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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 10h

I'm as sleepy as this fox yet somehow I'm awake — is it morning yet? 🦊💤 (From "Mother Aspen" picture book) #fox #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit #kidsbooks #kidlitartist

fox curled up asleep in a pile of orange and yellow leaves. digital illustration.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today is: National Moldy Cheese Day! Celebrate accordingly! 👻🧀🐁 fantôme moisi? fromage funky hanté? #NationalMoldyCheeseDay #ghost #Cheese #halloween #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartist #illustrator

little ghost with blue mold on his sheet, holding a piece of blue cheese with a dancing mouse on top.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Time for all those kids books about fall!! 🧡🍂 Including "Mother Aspen" - w/b Annette LeBox and pics by me! Nothing I love more than a bright autumn double-page spread 😍 #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #fall #fallleaves #forest #kidsbook

Top view of a little child with blond hair reading "Mother Aspen" picture book - black and white spotted blanked on their lap.

Illustration of an aspen forest in the fall with orange and yellow leaves, blue sky, and a stack of mushrooms growing in front of it (red, orange and white). Bats fly out of the trees and a snail crawls up one of the mushrooms.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Barn Owl! 🦉One of my fav owls ever. (I missed the first few days of the month so I'm posting late) #owltober #owlart #illustration #Kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustrator #sciart #birdart #owls

Barn Owl sketch in orange, yellow and pinks with bright blue outline.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you! :) It's super cute and gives them such personality!! 👻

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

What a great day for a fall stew! Especially with a few ghost peppers thrown in ... 🌶️👻 #kidlitartist #augghost #ghosts #halloween #illustration #Kidlitart

Little ghost with pea pods on his sheet holding a handful of red ghost peppers. He is making stew in a big pot with mushrooms floating in it and the handle of a large spoon showing.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! 🛼🛹🛴 I illustrate colorful creatures and adventures— I'd love to hear about your next project! 🎉 www.heycrystalsmith.com Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist

Llama on roller-skates, alligator on skateboard, and armadillo on a scooter - going fast down a hill with a lime green background.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! 🦎 I love to illustrate bright worlds to spark curiosity & wonder! Nature, neon & adventure. I'd love to hear about your next project! 🎉 www.heycrystalsmith.com Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #sciart #kidlitartist

Bright red Harris's Hawk diving down to catch a collared lizard on a red rock in the desert. Blue and yellow sky behind.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So sorry you have the sads today! 😳 Coffee and sofa sound perfect.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy first day of fall, y'all!! 🍂🐌🍄‍🟫🦇 (From "Mother Aspen" PB—pics/me, w/b Annette LeBox) #fall #firstdayoffall #kidlit #kidlitart #kidsbook #kidlitartist #cankidlit

Fall scene in an aspen forest with yellow and orange leaves, different kinds of mushrooms (white, brown, red), a snail, and bats flying in the distance.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fall is happening!! Check out "Mother Aspen" - a PB about the life of an aspen grove through all the seasons & years. tinyurl.com/motheraspen (w/b Annette LeBox, p/b @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social) #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #fallbooks #fall

Barn owl flying over a canopy of aspen trees in bright yellow leaves at night with a moon on the left side.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

hahahaha - that's brilliant. OMG. I'm going to grab a copy when it's out. I love that.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

OMG I know nothing about this book and I already love it!!!!!

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a couple shots of the cutest gecko in the world to brighten your day!! #gecko #geckolove #reptiles #pets #cute

Max the albino leopard gecko showing off on his big fake stump.

Max the albino leopard gecko stalking his prey with big eyes!

Max the albino leopard gecko snoozing on a rock.

Max the albino leopard gecko snoozing in a very 'comfortable' position between two rocks...

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yes! Saying no to a project is hard. Had one that sounded amazing & was an important subject matter—I wanted to be involved—I also knew I would hate every second of doing it because of the setting. Then, I got another offer that was even better (& couldn't have taken if I hadn't said no!)

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My sister got me these happy-fall-congrats-on-a-new-contract-i-love-you flowers and I just adore them!!! LOOK at those colours... #flowers #bouquet #bloomscroll #bloomscrolling

Gorgeous zinnias, dahlias, cosmos, sunflowers and more - a bouquet!

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm lovin' "Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach" by Scott Rothman and illustrated by Linzie Hunter. Completely sums up my beach experiences.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy #buyabookday! 📕📚 I recommend small bookstores rather than the larger companies—but a book is a book! 📕📚 What books have you bought lately? #bookclub #illustration #bookstagram #booksky #kidlitart

A big tiger and a little kid in a magical jungle with twinkle lights. The tiger is yawning while the kid leans against it reading a book. There is a stack of books behind him.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

NEW Coming 2028! SEA OF TRANQUILITY by @laurabontje.bsky.social, pub by @owlkids.bsky.social ✨💫🧑🏽‍🚀🤿 Discover the connection between aquanauts & astronauts THE BIGGEST FARM IN THE WORLD by Jennifer Maruno, pub by @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social 🐠🚜 🌊 Follow a family kelp farm on the west coast

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's #nationalhummingbirdday! 💦 A poster about a little pipeline built through wetlands of Colombia in the 1970s –home of the Sapphire Bellied Hummingbird Tidal flows were obstructed & large areas of mangroves died 🪾 Now there are only 50-250 of these birds left in the wild #illustration #sciart

Poster (1950s style) of a hummingbird amid an abstract representation of a pipline. "Just a little pipeline". Blue and green bird, with yellow, green, blue and brown pipeline and orange lettering.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's super cool!! Especially when foggy! Have fun!

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ah! Newfoundland! I was there a few years ago - so beautiful! Did you go to Quidi Vidi yet?

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy International Vulture Awareness Day!! ☠️ The California Condor population is about 607. It’s not because they are being shot but because they get lead poisoning from eating bullets in their scavenged meals. #internationalvultureawarenessday #vultures #birdart #sciart

Poster of a Vulture in purple pink and green. Text says bullets don’t kill California condors, bullets do. Shows a vulture with bullets in its stomach.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Me too! Excited to come up with all those colorful, somewhat translucent seaweed too!

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What is the biggest farm in the world? 😱🦀 Find out in this new book I'm illustrating for @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social ! 🐠 By Jennifer Maruno, it follows a family kelp farm on the weest coast. Coming 2028. @jemiscoe.bsky.social @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidsbooks #kidlit #Kidlitart

Announcement for THE BIGGEST FARM IN THE WORLD by Jennifer Maruno and Crystal Smith by Groundwood Books. The background is a scan of a piece of kelp close up.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day! 🦎 I love to illustrate wild stories & bright worlds. Nature, neon & adventure. Whatever your project is— let's make it amazing! 🎉 www.heycrystalsmith.com Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist

little girl wearing a chameleon hat with big eyes. Her eyes are purple and her short hair is wild. Behind her is a tree and green leaves and blue sky.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🍂🍁 It's a FALL #kidlitartpostcard day!! 🍂🍁 I love to illustrate wild stories & bright worlds. Nature, neon & adventure! 😱 New project? Let’s make it amazing! www.heycrystalsmith.com Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidsbooks

Aspen forest in the autumn with orange and red leaves. Mushrooms fill the front of the image, along with a snail. In the back, bats fly.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hashtags on BlueSky are great if you want to show up in a specific feed that picks up posts with that hashtag ;)

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Little Ghost says it's time for fall! Acorns and leaves and a favorite hat—hurrah hurrah! 🍂👻 #Aughost2026 #ghost #kidlitart #kidsbookartist #aughost #repostaghost #illustration #fall #halloween

little ghost with fall leaves on his sheet, holding a bucket full of acorns and wearing a little acorn cap.There are red leaves falling and stars in the sky.

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Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Hallelujah! 🍁🍂 I'm looking up halloween crafts and figuring out how early is too early for decorations LOL

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