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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I hear red-eyed vireos and pileated woodpeckers a lot more often than I see them. Done in watercolor and gouache. #sketchbook #watercolor #pentalic #birds

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

"The Wolf Tree" painted with watercolor and gouache in a Pentalic sketchbook.

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Sketchbook page: great blue heron (watercolor, ink) and black-throated blue warbler (watercolor, gouache) #watercolor #sketchbook #pentalic

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'll be signing books at the Stamford Children's Book Festival this Sunday 5/17. Please stop by! #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #childrensbooks #author

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My book deal with Charlesbridge Publishing was just announced in Publishers Weekly. I added the octopus to the notice... #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbook #octopus

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Razzle was a stray from Texas. The rescue organization sent her by bus to Connecticut. I've always pictured her taking a Greyhound bus for her big trip. #illustration #comic #dog #drawing

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I painted this after reading about Veronika, the Austrian cow who's the first known tool-using bovine. She's been observed using rakes, sticks, and deck brushes to scratch herself. #illustration #cow #inkdrawing #watercolor #pentalic #pentalicaquajournal #aquajournal #aquarelle #penandink

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Grouper. Scratchboard with digital color. Done in one of my traditional illustration classes as a demo. #illustration #inkdrawing #scratchboard #fish #drawing

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star. Acrylic, done as a class demo. #acrylic #illustration #starwars

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Creepy ink doodles with different pen nibs. My favorite nibs are the Hunt 101 and the Brause "Blue Pumpkin." #inkdrawing #drawing #illustration

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"Cabinet of Curiosities." Pen & ink with digital wash. Inspired by the Old State House in Hartford, CT. #illustration #drawing #inkdrawing

Ink drawing of a "cabinet of curiosities" with taxidermy displays

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My sketchbook pages can seem kinda random. I guess they are.

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David Opie Illustration @daveopie.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I recently visited the Park Art program at Real Art Ways (in Hartford, CT) to do a reading of "All the Birds in the World" and draw some birds (and feathered dinosaurs) with the kids. It sure was fun--thank you Real Art Ways for inviting me!