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Tori Kate
@torikateillo.bsky.social
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canadian kidlit illustrator ✏️ & full time mama
i love joyful, silly and heartwarming characters ✨

rep’d by Analía Cabello @ ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

portfolio: www.torikateillustration.com
email: [email protected]
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happy halloween! ✨🎃

may your treat bags be full and your costumes are gloriously terrific! what are you dressing up as this year?!

#kidlit #kidlitart
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An ostrich dressed as a ghost, a dog in an astronaut costume, a bear in a cowboy costume and a snail wearing butterfly wings are all running down the path A raccoon dressed as waldo and some sparkly pink magic dust can be seen as well as the end of a broom and the horse head from cowboy costume (bear). Purple textured sky with dark trees A mouse dressed up as a witch and on a broom flies by with pink sparkly dust trailing behind. A large full moon is behind the mouse
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Face is done!! The Rust•eze logo has more details but i figured i’d keep it simple
The finished painting of lightning mcqueen. Added eyes and top logo
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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side panels completed!
A lightning mcqueen homemade costume - red car painted in acrylic paint. Lightnings numbers “95” and a lightning bolt in the side
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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as a kid, my mum always took the extra time to create us homemade halloween costumes and i am so excited to continue that with my own kiddos now ♥️🚗

i’ll post updates as i go with this project over this week !!! excited to have McQueen come to LIFE!

#kachow
A cardboard car painted red like Lightning McQueen!
October 22, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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an #ablartfest illustration for the prompt “the crystal ball reveals…”

wanted to show these two buddies again - and thought what would kids have as a crystal ball? A waterballoon!

peep little mouse friend holding the flashlight down in the corner

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#kidlit #kidlitart
A fox is waving his hands around a waterballoon (pretending to be a crystal ball) and a little mouse is holding a flashlight downbelow in the corner. Starry curtains above them
October 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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my piece for the first prompt “fall festivities” from #ablartfest this month! 🍂

i couldn’t choose which fall activity i loved best so i chose a few to illustrate with these two buddies!

#kidlit #kidlitart

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happy fall y’all!
A fox and mouse duo have different fall activities. The top is painting pumpkins, a fox is painting a pumpkin and a mouse has put a pumpkin on his head. The middle illustration, the fox is poking out of a large leaf pile throwing leaves, and mouse is about to jump in. The bottom illustration shows the two friends trick or treating, fox is dressed up as an astronaut and mouse is an alien A close up of the painting pumpkins illustration A close up of the leaf jumping illustration A close up of the costumes & trick or treating illustration
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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#peachtober day 10 : CRITTER

little mouse is up early with his morning tea and offers a neighbourly hello to the mailbee

🐝💌

#kidlit #kidlitart #peachtober25critter
A little tree stump house is covered with mushrooms and foliage, it has windows and a door - a mouse holding a cup of tea says hello to the mailman bee, who is holding up a letter for the mouse A close up of mouse saying hello to mailman bee A close up of the tree stump house, and all those yummy textures
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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late night creating ✨✂️

#kidlit #kidlitart #paperart
Paper cut out artwork of a tree stump with mushrooms and leaves
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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a little painting for another #peachtober day! the prompt for this one was STRAWBERRY 🍓

i pictured these two friends, dorothy & toto having a little nap after a wonderful picnic together

#peachtober25strawberry
#kidlit #kidlitart
Dorothy and Toto laying on a pink blanket after eating a strawberry picnic together Close up of Dorothy and Toto on the blanket
October 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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#peachtober prompt today is GINGHAM ✨

just a lil guy for your feed today!

made with acrylics, coloured pencil and a teeny bit adjusted digitally

#kidlit #kidlitart #peachtober25
A crow with a red and white gingham patterned scarf. Orange leaves sprinkled around him
October 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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i see so many lovely and cute artsy setups that artists have but this is me!

i set everything up once my kids are in bed and of course, the office playing ep after ep so i can giggle at the show while i work

and then i pack it all up before bed so my little goblins dont touch my stuff 😅
A sketchbook sitting on the table with slug sketches. Paints and brushes in the background plus a laptop playing The Office
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#peachtober25 todays prompt is SLUG 🍃

i don’t think i’ve ever thought about drawing a slug but i had SO MUCH FUN creating these slimy bright sluggys!

Painting & paper cuts has been such a blast to work with in the late late hours of the night ✨

#peachtober25slug
#kidlit #kidlitart
Three bright slugs in a dark murky background. Theres a blue slug, a purple slug and an upside down smiley pink slug. Some grass and leaves poke in from the sides and bottom. Very Neon!!!
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Happy October! ✨🍂

My name’s Tori & I love creating bright, cheery, silly & heartfelt characters for all ages!

Open for PB, MG & Chap books

Folio @: torikateillustration.com

rep’d by @analiacabello.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart
A gang of buddies go trick or treating. Theres a ghost, a witch with a scaredy cat on her broom, a pumpkin head boy and a bat
October 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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DAY 01 - Acorn 🍂

I’m joining in on #peachtober this year! And going to try creating most of my art traditionally, a super fun new thing for me!

created this little guy with acrylic paints, acrylic paint pens, coloured pencils and a teeny bit of extra on digital ✨

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A little acorn made of cut out paper - painted with acrylic paints, and drawn on with coloured pencil. A little purple bug with a red scarf is popping out of the acorn reading a book while under a checkered quilt
October 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Been slowly getting back into traditional media 🎨🫟🖌️ it’s been awhile since i’ve strayed from the digital world
(wheres my cntrl + z??🙃)
but it’s also been really relaxing and fun to just play around!

looking forward to lots more traditional art!

#kidlit #kidlitart
A sketchbook with various little illustrations on the page - a scarf, pencil, cup of tea, socks. A bunch of coloured pencils and paint pens can be seen in the background too
September 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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My daughter always asks for her own princess colouring pages, drew these gals super quick today!

This is a core memory for me 🤍
A little girl in a daisy shirt is colouring in a picture of a hand drawn Rapunzel. She is using pink to colour the dress. Ariel from ‘The Little Mermaid’ can be seen on the other page, already coloured in
September 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Book Cover Artists! 🎨✨

QRP with your book covers!

#kidlit #kidlitart
A self - published book by the Author, Alyssa Cornwell. Shows a little girl thinking in the front centre. A tree is behind her with adults poking out from behind the tree. The title “Where Do Grown Ups Come From?” Is etched into the tree A self - published book from the author, Shiloh Moyo. The title of the book is “The Floating Zoo” it is floating on water with various animals around it. Noah is popping out of the “O”
September 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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HAPPY FALL Y’ALL ! 🍁🍂

time for cozy sweaters, fluffy socks (!!!), rainy days, changing leaves & pumpkins!

my absolute fav season - i could live in a cozy autumn town forever.

whats your fav part of Fall? ✨

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A fox in the middle of the illustration is wearing a light green sweater and holding a cup of tea. Surrounding him are a bunch of ‘Autumn’ objects - a scarf, umbrella, mushrooms, socks, books, pencil, apple and leaves changing colours
September 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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hi #kidlitartpostcard day ✨

i’m Tori & i love creating funny, heartwarming and cute characters. i love drawing critters and kiddos on adventures!

interested & available in all picture books, MG & Chap books

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more art on my site!
a kidlitartpostcard for the month of September. Theres a large yellow bus, with a bunch of critters of different species racing or toddling towards the bus A skunk in a crossguard uniform is helping critters cross infront of the bus. A doggie Dad is pushing his son, in a wheelchair over to the bus. A little guinea pig also crosses. A frantic turtle is seen running for the bus in the background A smiley bear Momma is saying goodbye to her bear son on the left. We see a fox holding a pile of books and a few critters peeping their heads out the window Close up of the different animals on the bus. The fox with the books is coming towards the bus. A beaver is walking up the steps. We see a mouse, bunny and a gopher peak their heads out of the bus window
September 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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love these two lovebirds ✨ what song do you think kermit is singing for miss piggy?

(wrong answers very welcomed)

#kidlit #kidlitart #muppets
a drawing of kermit the frog with his purple banjo singing loudly. Miss piggy is swooning and looking at him through heavy doe eyes
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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little wee artist friends ✨

#kidlit #kidlitart

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an onion with a giant pencil is drawing flowers and a radish with glasses is holding a giant blue pencil crayon drawing the onion and radish friends
June 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Happy 1 year to #HIbadge @bethspencer.bsky.social ! 🤍✨

If you made a badge, QT & share!
#kidlit #kidlitart
The words “created with human intelligence” surround a girl with big hazel eyes, a high ponytail and shes holding a gigantic pencil
June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Hi #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Tori & i love to create adventurous, cute, silly & heartfelt characters ✨

I’m open for all PB, plus MG & Chap covers. I love original stories & also retold classics 📚

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torikateillustration.com #kidlit
A simple stylized boy character with big red glasses, fluffy brown hair, striped blue sweater and yellow boots in various poses. Text reads “Tori Kate - kidlit illustrator. Rep’d by Analía Cabello at Andrea Brown Literary Agency”
June 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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always so much fun to redraw old characters & see how much your style has changed! this is a character i developed way back in 2017 - Polly Piper ✨

#kidlit #kidlitart
Two girls standing against a purple background. The girl on the left was drawn in 2017, girl on the right in 2025. They both have big glasses, red hair, scarves and a dress A close up of the 2025 character
June 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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had to squeeze in a merm for #mermay✨ this one was a #dtiys challenge from #kidlitnest on IG. I loooove drawing ocean scenes and all the flowy & fishy details - what book do you think she’s reading?

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#kidlit #kidlitart
A mermaid sits in the middle of a rock, reading a book with a little crab friend on her head. A mermaid is listening with her eyes closed on top of the rock, colourful fish surround them close up of the mermaid reading with the crab friend on her head close up of the mermaid sleeping/listening to the book close up of some fishy friends
May 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM