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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

F train pulled up just as I entered the station and as it stopped I was able step into the car I needed without breaking stride. This is the NYC version of a Christmas miracle.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

God I love "We'll circle back after the Holidays" season.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We love the first snow. The second or third snow not so much but the first snow is glorious.

Couple indoors with Christmas tree happily looking at snowfall

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

As an illustrator, animators have my utmost respect. I finished keyframes for an animation and am still in the loop for a project. Animators are chill about revisions which can be many. I get a note that requires an extra hour of work and you would think I was asked to solve cold fusion.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Gave a talk at the Society Of Illustrators along with Caldecott winners and lemme tell you something. They know what to do with a pencil.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

At the Society Of Illustrators today with Caldecott Honors Micha Archer and winner Doug Salati as we talk to librarians about how images are made. Wearing a sweater with elbow patches because I hear librarians love bookmakers who wear elbow patches.

Collage person in sweater with elbow patches and smoking pipe looking like an author

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

How to navigate awkward conversations for Experience Life

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

So awesome. Just learned in Church that Jesus was born in 6 BC. It’s because the calendar guy got the math wrong.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Learned a Buddhist concept while researching that has chilled me out about disinformation. You can learn to see with clear eyes but what others choose to see is on them, not you.

Person with an open box as head with puzzle pieces dropping into his head

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The Yangs hear the nights are about to get cold

Couple wearing fuzzy winter coats with hoods

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Asked editor if I really need to do research for next children's book and she's like "Well, your idea is based on a historical event so mayyyyyyybe?"

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

It's Thanksgiving, run turkey, RUN!

Hunter looking for turkey that is as big as a forest

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

If you visit the Holiday Train Show in Grand Central Station at the Transit Museum shop, you can also pick up Bus! Stop! Fun fact: the birds in Bus! Stop! are cousins to the birds on the 2026 Love Stamp.

The Board Book, Bus! Stop! with a boy chasing a bus he just missed

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Quick Bugonia review: Never have I seen an ending so dark that made me so happy

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

James Yang Come to the Brooklyn Children's Book Fair this Sunday at the Brooklyn Museum from 11:30 to 3:30. If your kids love picture books a ton of your favorite Brooklyn Children's book authors and illustrators will be there too including me! www.brooklynmuseum.org/programs/bro...

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Nineteenth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair

Calling all young book lovers! Meet nearly 50 of your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators as they share their latest publications.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Stamp sheet of bird couples with hearts in love

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Guess who has Love stamps coming out in 2026? Me aka the illustrator of love ❤ about.usps.com/newsroom/nat...

2026 Love stamps featuring mid century styled birds as couples with hearts

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Positive baby steps to get out of a hole. Originally for AD SooJin Buzelli

Person in a hole stringing together a ladder of lights

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I like teeth cleanings. They’re like a Chinese foot massage for the mouth.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I'm not the only one who types "I HATE YOU" in email, deletes it then runs bawling into the bathroom after receiving notes on an illustration I thought was finished, right?

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Received a lovely note from a reader this weekend who said they saw A Boy Named Isamu at the The Noguchi Museum and it brought her to tears. The money is nice but this is the real reward of doing children's books. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social

Young Isamu Noguchi hugging a rock that speaks

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Something to psych yourself up for the No Kings March! youtu.be/Pj-D0jc17D0

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Diner Lobster - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I figured out why we all love our wireless Dyson Vacuums. It's like a Fisher Price toy for adults.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Mrs Yang asked why other illustrators can't adjust their art to different eras like I did and I said I'm special and she said no that can't be it.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I see the Supreme Court is planning to rear its head again.

Tiny guy made from American flag in a forest of KKK hoods

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

When you need a huggable drone I'm the guy. Illustration about drones and shipping for DBusiness Magazine

Drones delivering packages to cargo ship from dock

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Sure the Egyptians built the pyramids but the Yangs just finished laundry.

Guy in boxers and undershirt with his clothes

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Live your life so you don't need a Nobel Peace Prize to get into Heaven.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Question for my fellow illustrators: Do you feel the burden of massive talent like I do?

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Learned a lesson yesterday at trivia night: Nobody knows what they know better than Swifties when Taylor Swift is the theme for the night.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THERE ARE A TON OF WINDOWS TO DRAW IN CITYSCAPE MURAL

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Illustration for Harvard Law Bulletin: How to age gracefully with tech. AD Ronn Campisi Why am I suddenly getting stories about being an old fart? @harvard.edu

Older woman walking in the woods with a giant smiling smartphone

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

There's a lot going on in 2025 but this is important: After giving in and finally using triple bladed razors, I can't stop caressing my face.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Portrait of toxic US fans at Bethpage after Euro win eating golf ball shaped poop.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Negotiated with a mouse to permanently leave our apartment. Told the little guy we can do it the easy way or the hard way

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Working on mural. WHY DO THEY HAVE TO BE SO BIG

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

New illustration for Harvard Law Bulletin: How to protect yourself from AI scams

Man with coffee looking at virtual snake emerging from computer

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The whole Kimmel episode has given me hope that it ain't over yet.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Truly impressed with how lame I am in real life. Tried without success to find the "Leave Meeting" button while client's team was waiting for me to go.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Remember that MLK said America suffers not just from "the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

If you're wondering what kind of Alpha Male I am I screamed this morning when finding a dead mouse in a trap that had been there for a couple days.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Cancelled Disney+ and Hulu. It's seems like one of those little things we can do when the world is on tilt.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I forgot to brag, Viking Children's Books and I just signed a deal for three more books! Now all I have to do is think up three more books! @vikingbooks.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social

Bookshelf with all of the author's books for Viking Children's Books

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

See you tomorrow at the Brooklyn Book Festival. I’ll be reading and drawing with kids at 11:00. (I’m very proud of the effort I put into this promo photo) @penguinkids.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social @bkbookfest.bsky.social brooklynbookfestival.org/event/drawin...

Author holding his picture book about a young Carl Sagan

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Talking with lovely Black grandmother at stop. She said lots of people need a whooping and I said preach.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

To quote Elvis Costello, what's so funny about peace love and understanding.

People looking at a constellation in the shape of a dove

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I see ABC still likes bending the knee and gurgling balls.

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James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Asked publisher if I can do a board book for toddlers that helps them spot the AntiChrist. They said no.

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