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Diandra Mae
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I make things. 🎨📚✏️🖼️
(Yes, it’s me. This acct is separate from my Bluesky account as an experiment.)
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m an author-illustrator whose favorite season is Fall and who loves a good pun. 😉 You can see more of my work at diandramae.com. (I do not have representation.)

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #fallfun
an illustration of a little brown acorn with arms and legs holding on to a yellow oak leaf as it drifts downward, surrounded by other leaves in tones of yellow, orange, and brown. A speech bubble from the acorn says, "BeLEAF in yourself,"
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This week’s #drawtober prompt was #toadastrologer. I went old school-a caftan and turban were a must. 😉
A bright green toad with spots, wearing a caftan and turban holds her webby hands over a trio of cards on a table with a star spangled tablecloth.
October 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
diandramae.bsky.social
I told myself that I would only do #drawtober this year if I kept it fun. We’ll see how that goes. 😅 Here’s my #candelitmessenger.

#kidlitart #drawtober2025 #kidlit #digitalillustration #art #skeleton #spooky #spookycuties
Digital drawing with thick black outlines and a white, yellow-green, and purple blue palette. A little skeleton wearing a mail outfit with a messenger bag is carrying a lantern in a graveyard. A ghost waits at a tombstone for the delivery.
October 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
diandramae.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m an author-illustrator who loves little spookies! You can see more of my work at diandramae.com.

I am actively seeking representation.
#kidlitart #kidlit #halloween #illustration
trio of spooky pals walk with their treat buckets while kicking leaves on their way. Skeleton, black cat, and a pumpkin Jack.
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
diandramae.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🎨

I’m an author-illustrator who loves capturing little ones being wholly themselves. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com I am actively seeking representation.

#picturebookart #kidlit #childrensillustration
Illustration done in bold, chunky lines depicting an anthropomorphic tiger cub in shorts and a T shirt, kneeling on a stool to reach a giant cake set on the counter. His fist is full of cake and a chunk is missing from the top layers.
September 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Improbably Compatible #oldknees
Two crows are flying in front of a gray-blue sky. One says to the other "Do you think we're best friends in other universes too?" The second panel splits into a three by three grid of different reactions of "Um"s and "Well"s from the second crow, in a multiverse sort of way. The third panel is further split again by three, so there are nine by nine squares of the same two crows flying together, the only distinction between the squares is a different sky colour. In the fourth panel, the square are again divided by three so there are now 27 by 27 filling the panel. We can see now that there is a greater pattern emerging from the colours of each square, a pixelated form is starting to emerge. In the fifth panel, the many many squares of different universes is reminiscent of a painting using pointillism, which each dot of colour represent one of many thousands of realities. We can see now very clearly that the pixelated forms are the two crows, flying in front of a gray-blue sky. We return to the visual resolution as we saw in the first panel, as if no time has passed at all. The second crow responds "It doesn't seem likely".
July 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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falseknees.bsky.social
Fledgling (3/14)
Fledgling is emerging from the top of her nest, squinting, asking out loud to no one "where do the interesting birds hang out?". She then looks up, gasps and says "what an interesting bird!". In the final frame we see a nasty white and black long-haired cat perched on the branch above the nest looking down at her.
June 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Happy Fourth Birthday to #KidLitArtPostcard Day! (Thx @ginaperry.bsky.social 🎂)

I’m an author- #illustrator, who loves drawing the humor of life with little ones. (Anyone else practically live at the pool when their kids were toddlers?)

You can see more of my work at diandramae.com 🎨
A digital illustration in a simple, bold style of of a young purple hippo standing with a green and yellow polka-dotted swimming tube around his hips. A whiter, teal, and orange-colored beach ball, orange and white water bottle, yellow and orange sunscreen bottle, and pink and white striped towel set around him on the ground.
June 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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For this week’s #printmaking class we had to make a reduction print. It was a little bit of a mind-bender planning out the process of working back to front and light to dark, but I figured it out in the end, chatter and all. 😅
#traditional #linocut #illustration #punprint #linoprint #linoleum
Photo of a gray linoleum block carved with the reverse image of a jam jar outline. The text reads “You’re My Jam.” The red, pink, dark purple, and light yellow/cream print lies next to the block. The squatty and round jam jar is red. The lid is red and pink and cream checkered. There is a cream label on the front of the jar in the shape of a slice of toast with red jam as the background for the dark text.
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
diandramae.bsky.social
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m an author-illustrator who loves drawing young kids exploring the world around them, especially in nature. I am seeking representation. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com 🎨

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
Digital illustration done in a chalky style of a young girl in pigtails planting a small tree, while her spotted dog helps her dig in the dirt.
May 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Hello! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day!

I'm Juliana Salcedo, I'm a Picture Book illustrator based in Spain. I like to develop characters, working with a limited palette, and clean lines.

⍞: jusabar.net/main/
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May 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
diandramae.bsky.social
My latest #printmaking class assmt was to design a #bookplate. I was going traditional w/ “Ex Libris,” but the owl pun could not be denied.
Here’s my key block, a stamp test(checking for chatter), and one of the two-color prints. Registration is challenging.😅
#illustration #traditional #linoprint
Photo showing a gray block of linoleum carved with the reverse image of an owl standing atop two books with the phrase “Whose Book?”. The name of the creator, Diandra Mae, is in the spine of one of the books. A black stamp image on white paper is also shown, as well as the red and yellow handled carving tool. A black, yellow, and white illustration of an owl with its head tilted to the side. The phrase “Whose Book?” Floats next to the owl as it sits atop two books. A full yellow moon floats behind the scene, framing the owl.
April 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Artists are showing how much more interesting the world is when human hearts & minds make things instead of putting stolen work into a blender. Here’s my contribution to the #starterpacknoai trend. #art #illustrator #kidlitart
A digital illustration done in a simplified cartoon style showing a white-presenting female artist with curly auburn hair wearing denim shirt and striped lounge pants. Various art accessories, tools, and a pet cat are presented in a style similar to that of toy packaging with little compartments with clear plastic windows.
April 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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From 1968 a beautiful book of Ukrainian pysanky designs - the technique for egg decorating using wax & dye. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p...
Four pages, each with 9 egg shapes, that illustrate a variety of geometric and more organic designs. The designs are linear, some build up into hatching whilst others are outlines. Flowers, triangles, zig zags and dots.
April 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! The Rodeo just left Houston. I love seeing the culmination of all the hard work done by the livestock kids.

I'm a multimedia illustrator focused on board books, and seeking representation.

#kidlitart #kidlit #art #illustration
A digital illustration of a young girl with long brown hair in a braid, wearing brown boots, a blue denim skirt with a white ruffle, a red shirt, and a blue bandana around her neck. She is hugging a white lamb wearing a blue ribbon with "1" on it. The illustration is framed as if it is a polaroid photo, in a white frame. At the bottom of the "photo" is "Rodeo 2025" and then "Diandra Mae Illustrator" with "diandramae.com" at the very bottom.
April 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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the shower
March 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Figured I’d share a few of the #printmaking designs I made for class. For these I tried using up my easy-carve. A few of the prints were rushed, but I really enjoyed the reintroduction to printmaking & I’m looking forward to exploring further. ☺️ #illustration #beginnerprintmaking #linoprint
Three linoleum carves and their matching prints laid on a wooden table top. The top design is a black and white illustration of an armadillo curled around flowers. The second is a Chinese zodiac styled red horse with white flowers crawling inside its body, with 1978 placed in the tail and mane. The third is an illustration done in Polaroid style of a black cat chewing on a green fern leaf with “NOM NOM NOM” written in the photo caption area.
March 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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A new brand for the Finnish archipelago uses actual island outlines to form the wordmark.
visuelle.co.uk/saaristo/
Simple & clever.
March 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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For #printmaking class, we’re supposed to use watercolors on our print. I hate water colors 😅 but I did it anyway. I’m actually really happy with the results so far!
The last three months of not being instantly good at an art skill has been good for me. I’m constantly #battlingperfectionism.
A photo of a linoleum print of block letters in black ink, with botanical illustrations inside each letter. D has Blackfoot daisies and are white, green and yellow. Y has coneflower blooms and leaves in fuchsia pink, yellow-green, and yellow. The edge of a W is visible and shows parts of a deep wine-pink color and blue-green leaves.
March 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Lily of the valley vase!
March 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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The crocuses bloomed this past warm week where we enjoyed a 79F day before plunging down to 27F today with possible snow later. *sigh*…spring 🌱🌸

#crocus #flowers #bloomscrolling #GardeningBluesky #garden
A photo of a blooming white crocus with purple stripes amongst blooming purple crocuses. A photo of a bee collecting pollen from crocuses. A photo of a bunch of light purple crocuses. A photo of a bee with pollen on its leg collecting pollen from crocuses.
March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I know it’s not #Caturday yet, but setting up here without including my studio manager, feels wrong. Meet Willow.
Photo of a black, short-haired, domestic cat sitting on top of a work table, covered in art supplies, with full bookcases in the background.
March 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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My joints have had enough working in the garden today, so I’m back in the studio carving linoleum for my #printmaking class assignment. Really happy with how this section turned out. On to the next letter!
Photo of a chunk of grey linoleum, that has been carved into the block letter H with the outline of bluebonnets carved inside of it.
March 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I know it’s not #Caturday yet, but setting up here without including my studio manager, feels wrong. Meet Willow.
Photo of a black, short-haired, domestic cat sitting on top of a work table, covered in art supplies, with full bookcases in the background.
March 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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I love when I can lean into playing with #lettering when I’m making art. This is a snippet of a much larger design for a #printmaking class that I started carving today. It’s inspired by some of my favorite things-native plants.
A pencil drawing of a block capital “H” with an illustration of a bluebonnet plant set inside its outline. The pencil used for the drawing rests at the top of the page.
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM