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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've drawn some whisperwicks b&w illustrations in my free time this summer. Here is the first:

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚

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Alternative Miniatures @altminiatures.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you are a EU citizen, you should contact your representatives, you can use the fight-chat-control web to easily copy their emails: fightchatcontrol.eu And also give feedback on the official form: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026

Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'd love to compose a post exploring my favourite 2026 young adult contemporary book covers, which is my favourite genre and I think deserves more love and attention. Would anyone be interested in sponsoring it and placing a permanent ad for your book or service in the post for $40 USD? #BookSky

A stock photo of a paintbrush swirling through a number of different coloured paints.

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Julia Bereciartu @juliabe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #kidlit #kidlitart #MGbook

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Viv 🌲 @vivtanner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Thank you! Yes, I love to different genres, it gives me a nice challenge everytime.😊

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JesteniaS @citrusfoam.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #kidlit #kidlitart

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover #MG #middleGrade #kidLit #kidLitArt

A middle grade book cover. A boy of about 12 holds gum in one hand and some dollar bills in the other. He's got short brown hair and a white tee shirt and jeans and is smiling while offering you, the viewer, some gum. Behind him are a short Latino boy with a book in one hand and his finger up his nose. On the other side is a girl with red hair and a school uniform. She's got her arms crossed and is looking disapprovingly at the main character. They all stand in front of a school.
The title reads "Garrett's Ventures - First Profit: Gum" by Garrett Forester. (Small text reads "Turning problems into profits!")

In a dark nighttime hallway with huge arched windows, a girl and a werewolf (also a girl) are sneaking around. Both are wearing school uniforms, although the werewolf's has ripped a bit from her transformation. She has just knocked over a small table and broken a vase and the girl is shushing her. Through one of the large windows, we see more school buildings and a full moon.
The book cover title is "Boarding School Werewolf" by Jo Barnett. At the top of the cover, it says "School can be a transformative experience."

A middle grade book cover, the title of which is "DeepWoods Academy for the Magically Inept. Book 1: Trouble Brewing." The art on the cover shows a panicked apprentice witch (she's human, with pink hair, glasses, and light academia clothing) makes a mess of her cauldron while being calmy advised by an older, wiser witch (who is a bear.)

girl is trying to walk two fluffy samoyeds but has gotten entirely tangled up in the leashes of the two dogs who are happily running circles around her. The title of the book reads "Zoey Crocker, Pet Walker" by Maureen Keene. The title is simple and hand-drawn, and the style of the illustration is colorful and simple.

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Katharina Netolitzky @kathineto.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #BookCover

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Pop! Goes The Reader's Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2026 popgoesthereader.com/40-most-anti... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A collage of 24 middle grade books being published between July-September 2026. Books featured include No Place On Earth by Andrea Beatriz Arango, Spindlewood by Freddie Kölsch, Greta Grimsdark and The Normal New Neighbor by Haley Neil, Riley Dare: Slightly Witchy Sleuth by M.K. England, Remember Me, Daphne by Celia Krampien, Sneaks by Amy Tern, The Burn Beast by Mary Averling, Socks & Secret Quests by Triona Murphy, Level Up by Daka Hermon, Creepy Kid by Caleb Roehrig, The Big Sleepover by Goldy Moldavsky, Baby-Sitter Summer, The Third Period Comeback by E.K. Johnston, The Shapeshifter's Guide To Gym Class by Kai Cheng Thom, HeartLand by Jilanne Hoffmann, California or Dust by Mindy Nichols Wendell, The Grimlore Game by Kalyn Josephson, Beware The Jacks by Laura Lavoie, Raven, Rising by Christine Hartman Derr, Detective Beans and The Map of Mystery by Li Chen, Merry Christmess by Tegan Quin, Roi and Me and the Double V: A WWII Story by Sandra W. Headen, The Lost Jewels of Room 713 by Jo Beckett-King and Secrets at Sparhawk Point by Anna Rose Johnson.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

That said, my personal grip on my pen is very soft, i don't excessively squeeze my thumb, so that might also be a thing you can try to learn to adjust if that's a thing you unintentionally do. Sorry if that was too much yapping, I hope it helps a little bit.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Maybe find a physio therapist in your area who can take a look. Some online resources: 1hp is a gaming rehab channel on youtube who talks a lot about wrist& thumb issues, you can look through that for exercises. Another channel with good info is e3rehab, their exercises fixed my tennis elbow.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Yours might be more of a muscle issue if you already went to nerve doctors & they haven't found any problems there. I found physio therapists far more helpful, in helping me understand what the problem was. I'm working out my arms now 3 times a week and never had any problems again.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

but newer research suggests that you should actually exercise and put your tendons under load. Resting weakens your muscles even more and therefore puts more strain on the tendons. It might feel good while you rest, but once you go back to your activity, the pain comes back.

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

heya, just wanted to give you some ideas you can research: Please note I don't know what you have (I'm no doctor), but I personally dealt with tennis elbow & I am pain free for years now. A lot of outdated research thought that rest and ice was the best way to go for tendon related issues, ->

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Mark Boardman @markboardman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

study 53 I've had some really cool client work lately so I haven't been keeping up with studies. not sure if that's the best way to organise my day but I can only focus on one project at a time. something to train out or just accept? who knows

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 11/06/2026

Since it's heating up outside again a lot of places, I'm going to reshare this little webpage I made a couple summers ago as a guide on keeping your dog cool and how to identify heatstroke! Please feel free to share elsewhere. dogsummer.carrd.co

Cute illustrated white dog on a yellow background, it has its tongue out looking hot. Above it says "Dog days of Summer".

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jen rofé @jenrofe.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

AUTHORS! Do not, without the explicit permission of an illustrator, upload the art from your book into any AI system to create content like trailers for your book. I cannot believe this needs to be said AND HERE WE ARE.

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

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Artcher| looking for work! @artcher.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I love how they're just little dudes walking to their destinations

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Eliot 🌳 @eliotbaum.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

still quite fond of these character classes I did for The Hidden Isle: the Swindler and the Scholar

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

It's so serene! Wonderful painting.💕

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heikala.bsky.social @heikala.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Midsummer Magic ✨

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 07/05/2026

It's #kidlitartpostcard day and spring keeps springing! 🌼 I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator based in France fond of painting animals, nature & folk tales. Looking for new projects (PB, MG, covers & +)! 🖥️ victoriamaderna.com ✉️ hi@victoriamaderna.com Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social

A line of anthropomorphic woodland creatures carrying spring flowers. Painted in gouache.
Text reads: Victoria Maderna - hi@victoriamaderna.com - victoriamaderna.com - Represented by Jennifer Azantian

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Paraply @paraplyshop.com · 29/04/2026

a reminder for all of my fellow dehydrated babes 🚰 #art #cuteart

illustration on a bright blue background: Nim the light pink bunny drinking water from a bottle with their eyes closed, framed by a heart-shape, ribbons and other decorations and the caption DRINK WATER on a banner underneath

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Yaroslava Apollonova @odnatamyara.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Yara, I’m a mixed-media illustrator, who’s also writing stories. Dear art directors and editors, I’m open for kidlit, nonfic, MG and YA projects. ✏️ odnatamyara.com Represented by @jemiscoe.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I'm quite enjoying doing simpler drawings on my ipad atm.☀️ This was an old sketch from 2020 that I redrew to get more used to procreate.

young woman with a thankful expression hugging her dog

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

When skating is the last thing that can make all those dark clouds go away...

Girl with a helmet riding a skateboard. There is a dark cloud around her head. The skateboard glows and makes the cloud go away.

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Teeth 🍯 🦎 @icicleteeth.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Scribble distraction of my Thing 😔

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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨ 💼:tanishacherislin.com ✉️:tanichan2691@gmail.com #PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 10/04/2026

Looking for a ~good~ magical boarding school book series for your kids/nieces/nephews? Look no further 🖤 The Labyrinth of Souls series is suitable for middle grade readers who like creepy stuff, magic, and mayhem!

cover art by Abigail Larson for "The Labyrinth of Souls" by Leslie Vedder. Image shows three kids and a ghost cat with a labyrinth in the background

Cover art by Abigail Larson for "The Nowhere Beast" by Leslie Vedder. Image shows a young girl looking over her shoulder at a large shadowy beast faded into the background. Two ghost cats look scared in the foreground

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Teeg (but spooky) @teeketch.art · 05/04/2026

I’ve been in a really weird head space lately, just kind of odd. Thinking about my little candle folks and just trying to get by.

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

From the first trailer of "Forgotten Island" (Dreamworks Animation). Directed by Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado. Inspired by Filipino folklore. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RH...

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Maike_illu @maikeillu.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

You are 100% correct though. No notes.😩

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. Please spread the word. 🧵 1/4

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Nate Powell @natepowell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

“Discussion of gender is not sexualization… [nor making] books available to students that represent the diversity of their experiences. Such an interpretation says far more about the adults and the perspectives they’re applying to books than it does about the books or their intended audiences.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026

Because of the National driver register, since their licenses are suspended, trans folks cannot move to another state and get a new license until they remove the suspension on their existing Kansas license. They can't even escape this by moving to another state.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

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Trans Continental Pipeline

Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization

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