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Dani Williams
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Illustrator and writer with a background in zoology, specialising in natural history illustrations for children.
https://www.instagram.com/dani_williams_illustration
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#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.
An illustration of a young boy and girl grinning and running through sand dunes with their arms outstretched. They have 1940s clothes and gas mask boxes over their shoulders. In the sky above are the silhouettes of two spitfire planes.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I'm making way for new designs and new products in my Etsy shop, so right now almost everything I have is on sale, between 10 and 60% off from stickers to prints, greetings cards to Christmas decorations, including these new vinyl stickers. #etsysale #stickers #smallbusiness
A large sticker resting on a box of coloured pencils. The sticker is made from an illustration of a pigeon with his head bent over and one wing in the air. A sheet of stickers resting against a box of coloured pencils. The stickers are of red squirrels, blue tits and leaves, all illustrated in a cute style.
September 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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It's been a while since I did anything in watercolours but I suddenly got the urge to paint and made this new duck print, available from InPrint: www.inprnt.com/gallery/dani...

#watercolours #duckillustration #inprint
A close up of an art print with a collection of watercolour ducks arranged in a circle on a white background
September 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Ooh, very late to today’s #kidlitartpostcard day, but I’m Dani, illustrator and writer of picture books, seeking representation and available for illustration work.
September 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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It’s #kidlitartpostcard day again! This is a little close up from Carlos and Bea, the story of a little girl struggling to make friends until she’s joined by Carlos—a 6ft honey bee. Currently seeking representation.

#illustration #illustrator #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #picturebook
An illustration of a huge but friendly-looking bee flying while carrying a frightened little girl in his arms.
August 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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A little shameless self-promotion post here. I've added lots of new designs to my InPrint shop, here's just a few of them available as prints of various sizes and greetings cards: www.inprnt.com/gallery/dani...
A wooden frame next to a Ferm leaf. In the frame is an illustration of a bee and yellow nuthatch bird with brown leaves on a white background. A lady holds an art print up in front of her face. The print shows an illustration of three white birds, Arctic terns, in flight on a blue background. A cute illustration of a male rose robin - a grey bird with a bright pink chest - perched on a branch. The illustration is in a simple wooden frame on a white background. A wooden frame with an illustration in it of two seals swimming through green kelp fronds and turquoise water. There are fish amongst the kelp and next to the framed picture is a basket with a teddy bear in.
July 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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It's #kidlitartpostcard Day again!
I'm Dani, an illustrator and writer from North West England. I have a background in zoology and science communication so I draw a lot of animals and love natural history picture books.
An illustration of three gentoo penguins diving under turquoise water with white ice behind them. The penguins have smily, friendly faces.
July 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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I’ve forgotten how to draw, so I’m just doing this from now on.
#sketchbookplay #paint #messysketchbook
Two small sketchbooks on s as desk next to some paints. The sketchbook pages have very messy splashes and splotches of paint across them.
April 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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I just entered this Domestika contest because I'd quite like $500.
Check out the competition, and feel free to give my red fox drawing a heart 😁
My entry includes step-by-step details of how I created him.
www.domestika.org/en/contests/...
#illustrationcompetition #domestika #illustrationprocess
An illustration for children of a red fox looking at a magpie that is in the air nearby. The magpie looks distressed and the fox is concerned. Autumn leaves are blowing around them and the sky is a warm yellow.
April 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I rarely draw flowers and I almost never use markers, but I had so much fun with this tiny sketchbook page, using Tombow markers and coloured pencils in a very scribbly way, no pencil sketch first.
#sketchbook #doodles
April 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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It's #KidLitArtPostcard day again! Hope you're all having a better day than this little bee.
My name's Dani, I'm an illustrator with a background in zoology and science communication so naturally I draw a lot of animals (even when I'm drawing people it would seem).
#kidlitart #childrensillustration
April 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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My latest Patreon post is about toads. These posts about my encounters with nature are not behind a paywall and are free for anyone to read. (Paid members also receive behind the scenes content and process videos.)
www.patreon.com/DaniWilliams
An illustration of two common toads in amplexus - where the male grips the female during mating.
April 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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There's a little process video on my YouTube channel of the making of this bird drawing in Procreate, using some of my favourite brushes by Lisa Glanz. www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Ga...
#procreateprocess #digitaldrawing #birdillustration
A digital illustration of a house sparrow on a white background. The bird has watercolour textures and fine line details.
March 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Not sure any of my followers here are local to me, but I will be at Saint George's Hall on Sunday along with lots of other great local artists and makers. #artmarket #artfair
A poster advertising the spring market at St George's Hall, Liverpool. Sunday 23rd March, 10am to 4.30pm.
March 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Did I just spend the last hour drawing this bird as a distraction form the real work I have to do? Yes. Yes I did. #drawing #kidlitart #birdillustration
A digital illustration of a male house sparrow, in a style that is cute and simplified but still accurate for the species.
March 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Drawing lots of bears at the moment. Luckily I love brown bears. #illustration #procreatedrawing #kidlitart
March 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Hmm, I didn’t consider how these would look on the new Flashes grid. Dani Nestic dog. @dani lupus familiaris. 🤔
March 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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#kidlitartpostcard
I'm an illustrator (and sometimes writer) with a background in zoology specialising in animal and natural history illustrations for children.
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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My latest Substack post is about this dear dog and her balls (sort of).
daniwilliams.substack.com
An illustration of an overweight yellow Labrador retriever, looking bored, sat next to four balls.
March 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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I just made myself the tiniest and prettiest little watercolour palette from an empty mint tin, and now I’m going to reward my hard work with a hot chocolate. #artistlife #artiststruggles
February 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Today’s Substack post is about my on/off relationship with Pinterest and why it’s not the useful tool for artists it once was.
#socialmedia #illustrator

open.substack.com/pub/daniwill...
An iPad on a desk. On its screen is a page from Pinterest showing a variety of curated boards about illustration.
February 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Making slow progress with beats today.
#procreatedrawing #kidlitart #childrensillustration
February 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Hello to those of you who hopped over here when I left instagram. Thank you!
Today I’m working in graphite again but I’m not sure this picture looks right for what I was trying to do. #drawing #illustrstionproject #kidlitart
An unfinished pencil drawing of a bear, showing a close up of his face and paw in detail.
January 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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A spot of graphite drawing least week. The ivy wasn’t artfully placed for the photo, it’s literally growing across my desk. #drawing #graphitedrawing #sketch
January 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Every Friday, over on my Substack, I post a picture I've drawn this week. Today's was this little field vole. Made in the Procreate app.
A coloured illustration of a vole with watercolour textures. He's standing on some stones and smiling.
November 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM