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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Mixing it up with 100 things I gravitate towards each time I put pencil to paper ✏️ I’m rep’d @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Mole Boyo~ Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Sarah, an author, illustrator interested in projects related to ✨ Fantasy & adventure narratives ✨ Goofy/playful humor ✨ Multicultural & cultural diversity I’m proudly represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlit

Illustration of a mole holding a torch in an underground cave. Beneath his level is a scene of gnomes working in a bubble gum mine. The art is in the style of children's picture books or graphic novels. The art style is whimsical and fantasy

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

⚔︎ Party of young adventurers discover a forgotten library ⚔︎ An adventurer picks up a tome ⚔︎ Time passes as they gather knowledge Inspo: library event I’m teaching! youtu.be/JkR7zClEkAo?... #PlaylistPitch #PitchEvent #kidlit #Fantasy #dnd #adventure #library #librarians #booksky #cozyfantasy

A Library program flyer for dungeons and dragons character design. For ages 8 to 18 On August 9 at 1-3pm at Milwood branch Austin Public library. There are three dungeons and dragon characters in the bottom of the flyer, along with some sketches of character

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy #kidlitartpostcardday🪿🔺🫐 A lil story about big HERO. I'm rep'd by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social I'd love to illustrate projects related to: ▸ Fantasy & adventure narratives ▸ Goofy/playful humor ▸ Multiculturalism #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #illustration

#kidlit illustration in the style of children's book. There are three panels. (1) Shows a gnome drowning in pond and goose swimming toward (2) Gnome is on goose's back with other gnomes around showing its town which is full of forest, bushes, green, and autumn leaves. (3) goose is rewarded with a large basket of red berries with everyone around.

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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month, gente! To celebrate, I will post the covers of picture books by AANHPI creators! 12. AMY WU AND THE PERFECT BAO, 2019 Authors: katzhangwriter.com/index.php/ab... Illustrator: @charlenedraws.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky #AANHPIMonth

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Update on the fantasy portfolio piece I’ve been working on! Excited to show y’all soon 🤍 #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #fantasyart #picturebooks #portfolio #sketch #artprocess

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Composition for an illustration I’m working on. Can you guess what it might be? #kidlit #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustrator #picturebooks

Photo of an iPad with procreate drawing app open illustration is a silhouette in green with the shapes of trees, bushes and creatures

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Evui @ Lightbox Expo!! @labillustration.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

'Dragonfall' - the full piece! I had a ton of fun doing this one, inspired by whalefalls: an event in nature where when a whale dies in the ocean, an entire ecosystem is born of its corpse.

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Prepping for an art workshop happening in four days! Food art for aanhpi heritage month! #kidlit #aanhpi #aapi #ramen #foodart

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Hi Austin, Texas peeps! I’ll be teaching some workshops with the Austin Public Library! FREE, attend whichever date works best for you. More info: sarahtdoan.com/food #kidlit #foodart #AANHPIheritagemonth #aapi

Illustrated poster of a food art workshop in celebration of AANHPI heritage month

FRI, MAY 9 @ 2-4PM
Twin Oaks Branch
1800 S 5th St, Austin 78704
Crafty Adult (18+)

SAT, MAY 10 @ 1-3PM
Twin Oaks Branch
1800 S 5th St, Austin 78704
All Ages

TUE, MAY 20 @ 6-7:30PM
Southeast Branch
5803 Nuckols Crossing Rd, Austin 78744
Crafty Adult (18+)

WED, MAY 21 @ 4-6PM
University Hills Branch
4721 Loyola Ln, Austin 78723
All Ages

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Came to the library for three books and left 30 pounds later. Jokes aside, I’m working on the Author part of “author, illustrator” this year 🤞 #kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #library #authorillustrator

Assortment of many library books mainly children’s picture books and graphic novels. From authors such as Lian Cho, Felicita Sala, and Tim Probert

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Rachel Gozhansky Illustration @rachelgozhansky.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Been struggling with illustrating lately; anything beyond initial sketches. Finally it is starting to feel relaxing and fun again. Playing around with how to render a new illustration. A critique partner suggested taking small parts instead of tackling the whole. That has helped! #wip #kidlitart

A series of small illustrations of the same girl and stegosaurus colored in different ways and with different mediums to different levels of completion. Illustrations are on a worksurface covered with various art materials including watercolor paint and colored pencils.

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I love your storytelling and style!!

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Celebrating 4 years since I tied the knot with my favorite person 🤍 Our RPG mains were ranger & tank. We went climbing on our 1st date, hence the rope. To more adventures! #kidlit #videogames #illustration #artshare #fantasy

Illustration of a handheld game device. On the screen it shows 1P and 2P and four pixel hearts filled in. There are two characters an archer on the left and a knight on the right pulling a rope with a figure 8 in the middle.

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colbyhbryant @colbyhbryant.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Sharing an old illustration of mine because the message still remains. This world is terrifying and we need to look out for each other, perhaps now more than ever. 🖤 #art #illustration

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alyssa illikainen @lyssascribbles.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The cutest banner runner #art #gouache #kidlitart

Gouache painting of a goblin character running holding a banner flag with a pencil and star on it

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 07/04/2025

I don’t art direct comics or graphic novels so I never work with coloring artists but I'm working on a new illustrated chapter book where we'd be repackaging existing grayscale finished art and need to colorize it. If you’re a colorist, please share samples and a link to your folio. No DMs pls. 💙❤️

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Testing out coloring pages I made (for a food art workshop I’m putting together) ☺️ #kidlit #artclass #panipuri #takoyaki

Picture of coloring pages and alcohol markets. Pages are of pani and Takoyaki being made. There are shrunken down kids making the food

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Do you write picture books but don't know anything about the publication process? Or know a bit but want to know more? This event should be stellar - some great PB creators AND industry pros. #KidLItUK www.scbwi.org/events/secre...

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The Secret Lives of Picture Books

Two authors. Two illustrators. Two agents. Two editors. Two art directors. A deep dive into the making of two picture books.

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Rowan Kingsbury 🌸 @rowansugar.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

It’s here!! My first ever Book Birthday!! You can now find Avery and the Fairy Circle"" In actual, real life stores!! I hope you all enjoy this sweet little story of fairies, botany, and friendship and I can’t wait to hear what you think! bookshop.org/p/books/aver... #art #kidlit #newrelease

Illustration- a fairy girl with orange hair and a girl with dark curly hair picking and eating blackberries together. Reads "Out Now"

Mock up of a book cover that reads "Avery and the Fairy Circle - Rowan Kingsbury - Flying Eye Books". There is a girl and a fairy on the cover, smiling, with ferns and mushrooms around them.

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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙ @lilacdoodz.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

RESCUE ‎‧₊˚✩ 🪐✩˚₊‧🫡 A fun sci-fi illustration I made combining the past and future 🦕 sarahtdoan.com #kidlit #picturebookillustrator #picurebooks #illustration #artshare #scifi

Illustration of a dinosaur, ufo, cowgirl, gummy bears, planet in space. The art in children's book / kidlit style. There is a frame with foreign language and colorful clouds, sky, and glow from the ufo beam.

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