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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

#opencall for tender & sweet #queer &/or #trans ANHPIDA (Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American) memories made in #QueensNYC for my Queens Art Fund #QAF26 project, “Quietly Queer In Queens” where I’ll illustrating your memories! 💌 by June 30th: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Quietly Queer in Queens

You might be asking yourself -- what is "Quietly Queer in Queens"? It's an exhibition featuring whimsical illustrations (that I will make) of the elusive, but formative memories in the everyday lives...

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Congratulations to this month's Featured Illustrator Sally Chen! IG: @salpal.c Watch the interview here: youtu.be/aNN1q_Ftgps?...

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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Anyways.

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

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Shiho Pate ペイトしほ Illustration @shihopate.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hi #kidlitartpostcard day✨ I'm Shiho and I love illustrating books for kids! Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work. I am represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlitart

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Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy lunar new year ! 🧧🐴 I had so much fun drawing the year of the fire horse - using a much deeper, bolder palette than usual 😍 #happynewyear #illustration #kidlitart #yearofthehorse

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Gael_Me ☆ Illustrator @gaelme.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hello! Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️ I'm Ada, I'm a Filipino freelance illustrator available and looking for work. Growing up, March signaled the start of summer here in the 🇵🇭 so this month's postcard is inspired by that. 📨: abigaelaco@gmail.com 🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com

A digital illustration of people spending time in a pool: A man with sunglasses is happily lounging by the pool chairs. Next to him is a lady in a yellow coordinate and a big hat sitting up observing the children by the pool. A girl in a pink swimsuit is sitting at the edge of the pool and cheering on her brown dog who's swimming to her from the other side of the pool. A boy in the pool is shielding himself as a girl who appears to be his sister is splashing water to him. Another boy is in a pink floatie observing the siblings.

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

hi #kidlitartpostcard! 🫶 my name is Sally Chen and I’m a queer, nonbinary, Chinese American published #illustrator (A Song for Nolan, 2024) and looking to be author! ✏️ I ❤️ stories about home, love, social justice, and more! looking for a literary agent :) 💌 salpalc@gmail.com 🌐 www.salpalc.art

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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 29/01/2026

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks A Song for Nolan Rushie Ellenwood & Sally Chen @salpalc.bsky.social My nuerospicyness makes the sensory pieces of roller skating parties something I'd never experienced, but I still loved this story. The use of color is excellent!

A Song for Nolan. Pick haired, tan skinned kid with fuzzy pink and white boa on white roller skates in a spotl light and colorfull confetti surrounds

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Serena Malyon 🌞🌛 @serenamalyon.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I can finally share these, two packaging artworks made for Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft Night box! AD: Lauren Brown They were painted in watercolour and acryla gouache on Arches paper, with some little digital changes alterations made to give the packaging the polish it needs.

a dragon-like moon god flies in the distance, 4 adventurers huddle around a campfire in the foreground.

a dragon-like sun god flies in the distance, 4 adventurers traverse a lush landscpae in the foreground.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

DHS: It is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots.
PLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN.
ABC News • @ABC• 7h
Two children, including a 6-month-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety....
7:32 AM • 1/16/26 • 145

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

An illustration of a comet hitting an ice cube that says "ABOLISH ICE" with "No human is illegal" in the bottom left corner

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#trinket collectors is finally done!! 🥳🎈 i put so many little loving details into this piece like pineapple buns, an apple pie chalk sign, & little patches & keychains, inspired by the revival in adding jingle janglies to bags 🎒💫💕 #art #illustration #kidlitillustrator #artprocess #fashion #cute

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

“Candle Keepers” (2025) mixed media, 14”x17” is for sale! 🕯️🫶🏼 🍀 50% goes to @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social ⭐️ 💌 email me at salpalc@gmail.com if interested in purchasing

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

my stickers are now available at one of my favorite bookstores in NYC — @astoriabookshop.bsky.social !! ⭐️ thank you for having me in all my silly glory 🥹🫶🏼 #shopsmall #nyc #stickers #cutesy #silly #whimsical #stickershop #artist

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

“Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” #coloring process for @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle 🫖🪟🌥️ the details closest to my heart are: the 4-leaf clover kettle, the stickers on the step stool, & the raspberry dessert… 🥹🩵 #art #kidlit #teatime #nostalgia #kitchen #vintage #autumn

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Sally, a queer, NB, Chinese-American #illustrator in NYC! 🌱 I'd love to work on book projects, editorial, indie games (esp TTRPGs), & murals. Open to other opportunities too! 🌈 www.salpalc.art 💌 salpalc@gmail.com 🔎 looking for a literary agent #kidlitart #illustration #art

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

#scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle “Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” ☁️🫖🪟 is inspired by tea time memories & featuring my favorite cutting board and my hanging plants 🫶🏼🪴 #illustration #kitchen #ink #drawing #scbwi #artober #kidlitart #dibujo #childrensbookart #whimsical #cozy #autumn #inktober

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Rhelaza🐞 @rhelaza.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

a tiny tetra study 🐟

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

There are so many creatures in and around the goblin city

a page with lots of drawings of various creatures on it including a frog with a snail shell and a spiral shaped worm and a long axolotl and a bat and a horned ladybird and a long frog and a mushroom with a face and legs. At the top of the page it says "there are so many creatures in and around the goblin city"

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#scbwiartober2025 day 01 “Who Ate My Squash?” in India ink & color pencil! ⭐️ 📍 i’m a kidlit illustrator based in NYC looking for a literary agent! #kidlitart #drawing #colorpencil #illustration #scbwi #indiaink #cute #artober #autumn #whimsical #childrensbook

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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

“bite the hand that oppressed you” ft bunny on a stamp chomping a hand

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Ashanti Fortson @ashantifortson.com · 11/06/2025

Neighbors don't let neighbors get eaten ✊🏽

Illustration of various people pulling other people out of a huge horned white snake that had eaten them. Large textured letters at the bottom read: Abolish ICE!

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The End (2025) depicting the end of a journey from adventurers who set out to find a legendary banned book. When they finally free the book from its shackles, they find the message that they’ve all been kept away from all along. ⭐️ salpalc.bigcartel.com #artsky #lgbtqia #queerart #wholesome #illust

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Deb JJ Lee @jdebbiel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

sketching at the museum

warm illustration based off the jardin des plantes dinosaur exhibit. we see three skeletons displayed over someone who is sketching nearby

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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Seeds of A New World Are Buried In Each of Us (2025) #acryliconcanvas inspired by the inherent goodness and endless possibilities that exist in each of us and therefore our world :) #illustration #artsky #nycartist #queerartist #contemporaryartist #wholesome #aapiartist #originalart #painting

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