🌸 Perhaps you’ll find an elephant in your garden too? 🤷🏻‍♀️ I love creating illustrations that are full of wonder and possibility!

Currently seeking representation for picture books!

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #scbwiillustrators #illustration

In a backyard a small girl in yellow leans over the white railing of a garden porch to look down at what sits underneath in the grass. Her dark hair drapes over the railing as she spies a purple elephant partially hidden under a pink and yellow check striped blanket peeking back up at her. The porch extends from a brick wall w a door and window. There is a mat beneath the door that reads, “Home”, and many potted plants. Down the porch stairs are more flowering plants with a fence in the background, a tree in the top right corner with a bluebird peering down at the scene, and a pink and yellow butterfly fluttering by. The bottom reads, “Melissa Zurca-Ng” on the left and “melissazurcang.com” on the right.

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Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thanks!!

Delphine Lee @delphineleeillo.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thank u!!

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