Ferdinand! Just leave me alone and let me smell the flowers 💐

brown dog with orange ball and sitting gray and white cat with a colorful rag rug in foreground

Happy #caturday!

Thanks for the repost!😊

agreed!

one cat sits on chair watching tv and other sits in relax mode, on a blue and white checked floor

“Caturday”

#kidlitartpostcard #kidlit #authorillustrator

a group of stodgy dinner party guests await to be served a roast pig while a fly eagerly prepares to pounce

can’t wait to get this story out there into #kidlit
#Kidlitartpostcard #illustration #authorillustrator

Can’t wait to learn from Sergio Ruzzier! 🎨🖌️👨‍🎨

I’m attending. So excited!

all (most) of the above!

gray and white cat resting on porch

chillin’

#cats #kitties

congratulations!

Happy to help. Good luck with it!

I agree that the colors are great and some asymmetry would go a long way. The flower pot feels a little flat and looks a little more like a book. To create more depth, you could show the pot from above, showing a bit of the dirt. Also if the pot were round, the type would have that feel as well.

tuxedo cat on bed with green pillow

tuxedo cat lounged on brick stoop

tuxedo cat lounges on la-z-boy

tuxedo cat looks up next to two feet wearing tuxedo cat socks

My tuxedo cat, Howard. He was xze best!

a black and white tuxedo cat looking up stands next to a pair of feet wearing tuxedo cat socks

This was my boy, Howard. How I miss him.

I’m in and I’m super psyched!

I’m in! super psyched!

I’m in!!!

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I care! ☺️

I would love to know how to watch! Thanks Mark!

Hey kidlit illustrators, I’d like to gift a free, one-hour, portfolio-review/coaching-session.

1) reply with a sample of your art.
2) repost this message.

I’ll pick a winner at random from those who do both. Win or lose, I’ll take a close look at every reply.

💙❤️

a burnt hot dog with a surprised expression made out of mustard on a three pronged fork and the word burnt in background

Thank you, Brian!

hi! can I still register for this?

orange tabby cat looking pensive on some bright colored textiles

Mr. Vanilla Jones aka VJ in pensive mode.

#catsofBluesky #orangetabby

Thanks!!

this is so beautiful

Found object art featuring the tip of a pencil, and the illustration of a tiny person jumping off the end of that pencil into a sea of letters.

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following!

I’m a newbie here. Looking forward to connections and guidance! Thanks to @elacastelli.bsky.social for the invite 😊
(I was never on Twitter and not sure if this follows the same format? 😖)
wondering how to get some tutorial on posting etc. any info appreciated🙏😀
#kidlit #scbwi #pbparty