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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦

@catoliveirastudio.bsky.social

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✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 43 ✦ neurodivergent ✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator ✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency ✦ 📍 in Portugal ✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️ catarinaoliveirastudio.com ✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/ #KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · Feb 6

Hi! #kidlitartpostcard

I'm Cat, a Kid Lit Illustrator, available for new projects.

🎨 Portfolio catarinaoliveirastudio.com
💼 Agent @thet2agency.bsky.social

#kidlit #illustration #art #kidlitart

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 16h

I've been getting more DMs asking for advice about breaking into the #KidLit industry, critique requests, wanting to "pick my brain" about etc. To protect my own creative time (which is so short these days), I created this FAQ:

debbieohi.com/about/faq/

cont'd

Main FAQ – Debbie Ridpath Ohi

debbieohi.com

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 17h

I love spooky season, but I don't have time to draw atm, so here's an owl I drew for Folktale Week 2021. I heard FW2025 edition is coming!
I drew the prompts and wrote a poem to fit an 8-page zine, which I never released. But you can see some pages on www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/blackandwhite

A barn owl is perched on a naked branch, looking at us with totally white/blank eyes. The background is filled with a full moon and some clouds. The illustration is in black and white.

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 2d

This Season. www.patreon.com/posts/this-s...

On the TV: "Dumpster Fire!" [Pic of dumpster fire with a little happy face]
Chicken behind couch: "I stopped watching that show. Too predictable."
Chicken on the couch: "There's a new twist this season!"
On the TV: "Dumpster Fire: Rolling Down A Hill!" [pic of dumpster fire rolling down a hill, looking alarmed]

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KidLitArt @kidlitart.bsky.social · 2d

October's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Spooky Chat!

Join your hosts on Oct 30, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about spooky stuff!

Banner art by Rubin Pingk

Art of a black girl conjuring up magical cookies that are floating in the air. Text says Spooky Chat, #kidlitart. Art by Rubin Pingk

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Julian! 👋
I have the same fear, so it took a lot of tries just to write this hello 😂

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 7d

Yes! When you have the skills! 😁✨🤓

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 7d

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Jacob! ✨✨

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 7d

Mine is super simple, but you can make it pretty, add images or buttons!
www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/links

I really need to improve mine 😅
Shout-out to @byjessicaelena.bsky.social who has a beautiful Link page 😘

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 7d

Do you have a website? Then you don't need Linktree (or similar). Create a page to list your links and link that page instead! Put it on your Bluesky profile. Why? because you should advertise your own platform, not others (for free). And generate more visits to your website directly.

😁

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 7d

It gives me immense joy when I discover an artist I admire has a Bluesky account I can follow. I’ve stopped following people on IG (won't see their posts anyway), and yes, I bookmark their websites, but this is my happy place to stalk people and their art :)

#kidlitart

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 10d

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a man in a black turtleneck stands in front of a window with perfection written on the bottom right

ALT: a man in a black turtleneck stands in front of a window with perfection written on the bottom right

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

For those who like to see the process, here is the first idea sketch and the sketch before the colour. #WIP

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

Aw, thanks Meagan! 😁

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

😂😂😂🥰

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks, Kelly! 🤗

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

OMG so cute and adorable! 👏🤗

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

So spooky! I love the wallpaper detail 😉✨

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Spooky #kidlitartpostcard!

I'm Cat, I'm an Illustrator, and I love spooky season.
I'm available to work on cover art or kids' magazines only.

🎃 catarinaoliveirastudio.com 🎃
Rep'd by @thet2agency.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #bookcovers #coverart #middlegradebooks

Two kids are standing at the top of the staircase in front of a large framed portrait of a couple. One of the kids is holding a flashlight, unaware that the kid behind them is waving hello to the transparent green ghost emerging from the painting, who is also waving back.

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 13d

Fall things 🎃🍂

I enjoy creating magazine spreads like this one.

#autumn #fall #october #pumpkinpatch #kidlitart #kidsmagazine #fallactivities #kidlitillustrator #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustrator #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustration #editorial

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 13d

Happy October!!! 💀🕷️🦇🎃

#kidlitart

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SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social · 22d

Submitting Your Work: Digital Portfolios and Dummies for Illustrators and Author/Illustrators.
Bring your digital portfolio or dummy to share. Hosted by Kate Woodle, published illustrator, PAL member, and Illustrator Connect Facilitator.
#kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 16d

Don't know how to support an artist?
I just updated my Buy Me a Coffee ☕ with a new bank account, now that I've moved to another country.

No pressure! Just wanted to share my Tip Jar link ☺️

buymeacoffee.com/catarinao

Catarina Oliveira is sketching, collaging and journaling about her life.

Hi, 👋 I'm Cat, a full-time illustrator specializing in kids' books, digital art for licensing, and the occasional private Pet Portrait commission.I created a page here to share more personal sket

buymeacoffee.com

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 17d

I created this Spooky Challenge list in 2021, but I'm sure you'll still find some of these drawing challenges available today.

So in case you need some prompts, here's the link www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/blog/autumn-...

Have fun! 🦇🎃👻
#kidlitart #october #drawingchallenges #blogpost #halloween

Halloween drawing challenges — CATARINA OLIVEIRA STUDIO

It’s my favourite time of the year! I always get inspired to draw around September and October, which must be because I love Fall weather and colours. Also, the fact that so many Art challenges are a...

www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 20d

The next #KidLitArtPostcard event is Thursday, October 2nd. Just over a week away! We will be extending the event through Friday in recognition of Yom Kippur. #kidlit www.ginaperry.com/postcard

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

www.ginaperry.com

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 19d

BOOK COVER ARTISTS

QRP with your book covers 📚

#kidlitart #kidlit

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