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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! Another piece from my @makeartthatsells course, with collage butterflies! 🦋 I’m looking for #illustration projects across picture book, middle grade, non-fiction, or kids-adjacent projects ✏️ Agent: Sophie Sheumaker at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social 📮 🎨 bryonycrane.com

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A sample spread I did (text by Jennie Stevenson) for a great @makeartthatsells.bsky.social ‘Illustrating Children’s Books’ course earlier in the year 🎉🎨

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m looking for new #childrensillustration projects, picture book, middle grade/covers & non-fiction. If you’d like to work together, drop an email to my lovely agent Sophie Sheumaker at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social 🎨 bryonycrane.com 🎞️ instagram.com/bryonycrane/

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! Here’s some #characterdesign from a @makeartthatsells.bsky.social class recently! I love sweet, silly/funny characters & a vibrant palette. Agent: @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social at BookEnds Literary 🎨 bryonycrane.com #childrensillustrator #picturebook #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hello! Haven’t managed a #kidlitartpostcard in a while! 👋📮 Looking for lovely colourful projects across PB/MG/early reader/anything childrens-adjacent! 🎨 bryonycrane.com ✉️ bryony@bryonycrane.co.uk Rep’d by @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

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James McGowan @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! The BookEnds team is showing off ALL of our artists AND we're all currently on the lookout for talented new clients. Visit us at www.bookendsliterary.com/illustrators

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! 💌 Looking for any and all kids illustration projects! 🎨 bryonycrane.com ✉️ Rep’d by Sophie Sheumaker at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Hello! Thanks for all the love on my birbfest illustrations! If you’re enjoying them, please head over to IG & follow me on there too 🤞 (as I keep forgetting this place exists & I’ve been trying to get past 2000 followers there for about a decade 😂) instagram.com/bryonycrane #illustration #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Some more #birbfest2026 characters! Here we have a Northern Emerald Toucanet, a Dalmatian Pelican, a Common Redpoll, & the New Holland Honeyeater🪶. Who’s your favourite? #kidlitart #illustrator #childrensillustration #birdillustration #birds (are we supposed to hashtag on BlueSky? No idea 👵)

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Drawing some of the #birbfest2026 prompts again this year - really fun! 🐦🎨 (And yes, the duck’s eye is supposed to be that far up, and his forehead that big!) #illustration #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Enjoying exploring this little monster & making a story for him 🌳👀 If you’d like to work together (ideally on some funny/sweet/colourful creatures) let me know 💌 (Agent: @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social @bookendsliterary.bsky.social ) 🎨 bryonycrane.com @ BryonyCrane #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hello #portfolioday 👋 Here’s a summery #illustration I made for @bookendsliterary.bsky.social Summer lookbook (rep’d by @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social for books) 🎨 More work/contact info at: bryonycrane.com 🔍 Looking for any lovely PB/MG/children’s-adjacent projects

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Monkey character details from my Jungle Book illustration. Loved drawing these! ✏️🐒 #kidlitart #middlegrade #illustration

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! 👋 Looking for any PB/MG/children’s-adjacent #illustration projects that you think I could be a good fit for! 🎨 bryonycrane.com ✉️ bryony@bryonycrane.co.uk 📚 Rep’d by @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social Sophie Sheumaker at BookEnds Literary

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I’ve done a long-overdue portfolio update and I think it’s looking pretty good 🎨🎉 - please go and have a little peek! bryonycrane.com #kidlitart #childrensillustration #illustrator

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

A middle-grade / chapter book sample I made for my portfolio. Really love the textures and characters in this one, and working in only 2 colours was challenging but really fun! 🦭 #kidlitart #childrensillustration

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Here’s a fun one from #vintagebookweek. 👀 Looking for fun, colourful PB/MG/children’s-adjacent illustration projects with cheeky characters 🎨. 📚 Agent: @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social 📒 More at bryonycrane.com & instagram.com/bryonycrane

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Finally finished my picturebook dummy & I'm really proud of it! If you're an editor/art director & would like to see it, let me know (or Sophie at BookEnds). It's about a hermit crab who doesn't want to leave his shell. (And not remotely autobiographical, how dare you even suggest it 👀🐚) #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! 💌 Always looking for fun, colorful PB, MG & children’s-adjacent projects! 📚Rep’d for book work by @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social 🎨 Portfolio bryonycrane.com ✏️ More in-process work and life nonsense at instagram.com/bryonycrane

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Ana with the Key @anawiththekey.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

This #kidlitartpostcard you get a sneaky look at a picture book that I have coming out next month. www.anawiththekey.com contact@anawiththekey.com If you want to work together give me a shout. I'm great at answering emails :) Oh and I'm seeking representation as well so you know.

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Lele Saa @lelesaa.com · 06/03/2025

Happy World Book Day! Here in the UK children dressed up as their favourite book characters. Also happy #kidlitartpostcard If you are an editor or art director and would like to know about my dummy book 'Ghowl' let me or my agent, @sophiesheumaker.bsky.social, know. www.lelesaa.com

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

It’s #kidlitartpostcard day again! Looking for fun, colourful illustration work… PB/MG/early reader, or any children’s-adjacent projects! 🎨 More at bryonycrane.com ✏️ @bryonycrane everywhere else!

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Here’s some fun warm-up #sketchbook stuff I’ve been doing with the Birbfest prompts ✏️

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Hello from my January studio burrow where I try to finish my next picture book dummy with the flu 🤧 😅 #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ahhhh, how nice and relaxing is it to open a social app and actually have the entire feed just filled with illustrations… new discoveries and people you follow and want to see. What a treat!

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Happy festive #kidlitartpostcard day ⛄️❄️ I’m Bryony, a #kidlitart illustrator in love with colour and making fun, playful work for kids! Looking for projects for the new year, inc PB/middle grade/early reader & kids editorial illustration. Rep’d by Sophie at BookEnds Literary 🎨 bryonycrane.com

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Couldn’t resist the day 3 title for the Imagined Book Cover challenge today - ‘A House In The Peppertree’ 🌳. Trying to be a bit more loose with my peppers and foliage 👀🌶️ #kidlitart #kidlituk #illustration

An illustrated imagined book cover of a tree in the dark, filled with little doors and windows with lots of eyes peeping out. In the branches, lots of glowing peppers are hanging. The book is titled ‘A House In The Peppertree’

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

My agency is not yet on Bluesky, but I figured it’d be nice to put together a starter pack of the authors and/or illustrators of BookEnds Literary who’ve already made it here. Say hi to my agency siblings! #starterpack #booksky #kidlit go.bsky.app/Uw5hJaE

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Jon Biddle @jonnybid.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My map of children's independent bookshops is updated regularly. Most provide an online service and they're all run by people who can make well-informed book recommendations. Make sure you support your local one if you want to keep it. Any missing, please let me know. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/r...

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John Shelley - Illustrator @studionib.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I've put together a #starterpack of illustrators based in, or focused on, UK publishing bsky.app/starter-pack... Do let me know if your name should be there :) #kidlit #kidlitUK #UKkidlit #kidliART #illustrator #illustrators

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

How lovely to see all the #kidlit people flocking here & discover new pals. Thanks for the follows! If you’ve discovered me today - hello 👋 I’m still sleepily acclimatising to BlueSky, so please check out more of my work or come say hi on IG here: ✨ instagram.com/bryonycrane/ Or 🎨 bryonycrane.com

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · 03/10/2024

Heyyy, #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer picture book author & illustrator working in gouache. I love stories about the hidden corners of the natural world & would love to work on a book exploring the world below the soil! 🍂🪱 🌿 rep'd by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary 🎨 julianplum.com

A square postcard with a gouache painting of multicolored radishes growing above and below the soil. Above the soil, lush green leaves covered in ladybugs overlap. On the soil's surface, isopods skitter. Underground, bright pink, green, purple, and white radishes grow, sending out white threading roots toward pink earthworms. One worm pokes its head into a hole in the soil, looking at the light where a radish once was. The text reads "Julian Plum" in hand-lettered type above the leaves, and beside it reads, "Rep'd by Naomi Davis at BookEnds Literary"

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Lilistrations 🍉 @lilistrations.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Hi #kidlitartpostcard Wasn't sure if I was feeling up to posting today, but I hope this cozy piece brings you some comfort today. I'm available for new projects. Please reach out to my agent at ssheumaker@bookendsliterary.com for inquiries. You can find more of my work here: Lilisteations.com

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

Hello #PortfolioDay 👋 I’m Bryony, a children’s author/illustrator in love with vibrant colour & making silly, sweet character-driven work. Looking for any kidlit-adjacent work including PB, non-fic & Middle-grade. Rep’d by James & Sophie at BookEnds Literary 💼 bryonycrane.com

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 03/10/2024

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 📮 I’m Bryony, a children’s illustrator in love with vibrant colour & creating funny, sweet characters. Looking for any kid-adjacent projects inc PB, middle-grade & non-fiction ✏️ 🎨 More at bryonycrane.com 📚 Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social & Sophie at BookEnds Literary

Illustration of Boudicca riding on a horse and holding a shield.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 06/09/2024

Pro tip for browsing art shares, especially large ones with tons of replies: If you’re interested in seeing a mix of artists you haven’t seen before, instead of just the most-liked replies in the thread, you can go to settings -> Thread Preferences, and change the Sort Replies to be random 🙂

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

I forgot to come here for #kidlitartpostcard ! Mostly because testing Glazing the art took all day 😅 Hello! I make illustration for kids that’s full of vibrant colour, & playful characters. Looking for new projects! Rep by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social & Sophie at BookEnds Literary. 🎨 bryonycrane.com

Two children and their dog eating an ice cream on a harbour wall by the sea, with a pier in the background.

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 01/08/2024

Hello #Kidlitartpostcard day! I love making colourful & fun character-driven work for kids 🎨 - looking for PB/middle grade projects, or children’s-adjacent illustration work! Rep’d by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social & Sophie at BookEnds. bryonycrane.com And @bryonycrane on all the other platforms!

Illustration of children on a unicorn carousel

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

Trying to work in only 3 colours… it’s hard! 👀🎨 I’m thinking about making little riso prints of these - what do you think?

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Hello, publishing folk! Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🌞 My name is Denis, and I'm a mixed media #kidlit illustrator available for work in board books and picture books. 🌐 www.denisillustrates.com 📚 represented by Susan Hawk at Upstart Crow Literary

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

Sorry I forget about you every month until #KidLitArtPostcard day, Blue Sky. Here’s a new #middlegrade sample as I’d love to get some illustration work in that space! More at bryonycrane.com 🎨 Thanks for looking, & please share it around if you like it!

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

#KidLitArtPostcard Day again! Here's a sample from one of my dummy picture books. If you'd like to find out more, or think l'd be a good fit for a different book project, contact my agents James or Sophie at BookEnds Literary 📚 I'm also available for any other illustration projects ✉️ bryonycrane.com

Alt: illustration of a starling spinning out of a murmuration in the sky towards a colourful forest.

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

New illustration inspired by my littlest's unstoppable bedtime stuffed animal parade 😅🧸🦧🦙🐰🐸 Who's your favourite plushie? Mine's the orangutan (and that, the 2metre snake and the giant dragon do actually exist in reality. RIP my dreams of ever having a tidy house 🪦) #kidlitart

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Bryony Crane @bryonycrane.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m Bryony, a children’s illustrator in love with vibrant colour & silly characters, looking for all children’s illustration + kid-adjacent work! Rep’d by James & Sophie at BookEnds Literary. 🎨 More work at bryonycrane.com And @bryonycrane on the other apps! 👋

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Graphic novel adaptations of classic books rarely reach the levels of intense care that we are seeing with the new Watership Down. I interview the adaptor, the artist, and Richard Adams' two daughters on my site today: afuse8production.slj.com/2023/10/12/r...

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Denis Angelov @denisillustrates.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Happy October #KidLitArtPostcard 🦉 I'm an illustrator and author, based in Sofia, Bulgaria. I love bold expressive lines, wonky shapes, textures and I think vignettes make everything look better! Feel free to get in touch. 📚 represented by Susan Hawk at Upstart Crow Lit 🌐 www.denisillustrates.com

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