Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Kelsey, a #kidlit illustrator and author with a focus on the natural world. Looking for work in covers, picture books, and middle grade interiors.
💫www.kelseykingillustration.com
💫Rep'd by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social
The next #PortfolioDay is TOMORROW Tuesday, April 14th! If you’re a creative looking for work or someone looking to hire talent, this is the tag for you! Watch this video to find out how to participate.
👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈
More info at portfolioday.art 💛
Tonight's demo
We're looking for a part-time agency assistant! $25/hr, 20 hrs/week. Fully remote or hybrid in tristate NY.
Send cover letters and resumes to info@madwomanliterary.com
Get ready, #kidlit Next Thursday, April 2nd is our next #KidLitArtPostcard day! Read more here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
A digital painting of a tree on a misty morning
Demo painting from tonight's class. The best class days are days I get to do a painting.
I loooooove it, Alex!
I'm going to be opening up spots for (free) individual comic critique/ feedback sessions! Aiming to work with emerging/ intermediate cartoonists without BFA/MFAs, who'd like feedback on a comic at least at thumbs & text-roughed-in stage. stay tuned for a short application in the next few weeks!
An acrylic painting of a tree near a channel in spring. The grass is golden and there is a little snow and ice, the sky is blue and cloudy.
A gouache painting of a tree in a snowy landscape near water. The grass that is peeking through the snow is golden.
Six years of daily* paintings! March 15th, 2020 vs March 15th, 20206. The left is acrylic on hardboard, the right is gouache on wood panel.
*I've missed 3 days in the last six years, none this year!
Illustration of a child in a pink shirt and bright pink shoes, running with a bright yellow mailbag, spilling colorful postcards. Text above reads KidLitArtPostcard. Text below reads March 5th. Art by Gina Perry
Tomorrow! #KidLitArtPostcard day! This June marks the 5th anniversary of the event. I'm cooking up some fun ideas to celebrate, starting with a logo refresh. I can't wait to see everyone's art! Be sure to triple check your hashtag!!!! #kidlit
See if you can find a couple of cats to look out a window with today! Art by @kkingillustration.bsky.social
See more art from Kelsey and our other illustrators in our latest lookbook! buff.ly/JkEitHg
#illustration #art #kidlitart
This is SICK Miranda!!! So cool!
PORTFOLIO TIPS FOR ILLUSTRATORS
I am an art director who has probably seen close to 1000 portfolios, many great, but many...not 😔
This is a doc I wrote featuring tips and tricks for how to make a better art portfolio site. Feel free to share with anyone who may find this useful <3 #art
#KidLit FYI: The next postcard event is Thursday, January 8th. www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlitartpostcard
It's a little early, but I wanted to let #kidlit know that our first #KidLitArtPostcard event of 2026 will be Thursday, January 8th.
www.ginaperry.com/postcard
once again screaming at people about her public document full of historical clothing references and resources (which had it's most recent update on the 12th of january last year!)
heystacks.com/doc/1247/cla...
Art vs artist, 2025 edition. This year felt like a return to the love of drawing. Photo featuring an in-progress mockup of a father's day hat.
Print your own here: printables.hp.com/us/en/printa...
Remember, fish have fathers too.
An illustration with bright greens and pinks showing a frog standing on two legs with long grey hair and glasses turning a mouse in a pink dress and orange cardigan into a large bird
Just a part of a story I'm working on about a little mouse who get transformed into a sandhill crane. Excited to keep exploring this further :) #kidlit #kidlitart
Not affiliated, but the Star Wars: Fate of the Republic team is hiring full-time positions now for many disciplines. Offices in Kelowna + Edmonton, remote positions.
Jobs: www.arcanautstudios.com/careers
Hole in a cardboard box with an angry cat with glowing eyes inside
Season's greetings from Waffle
LOVE ❤️
Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I’m Kelsey, and illustrator and author who loves the natural world - and all the creatures in it!
Interested & open for work in book covers, PB, and MG.
Represented by @chelseabigbang.bsky.social
at @madwomanliterary.bsky.social
More at www.kelseykingillustration.com
Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
Anyway, this is why live drawings are so heavily recommended to folks still learning how to draw. When you do studies from flat images, there's a lot of possible distortion that the observer may not be aware of. Observations from life are being received by that universal organ, the ol' eyeball.
"The Art of K-Pop Demon Hunters" artbook (physical) is coming in 2026.
In the meantime, here's the free digital version.
>> theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
I actually did change the clock in my car this year, but I'm so used to it being wrong that every time I look at it my instinct is to start doing some math
Have you ever done the thing where you don't change the clock in your car when daylight savings ends eventually it's correct again in the spring? This year I forgot to put my snow shovel back in the garage all summer so my transition into the first snow today has been seamless
Hello! Did you know I would love to do romance book covers? Just saying~*
