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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hi, I'm Si, an illustrator, character designer and writer from the UK After many years creating artwork for games and animation (see more on my website)... ...now I’m writing my own stories so I can do more of this :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #comicart #kidlitart #art

A coloured ink llustration of a happy looking sumo wrestler playing a game on a retro console - most likely super mario on a snes

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah man, I was going to post this the other week... I made some (pretty much life-sized) Cardboard 'Beastly Buildings' for our youngest's Dog Man themed birthday party. They were pretty cool. With this lighting they do look quite satisfying real, like they're from a Japanese monster movie :)

A photo of two Beastly buildings models I made from cardboard for a dog man themed birthday party. They look quite Beastly and they look like there's someone in them

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wow @ginaperry.bsky.social , it does not seem a month since the last one! But hey its #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator from the UK. simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

An inked scene of a drummer playing the drums. She has a big grin, cool blue ribbons of hair, a green head back and a t-shirt with a crazy looking cat on it. The front of the bass drum says 'boom boom, kitten' the sound effects of the drums are written as chunky text in the background 'budda-bah, boom, Ching, badoom'

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ah man, feels like I haven't been in here for ages* hmm this week? Ah yes it was our youngest's birthday this week, so I hand made (they the best) a dogman card for him. He thought it very cool :)

A picture of a hand made/hand drawn dogman card I did for my little boys birthday. It shows the legendary dogman - in a cool action pose

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Pretty much my face when we've just flown back from holiday to discover its #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator, and storyboard artist from the UK. simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A coloured and inked illustration of a surprised looking fox character with the caption 'Hubba Wha?' as I've been on holiday and only just realised it's #kidlitartpostcard day today :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I have another version in full colour with cinematic lighting, not sure which I like the best :)

A full colour version of indiana Jones running through the jungle holding on to his hat

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Wow another month already? Been v busy, but I do enjoy #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator, and storyboard artist from the UK. simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A cartoony picture of indy Jones in the scene from the first film where's he's running for the boat. The caption is (in big letters) Jock! Start the engine! This is for #kidlitartpostcard this month

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

We picked an actual strawberry from our garden....my daughter (10) gave a big smile and said 'it's got bum cheeks!' Which it clearly has. I think it might be a niche variety. Ah hang on I need to write alt text without getting the giggles (or arrested)...

A photo of a freshly picked strawberry that is the exact shape of a Strawberry coloured bottom. Or a pair of fruity bum cheeks?

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Hey, it’s the #kidlitartpostcard 5yr anniversary! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator, and storyboard artist from the UK. As a child I would sit for hours drawing characters that made me smile Still doing it:) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A colourful inked illustration of a fox character rolling on the floor laughing. He is crying tears of laughter. He's cute

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ah here we go.... You can sit and have a coffee here, it's like being on a film set

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Hey, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator, and storyboard artist from the UK. I've been busy writing and illustrating my own stories with my own characters….. Here's one of them :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

An inked and coloured illustration for this month's kidlitpostcard day. It's a blue dinosaur, er, on a skateboard wearing goggles and with a jet pack. There is smoke and flames pouring out of the jet pack as the Dino zooms across the page. This isn't necessarily scientifically accurate, but it looks cool

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

An inked up monster design from a little thing I'm working on Blurggggh! #kidlitart #illustration #graphicnovelart #ink #art #characterdesign

An inked illustration of a gloopy character design from my latest project. It looks like he's bursting up out of water, or it could be lava. More will be revealed soon :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

One from the sketchbook drawn from life from our youngest's football training at the weekend #lifedrawing #sketchbook #pencildrawing #sketch #art #illustration

A live pencil drawing from my sketchbook of my little boy resting during his Saturday morning football training

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

One from a corner of the sketchbook that made me giggle so I inked it up #illustration #kidlitart #ink #comicart #graphicnovelart #dinosaurs

An inked cartoony illustration of a dinosaur with a jet pack, er, on a skateboard. The dinosaur is pulling a surprised expression as flames shoot out of the jet pack and dust flies out behind the skateboard

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Hey it's #portfolioday I'm Si, an illustrator, character designer and writer from the UK After many years creating artwork for games and animation... ...now I’m writing and drawing my own stories, they look a bit like this Simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #comicart #kidlitart #art

An inked illustration of a beat up old spaceship with bits falling off it zooming through space coming out of the screen. Inside are a human, Joe and a cute cheeky alien. From my Space Dude Joe story I'm working on

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Some super fast gestural sketchbook drawings from life from our children's taekwondo and swimming lessons #drawing #sketchbook #art #lifedrawing

A sketchbook drawing from life of a parent at our children's swimming lessons leaning on a wall

A page from my sketchbook from our children's taekwondo class capturing the poses and acting from sparring practice

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

An inked and coloured illustration in a cartoony style of a cute mouse character being chased by a hamster in a hamster ball. The mouse has a speech bubble that says 'Woah!'

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sketchbook life drawings from last week's children's swimming lessons. The swimming instructor making some great poses #illustration #sketchbook #art #pencil #lifedrawing #kidlitart

Two pencil sketchbook sketches of my children's swimming instructor from swimming lessons, watching and pointing instructions to the class. Fast Drawing from life capturing the gesture in a few lines

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Just realised it's #worldbookday and #kidlitartpostcard day at the same time! Woah! So he's my fox character with a stack of books he's been reading :) #illustration #kidlitart #kidlituk #booksky #art #ink

A black and white inked illustration of a cool cartoony fox leaning on a pile of books that he's been reading. I thought this would be a good one for #worldbookday :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Hey, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an author-illustrator, and storyboard artist from the UK. I've been busy writing and illustrating my own stories….. I have a young readers GN that im pitching :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A coloured ink illustration of two of my cartoony character designs, Mac the monkey and cheese the mouse. Cheese is sitting on mac's shoulders pointing to something off page and laughing. They both have big smiles on their faces. #kidlitart #illustration

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hey it's Friday, one from the sketchbook I inked up Happy Fox, having a laugh :) #kidlitart #ink #graphicnovelart #funny #art #illustration

An inked illustration (by me) of a happy fox rolling on the floor laughing so much there are tears coming off him.

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Sketchbook drawing from life at our children's swimming lesson this week. Some nice poses - although it gets harder all the time to find someone not slumped over their phone (makes life drawing much harder) #sketchbook #drawing #lifedrawing #art #illustration #pencildrawing

A sketchbook page of 4 pencil on paper sketches from life of people at our children's swimming lesson this week

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Then I found this which i'd never even heard mention of before... There's a tove Jansson illustrated version! It's a hobbit-moomin mash up. Even the thought of this makes me happy inside. I'm going to have to get this

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hey, it’s #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an illustrator, comic artist and writer from the UK. I've been busy writing and illustrating my own stories….. I have a young readers GN ready to pitch :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A inked and coloured illustration of a cool fox character pointing at something funny (off screen) and laughing. The caption says Ha ha Hah!

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hi, I'm Si, an illustrator, character designer and writer from the UK After many years creating artwork for games and animation (see more on my website)... ...now I’m writing my own stories so I can do more of this :) Simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #comicart #kidlitart #art

A black and white inked illustration of a slightly scared looking alien character wearing a spacesuit

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Yeah every time you see this picture it looks more amazing - look at the focal range - everything from the foreground to the ship is perfectly in focus. But pointing was not just a great photographer - he was a great character too - he took this self portrait

A black and white self portrait by Herbert ponting taken in Antarctica

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Ha ha, just found this on my iPad, not sure if I’ve shared it before… but seeing as it’s #portfolioday why not :) Shark boy, on the way to school #illustration #ink #comicart #kidlitart #graphicnovelart

A black and white inked illustration in a cartoon style of a half shark, half human (shark head) character wearing a hoodie and a backpack. He’s walking to school

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Hey, its #portfolioday Hi, I'm Simon an illustrator, story and comic artist from the UK. I'm busily writing and illustrating my own graphic novels and picture books. They’re pretty cool :) I have a GN ready to pitch simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #graphicnovelart

An inked and coloured illustration of my Mouse and Monkey character designs. They both look very happy….the mouse is sitting on the monkey’s shoulders happily pointing to something he’s just seen

A funny inked Children’s illustration in a #graphicnovel style of a small green alien who’s landed on earth happily riding a children’s rocket ship ride

An inked and coloured funny illustration in a cartoon style of the scene in Star Wars empire strikes back of Han Solo riding on a tauntaun on the ice planet hoth. #ink #illustration #graphicnovel #starwars

A black and white inked illustration of a space alien who’s landed looks like a cross between a slug and a cucumber wearing a spacesuit. He looks like he is floating in space and his mouth is wide open in surprise #illustration #blackandwhiteillustration #scifi #graphicnovel

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Hey, new year, new #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an illustrator, comic artist and writer from the UK. I'm busily writing and illustrating my own stories….. I'm looking for a friendly agent :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A coloured inked comic illustration of Han Solo on hoth in his giant parka coat, riding on a cold look Tauntaun. Both hsn and the Tauntaun have a speech bubble. Han is saying 'i though these things smelled bad from the outside' the Tauntaun replies 'dude, you can talk. You haven't washed since Tatooine' which if you've seen the films is true, no one washes :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I did another version on an inked background… can’t decide which one I like more, so I’ll add them both :) #ink #illustration #comicart #kidlitart

A black and white illustration of a cute space alien in a space suit. This is an alternative version to the one I posted above on a black background

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Heyyy!, its #kidlitartpostcard day! Hi, I'm Simon an illustrator, comic artist and writer from the UK. I'm busily writing and illustrating my own stories….. I'm looking for a friendly agent :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #comicart #graphicnovelart

A black and white inked illustration of a cute space alien in a spacesuit with a very surprised expression. The caption says 'Woah hey, it's postcard day. This is a picture for this month's Kidlitartpostcard day

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I made a hand inked card for my daughter's birthday this week :) #illustration #kidlitart #comicart #ink #handdrawn #art

A hand drawn and hand inked illustration for a birthday card. The picture is of a smiling young fox character with a happy expression

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Sketchbooking from our little boy's morning's football training. Pretty happy with capturing the movement and poses as it was raining and just above freezing out there. Gotta do it, whatever the weather :) #illustration #lifedrawing #drawnfromlife #sketchbook #kidlitart #art #inkdrawing

A sketchbook page of four poses from my young boy's early morning football session. Showing running, dodging, twisting and turning while controlling a football

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Most people draw clouds as lovely fluffy shapes…. But what if they were characters with cheeky personalities, that would be cool :) #kidlitart #illustration #funny #childrensbookillustration #characterdesign #art #clouds

A cartoony colour illustration of an anthropomorphic cloud with floating and a face. This one is sticking his tongue out and looking cheeky

A cartoony colour illustration of an anthropomorphic cloud with floating and a face. This one has its thumbs up and a big smile - the caption says Hey!

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Hey, nice pants Luke. The idea came from a tiny sketchpad gag, made me laugh so I inked it up :) #illustration #comic #comicart #kidlitart #starwars #hoth #art #wampa #ink

An inked comic panel in a cartoon of style of the scene from the Empire strikes back where Luke has been captured by the wampa and is hanging upside down in his ice cave. As Luke is upside down his clothes are hanging down so you can see his red spotted pants - or underwear (depending on uk/us :) ) the wampa is walking into the cave saying 'hey, nice pants'

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A colour and ink illustration for this month's #kidlitartpostcard day. It's of a happy little green alien that has come to earth playing on a children's coin operated rocket ride as if it were the sort of thing he would ride on back home

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Daily sketch from a little while ago but….. Luke in the Wampa cave. Nice undies :) #illustration #kidlitart #starwars #ink #comicart #graphicnovel #funny #dailysketch

A inked illustration in a comic style of Luke in the wampa cave from Star Wars. He’s dangling from the roof of the ice cave trying to reach his lightsaber which is starting to move….could be the force…. As he is hanging upside down you can see his red polka dot pants (if you are English) or underwear (if you are from the US)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Ha ha :) hi Gail, this just popped up in my feed….. seems I do exactly the same thing. I actually have a box of 12 brand new mono 100s, but I want to get the very last out of these first :)

A photo of a page of pencil sketches with some pencils that have been sharpened so many times there’s hardly anything left of them….but I still use them :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I made some last year with little white pumpkins - they looked really cool

A photo of a cute white pumpkin with a happy cartoon face painted on it and cardboard bat wings that I made for Halloween:)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Oh and you might like this in a similar style - if it was 1978 you had to press play AND record at the same time back then....

An inked comic style illustration of the scene from star wars of princess Leia trying to record her message on r2d2 the speech bubble says 'how the &*#"! do you record on one of these?'

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Cool character design of the day :) anyone for ice-cream. And yeah, I gave him ice cream hair :) #illustration #sketch #dailydraw #ink #kidlitart #comicart #comic #art #graphicnovelart #funny

An inked sketch in a comic style of a bit wearing an apron serving up an ice cream. He has a hair cut that looks like a scoop of ice cream :)

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Oh hi, I've just seen this, been deep in work mode and have just come up for air :) I'm working on a project of my own (finally) so: writing, 'boarding, sketching, cleaning up, inking, colouring. I still start with pencil on paper - I'm getting through lots of paper

A photo of work in progress of my own project, showing a stack of pencil on paper sketches of cute animal characters and an ipad screen of a cleaned up drawing of a mouse character who looks like he's scared of something

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Simon Credland @simoncred.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hey, its #portfolioday Hi, I'm Simon an illustrator, story and comic artist from the UK. I'm busily writing and illustrating my own stories with cool characters….. I'm looking for a friendly agent :) simoncred.myportfolio.com #illustration #kidlitart #comic #graphicnovelart

A black and white inked illustration in a cartoony style of a young girl and her cat off on adventures. The girl is wearing shorts, boots, a hoody and a flying helmet with goggles. She has a big grin on her face

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