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Christina Wald
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Kids book illustrator + urban sketcher🔮 Illustration Educator 📚 Sketching Here & Everywhere is out! 🌟 Working on so many stories!

https://linktr.ee/christinawald
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Join me in magical Essaouira, Morocco, September 20–27, 2026, for an all-inclusive eight-day painting retreat! Sketch medinas, dunes, markets, and seascapes while learning watercolor, ink, and gouache in a small, inspiring group. All levels welcome😍 Register now!

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You never know what will come out a broken crayon. #Uplift

My broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Time to get creeped out.

We continue our Haunted episodes with HAUNTED DOLLS!😱

An article about Annabelle, the infamous haunted doll, coming to Scarefest in Lexington inspired the discussion which takes a bizarre turn to Zombies and eating brains! #paranormalpodcast

youtu.be/vsBAd8PUCrA
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Here's this week's newsletter, full of illustration goodness ❤️

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Art by SP:Zero · Elly Walton · @elisabethalba.bsky.social · Phil Gormley · Michael Hacker · @christinawald.com · Maeca Art
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
More bird illustrations from a book I did called The Owl at Night!😍🦉 There is something magical about art for a book with mostly night scenes. #illustration #sciart #kidlit #kidlitart #birds #birdart
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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MPH Brewing took over the old Pomodori’s, but the legendary pizza oven survived the makeover. We sketched there tonight with the Cincinnati Urban Sketchers. It was a packed house with awesome energy!✍📗😍#urbansketching #sketchbook
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
MPH Brewing took over the old Pomodori’s, but the legendary pizza oven survived the makeover. We sketched there tonight with the Cincinnati Urban Sketchers. It was a packed house with awesome energy!✍📗😍#urbansketching #sketchbook
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Checking out tre new MAD Magazine exhibit at the Cincinnati Art Museum. The show was originally at the Norman Rockwell Museum and had a few paintings and their parodies!
#comics
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us.

In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward.

These are the people I'm remembering today.
The People I Remember On This Trans Day Of Remembrance
Elisa Shupe, Lia Smith, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and so many more names are worth remembering today.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Will McPhail.
#comics #art #cartoon
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
From a book I illustrated about wood ducks🦆 #kidlit #kidlitart #sciart #birds #birdart
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Tomorrow! Tomorrow! The #CRAZIESDayParade is tomorrow! That’s right, one last reminder to fill your OC’s with an appropriate amount of helium and post with the tag! Featuring commentary from me and @lollipopcomics.bsky.social, ALL art MUST be SFW, no exceptions! Be there or be spherical!
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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2/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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It was a perfect day for sketching outside. I have wanted to sketch the growing Cincinnati Sign Gardens outside of the sign museum for a long time!😍✍ #urbansketching #sketchbook #urbansketchers @uskcincinnati.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Images from a book I illustrated about snow geese.😍 #sciart #birds #kidlitart #geese #wildlifeart #illustration
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It was a perfect day for sketching outside. I have wanted to sketch the growing Cincinnati Sign Gardens outside of the sign museum for a long time!😍✍ #urbansketching #sketchbook #urbansketchers @uskcincinnati.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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I have a lot of cute inexpensive acrylic keychains featuring my artwork on my website. Link in bio
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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It took 50 days and a whole lot of nonsense, but Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is finally in her seat.

Mike Johnson didn’t stall her swearing-in by accident—he did it on purpose.

Because protecting predators was apparently more urgent than serving the people.
Adelita Grijalva sworn in
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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I spent today down in Hamilton, Ohio as part of the official grand opening of a new @barnesandnoble.com there, and used this enormous pair of scissors to cut the red ribbon. I considered stealing the scissors. I ultimately did not. If the staff cannot find them later IT WAS NOT ME.
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Good article. There's a certain type of nerd who feels oppressed just by having more diversity be allowed, and this is one of those nerds.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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This is a first for me: I have two books (When the Moon Hits Your Eye and The Shattering Peace) in the first round of the Goodreads Choice Awards, in the science fiction category. If you'd like to vote for either (or any other very worthy candidate), here's a link:

www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025!
Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
www.goodreads.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Panel discussion on Friday at the Art Academy of Cincinnati at 10:30am. Join us! #kidlitart #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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I’m bummed.
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Art Academy of Cincinnati is putting on a show of the region's book illustrators curated by Jeff Ebbeler.

Opening is Friday at 5pm and there is a panel discussion at 10:30am.😍📖
#illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbookillustration
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM