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@nanelsonart.bsky.social

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illustrator and parent of 2, she/her, looking for work/rep in kidlit picture books, graphic novel illustration https://www.nanelsonart.com/

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natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Natalie, a #kidlit illustrator and cartoonist living in Maine 🦞 I'm looking for rep/work in picture books, covers, and graphic novels. I'd be happy to draw for you!

💫 www.nanelsonart.com
💫 [email protected]

droplet, wordless page from a comic story, 2023

prismatic passage, illustration from 2021 featuring big crystals

no sleep for silas, mock picture book cover, 2024

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🌸 kinnycups 🌸 @kinnycups.bsky.social · 4h

happy #portfolioday I'm Karina and I'm Latina! I love women and little flowers 🌸🌷

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natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · 5h

i impulse bought a leek and i was not prepared for how much i had to clean it during mealprep

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Annie Stegg Gerard @anniestegg.bsky.social · 16h

Halloween is almost here, and the newest Moonlit March painting is nearly complete! 🎃 While I put the finishing touches on it, here’s a peek back at where the series began.

#MoonlitMarch #HalloweenArt #FantasyArt #AnimalArt #OpossumArt #WoodlandCreatures #AutumnVibes #SpookySeason

A group of animals including a pair of toads, a black cat, a bat, a snail, and a mother opossum and her children, march through a moonlit forest.

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SunnieMunch🌻 @sunniemunch.com · 9h

Happy #portfolioday once again!! 😊 Im a 2D illustrator and concept art avaliable for game dev and kidlit work mid-november~

🌻 sunniemunch.com
🌻 [email protected]

Illustrated landscape of a curved road in a neighbourhood. The trees have a mix of orange and green leaves with orange leaf piles all around. on the street corner is a leaning stop sign, and 4 geese dressed up much too early for halloween.

Illustration of Tenna's boss fight from Deltarune chapter 3. Kris in his concert outfit, Susie in her cowboy outfit, and Ralsei in his monster onesie all on the left side with 3 Tennas from different minigames on the right.

Illustration poster of 6 total food items from Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and Animal Crossing New Horizons

Link set in Tears of the kingdom, sat in the half trunk of a hollow tree stump by a cooking pot filled with meat, hyrule herb, and hateno milk in a golden yellow broth. Around Link are koroks, one offering a pink rock salt into his off hand

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Jasmine Wall @jasminewallart.bsky.social · 8h

✨ It’s #portfolioday ✨
My name is Jasmine Wall and I am a children’s book illustrator. I love creating illustrations that tell a story using fun characters, bright colors and textures.
🎨 Portfolio: jasminewall.com

#illustrator #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #picturebookart #kidlitartist

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natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · 9h

thank you

natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · 9h

thanks charlene!

natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · 9h

WOAH i'm overwhelmed with all of the good art i'm finding today with the 🎨day tag! so many incredible artists out there!

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Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social · 15h

Happy #PortfolioDay I'm a children's book illustrator-author based in Austria. I love to draw and write a lot of things from nature to supranatural, spooky to sweet, peculiar to mundane.
You can check out my work at: www.lennywen.com

✉️ [email protected]

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Toshi(ki) Nakamura | 中村俊貴 @artoftoshi.bsky.social · 14h

Hi #Portfolioday!

I’m a children’s book illustrator and character designer in animation, currently open for new projects!

Portfolio: artoftoshi.com/illustration
Email: [email protected]

Thanks in advance😊
#kidlit #illustration #kidlitart

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⚡️InazumaSosa aka PKSosa⚡️Comms: Open @inazumasosa.bsky.social · 1d

#PortfolioDay again, yh? Okay cool lol.

Hi there, I'm Sosa, I'm a UK Illustrator/ Character Designer/ Music Producer/ Game Designer + more.
A man of many talents, looking for work!

Wanna chat? DMs open! 😁✨

📩[email protected]
⚡️https://aisosaugiagbe.com
🔗https://pyrokidsosa.carrd.co

an illustration of a man ready to use his electric powers...

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Tori Kate @torikateillo.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hi #portfolioday!

I’m Tori, 🇨🇦 illustrator who loves to create silly, heartfelt and funny characters on wonderful adventures

Rep’d by Analía Cabello at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
@analiacabello.bsky.social

torikateillustration.com

A boy in an astronaut suit is cheersing his hot cocoa with a googly eyed alien in space. Little tiny aliens surround them, one trying to eat the floating marshmallows. Scribbly sparkly star background

An illustration of the first Christmas night, nativity scene with barn animals peeking around at joseph, mary and baby jesus

A yellow bus sits at the bus stop while animals hurry to catch it! we see birds flying in with a lunchbox, a fox carrying way too many books, a mother bear offering her bear kiddo lunch, a skunk crossing guard is helping a disabled dog across the street and a turtle is late for the bus!

Firefighting team! A dog in uniform is holding the trunk of a purple elephant. Three frogs are slung over the elephant, one on a ladder and two uptop on the head - these frogs are holding up a siren and calling into a megaphone

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 16h

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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Dliok ・ᴥ・Comms open! @dliok.bsky.social · 15h

Hi #PortfolioDay !

I'm Daniela, a traditional and digital artist who loves painting comforting scenes, animals and nature.

I'm currently open for pet and characters commissions, children's books and more!

💌 [email protected]
☕Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/dliiok

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Kris Easler @kriseasler.bsky.social · 15h

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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Mathias Ball+ﾟ*｡:ﾟ+ | illustrator open for work 🍊 @mathiasball.bsky.social · 12h

Hello !! ⚡🌿

I'm Mathias, a queer artist who would love to work on book projects, editorial, advertising, and indie game projects. Open to other opportunities as well!

🍎 mathiasball.com
🍊 [email protected]
📚 @socalledyalife.bsky.social

[ #portfolioday #illustration #art ]

A pattern of spot illustrations, featuring an arctic fox, an arctic tern, a polar bear, some rabbit footprints in the snow, and a forest.

Interior illustration for Nautilus magazine. A figured in a red shirt stands in the middle, as various animals walk around them, depicted in a red/green colour palette.

Book cover for The Night Ends with Fire written by K.X. Song. A figure stands in a field of flowers, as a greenish dragon circles the sky and sits above the figure.

A spread from the book, Little Wolf's Howl, written by Nelly Buchet. Little Wolf chases a butterfly, towards the water. Behind them you can see various backgrounds flowing together, showing all the places Little Wolf has travelled to chase the butterfly.

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Arielle Jovellanos ✨ NYCC AA C-32 @joviellety.bsky.social · 10h

I'm Arielle. :) I draw cute rooms, cute clothes, and comics. 🌸#PortfolioDay

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Matt Muzzy @nightmancer.bsky.social · 10h

Hi #portfolioday

I’m Matt | a freelance illustrator looking to break into middle-grade and YA. I enjoy crafting story illustrations, comics and book covers featuring colorful, expressive characters. I’d love to work with you on your next project!

nightmancer.com
[email protected]

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 16h

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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natalie @nanelsonart.bsky.social · 14h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Natalie, an illustrator and cartoonist living in Maine 🦞 I'm looking for rep/work in picture books, covers, and graphic novels. I'd be happy to draw for you!

💠 www.nanelsonart.com
💠 [email protected]

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Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social · 14h

Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m
Victoria K. Chapman, an illustrator/author of children’s books. Artist/art instructor. I love animals, the outdoors, conservation, magic, imagination & mindfulness. Rep’d for kids books by Rosa Frazier & Joyce Sweeney of @seymouragency.bsky.social!
www.weyakindesigns.com

A Forest of green trees with swirling mists and a face looking between the branches. Black birds fly out from below. Swirls grow around the trees. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

Two eastern box turtles stand by a pond, necks touching in a reptilian embrace. A red wing blackbird flies overhead. A ladybug and mouse hide in the cat tails and grasses. A pavilion sits on the opposite side of the pond, reflecting in golden light. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

A view of a forest floor. A tree stump covered in moss and fungus sits among ferns and other fallen branches. Various mushrooms lay on the forest floor. Among the trees in the background peers a white tailed deer. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

An overhead view of children floating in the ocean on blue and white floating tubes. Stingrays and fish swim by below them. A beagle floats on one of the tubes wearing sunglasses. At the edge of the beach, there are shells and a sea star. Art by Victoria K. Chapman.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 2d

Because I haven't shared these here yet, I thought I'd share them all together!

Here are all of my pencil and ink sketches for my solo show @gallerynucleus.bsky.social!

pencil and ink sketch of a girl standing in a doorway made by trees

pencil and ink sketch of a fox standing on a rock

pencil and ink sketch of a wizard boy standing in front of a tree

pencil and ink sketch of magical kids standing in a forest with moths and lanterns

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Deb JJ Lee 🔜 Lightbox 112 @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 2d

please dont let him have the martini

a cat on a table full of bottles and martinis. His reflection is distorted behind some glass

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Mirto Mastroieni - Looking for work @mirtocomune.bsky.social · 17h

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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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 1d

I made a Master Splinter to go with my custom turtles! YouTube link below!

youtu.be/g4MbfqJJ5gk?...

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