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Katherine Thorne
@sparklemarkers.bsky.social
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She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social

2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.

Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!

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Before this river becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider my foolish notion
Well, I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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this is one of my favorite Kate Beaton strips that gets overlooked. I say “SWORD” to my kid every time he’s about to forget something
Comic strip by Kate Beaton: Sasaki Kojiro: Miyamoto Musashi I will defeat you!….if you ever freaking get here (on boat) Miyamoto Musashi: What did I forget (sword) oh dang that was it Kojiro: Musashi you are late! But not too late to be defeated! I—wait—that is not even a sword! Musashi: You can’t expect me to remember everything! Kojiro: It’s a boat oar! How many things do you have to remember for a duel? Two! TWO THINGS LIST: - DUDES - SWORDS later: BONK Kojiro: I can’t even believe this Musashi: I win
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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this is how you lose the dish war
A set of dish scrubbers shaped like a cardinal and a bluebird
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Honestly you could advertise just about anything with ”but it’s queer and Dungeons & Dragons” and I’d give it serious consideration
An flyer advertising “The Tempest But It’s Queer and Dungeons & Dragons!”
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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We found this friend over the summer and called animal rescue because it seemed out of place. They said it was likely a racing pigeon and not to worry because they roamed around outside and knew how to get home. but maybe it was a dove from a magic show?
a white pigeon? dove? on a fence.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Beavis and Butt-Head playing oboes in the video for their remake of “I Got You Babe.” You know, the “doot doot, doot doot” part. Butt-Head’s shirt reads “Bach” and Beavis’s shirt reads “Mozart.” This is the most me-coded image in history.
November 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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middle-aged cognitive doofery is real
a partial screenshot of me spelling "write" like "reight"
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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oh dang does this mean I win skycards
a skycards screenshot with the Aero Gare Sea Hawker, 18.47 rarity (which is the highest I’ve seen)
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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also for the children
The words “Wu-Tang Forever” in the style of the Zohran Mamdani campaign signage
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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A new piece for #KidlitArtPostcard day! Can you guess my favorite color?

I write and illustrate picture books with humor and heart. I love working with bright colors, bold lines, and big feelings!

🎨 See the rest of this piece and more at sparklemarkers.com
Rep'd by @swekstein.bsky.social
Illustration of a scene in a green craft room with a girl showing two friends how to make a beaded necklace.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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left: handsome doofer
right: sneaky meany
two cats, both alike in dignity, or lack thereof
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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My kid and I both painted miniatures at @calmercon.bsky.social and the results are a good visual representation of our respective brainstyles (him: even and meticulous; me: Lisa Frank Chaos Frog)
two gaming figures. one is partially painted but painted extremely well and tastefully. the other is every shade of pink and blue and orange I could find.
September 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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me: c'mon brain. draw.

brain: can't.

me: just one thing. it doesn't have to be good.

brain: can't draw. head empty.

me: please? just anything. first thing that comes to mind. please.

brain: okay FINE but remember you asked for this
a drawing of a smiling potato with a unicorn horn and several roots and leaves and one flower. the caption reads "potatocorn"
September 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I’m not talkative or a leader but I am “ugh… too much to process !”
a diagram saying my personality type is “super power” and I am “so busy !” “whatever !”
September 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Is it another Awesome Friendly Kid book? PLEASE BE ANOTHER AWESOME FRIENDLY KID BOOK
Once the U.S. tour wraps, Kinney will be traveling to eight or nine countries in support of Partypooper. Then, back in his studio, he will continue a variety of projects. “I’m going to be jumping right into a new Wimpy Kid spin-off book, and then I’m working on multiple screenplays for Disney, plus we’ve got more movies in the pipeline, which is exciting.”
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I draw and write kids' books! I think I'm pretty good!

(Also I'm looking for a job! I'm a delight to work with!)
illustration (drawn in Clip Studio Paint by me) of a blue-skinned dead-but-alive lady excited to meet a skeleton in a pink dress
September 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I worry about his intra-ocular pressure
the AI slop critter from the AI slop movie Critterz has eyes and nostrils that look not-entirely-formed, and it’s gross
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Found poem
Safety label reading: SAFETY WARNING! LEAD PAINT? ASBESTOS? IF YOU'RE NOT SURE TEST IT!
August 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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This might be the best knockoff perfume label I’ve seen
A bottle of “Better Rouge” very closely mimicking the label of Baccarat Rouge 540 perfume
August 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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without downloading any new images, where are you mentally?
The Statue of Liberty crying and eating a Dunkin’ Donut, from one of Kelly’s political cartoons for the Onion
August 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Wily discovers that she fits perfectly in the embroidery hoop
A cat halfway to loafing, with an embroidery hoop around her haunches
August 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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It’s like doodling, but it takes ten times as long
a unicorn head with a bunch of random embroidery stitches on it
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Decided to use my tote bag from the Silver Unicorn Kids Graphic Novel festival as a base for a truly chaotic embroidery sampler. It’s gonna be great
an embroidery hoop with a cartoon unicorn getting all stitched up with fancy colorful embroidery stitches
August 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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all I gots is my notes app but I’m gonna #DrawABird
a drawing of a bluebird on a bare branch in a blue sky. she’s singing a single musical note
August 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Glumdalum continues to be the CatStronauts universe’s version of me
Panel of the latest CatStronauts book with Glumdalum saying “On it, Flight!” and frantically typing on like four different keyboards
August 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM