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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

A cat in boots, taking a ride on a shooting star - a small break from the heavy world ⭐️🐱🌈 #kidlitart #procreate #picturebooks #kidlit #illustration

An orange spotted cat in red boots clings to a bright yellow shooting star that has a rainbow trailing after it. Smaller stars and dots of color surround the main image.

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Happy #pi day! The March prompt from my agent was to illustrate something starting with “pi”. I chose to draw a little pigeon mail carrier. 🖤 Pigeons have such a cool history in relation to correspondence - it’s worth understanding them a bit more. #pigeon #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Crisp mornings. 🤍🤍 I know fall doesn’t “officially” start (in the N hemisphere) for another week, but as the acorns continue to tumble down our roof, I can’t help but declare it’s already here! 🤗 Getting all my sweaters and beanies out. How are you preparing? #fall #illustration #kidlitart

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Roisin Hahessy @roisinhahessy.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It’s #Kidlitartpostcard day today. . I am currently available for exciting new projects, get in touch with myself or my lovely agent Becca if you have something in mind. You can see more of my pictures here: . www.rosha.ie . #kidlitpostcard #picturebookportfolio #illustration

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Courtney Pippin-Mathur | Kidlit artist & writer @pippinmathur.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Happy beginning of September and #kidlitartpostcard day! I’ve been working hard on developing my style & think I finally have it. You can see new work on my site www.pippinmathur.com I would love to illustrate more pbs, chapter books and early gns! Repped by Jennifer Unter. #kidlitpostcard #kidlit

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

When a president decides to disregard the will of the American people, you’re right, that’s the mark of authoritarian rule. The White House has notified Congress that it plans to cancel $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding that lawmakers had already approved, doing so without their consent.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It's Friday! Your assignment this weekend: Hang out in a bookstore or library. Spend time with the books. Chat with the booksellers & librarians. Enjoy the community. This is activism. Your presence energizes these spaces & these spaces need energy. Have a great weekend!

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The new ICE song by Jesse Welles nails it. ICE isn’t recruiting heroes, it’s recruiting the bitter, the rejected, the ones desperate for a badge to cover their failures. Losers with power become the most dangerous kind. (c/o Caroline Codsi)

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

An example of my second round of paneling as I work on my graphic novel pitch. Red pencils for panels and some art “gestures”, blue notes are art guides, and black is script/dialogue. I sketch alternative panel layouts to the side and make general notes in the margins. #graphicnovel

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Picked up The Anxious Generation and it’s quite illuminating for our relationship with technology and how it’s shaping childhood (in detrimental ways). Highly recommend and I’m only just beginning it! #anxiousgeneration #technology

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I learned that Tove Jansson was born today, August 9th, in 1914 - So here’s some Moomin fan art to celebrate! #illustration #kidlit #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustrationforkids #picturebooks #moomin #tovejansson

Illustration of Moomin troll in a field of blue flowers

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Another day, another old film and another gorgeous dress. Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember. #vintagefashion

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Yesterday was my birthday and @stavesacre.bsky.social got me the loveliest flowers! I’ve underestimated how happy fresh flowers make me. Instant space brightener. 🤍

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I don’t know man, the utter abandonment of environmentalism we’ve been careening towards in the 2020s is kind of…I don’t know. Anyone who thinks the planet can take a tripling of plastics production in the next thirty years is either delusional or hates the world and I’m really struggling with that.

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This weekend I spent about an hour sorting through our Legos (kids had out) and built Dracula a party house. So fun to pause and be a kid again. My daughter kept giving #Dracula a cupcake #Lego we had (not pictured) 😂

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

A reminder to appreciate small beautiful things. #flower #nature

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Marie Enger @ LBX26 Table 409 @soengery.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Publishers need us more than we need them. Without us, they would be able to do nothing. The only way to survive what is coming is to build it back sustainably, together, and without ego.

A drawing of hate pit and pit pit walking and discussing labor abuse. Comic publishing companies abuse our labor, if you work in publishing, do not be complicit, work with your creators for more equitable treatment - not just for our sakes but for your own. We are your invisible co workers

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Been studying graphic novel page and frame progressions by copying the variations down for some books I own. I love how different they have been so far, yet they all get us to understand a story. #graphicnovel #illustrator

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Danielle Pedersen @smallwildshop.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

New pendants are up! daniellepedersen.com

Ceramic bat necklace gains painted with strawberries.

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Been reading Scott McCloud’s “Making Comics” and wow, I get what all the fuss is about…So helpful and I love having more understanding of how to make comics and graphic novels intuitive. #comics #graphicnovels #makingcomics

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I’ve been working on exploring new styles lately (linework and simplified color to go with the graphic novel I’m developing) and it’s been an interesting process. I redid the color on this 3 times bc I’m trying to evaluate my own process in relation to the outcome. #graphicnovelart #illustration

Illustration of an adventurer taking a break on a rock and sitting with a sense of calm. Plants and stars make up the background. The adventurer wears a cape and boots and their orange hair is done up in a high ponytail.

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Amie Wexler (she/her) @amwex.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Today seems like the perfect day to promote Families of a Feather by Fern Wexler! It celebrates family diversity in the bird world and by extension the human world! Happy Pride! Same sex familial pairs is natural!🏳️‍🌈 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709277...

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Families of a Feather by Fern Wexler: 9781632174451 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

This beautifully illustrated picture book celebrates and shares the diversity of family structures by exploring a variety of bird families and the many ways they care for and raise their young—perfect...

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Ilanit (illy) @imanor.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

“From the Pages” prompt for my agent - kids imagining themselves as famous book characters. I wanted to explore technique and had fun using more line-work. #illustration #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #graphicnovelart #middlegradebooks #lotr #lordoftherings

Three kids pretending to be Gandalf from LOTR. One stands on the other two’s backs in order to be taller - they wear a beard, hat and bathrobe and are holding a broom as a staff. Behind the kids, a cardboard mountain scene is portrayed.

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Danielle Pedersen @smallwildshop.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Added some new pendants in part of a nostalgia batch, including this terrible creature. daniellepedersen.com

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Coaster 1/4 for the Salut! 10th Anniversary Coaster Show at Nucleus Portland @nucleushouse.bsky.social 6/8-7/3. #tombowmarkers #watercolors #marker #coloredpencil #prismacolors

A pink snail with a yellow shell amongst blue and purple flowers.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

My painting COASTAL EXPLORERS

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Kelsey Buzzell @kelseybuzzell.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Process work for Families of a Feather - out Tuesday! Preorder anywhere! Final ➡️ rough ➡️ thumbnail. #kidlit #kidbook #booksky #childrensbook #bird #birdbook #family

Full color spread of a snowy owl against a deep blue sky with snow covered trees and ground behind.

Black and white spread of a snowy owl against a dark sky with snow covered ground behind.

Thumbnail/ very rough sketch of a snowy owl flying across the page

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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/02/2025

Happy Person Must Either Be Stupid Or Evil theonion.com/happy-p...

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Peace for those who are scared, peace for the most vulnerable and marginalized among us May we all hold onto each other and hold strong, I was working on this long before last week to make something for the holidays, but it feels even more apropos after everything Stay safe and stay strong🕊️

Illustration of an all white dove with its wings out holding an olive branch that has an orange ribbon on it. The background is dark green and there are bright orange stars around it

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Kelly Pousette @kpousetteillus.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Mouse visiting the local market.

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chef, the online tits @cheftips.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

this is true, every time i mess up in the kitchen, it’s because of the woke dei.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Destabilization of reality in the US is about to reach surreal heights. Protect your mind. Monitor stress levels. Do not doomscroll--it does not help. Be selective about when and how long you expose your brain to this. Do what you can when you can.

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Animal Photo Reference Repository @animalphotorefs.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

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Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository

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