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Nusha Ashjaee

@nushaaa.bsky.social

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Illustrator and designer in the South Bay ☀️ Previously @ Z2 Comics, Dotdash Meredith, Akashic Books 🎨 NYT, NBC News, Global Press Journal, others

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Oct 3

#kidlit #picturebook #illustrationartists #chickens #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #farmlife #farmhouse

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Oct 3

Hay-angels and pink chickens for #kidlitartpostcard 💕

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Aug 24

The only nepo baby I care for 💖🐾
Who is YOUR favorite Bobby??
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#illustration #illustrator #procreateart #womenwhodraw #puppy #puppylove #kidlit #picturebook #picturebookillustration #procreate #doglife #dog #bobby #kidlitart #childrensbook #digitalart #labradoodle #doggust

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Aug 2

#kidlitillustration #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #picturebookillustration #picturebook

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Aug 2

Loved the panels and workshops so far for @scbwi.bsky.social virtual conference! Excited for day 2 and hello to everyone cause I have not posted in awhile!!!
Here’s a little cloud girl I’ve been playing with ⛈️

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Apr 4

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! It was also sizdeh bedar this week!
Hire me for your spring projects! I will work on it outside!

#kidlitillustration #kidlitart #kidlitpostcardday #nowruz #sabzi #birds #bluebirds #flower #spring #picturebookillustration #picturebook #illustration #illustrator #haftsin

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Mar 10

Ahahah relating to this rn 😅

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Feb 14

I was super self conscious about having visible body hair growing up, so I reimagined a version of myself in a #ya book where that’s actually a super boring thing to be worried about. Would you read this book?!
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#kidlit #kidlitart #middlegrade #youngadultbooks
#bookcover #childrenillustrator

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Jan 23

Pinky💗💞 🌅 🌸
#kidlit #picturebook

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Jan 21

November 5, part III

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Jan 21

November 5, part II

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Jan 21

November 5, part I

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Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Nov 14

Imagining my middle grade self starring in a middle grade novel 🐣
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#wip #sketch #kidlit #yalit #illustrator #illustration #middlegrade #youngadultnovel

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Nov 10

👋🏽 Left Twitter the day that guy bought it

Nusha Ashjaee @nushaaa.bsky.social · Oct 7

Home is where you’re held 🫂🌱
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This was a piece I originally did for an article about self-care within activist communities.

Thinking of the families who have been targeted and displaced last year and from decades prior. And remembering those who can’t be held today ❤️‍🩹
#fromtherivertothesea