A curious little garden dragon discovering spring in Dragonwing Valley.

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A little spring moment from Dragonwing Valley: friendly bees, blue water, and a fresh patch of daffodils. 🌼🐝

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My week's #kidlitilloweek drawing. Prompts "hopscotch" and "hippo".

April #kidlitilloweek prompts. Lots of fun ones to choose from. How are you doing with creativity lately? I am trying to get an illustration done each week, even if its a small one. My mantra is something is always better than nothing. Hope that you can join me in this challenge. #kidlitillustration

I've been forgetting to post my weekly illustrations🙈 but the good news is Ive only missed one week this year so far and posting this cute Doc McDog character sketch. (He's just made up) #kidlitilloweek #kidlit #kidlitillustration

March #KidLitilloWeek prompts! Getting ready for a big 4-day event, and another one next week. I missed getting an illustration done last week, but I did spend all week in creative pursuits, writing and carving and printing linocuts and wood engravings. #kidlitillustration #illustrationchallenge

Just shoveled our driveway for the 2. time before going to bed. It does look quite lovely as everything has a thick blanket of snow on it, and its falling in big chunky flakes. We'll see how much it is in the morning when we wake up.
#snow #kidlitillustration #picturebookillustrator #kidlitilloweek

Done with this month’s prompt for #kidlitilloweek ! There are prompts for each week but I wanted more animals in my portfolio so here are February’s prompt smashed together into one!
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Almost forgot to post this week's #kidlitilloweek piece. I wanted to do watercolors and pencils this week and picked prompts badger, backpack and excited. #kidlit #kidlitillustration #badger #watercolorillustration

#wip catching up on #kidlitilloweek by @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social I think I’ll go with this composition to completion this month. Fox dancing in his kitchen. #kidlit

#kidlitilloweek this month. I like Foxi but I think I’m drawing him dancing :)

Illustration of a little girl in a muddy puddle with boots on. A mudsprayed small dog looks disapproving next to her.

Muddy puddles and lots of fun (?).
Getting this #kidlitilloweek illustration just under the wire for the week. I posted new prompts for February last week.
#puddlejumping #picturebookillustration #kidlit #muddypuddles

This week's #kidlitilloweek piece. A bit last minute, but got something done. 😅 Sledding w a squirrel. #kidlitillustration #kidlit #squirrel #sledding

Here are #Kidlitilloweek prompts for February. You can save it on your phone for inspiration or print out and paste into your sketchbook. As usual, more info on the challenge can be found at mirkah.com/kidlitilloweek

Finished the #kidlitilloweek from @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social for January. Now on to February

This is my #kidlitilloweek piece for this week. My agency has monthly prompts, so this illo was for prompt "bewitching bakery". You can see a photo of my sketchbook very briefly in the beginning. I take a photo of the page and then worked in Procreate for the rest of the illo. #kidlitillustration

I did finish a tiny illustration in my hotel room last week. The #scbwi conference was a lot of fun, but kept me busy all week. The prompts for this one were chipmonk and on the road. #kidlitilloweek #kidlit #kidlitillustration #chipmonk

On the road to NY for the #scbwi conference. Listening to a book on the train and sketching. Using prompts chipmonk and road trip for inspiration from #KidLitilloWeek. Are you coming to the conference? #kidlit

#kidlitilloweek challenge! I was working on this (in my brain HA) and I think I’m going with the lion comp. Mailman at a zoo! #kidlit

From screen to paper. Starting my year with a cute book worm illustration for business cards for the #SCBWI conference. It can be folded into a little desk buddy. 🍎🪱 This is my 1st #kidlitilloweek piece, but also working on a 2nd using the Jan prompts.
#bookworm #kidlitillustration

For the #kidlitilloweek challenge by @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social I want to add a few animal pieces for my portfolio so I’ll try to make one completed piece each month using the prompts.I’ll update weekly 😊 for the first week, my hedgehog. He’s a mailman for a zoo (how will I make this work?)

Watercolor sketchbook paintings I've been doing as some warmups for next years #kidlitilloweek. Looking forward to putting phone away and getting more creative time in. It's so much better for my mental health. ❤️ #watercolorpainting #chipmonk #swanillustration #birdillustration

Low goals this week. Meant to write a bit yesterday but ended up cooking and cleaning. Starting a new challenge for next year though which Im excited about. Doing one illustration per week, even if its a small one. I'm going to be using #kidlitilloweek for it. 😊 Pretty excited about that.

#KidLitilloWeek prompts for January! Hope you can join me. #kidlit #kidlitart

As I'm reflecting on 2025, I wanted to focus more on creativity in 2026 and wanted to invite other #kidlit creators to join me.

The gist is: illustrate something at least 1xweek and post it with #KidLitilloWeek. For inspiration I've created a full year of prompts: www.mirkah.com/kidlitilloweek