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Nicole Chalmers 🪿
@sunandhon.bsky.social
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Illustrator | Designer | Professional Silly Goose 🪿 | Working to be a #kidlit Artist | Shop Opening Soon! ✨

Portfolio: nicolechalmersdesign.com
Email: [email protected]
Insta: Instagram.com/sunandhon
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Ya girl benched 60kg for the first time ever after three weeks of trying to hit it. AND I have my first power lifting competition this weekend 💪🏼 it’s been so much fun feeling so strong
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I’m at Baltimore Comic Con this weekend! If you’re in the area and want to see some fun art, come say hello!

#baltimorecomiccon
The artist standing behind her Baltimore Comic Con artist alley table. A sign is draped over the table says “Sun & Hon”. The table is filled with stickers, wood burned coaster, wood burned earrings, polymer clay earrings, crochet hooks, and prints.
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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PEACHTOBER DAY 03 | SLUG

A mystical little slug leaving behind a trail of stars ✨

I’ll take any excuse to draw a stump covered with mushrooms 🍄 I’ve been learning to draw insects and such more, so this was a fun challenge!

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25slug #kidlit #kidlitillustration
Illustration of a slug with a star pattern on its back climbing a mushroom covered stump. It leaves behind a trail of slime that sparkles and looks like it’s full of stars.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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PEACHTOBER 02 | KITE

A friendly mermaid pretending her manta ray friend is a kite! This one was a ton of fun to make :)

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25kite #kidlit #kidlitart
An illustration of a mermaid holding seaweed that is attached to the flaps of a manta ray, who is pretending to fly like a kite.
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Here’s the process video for this piece! 🍂🍄✨
October 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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PEACHTOBER 01 | ACORN

I’m not sure how far I’ll get, but I’m happy to have completed this piece for Peachtober! Who doesn’t love a little fall fairy enjoying acorn soup?

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25acorn #inktober #fairy #illustration #kidlit #kidlitillustration #procreate #maxpacks
A fairy wearing overalls sitting in an oak tree smiling while eating soup out of an acorn. The acorn too shell is being worn as a hat.
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I’ve been designing some new stickers for upcoming markets and this one still makes me giggle. This one’s for my fellow millennials out there 💪🏼

#mitochondria #powerhouse #strong #science #illustration #stickers #powerlifter
An illustration of a mitochondria flexing two large, muscular arms. The word Power is written on the left arm, House is written on the right arm.
September 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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If there’s one thing we all know about Godzilla, it’s that he loves a little rubber duck friend! 💕

Just wrapped up my next Pyrography project, this time as a special request/gift for my husband @thatguychalmers.bsky.social !

#godzilla #kaiju #pyrography
May 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Late to the party but better late than never! Here is my #noaistarterpack ! I keep seeing these going around even still, so I wanted to flex my drawing skills and make a version of it myself 💕

#noai #starterpack #illustration #digitalart #kidlit
An illustration of a toy package. The wording on the left says “starter pack”, in the center is a logo saying “Sun & Hon” with a flamingo icon, and the right shows a badge with AI crossed out and the words “not now, not ever” around it. The section below depicts a drawing of the artist on the left, and to her right is an iPad and pencil, a fish bag, two hermit crabs, a mug of tea, and two dogs.
May 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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New pyrography project! I had to make Steve, he’s just so perfect and wonderful. Working on these little pieces of wood has been such a delight! 🧡🐟

#illustration #traditionalart #pyrographyart #pyrography #pyrographyartists #pyrographer #kidlit #kidlitart #smallbusiness
May 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I got to meet @steveburnsalive.bsky.social this past weekend at Awesome Con, so I made him some fanart to thank him for so many years of joy! Blues Clues helped make me an illustrator, and I’ll always be thankful for that 💕

#illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #fanart #bluesclues #blue #steveburns
An illustration of Steve and Blue from Blues Clues. Blue and Steve are sitting on the thinking chair in the middle talking to each other. The border is filled with characters from Steve’s time on the show such as Shovel, Pail, Mr. Salt, Mrs. Pepper, Turquoise, and Magenta. The words at the top center say “We can do anything” and the words at the bottom center say “That we wanna do”.
April 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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A year ago I had the incredible opportunity to go explore the Olympic National Park in Washington. My mom and I explored tide pools and found huge purple and orange starfish at Beach 4, which inspired this piece 💕
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#olympicnationalpark #nationalparks #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration
A bust of a large woman with green hair poking out of the water. Her shirt acts as a rock where a harbor seal and starfish are sitting on her. A tree protrudes from the right side. Clouds move behind her head. A harbor seal is poking his head out of the water, and they are staring at each other smiling.
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Happy Valentine’s Day to all my silly geese out there! 💕

#art #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #sillygoose #mushroomhat #valentinesday #love #cottagecore
An illustration of a silly goose with a loopy neck giving a kiss to a tiny mushroom wizard on the head. The wizard is wearing a mushroom hat, a flowy red and orange robe, puffy white pants, and brown boots.
February 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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It snowed last night! And now everything outside looks all pretty ❄️☃️

#snowday #letitsnow #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #snowman
A woman wearing an orange hat, a white sweater, and teal pants is putting a blue scarf on a snowman who is wearing a teal hat. The words “Let It Snow” are hand lettered in the top left corner
February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Also most importantly, I GOTTA know more about this guy
A little guy drawn by Koboldscrossing with the word “FOAM” written below him
February 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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@thatguychalmers.bsky.social has the most incredible slippers #margesimpson #unhingedslippers
February 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Hourly comic day is here!! I won’t be posting on the hour, trying to do it in batches :)

9AM, 10AM

#hourlycomicday #hourlycomicsday
Three panel comic of the artist going through her morning from 9AM to 10AM. Panel 1 shows Nicole sleeping while wearing a silk bonnet. Panel 2 shows Nicole being woken up by two dogs pushing her face and jumping on her, the third panel shows Nicole releasing her hair from her bonnet, shows a series of items (a tooth brush, a bagel, a hoodie), and the las portion shows a super cartoony version of Nicole wearing an oversized hoodie with big poofy hair.
February 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Been warming up tonight for #hourlies tomorrow, and apparently I can draw everyone EXCEPT for my little dog Lily 😭

(Feat @thatguychalmers.bsky.social , myself, and our bigger pup Bonnie) #hourlycomicday #hourlycomicday2025 #illustration #warmup #illustration
A sketch of a pitbull with a freckled nose sitting with her feet both off to the right side, a bust of a bearded man with an undercut who is wearing a hoodie and smiling, and a woman with her curly hair in a bun who is wearing a t-shirt and smiling
February 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Nicole-coded characters! ✨
Kermit the Frog Mabel Pines Rapunzel Grandma Tala
January 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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So much chaos out in the world, so enjoy this moment of peace with a Halloween crab 💕

#crab #nature #kidlit #halloweencrab #illustration
An illustration of a smiling Halloween crab, with star bursts filling in the space around it.
January 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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QRT with haunted art!
A little ghost sitting on the ground, drinking a hot cup of coffee under a starry night sky. Steam is billowing off the right side of the canvas.
January 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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My mom just sent me this out of the blue and…yeah that about sums it up.
An image of a mandala with the text “Paint the mandala and control your stress” above it. The mandala has been colored in with intense bright red scribbles
January 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Even when I’m having a stressful work day, nothing can beat having these pups cuddling at my feet sleeping head to head. Dogs are the best 😭

#dogs #dog #pitbulls #pitties #rescuepups #bonnieandlily
Two pit bulls cuddling head to head, one laying under a blanket
January 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I’d give you some extra warmth, but I’d only have two degrees to spare 😭
January 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Making progress! #polymerclay #clayart #crochethooks #smallbusiness
A series of un-painted polymer clay crochet hook handles made to look like logs
January 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM