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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 12h

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

Cover for When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M Campbell, illustrated by Charlene Chua. A group of school kids of various ages and ethnicities look at a group of friendly dragons of different shapes and sizes.

Cover for Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home, by AR Capetta, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two cute puppies with paws on a cauldron in front of a purple, witchy looking house.

Cover for Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Girl with read hair and a cowboy hat, holding a heart shape valentine, looking at another girl with a purple jacket and hat.

Cover for Things the Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty illustrated by Charlene Chua. Cute blue vampire boy sitting up in his coffin bed, looking worried.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 5h

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 9h

Hi #PortfolioDay , I’m Mike and I love drawing fun, colorful characters, animals, and situations.
I'm repped by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social
and I'm especially looking for middle grade cover work.

See more of my work at mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co or linktr.ee/mdashow

#kidLitArt #illustration

In a spooky night-time scene, a girl - approximately 14 with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing jeans and a denim jacket - crouches on a dirt driveway and looks behind her in consternation. Behind her is a large dark house with peaked gables and spiky points sticking out of the roof and a tall tower. The top floor of the tower is lit - the only illumination in the house - and a figure is silhouetted in the window. Behind the house are fir trees and a huge full moon. the entire scene is in spooky greens and blues.

An illustration of a hippopotamus ice skating in the Olympics. She's got a lovely lavender dress on with lots of sparkly sequins on it. She looks very graceful and happy.

A panicked apprentice witch (she's human, with pink hair, glasses, and light academia clothing) makes a mess of her cauldron while being calmy advised by an older, wiser witch (who is a bear.) Aside from the exploding cauldron, the browns of the scene make it warm and cozy.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 12h

Happy #PortfolioDay - I'm a children's book author and illustrator. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy. More work at: ginaperry.com #kidlitart

Promo illustration by Gina Perry. Night scene of colorful bugs making music and nibbling on leaves. Beetle plays ukelele, grasshopper plays a tin whistle, bee shakes a maraca. Fireflies add atmosphere.

Black and white illustration by Gina Perry. From the book Aven Green Sleuthing Machine by Dusti Bowling. A group of girls surrounds and loves on a scruffy dog. One girl has no arms, one girl has a unibrow. Scene is framed as a polaroid.

Illustration from the book TOO MUCH! NOT ENOUGH! by Gina Perry. Two monsters are in a very messy kitchen. The big blue monster, Moe, is washing dishes in the sink, looking annoyed by the small monster, Peanut. Peanut is covering his chin and head with bubbles (aka bubble beard and hair). Art and text by Gina Perry

Illustrated promo by Gina Perry. Forest scene, with a number of vehicles driving in the foreground while a fox peers from the shade of trees and ferns. A chipmunk is in the back of a truck with a boo-boo on his head, assisted by a girl gnome. Another gnome drives a flatbed truck with a load of beets. A girl gnome pedals a tricycle towing a jar of flowers.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

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JLMeyer 🐰 @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 12h

Greetings #portfolioday

My name is JLMeyer and I am a Illustrator, Cover, and Comic artist.

#coverart #kidlitart #animals #IPart #maleficent

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

I love eating saba (grilled mackeral) but dang -

That fish smell just gets everywhere and doesn't come out (and it wasn't even cooked indoors)!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

nice work!

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Jayme 🔜E5 Baltimore Comic Con @jaymajaym.bsky.social · 8h

Hey #portfolioday!! I'm Jayme, a queer disabled kidlit illustrator, cartoonist, and comics colorist open to new projects!

🌻 jaymebrodie.com
🌻 [email protected]
🌻 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social

a digital illustration of a girl in a pumpkin patch who accidentally got her foot stuck inside of a pumpkin on the ground. other kids pick pumpkins and hang out in the background

digital illustration: a group of friends hanging out on a city rooftop greet a friendly dragon with the gift of a sandwich. Behind them, city residents go about their business among trees transitioning for fall

comic page showing two girls playing a videogame on a couch and completing a level together.

digital illustration: an adventure ready kid confidently follows her dog away from her campsite, friends, and family, and into the unknown!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 6h

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks!

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 12h

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 8h

Lovely!

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Magical Kaleidoscope (Silvi) @magicalscope.bsky.social · 17h

Hello #PortfolioDay!
I'm Silvi and I'm a fantasy freelance artist with a special focus on item and fantasy illustration. Interested in work for ttrpg projects!
linktr.ee/magicalscope

Galleries:
artstation.com/magicalscope
deviantart.com/magicalkaleidoscope

A collage of various works including a lantern, a workbench, campsite cooking and a hand holding a dagger.

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Magical Kaleidoscope (Silvi) @magicalscope.bsky.social · 10h

#PortfolioDay Artshare time!
Let's get those posts seen!

💚 Link your Portfolio Day post
💚 Repost for visibility
💚 Share and support one-another, invite a friend too
💚 Will repost for 24 hours💚

🚫 SFW and human-made art only🚫
#artshare #art

Picture of a blonde woman in a pink dress on a field of flowers, stylised in Art Nouveau way.
The words 'Portfolio Day Art Share' are overlaid across the picture.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 8h

Nice work!

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🍀ElenPanter @elenpanter.bsky.social · 14h

#PortfolioDay
I'm Elen, digital illustrator and comic artist. I love drawing animals and work on dinosaur comic "Raptor"
☕ Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/elenpanter
🟠 Patreon: patreon.com/ElenPanter
🌐 Links: elenpanter.carrd.co

Links to "Raptor" comic: bsky.app/profile/elen...

Tiger calmly walking in water under trees shadow

Snow dinosaurs raptors running in mountain valley trespassing the river

Kerry flying in mountains
gryphon griffin based on cockatiel bird korella

Otter jumping out of water at night with stars

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks!

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 12h

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

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🍀ElenPanter @elenpanter.bsky.social · 10h

#PortfolioDay Artshare!
Let's find each other :D

🌺 Link your Portfolio Day post
🌺 Repost for visibility
🌺 Interact with others, share, invite a friend
🚫 NSFW, genA/I, N/F/T

#artshare #art #artistsupport #selfpromo

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 9h

Hope he enjoys it! There are 2 books out already, and the series is planned for several more!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 9h

Aw, I hope they do! It’s full color like Princess in Black.

I really wish more publishers would put out color chapter books coz I think it helps a lot to encourage kids as they start to read longer stuff independently.

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 9h

Sorta? They’re magical puppies and they’re adopted by a friendly witch with 3 apprentices.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 9h

Thanks! It’s a color chapter book series; the 3rd book comes out next year!

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