pressed play on Olivia Rodrigo's new music video for drop dead not knowing who directed it and immediately was like wait... is this directed by Petra Collins?

of course it is ✨🧚🏼‍♀️🪽🌸💓

yes!! fingers crosseddd 🌤️🌞

so lovely!!

and it's #kidlitartpostcard day! hoping the April showers lately will soon turn into flowers! I need sun!
I'm based in Vancouver & rep'd by the wonderful @janinele.bsky.social 🪻would love to do more books but also book covers!! 💛
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Next week there will be another existential boogeyman designed to discourage you from pursuing art. There will always be a mosquito in your ear trying to convince you your creativity has no value. Let this Sora situation be a lesson. Stop getting pushed around by scammers. Make art

Scotiabank’s 1832 Asset Management sells last shares in Israeli military supplier Elbit Bank faced criticism for investment, including high-profile protests at the Giller Prize

Incredible victory! After years of organizing across Canada, Scotia Bank has divested from Elbit Systems!

Elbit is Israel's largest weapons company, arming the occupation and genocide of Palestine.

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& here was the rest of my day yesterday!! I love the fun intensity of this every year. until next time 🫶🏼💫 #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026 #comics #illustration #kidlitart

Shot from the stands of the Bad Bunny halftime show.

What a moment.

12:15PM #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026

11:15AM #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026

10:15AM #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026

9:15AM #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026

oops I was much more on top of posting this on IG!! #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicsday2026

cover reveal!😭💛 Nora At Night, my first PB as illustrator AND author! Daytime is so loud for Nora! What kind of sounds will nighttime bring?

Many thanks to the best @janinele.bsky.social & everyone @kidscanpress.bsky.social Out Sept 1 2026! you can pre-order now wherever you get your books! #kidlit

Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (USA Today), 1990
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Return to Sender

Such a good article in Maisonneuve on how Canada Post is being dismantled, management is rolling out tech to try to emulate Amazon, and what Canadians collectively lose if they’re successful in gutting this public institution.

wtf does this even do? They are paying them to steal their IPs? No one is gonna want to pay to see this shit, it will be literally everywhere and probably gross and vulgar. If it’s even “successful” it only devalues Disney’s worth, they give up legal control and quality control.

Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza Two Years of Genocide+: Crips Aren’t Done Sending eSims to Gaza   Two years, what the fuck. It really has been two years to the day since Israel’s heightened and prolonged genocide against the…

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We’re still going!

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#ConnectingGaza

all children and and all people deserve to be safe #freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea

ooh I love this!

this is so cute and fun. love the colours!

so fun !!

2-for-1 today: #peachtober25 & #kidlitartpostcard 🌬️🪁

I'm finishing up my author-illustrator debut with Kids Can Press & I'm looking for illustration projects :)

I'm rep'd by the best, Janine Le @janinele.bsky.social !

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#kidlitart #peachtober #peachtober25kite #illustration

oops I meant to post this earlier!! doing a few of the #peachtober25 prompts this month over on IG. here is an acorn for the first day of October 🌰🍂 #kidlitart #illustration

something cute about vancouver is when people stream out of the bus at the end of the line and it's a sweet and uneven chorus of thank you!s to the bus driver :')

This.

Obligatory repost

so fun!

little blue and b&w comic of a mama offering her young daughter a freezie pop. the daughter is pretty happy. yum yay! they give each other a thumbs up.

it’s july!! and finally it’s been hot around here!! hope you are all staying cool as a freezie pop and sharing your treats 🧊🍦 i cleaned up a little comic from my sketchbook for this month’s #kidlitartpostcard :) #kidlitart #cankidlit #illustration #kidlit #canadianillustrator