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Char Marshall
@charmarshallart.bsky.social
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🌱I'm a comic artist and Illustrator based in Alberta, Canada. Proudly represented by Illo Agency.

www.charlottemarshallillustration.com/

(She/They)
#kidlitart #childrensillustration #middlegradeillustration
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Happy #portfolioday! My name is Charlotte Marshall - I'm a comic artist & illustrator based in Alberta, Canada. Proudly repped by @illoagency.
www.charlottemarshallillustration.com
A comic page illustrating three panels on a black background. The first image is a blonde, tan man in fancy regalia with his arms folded, looking sombrely out a palace window. In the second panel he smiles softly, caressing a leaf just outside the window frame. In the third panel his figure is pushed to the background, and we see the interior of the room, where people are being served food and dancers are mid motion in the foreground. A cover image for a comic series with the title Tailwind written across it. It is a green, ghostly image of a large, bird like creature encircling three smaller figures in its wings. A black woman with natural hair reaches out to touch a firefly. Next to her a blonde man is looking seriously at a teardrop shaped pendant. In the centre there is a smaller bird like creature, with darker features. He is smiling and holding a glowing green orb. A digital illustration of a girl with short orange hair playing a large wooden harp. As she plays, pale magical clouds bring other panels of the image to life. In the corner there is a woman in a seal skinned coat on a beach, approaching a man in the water underneath the moonlight. Below them, harbour seals frolic under the waves. An illustration of a little blonde boy in a plaid outfit looking down at a fossilized dinosaur skull. He is flanked by several birds, including two chickens, three chicks, two robins, a duck, a goose, a raven and a turkey.
April 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Another piece from my mentorship program in the fall. This was a jungle themed prompt, so I paid homage to my childhood interest in orangutans 🦧
A digital illustration of two children in a jungle in Borneo. One child is taller with brown hair and tanned skin, the other is shorter, chubby, and black. They are both in yellow shirts with the logo “Tan Tours” on them. They are both wearing cameras and looking up in awe at a troupe of orangutans nestled in the trees.
February 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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One of my pieces from my mentorship last fall. Ocean exploration was the prompt! I came up with these mermaids based on sea slugs.
A digital illustration of a little girl in a diving outfit surrounded by orange, green and magenta corals. She is looking at a strange undersea creature in wonder. Three mermaids with sea slug characteristics are floating into frame. One is blue and white, with pale eyes. The next is red and cream coloured with long hair like tendrils. In the distance a chubby green mermaid floats along with blue cheeks and points of bright pink color on her tips.
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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One of my original characters from an rp campaign 🩷
#illustration #yaillustration #yaart #fantasyart #rabbits
A digital illustration of a girl in an oversized cardigan with her arms outstretched. There are small glowing blue rabbits at her feet as she smiles down at them. There is a pink and blue city skyline behind her.
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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To #KidLit ILLUSTRATORS seeking representation:

Pls reply with ONE post that incl. a #KidLitArt image (include alt-text), link to your online portfolio and/or IG, other info if you can fit it in ONE post.

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Kidlit Illustrators seeking representation: Reply with one comment that includes one image. Make sure your image includes identifying info in case it is shared. In your comment text, including link to your portfolio and/or Instagram URL. If you can fit it in the one comment: include info about what kind of kidlit illustration work you are seeking. Please ONLY post in thread if you are the illustrator seeking rep.
February 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Penelope's Vivarium was my strongest concept according to my mentor last year, so we developed her a bit further. These finals were the result!
#kidlitart #childrensillustration
An illustrated book cover, featuring a young black girl with pigtails in the center. She is wearing a sparkly blue dress, and holding a large African land snail in one hand. She is looking down at it with a smile. Surrounding here there are a variety of terrariums with different plants and insects, including water snails, isopods and a tarantula. Behind her there are various frames of pinned insects, including butterflies, leaf bugs, beetles and a dragonfly. The Piece has a title in pink text above that reads "Penelope's Vivarium." Four spot illustrations. Top left: Penelope, a little black girl, leaning on a green bush and looking lovingly at a small fuzzy caterpillar on a branch. Top right: Penelope, a little black girl, carefully offering a brown tarantula a super worm via chopsticks. Bottom left: Penelope, a little black girl with pigtails and a yellow top, and her younger sister, a shorter girl in pink with a reddish afro, look down at a large moth in Penelope's hand. The older girl is smiling, while the younger girl clings to her arm looking concerned. Bottom right: Penelope, with pigtails and a bright orange sweater, is kneeling by a tree in the rain and admiring 3 snails as they glide across her hand. A full page illustration including Penelope, a little black girl in a blue dress, and her sister, younger and with lighter skin, dressed in a purple shirt. They are at their dining room table with various terrariums splayed out around them. Penelope is holding up a large black rhino beetle and cooing at it lovingly. Her younger sister has her face in her hands, looking disgusted. In the background their older brother, dressed in a green vest and white top, holds his head with an exasperated smile.
February 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The Butterfly wizard. One of my favs from 2024!
#kidlitart #childrensillustration
An illustration of an elaborate greenhouse/observatory setting. There are tropical plants and trees throughout the space, adorning all corners of the room. There is a pond with lily pads at the bottom right corner, and butterflies of all kinds fly about the room. In the centre there are two figures, a small pale child with light cream coloured hair and a purple vest, and a friendly older man in an elaborate green and orange wizard robe, reminicent of a monarch butterfly. He has his hand on the child's shoulder, smiling encouragingly as they admire a monarch butterfly that's landed on their finger. The wizard is holding fruit on a plate in one hand, ready to feed the insects. There is a cabinet of chrysalis's toward the back wall, and blue sky outside shining in from the windows.
February 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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A Bird Is Like A Dinosaur!
Illustrations from my mentorship last year.
#kidlitart #childrensillustration
An illustration of a little blonde boy in a plaid outfit looking down at a fossilized dinosaur skull. He is flanked by several birds, including two chickens, three chicks, two robins, a duck, a goose, a raven and a turkey. Four spot illustrations of a little blonde boy. Top left: The boy has a magnifying glass and is inspecting some fossil material. He is wearing an orange bucket had and blue shirt. Top right: The boy is standing with his back to the viewer, looking over his shoulder with a smile. He is wearing an archaeopteryx costume, hand made with stitching. Bottom left: The boy has a shy expression, dressed in a plaid shirt and blue trousers. He is holding a white chicken in his arms, while a brown chicken sits at his feet. Bottom right: The boy is under the covers at bedtime, reading a dinosaur book with a smile by lamplight. A sleeping duck is nestled at his side.
February 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM