My husband made me a rl ballon day 🤧💖🥹

Tomorrow is my balloon day but there will not be balloons here ☹️

Whaaat oh my thank you Andrea much appreciated 🙇🏻‍♀️

Creating alongside this little pal is the most uplifting feeling. To see how he reacts to the stories how he can feel the stories and learn through imagination is inspiring to create too and nurture little hearts 💖
#kidlitchat

Hi #kidlitchat and everyone participating today 🤗 I’m Marina a budding author illustrator a seasoned tattoo artist and mom of a toddler who is my fountain of inspiration.

I am love text below illustration of child hugging a hart happily

I am LOVE!

I love love ❤️ we need more love.
First take for a daily affirmation project 🤗

This is my family. We dressed up for Halloween and didn’t took a single picture of us together 😅 but that’s not a problem because now we have this portrait 🤗 aren’t we cute 🥹

An cute illustration of a white goose, brown beaver, brown bear, dark brown owl and deer sharing an orange book together. A large "I Read Canadian" logo is sitting above their heads.

Today is a perfect day to take a break and enjoy some great Canadian books!

#IReadCanadianDay 🍁📚

Learn more here: ireadcanadian.com/day/

a red stamp that says des livres canadaiens pour moi Alt: Animated gif of "I Read Canadian" logo that switches between English and French.

Whether or not you're Canadian, you can celebrate #IReadCanadianDay this Thu. Nov. 6th! Just read or listen to a children's book by a Canadian or published by a 🇨🇦 publisher. Browse my #CanKidLit #CanYALit feed for inspiration: bsky.app/profile/debb...

More about the day: ireadcanadian.com/day/

Cutout paper masks for Halloween

#kidlitart

I haven’t recovered from PYI I’m glad I found about @canscaip.bsky.social just in time 😋 Does anyone want to share how to take the most from this membership? So far I’ve been reading Bookflap and the directory for Blue Pencil 😬

Final Friday thought: I've been working on a portfolio piece, and it just hit me:
I created this character.
I gave her a story.
I imagined her world.
And now she's real, at least to me.
It's magic...you know?
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

it's a venn diagram of three overlapping circles. one says 'illustrator', one says 'designer', and one says 'tattoo artist'. illustrator + tattoo artist = "can u do a logo" tattoo artist + designer = "can u make my comic" designer + illustrator = "can u draw a tattoo" at the center where all three artists overlap: "i need a website"

artist request simulator

Good morning, and reminder - #kidlitart chat is today!

See you this evening!

Brand new portfolio website ✨
ninnarenard.art

A bonus picture for the curious 👀

Yes, that single image is mi pitch.

#skypitch

#wip

A screencap of a message from Simon and Schuster publishers, warning users of fake accounts pretending to be them.

Simon & Schuster (who publish AMY WU) issued this notice on their Insta.

Since they’re not on Bluesky, I’m just resharing it as a PSA.

Pls note the email addresses & if you get contacted by anything else claiming to be S&S, it is a scam account!

#kidlit #publishing #books

Green, that’s not your family.

Tattoo on left side calf black of the character princess monoke surrounded by flowers wolfs and little forest sprites

Today’s rock fact: I’m a tattoo artist 🤗

Today is the day! 🎉 SCBWI BookStop is now open! Are you participating? Comment below to let us know! Be sure to tag us and download your social media badge from the Resources Tab under Member Home. You can still sign up at scbwi.org directly. Don't miss out!

#SCBWIBookStop

A water taxi ride to Centre Island TO 🙌

#illustration #kiditart #Toronto

Probably my favourite sketch this month I almost don’t want to clean the lines and all that.

Colorful illustration of three little fairies using magic to pick apples from trees. Text reads: ginaperry.com / Represented by Sean McCarthy

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Gina Perry - a children's book author / illustrator from New England and creator of this event. Apple trees and fairies are some of my favorite things to draw. I'm rep'd by Sean McCarthy and looking for that next great book project. www.ginaperry.com #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #kidlitpostcard day 🤗
My name is Marina a budding author-illustrator. I love creating stories about the magic of nature 💖🍄🌷
Seeking for representation 🙌

Portfolio ninnarenard.art

I can’t go anything spookier than this.
#kidlit #watercolour #cats

Colour pencil doodles of a blue fairy.

Pencil sketches and colour pencil swatches of fairies

Colour pencil drawing of a fairy blowing a dandelion in colours blue purple and green

Some pictures of my process I love how silly the little colour doodles end up looking ~

While the spotlight is on books that are banned for LGBTQ characters & themes, don’t forget a lot of books by minorities are also banned, challenged or removed.

Just more quietly.