a little red spaceman dives into a blue green ocean and sees a vast reef teeming with an entire ecosystem of glowing aquatic creatures

lil guy 5: swimming

a swashbuckling spaceman fighting a much larger reptilian captain surrounded by a crew of dastardly pirates

lil guy 4: CAPTURED!

critters for my lil guy series

all of your earthsea illustrations are so good! I hadn't pictured this style while reading but it's so perfect that I can't imagine the world looking any other way! AMAZING!!!

lil guys so far

a little astronaut discovers a giant inert robot trapped in a vast technicolor cave underground

lil guy 3: the giant underground

little guy standing on a tiny craggy planet with constellations dancing in the atmosphere

Lil guy 2

a little astronaut in a field beneath rolling hills, dozens of colorful bubbles float around the frame

lil guy

#kidlit #illustration #kidlitart

my now-fiancee and I used to go on dates to Midtown Reader every weekend while at FSU and it’s still in my top 5 favorite bookstores in the entire country

gonna be a published author/illustrator in the next 3 years I’M CALLING IT NOW

QRT your growth ! 📈
2023-2025

thanks @natural-history.bsky.social

man I love drawing so much lol

happy #portfolioday

let me draw your comic, spooky kids book, and middle grade covers!

#kidlit #illustrator #middlegrade

can someone pay me to draw a kids book for them, I really hate my day job #kidlit #illustration

two kids running through a shallow creek, they are being chased by a large silhouetted creature with glowing red eyes

a mutant stalking through an abandoned alley at night

five kids witnessing a house burn down in the woods

a group of ghosts parading through a graveyard

no ai just human labor and love of the game 😤

just watched princess mononoke 4k in imax, have never been more anti AI art than this exact moment

I love your work, the way you use color kills me 😭😭

if you see this, post your green art

if you see this, post your green art

any working illustrators have advice on selling prints?

my fav illustrations from the last few weeks
#kidlit #graphicnovel #comicart #horror #middlegrade

drawing of a semi-realistic half-opened eye on my notes from work

drawing on my work notes

Drawing eyes instead of working, it feels like I’m in middle school

Mutant Dogman lurking in the abandoned alleyways of Chestnut Ave Fallen leaves blowing in the wind, green moon reflecting in the gutter, graffiti on the walls

Dogman of Chestnut Ave
From my middle grade horror comic CHERRY CREEK PARANORMAL
#middlegrade #graphicnovel #kidlit

some recent illustrations from my #middlegrade comics horror comic pitch: Cherry Creek Paranormal

#MiddleGradeComics #KidLit #CosmicHorror #IndieComics #ComicsForKids #UnpublishedWork #YoungReaders #GraphicNovel #KidLitComics #HorrorForKids #OriginalComics #MiddleGradeLit #ComicCreators

Cherry Creek Nightcrawlers
Illustration from my #middlegrade cosmic horror comic: CHERRY CREEK PARANORMAL
#kidlit #cryptidcore #comics #scbwi #cosmichorror #middlegradecomics #comicart #illustration

A flash sheet including a hellbender, a frog, a fire salamander, a brown salamander, a fire newt, and a frog with an ass.

That brown salamander is still the best thing I've drawn - ever.

The Mothman!
#middlegrade horror comic im writing: CHERRY CREEK PARANORMAL
about a club of middle school cryptid hunters in 90s New England
2 of our club members, Alejandro and Christine, getting chased by one of the mutants wreaking havoc on the town
#illustration #comicart #kidlitart #horrorart

Quote with your Night / Dark Art

#kidlit #illustration #portfolio #childrensbooks #illustrator #author #books #publishing #picturebook #childrensbookillustration #spookyart #halloween #procreateart #kidsart #kidlitart #spooky #aliens #monsters #ghosts #artistsupport #artists #artwork #comics #indiecomics #freelance #comicartist #middlegrade #graphicnovels #scbwi #scbwinymetroglowing ghosts parading through a cemetery at night

hi #kidlitartpostcard
I'm Adrian I love drawing vibrant worlds and all things spooky. I'm available for comics, picture books, and character design
looking for representation
adrian.ramirez2452@gmail.com
www.adrian-ramirez.com

#kidlit #illustration #spookyart #kidlitart #middlegrade #graphicnovels