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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 28/09/2026

Steam capsule art and logo I made a few months ago for @alexene.dev, a solo developer working on a cozy and warm dwarven colony builder! It’s currently in playtesting! store.steampowered.com/app/4000460/... #indiegame #gamedev #illustration #keyart

Landscape illustration of three dwarves wielding an axe, a pickaxe, and a hammer, standing on top of a grassy fjord with ore, plants, and berries growing around them.

A landscape illustration of a night time campfire scene of two dwarves warming themselves by the fire, the third dwarf asleep behind a snoozing cat.

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 02/07/2026

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! I’m Erica and I love to tell fantastical stories, with a bit of danger, using colour and light. I also love depicting moments both big and small. Currently seeking representation! Check out my work here! ☀️ ericalee.cc ✉️ erica@ericalee.cc #kidlitart #illustration

Postcard featuring illustration of a girl holding large leaves cut like wings jumping off a ledge with an eagle hawk flying close behind

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 29/06/2026

The track artwork I did for Sonoa Band’s Nervous! Had a blast doing this illustration - I don’t usually work in high key lighting so this was fun to do! Check out their song here! hypeddit.com/sonoa/nervous

Light blues and purples in a crowded party scene with a man and a woman lit in brighter blues each with a yellow highlight looking at each other

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 15/06/2026

A little spot illustration from a larger project of a child in monkey pajamas~ #kidlitart #illustration #dragonplush

Spot illustration of a child in monkey pajamas throwing a red dragon plush into the air with speech text, “Fly, fly, fly across!”

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 13/06/2026

Artists, repost with your yellow art! ☀️ This was made for an art show themed , Stayed Tooned, at Chunky Paper, featuring nostalgic cartoons that you grew up with. These were some of the cartoons I loved watching - which ones can you spot? #illustration #kidlitart #cartoons

Illustration of an afternoon in a living room with a young girl in a blue dress running towards the left chasing Goku on a cloud. Following her is Zeke from Zoids and Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog on the behind on a TV screen. In the foreground, Deedee from Dexter’s Laboratory is happily reaching for Luna from Sailor Moon. In the casted noon shadow is the silhouette of Pikachu and Batman.

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/06/2026

Artist! Quote with your fanart!

Fanart illustration of Link from Breath of the Wild reaching out to fairy for life as he sinks into brackish water

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 04/06/2026

Happy 5th Anniversary of #KidLitArtPostcard! I’m Erica! And here’s a memory of myself receiving a jade pendant of a monkey (my Chinese zodiac animal) for safeguarding and luck. Check out more of my work! ericalee.cc #kidlitart #illustration #aapi #aapiheritage

Illustration of myself as a child wearing red in the afternoon sun, an over the shoulder shot, with my mom in the foreground showing me a jade pendant with a monkey carved into it as I look down on it while it’s hung from my neck

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 03/06/2026

My allergies are acting up again 😭 sudden change in weather always riles up my sinuses… #kidlitart #illlustration

Small self portrait of me sitting with my head in hand, looking miserable

Small self portrait of me about to sneeze with mouth wide open

Small self portrait of me sneezing into my arm with green yellow snot exploding out

Small self portrait of me feeling miserable with snot coating my arm

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 30/05/2026

Happy #caturday! Sketches of a local cat that hangs around near my place~ I’ve been going though some life changes and it’s kind of impacted me. Will post an update about it…soon. But, in the meantime, kitty! #sketches

B&W line sketch of a cat kicking its hind leg

B&W line sketch of a cat sitting, back towards viewer

B&W line sketch of a cat walking away from viewer

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 22/05/2026

An IAP illustration for a deco package I made for Squid Games’ Jellyvale: A Match Tale! The graphics are placed in the empty-ish area on the right featuring the decos for purchase #illustration #gamedev

Long landscape illustration of large wooden letters spelling LOVE in a flower meadow with a deer sitting on the L talking to a lamb sitting below her reading and a gingerbread man lying on top of the E playing with blue birds. A bright afternoon

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 14/05/2026

More Match 3 backgrounds I did for Jellyvale: A Match Tale! This time, for our classic tunnel levels. Wanted to create a sense of never ending length - so a lot of strong verticals with a bit of magic and mystery #gamedev #illustration #backgroundart

Match 3 vertical background of large vine wrapped pillars in dense mist, dark with hues of green and blue

Match 3 vertical background of a flooded hall with long, slim pillars. Bee detailing on the bases. Green hues with a slight purple light in the top left emanating from an archway

Match 3 vertical background of an abandoned cathedral-like alcove of stained glass. With a rose featured prominently being held up by a cat-like figure. Blue-hued with pinkish purple mist blanketing the bottom

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 08/05/2026

Match 3 backgrounds I did for Squid Games’ Jellyvale: A Match Tale! Goes from easy to hard. It was fun trying to figure out how to make distinctive backgrounds without taking away from the match board #gamedev #backgroundart #illustration

Vertical background illustration of a green forest with a hard afternoon light

Vertical background illustration of an autumn forest with a ambient light

Vertical background illustration of a night blue forest with a soft rays peeking through

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 07/05/2026

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m Erica and I love to illustrate all the moments - hard, sad, exciting, and everything in between! 💼 ericalee.cc ✉️ erica@ericalee.cc ☀️ seeking representation!

Postcard with illustration of a young girl and her cousin trying to sneak away while the young girl’s parents argue in the background

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/05/2026

More work I did at Squid Games for Jellyvale! I love doing backgrounds and I’ll be sharing some more later ◡̈ Here’s one I did for our witch Morgaine’s recurring event. The UI overlays the background. Needed to make sure the bg wasn’t competing so it’s a tad dark #gamedev #conceptart

Dark background art of a potions room interior featuring a skull with a candle on it on top of a stool, a table with a potions pot and contraptions, a large bookcase, and a dragon locked safe

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 27/04/2026

Excited to share the first singles cover art I did for an amazing group of musicians, Sonoa Band, titled “Voyage.” Stream it out here! hypeddit.com/sonoa/voyage

Illustration of a twilight seen by the harbour with a lamp post and two figures reaching out to each other, silhouetted

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 22/04/2026

Final Story Moment I illustrated for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of our adorable witch, Morgaine, and her Apothecary opening. Kat, the player and the pink cat hero, is elated as the townspeople accept into Jellyvale! #illustration #kidlitart #jellyvale

Illustration created for Jellyvale, a mobile game, of woodland critters celebrating in a luminescent interior with a stained glass lighting from above

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 21/04/2026

Additional Story Moments for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of our gingerbread man, Champ, opening his health conscious food truck. Choco can’t wait to try out some of his food! #illustration #jellyvale #kidlit

Illustration of Jellyvale citizens enjoying the opening day of the #1 health conscious food truck with Choco pouncing in from the left foreground. Kat, the player, grabbing a bowl of cashew salad from Champ, the gingerbread man. Cindi and Charmy, Cinderella and Prince Charming, eating a bowl of zoods on the side. Lily the red riding hood trying to chase down Choco

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 21/04/2026

Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog 🐶 #kidlitart

Illustration Shiba Inu in shade looking at mini me and my mini brother running towards it with plushies behind it and larger versions of us in the light in the background

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 20/04/2026

More Story Moments for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of our jellizens touring Goosey’s Goosenheim! Perhaps you can spot some familiar works of art? #illustration #jellyvale #kidlitart

Illustration of Jellyvale characters walking in a museum hallway with The Scream, Starry Night, and American Gothic parodies hanging in the mid ground. A floating chickenfish sculpture with a water pool ceiling casting a blue dim light into the hallway. At the background exiting the hallway is a large The Thinker parody statue and other modern works of art surrounding it

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 19/04/2026

More Story Moments for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of our jellizens admiring the Moona Lisa. And where is the Moona Lisa located at? Find out tomorrow! #illustration #jellyvale #kidlitart

Illustrated moment of Jellyvale characters looking at a painting of the Moona Lisa, a parody painting of the Mona Lisa featuring a sow

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 18/04/2026

Another Story Moment for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of our resident wolf pup, Choco, smelling the yummy baked goods that Little Red Riding Hood, Lily is baking. Also, it’s my birthday! I hope you all have yummy treats today! #illustration #jellyvale #kidlitart

Illustration of wolf with a red collar walking though a dappled forest smelling a cookie with a thought bubble of a cookie

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 16/04/2026

Story Moment for Squid Games, Inc’s @jellyvalematch of Goldielocks and her porridge. Finally excited to start showing some of the work I’ve been doing for the past several years! #illustration #jellyvale #kidlitart

Illustration of Jellyvale: A Match Tale of a Goldielocks in school cafeteria unhappy with her porridge

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 14/04/2026

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Erica, a visdev artist and illustrator that loves to create moments with light and colour. I enjoy working in different styles. I’m open for freelance in #illustration and am seeking representation for #kidlitart! 💼 ericalee.cc ☀️ erica@ericalee.cc

Illustration created for Jellyvale, a mobile game, of a little Goldilocks dog staring unhappily at her porridge while her schoolmates in the cafeteria happily surround her eating their porridge

Illustration of a little boy in a blue dragon type patterned shirt and shorts reaching out to a shiny Flabebe as other fairy Pokemon surround them with bubbles floating

Illustration of my favorite cartoon characters interacting with me in my childhood living room featuring Goku from Dragonball, Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog, Deedee from Dexter’s Laboratory, Zeke from Zoids New Century, and Luna from Sailor Moon

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 12/04/2026

I’m not really good at social media and am on and off sporadically. Especially right now, it’s tough - my amazing studio where I’ve worked at for the past five years shut down. Been looking through my work with my studio and will post the work I’ve done soon. On to a new chapter! #illustration

Illustration of a shaded hiking creek with two little kids, mini me and my brother, hopping the creek bed rocks

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 08/04/2026

Silly little us! How did we end up in this #tokyobanana situation?! #repostyourart #kidlitart

Illustration of a Tokyo Banana Pikachu confection with little me posing with it and my little brother trapped in the display package behind me

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/04/2026

Happy #Easter! Made this for Valentine’s a couple years ago, hopefully it works for Easter too! 😆 #illustration #kidlitart

Orange hued illustration of a marshmallow bunny in hot chocolate pining after a golden wrapped chocolate bunny in a red bow

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 22/03/2026

Sketch > colour comp! Cleaned up the sketch before colour comping. As you can see, even with the colour comp, still deviated from it in the final. It’s sometimes hard to feel like the final still lacks compared to the sketches/colour comp, but, I think I made the right changes in the final

Line sketch of illustration in main post

Cooler colour composition throughout of illustration in main post while final illustration has warmer background and cooler foreground

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 21/03/2026

Took a while to finish this! Happy #pokemon30thanniversary! Also, happy second day of spring! Featuring my 19 months old baby dino curious about the little shiny Flabébé while the other fairy pokemon surround them~ #illustration #kidlitart

Illustration of a little boy in dark blue shirt and shorts reaching towards a white flower pokemon in a small enclosed grassy area with a brick wall and vines atop it. Various fairy pokemon surround them with bubbles floating about

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 17/03/2026

Reference vs Art Went to a Sumo + Sushi event in LA and loved the lighting on table objects ~ #illustration #visdev #kidlitart

Reference photo I took of a water bottle, red Pocky box, and snack peas under red lighting

Illustration of reference photo cropped with choice edits and two little figures, mini me playing my gameboy sitting against side of pocky box while my mini brother sits on top of the pocky box near me watching the screen

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 12/03/2026

Phew, napped trapped by my dino - ‘twas tough! www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/03/2026

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! I’m Erica, an #illustrator seeking representation. I love drawing little moments and illustrating grand stories. I also work in a lot of styles focusing on intent, story, colour, and light! ⭐️ ericalee.cc 📮 erica@ericalee.cc #kidlitart #illustration

Illustration of two siblings eating Taiwanese night market fried noodles at a well light stall manned by an auntie prepping more noodles

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/03/2026

Human artists, use only once piece to convince people to follow you! 🍣🐟 #illustration #visdev #sushi

Red hued painting of close up of sushi chef hands carving a kinmedai with a little boy and girl character hiding from the knife in shock

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 28/02/2026

Happy #Caturday! An old painting of a neighborhood cat - really loved hrs green eyes piercing the casted shadow of the midday sun #illustration #visdev

Square painting of a grey brown stripped cat hiding under a steel chair with a sharp casted shadow across its upper body. Green eyes peaking out from under

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 20/02/2026

A commission for my cousin - an opened ended painting of an alleyway-ish. This is a street in the Pingxi district from when my family and I went to Shifen to see the old railway and release paper lanterns #illustration #visdev #streetsoftaiwan

A landscape painting with mostly yellows and purple shadow of an empty street in Taiwan leading to a distant town with cool lights and a tourist sign board in the foreground on the left. Orange dragon lanterns hang, receding into the distance

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 15/02/2026

It’s been years since I’ve had this sea salt foam osmanthus tea from one of my favorite pho places in Alhambra, Pho Ever. I constantly think about it. It was that good. Glad I was and to paint this when they still had it! #illustration #tea

Painting of a golden tea with white foam and sprinkles of dried osmanthus tea leaves on top in a curved glass cup on a waxed wood table

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 15/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s an old illustration I did of a little bobble head cat from a Japanese restaurant I frequented! #valentinesday #caturday #illustration

Reddish hued illustration of a bobble head cat in a red stand

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 10/02/2026

Some old sketches from when I visited Taiwan to see family and have my wedding photoshoot there! #illustration #sketches

Painting of Japanese milk bottles from historical Beitou Hot Springs museum in Taiwan

Random Yakult store painting in Tamsui, Taiwan

Painting of my partner and my brother in elevator lobby of a wedding clothes rental place in Taiwan

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 09/02/2026

Randomly made this K-pop inspired signed album. Would you buy it? “Bringing a bit of brightness… Signed, ABunz” #illustration #kidlitart

Small illustration of a pink album with a bunny idol and his signature, ABunz

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 07/02/2026

Some character sheets for a graphic novel I’ve been wanting to write about a young girl that helps a pilot that crashes onto her small island. When I have more time, hopefully soon…! Writing and drawing is so hard with a little toddler! How do people do it?!

B/W vignette character designs of a girl and a pilot - girl staring off, girl supporting pilot as he stumbles, pilot laying on grass

B/W character designs of a girl and a pilot - girl tying binder her hair, pilot sitting on stump, pilot leaning on edge resting, and girl walking warily

B/W character designs of a girl and a pilot - girl listening intently to pilot talking, and character expressions of girl and pilot

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 05/02/2026

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! I’m Erica, an #illustrator seeking representation. I love drawing little moments and illustrating grand stories! ⭐️ ericalee.cc 📮 erica@ericalee.cc (Here’s Rex, my little one, enjoying one of his favorite book, Jungly Tails by Anne Wilkinson) #kidlitart

Illustration of a baby boy reclined on a fluffy orange rug, feet propped on wall, reading his favorite colourful book of animal tails

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 12/01/2026

Deactivated my Twitter and took some choice screenshots of what I made me so happy and also incredibly confused as these two are so diametrically opposite of each other! Behold, the most famous people that I somehow got to follow me! Imma big stick energy this and tag @sparth.bsky.social !

Screenshot of my Twitter post from 2022 with a comment from Sparth!

Screenshot of my Twitter account followers that has Sparth on the list

Screenshot of my Twitter account followers that has Paris Hilton on the list

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Erica Lee 🧸 @ericalee.cc · 24/12/2025

#HappyHolidays! My little dino will be turning 17 months soon! Saw Rex curious about the maneki neko at my mom’s office and wanted to paint him about to “boop” the maneki neko nose for good luck! I hope this beckoning cat brings all the good luck to you all! #illustration #kidlitart #christmas

Warm illustration of a child in an elf costume reaching towards a maneki neko wearing a Santa hat. In the background there are caroling dolls on a mantel and a Christmas tree behind some holly

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