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Kelsey King Illustration @kkingillustration.bsky.social · 3h

Hello #portfolioday! I'm an illustrator and storyteller who loves all things nature. Please enjoy this fall/Halloween themed portfolio. Please consider me for your book covers or children's books that call for dramatic lighting, quirky animals, and outdoor scenes!

www.KelseyKingIllustration.com

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 6h

👋 I'm Mark Hoffmann. I love writing & illustrating silly & cute books. Interested in picture books, board books, middle grade & kids' editorial

I'm rep'd by @literaticat.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎨: www.studiohoffmann.com

#PortfolioDay #KidLitArt #KidLitlllustration
#illustration

A selection of 4 collage illustrations by Mark Hoffmann:

A wolf sneaking into a castle;
School kids getting off the bus and entering a school full of dinosaurs;
A soccer referee blowing a whistle;
A town of mice wearing pants

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 6h

It’s #PortfolioDay ! I’m Yara and I’m a neurodivergent mixed media illustrator, looking for new PB projects and cover work. I love textures, soft colors, drawing fun characters and weird animals. 🦥

www.odnatamyara.com
I’m represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Mirto Mastroieni - Looking for work @mirtocomune.bsky.social · 10h

Hello #portfolioday

I'm Mirto, a queer Italian freelance illustrator who loves to play with colors and textures! Nice to meet you! ^ ^
I'm currently open to #kidlit book projects!

🌟Represented by:
@gabycabezut.bsky.social

🌈 mirtomastroieni.portfolio.site
✉️ [email protected]

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 6h

All of these are beautiful, but that last one…😍

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Christine Almeda ✏️ @eychristine.bsky.social · 6h

Hello #PortfolioDay 🌟 I’m Christine, a kidlit illustrator open for new picture book, chapter book, and cover projects! I love working on cozy and bright stories, let’s work together!

🌟 www.christinealmeda.com
🌟 www.instagram.com/eychristine

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 7h

Hello #portfolioday !

I am a #kidlit illustrator (of many things) and author (of picturebooks) and here is a little snapshot of my portfolio.

For a closer look, head to NicolaSchofield.com

I'm repped by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kitlitart #pb #illustration

Image showing the home page of NicolaSchofield.com with lots of kidlit illustration thumbnails

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Amanda Morrow @amandamorrowart.bsky.social · 7h

Hi I'm Amanda, I am a children's book illustrator on the lookout for more picture book projects. I thrive in narrative-based illustrations where I can play with texture and color.

💼www.amandamorrowart.com
🖍Rep'd by The Bright Agency

#portfolioday #kidlitart #childrensbooks

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 7h

Hi #portfolioday!

My name is Gordy and I'm an illustrator based in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈
I paint make my illustrations in gouache, inks and acrylic.

🌐 gordywright.com
✉️ [email protected]

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration

Aerial view of a small plane flying over the Nazca lines

Folktale illustration of the story 'The white hare of Inaba'

Illustration of a Kitsune fox jumping over a Torii gate

Illustration of a badger family in a graveyard at night

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Jacob Souva @jacobsouva.bsky.social · 11h

Hello 👋 #portfolioday … I’m a #kidlit #kidlitart author and illustrator rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🌟 work: www.twofishillustration.com
📚 books: www.twofishillustration.com/books

A boy is on a balloon ride over the city

A boy is building a tower out of blocks. A bird landed on the top. A cat is looking mischievously at the whole thing

A spot from Whirby, a book from HarperCollins out in Feb ‘26

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sᴏғɪᴀ ᴄᴀʀᴅᴏsᴏ .·͙* @sofiagcardosoo.bsky.social · 11h

Hello #KidLit art directors, editors and designers. Reposting this one for today's #PortfolioDay 👋 Happy to connect for new #KidLitArt projects, especially #picturebooks and #boardbooks!

sᴏғɪᴀ ᴄᴀʀᴅᴏsᴏ .·͙* @sofiagcardosoo.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Sofia, an illustrator with a passion for creating vibrant, character-driven artwork that feels both playful & heartfelt and that blends the magic of childhood with the details of everyday life. #KidLitArt

Happy to connect for new projects, let's collaborate!
⌂ sofiacardoso.com

A mix of vibrant, character-driven artwork from Sofia Cardoso's children's illustration portfolio. Playful, heartfelt and full of personality, featuring young kids in different scenarios, like taking a stroll amidst a flower path, playing dress up, eating lunch, etc.

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 9h

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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Sarah Holden @sarahholdenartist.bsky.social · 9h

I'm Sarah, a picture book writer and illustrator from Minneapolis, MN seeking picture book and chapter book projects. See more from my portfolio at sarahillustrations.com #portfolioday

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 9h

Hi #portfolioday 👋

My name is Denis, and I'm a children's book illustrator who likes stories full of heart, bold lineart, limited palettes, and painterly textures. #kidlitart

🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
📚 Represented by Emily Talbot, United Agents (UK) and Susan Hawk, Upstart Crow Literary (US)

Illustration of a child kneeling on top of his desk wearing pajamas and showing a teddy bear the Ursa Major constellation through the window

llustration of a giant squid, a duckling and a kid in a bathtub. The squid is looking curious trying to get the attention of the kid with its tentacles. The child is looking right at us in fear. The duckling is standing between the two, wings spread out, trying to defend the kid

Illustration of a two anthromorphic zebras in a sculpture studio. One of them has no stripes and is sculpting a bust of the other zebra who is sitting in a stool with her eyes closed

Illustration of a little girl and her dad in the kitchen. The dad is stirring a meal in a pot on the stove. There are aroma lines coming out of the pot and the girl has closed her eyes and is taking in the smell. There is a black cat peeking above the counter top and looking at the pot.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 8h

Happy #PortfolioDay --spooky edition! 👻

I'm Brooke Baum and I'm an author/illustrator currently seeking representation! You can check out more spooky (and non-spooky, if you're into that sort of thing) work at brookebaum.com.

#kidlit #kidlitart

A witch knitting a scarf while her cat shreds it behind her.

A black, white, and orange grid of silly Halloween cats

A boy reading ghost stories and a ghost reading human stories

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 8h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator living in France who loves painting whimsical critters & mossy trees. Looking for new projects!

[email protected]
victoriamaderna.com

Open for animal painting commissions:
victoriamaderna.com/animal-paint...

#illustration #kidlitart

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna. A mouse pollinating a squash flower with a brush, a butternut house in the background.

Painting of a little witch on a comfy chair with a black cat and a crow. She has her shoes off and there's a spellbook and wand on a table next to her.

Gouache painting by Victoria Maderna: mushroom people walking on a mossy branch carrying a water droplet, pollen, backpack. One has a beetle on its head.

Digital painting by Victoria Maderna, a witch riding a giant capybara and drinking yerba mate.

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you so much!!

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 8h

Hi #portfolioday! I’m Kris Easler, a #kidlitillustrator based in Minnesota who is looking for work in picture through middle grade books.

Check out more of my work at www.kriseasler.com
Repd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Color illustration of a girl and an old woman in a hollowed out tree surrounded by birds, watching a glowing egg hatching

Black and white illustration of a kid dressed up as a ghost for trick-or-treating, excitedly conversing with an actual ghost of a girl floating along next to them

Color illustration of two werewolf pups “begging” for treats, while a hand holds out a dog treat

A color illustration of a boy with blank pages around him on the floor, looking lost and frustrated, while a nebulous blue and purple “brain fog” floats above him.

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 5d

Horse girl 🐴

#kidlitillustration #sketch #horsegirl

A black and white pencil sketch of a girl with her eyes closed fondly holding the snout of her horse/pony companion, who is looking at her lovingly as well.

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you so much!!

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 12d

So. Cute. 😭

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 12d

Oh man turns out the first prompt is Fall Festivities…not Festival 😅 still works though 🙌

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 12d

Happy October! I decided to combine the #KidLitArtPostcard for this month with the first week's prompt of the #ABLArtFest - Fall Festival!

🍂Check out more of my work at www.kriseasler.com
🍁 [email protected]
🎃 rep’d by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Orange-toned children’s book illustration of a family at a fall festival. An older man sits on a haystack and plays pumpkin chess with his grandkid while a couple cousins watch (one about to bite an Apple cider donut), surrounded by pumpkins. A parent with coffee looks to the side with a worried smile as their child presents a pumpkin that is about as big as they are! Underneath is text that says “Kris Easler, rep’d by Jen Rofé, kriseasler.com”

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 15d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 22d

✨ Happy Hobbit Day ✨

#hobbits #hobbitday

Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · Feb 4

In the period between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring there must have been quite an adjustment period when confirmed bachelor Bilbo adopted young Frodo… @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #hobbits #bilbo #frodo

A color illustration of Bilbo, holding a book and looking a bit miffed, and Frodo, who has stolen his big comfy red chair, eaten his food, and is now sleeping in front of a cozy fireplace.

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