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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thank you so much!! I’ve been trying to get better at storytelling so I appreciate that a lot!

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Thank you so much! I was really trying to pack lots of story into it when I was sketching 😁

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Thank you so much!!! She cracks me up hahaha 😁💜

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Hurry girls, don’t miss your cue! Or else! 🩰🫟 #kidlitart #illustration

A girl has gotten a star shaped sticker stuck in her eye backstage at a tween girls’ ballet recital, and it’s time for them to go on to perform! Her ballet classmates are whispering and urging her to get back in line so they can perform the dance they’ve been preparing for! In the background, their teacher looms menacingly. They better not miss their cue!

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Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com · 15/05/2025

It undermines the fact that good writing takes work. Good writers don't spawn out of magic mushrooms, skills honed and perfected. You gotta write your way to the goodness. There are no shortcuts.

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Updating my #profilepic ! Not much has changed since the last one, just longer hair and cooler earrings. Oh, and the oozing brain monster, that’s new too 👁️ #kidlitart

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Biiiig snowflakes in Brighton Beach from a few weeks ago - finally finished the drawing! ☃️ hopefully with enough time left before everyone moves on to springtime 😅🪻

Digital color illustration of an elevated subway platform in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It’s snowing enormous round flakes and between them, you can see people on the opposite platform bundled up and walking off their Q train. It’s all very gray and flat.

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Martin Stanev @martinstanev.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Hello! I’m Martin, an illustrator & author based in the Lake District, UK. I love illustrating landscapes and animals being cosy 🐻 I’ve worked on a variety of children’s books with piblishers such as Magic Cat, Quarto and Little Tiger. You can find more of my work at martinstanev.com

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

That is such high praise!!!! Thank you! 💖

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hi Jessie!!! Welcome!! 💖💖💖

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Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Reposting for the evening crowd! A very earnest invitation to join me next Saturday for Hourly Comic Day! And read my old ones here: www.lucyknisley.com/hourly-comic...

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

original sinners

a still life with whiskey bottles, black apples, martini glasses, cigarettes, and dice. A white luminescent curls around the composition

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Kaylie Pendleton @kayliependleton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hi! My name is Kaylie I am an illustrator and book cover designer and thought I would jump in on #portfolioday ! I’m new here but would love to meet other artists :)

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hi Kaylie!! Welcome to Bluesky! 💖

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Happy holidays from me and my babysitting charge (my roommates dog, aka Miss Mandoo, aka Mandoo the Menace)! #kidlitart

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Time for #artvsartist2024 ! It was a very busy year, and I still feel like I haven’t done enough! Looking forward to seeing what next year has in store 💖 #artvsartist #kidlitart

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Léa Charbonnier @cleadraw.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

A portfolio piece for Halloween season 🎃👻 . . #bookcover #kidlitart #middlegrade

A ghost kid is surrended by a black girl and a kid with a pumpkin head. There are in the middle of a town square at night with cute ghosts everywhere.

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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Things are becoming, I just need to be patient. Good food takes time to cook. #artvsartist2024

a 9-panel grid format showcasing the "art vs. artist" end of year meme. in the center of the grid features a photo of the artist, a lightskinned black person wearing clear glasses, a mariners baseball cap, and life preserver. surround the photo are 8 pieces of art that were completed during the year 2024, including black and white art of a figure standing in the shade of cottonwood trees, a snowy expanse of settlement in the utah territory of 1859, and orange & blue toned comic pages from the work BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA. These pages show a Black person waist deep in water, standing among tall trees, and a textured hand pushing out from an acidic sea.

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Thank you so much!! 🫶🏻

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Yes!!! The best time of year :)

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hahaha you’re very polite! I unfortunately have a nosy streak 😅😅

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

One of my favorite things about the sun setting so early is being able to peek into other people’s lives 🌛 I’ve always been really inspired by that little glance into someone else’s world! #kidlitart #illustration

A digital illustration of a row of apartment buildings in Brooklyn. Each window is lit up in a different color light, some decorated for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the winter solstice. Outside, it’s nighttime and starting to snow. A black cat stretches on the roof, illuminated by the full moon.

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Abeeha Tariq @abeehatariqart.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

she’s making a list, she’s checking it twice

Illustration of a brown skinned woman in a festive red dress. She holds gift bags in one hand and boxed presents up in the other in a stack. Her dark hair is pulled up in the shape of a Christmas tree with lights and baubles. She has green bauble dangly earrings.

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thank you so much!! 💕💕💕

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thank you so much! So excited to fill those shelves!

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Congratulations on the job change! Hopefully you’ll have four walls again soon! I liked my cubicle but it’s so much easier to focus with a real door 😅

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I am yes! On my projects that require hiring an artist, I build a shortlist and pitch it, and then do the hiring and art direction in addition to the designing (though I do report to an executive art director)!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

#KidLitArtPostcard is tomorrow!!! Kidlit artists - remember to post your postcards! Everyone else - Please smack those Like & Repost buttons! And leave nice comments, if you have the spoons!

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Got lots of walls in case there’s spillover! 😁

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hi! If you send it to Simon & Schuster headquarters (1230 Avenue of the Americas, NY NY 10020) and address it to c/o Julia Shea it will find me! Looking forward to seeing it!

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thank you!! I gotta bring in some fairy lights and then I’ll really be set 😤

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hi Brian! I’d love to be added 😁 thank you!

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Out of the cube and into an office! I suppose this is as good a time as any to say that if send me a #kidlitartpostcard you might make it onto the cork board (look at all that room just waiting for your art!) 💌

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Happy post-thanksgiving pre-holiday crunch to all those back at their desks today 😅 may your coffee be abundant and snacks protein-filled

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Ward Jenkins @wardjenkins.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It should be noted that the original person who said this is @mollycrabapple.bsky.social - artist and activist. I find it odd that her name got cropped out of the original screenshot (from an article in LA Times, btw) and the uncredited version is the one that makes the viral rounds.

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Veronica Mang @veronicamang.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Chugging along ✏️ loving this page ✏️

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 30/11/2024

There are quite a lot of reasons to be concerned about genAI that don’t get as much mention. This is a list of just a few that we've listed in our @aimod.social docs.

Consent
Al-generated images involving the likeness of real individuals without consent.
Misinformation
Al-generated images in spreading misinformation or manipulating users.
Training Data
Numerous generative Al services have used data for training that was not appropriately licensed, or the source of their training data was not clearly identified.
Mimicry of Living Artists
Al imagery can replicate the style or work of active living artists, which may directly impact individual creators.
Resource consumption
The generation of Al imagery requires substantial resources, like water and electricity.
Exploitive labor
Reports indicate Al training involves unethical labor practices.

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

You rock thank you so much!! 💖

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Julia Shea @jsheaart.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Distracting myself from other work with a #wip based on the alley my apt overlooks - had to include the loud cats 😸 #crop #kidlitart

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