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Anna Daviscour🔜 NWSF @annadaviscourt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm a children's book author/illustrator who loves nature, animals, patterns, fun characters, authentic stories, and anything goofy. I'm available for picture books, covers, advertising and visual development work. ☀️ www.annadaviscourt.com 🌿 annadaviscourt@gmail.com

A painting of a frog sitting on a lily pad with tadpoles below, surrounded by a decorative border. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

A drawing of various rainbow colored raccoons. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

A painting of two cats looking up at the viewer who is harvesting tomatoes in a sunny garden. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

A painting of an egret eating a star against a dark background surrounded by a decorative border. Watermark: AnnaDaviscourt.com

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JesteniaS @citrusfoam.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hello again #Portfolioday! My name is Jestenia! I'm a children's book illustrator and character designer based in Boston. I would love it if you kept me in mind for any viz dev or picture book projects 🌱Portfolio: citrusfoam.com 🌱Contact: jestenia.cfoam@gmail.com

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Christina Gardner @christinagardner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Who goes there?

An ink drawing of a anthropomorphised cat holding out a turnip-o-lantern in one arm, and a satchel over their shoulder. They are taking a step as they look surprised by something they hear or see. Along the edges of the illustration there are white silhouettes of leaves and branches and in the top right their is a moon with stars.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

drawin' more stuff

A pencil drawing of a hare surrounded by a coiled snake. An arrow pierces the head of the snake, which begins to unravel. The hare has dodged both the arrow and the foils and fangs of the snake.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

No pressure at all! I’m just flattered you’re interested in one ☺️💛

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am so, so sorry...what a completely fucked up thing to have happen 🫂

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wow I hadn’t seen this yet but this is infuriating. She’s been making amazing art online for literal decades and also routinely posts tutorials and process videos? So deeply frustrating how AI proponents keep trying to muddy the waters by claiming all good art couldn’t be human made.

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I know exactly what you mean. It took me a long time to realize that loving something isn’t the same thing as loving MAKING it. I grieved it too. But I’m a lot happier now making the work I enjoy making instead

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I feel this whole thread in my bones. I also started in comics before coming to the same realization. I am not suited to making comics, no matter how I love reading them! So now all my books are illustrated novels

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

haha I'm also O negative but I'm too little to donate blood so they never ask me (but it's also why I feel so noodley after a silly little blood test)

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

agreed! And thank you 💛 that makes me happy to hear!

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

your most relatable post yet, Adam -- this is EXACTLY how I experience it. I'm an author, so I can obviously weave words when I've got nothing but free time and a word processor, yet talk to me in person and I can barely get a sentence out half the time. It surprises people!

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sarah webb! @LBX 232 @sarahwebb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

happy first day of fall! 🪶

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy First Day of Fall to all my Northern Hemisphere friends (featuring a tiny little portrait of yours truly 💛) #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache #coloredpencil

cheerful watercolor, gouache and colored pencil drawing of a girl with auburn hair and glasses holding a giant oak twig with two acorns on it

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy First Day of Fall to all my Northern Hemisphere friends (featuring a tiny little portrait of yours truly 💛) #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache #coloredpencil

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Because sometimes you just have to make a self-indulgent painting of your characters #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

watercolor, gouache and colored pencil painting of five kids of posing together on a grassy knoll in front of a gray sky, distant mountains and a waterway. They look confident and determined and ready to take on the world, and one girl is holding an oak branch and a basket of yarn

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Because sometimes you just have to make a self-indulgent painting of your characters #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

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Vanessa Gillings @vanessagillings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I just finished listening to the last book that’s out so far — I’ve been loving it!

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Victoria Maderna @victoriamaderna.com · 04/09/2026

Shiny. Gouache on paper. #septempera painting number 2 all done! I love magpies, also a little nod to one of my favorite TV shows.

Painting in gouache of a magpie with a hat on an oak branch holding a gold coin in her beak.

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M✨ @matelier.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Is there still time to participate in #KidLitArtPostcard? ✨ Hi! My name is Manuela, and I’m a freelance illustrator based in Spain who loves drawing magical characters and cosmic scenes. I mainly work on picture books and chapter books, both color and b&w. I’m currently available for new projects! 💌

Illustration of a magical kid who hunts shooting stars

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teagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Echoes • 16” x 30” • gouache & watercolor on paper Based on my 2024 residency in the wilderness of Minong (Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior)