Heather Bouteneff
@hbouteneff.bsky.social
👩💼Product Design Illustrator for Nûby US
🩷40ish she/her Mom with a neurospicy family
Reader, baker, gamer
📖 Kidlit and comics forever and always
🎨 Fine artin' sometimes
🦄 Probably drawing a unicorn right now
https://heatherbouteneff.com/
🩷40ish she/her Mom with a neurospicy family
Reader, baker, gamer
📖 Kidlit and comics forever and always
🎨 Fine artin' sometimes
🦄 Probably drawing a unicorn right now
https://heatherbouteneff.com/
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Hi #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
I love drawing a #mindhorse …mind helicopters though no thank you 😆
April 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love drawing a #mindhorse …mind helicopters though no thank you 😆
I was reading a Moomin book to my daughter (our first one!) and it felt a lot like reading Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg which just made it feel even more charming and warm to me 🥰
March 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I was reading a Moomin book to my daughter (our first one!) and it felt a lot like reading Rootabaga Stories by Carl Sandburg which just made it feel even more charming and warm to me 🥰
When your kid is like “draw me a dinosaur playing piano, right now please!” 😅
February 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
When your kid is like “draw me a dinosaur playing piano, right now please!” 😅
I’ve been trying to think of silver linings lately and “not hearing Pingu’s voice” for a good year+ is pretty high on that list
February 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’ve been trying to think of silver linings lately and “not hearing Pingu’s voice” for a good year+ is pretty high on that list
I had an early am dr appt and a big work day but I think I made it,hopefully just in time. I’ve wanted to do this for years!
February 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I had an early am dr appt and a big work day but I think I made it,hopefully just in time. I’ve wanted to do this for years!
Reposted by Heather Bouteneff
There's a great picture book on Jerry Lawson, written by my friend Don Tate and illustrated by Cherise Harris! #BlackHistory
February 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There's a great picture book on Jerry Lawson, written by my friend Don Tate and illustrated by Cherise Harris! #BlackHistory
It probably doesn't mean I can sit at the published author table at scbwi conferences, but a bath book I designed will be coming soon to a tub near you and I'm still darn proud of it. 😀
I mean okay Caldecott but does your book SQUEAK?
I mean okay Caldecott but does your book SQUEAK?
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It probably doesn't mean I can sit at the published author table at scbwi conferences, but a bath book I designed will be coming soon to a tub near you and I'm still darn proud of it. 😀
I mean okay Caldecott but does your book SQUEAK?
I mean okay Caldecott but does your book SQUEAK?
Finally mailing off this holiday gift to my dear cousins. I normally find acrylic unforgiving but I enjoyed painting this one
January 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Finally mailing off this holiday gift to my dear cousins. I normally find acrylic unforgiving but I enjoyed painting this one
I spent the last month listening to #StormlightArchive in order to remember everything for the latest book release. As a result my brain has made these (unfortunate) permanent associations. Sorry #BrandonSanderson
January 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I spent the last month listening to #StormlightArchive in order to remember everything for the latest book release. As a result my brain has made these (unfortunate) permanent associations. Sorry #BrandonSanderson
If you see this, post a unicorn you've painted/drawn 🦄 #kidlitart
December 12, 2024 at 3:35 AM
If you see this, post a unicorn you've painted/drawn 🦄 #kidlitart
#folktaleweek2024 #folktaleweek
Day 3 Blight
Garden magic is the domain of donkeycorns, naturally.
Poor mice, I wonder if they are tired of being caught up in magic business? It happens to them a lot!
#kidlitart
Day 3 Blight
Garden magic is the domain of donkeycorns, naturally.
Poor mice, I wonder if they are tired of being caught up in magic business? It happens to them a lot!
#kidlitart
November 20, 2024 at 3:26 PM
#folktaleweek2024 #folktaleweek
Day 3 Blight
Garden magic is the domain of donkeycorns, naturally.
Poor mice, I wonder if they are tired of being caught up in magic business? It happens to them a lot!
#kidlitart
Day 3 Blight
Garden magic is the domain of donkeycorns, naturally.
Poor mice, I wonder if they are tired of being caught up in magic business? It happens to them a lot!
#kidlitart
Day one is Mist for #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2024
I drew this thinking of a Care Bear like Yeti! They would live in a cozy ice cube quilt house on top of a misty mountain with lots of pajamas and goat friends. Don’t you think?
I drew this thinking of a Care Bear like Yeti! They would live in a cozy ice cube quilt house on top of a misty mountain with lots of pajamas and goat friends. Don’t you think?
November 19, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Day one is Mist for #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2024
I drew this thinking of a Care Bear like Yeti! They would live in a cozy ice cube quilt house on top of a misty mountain with lots of pajamas and goat friends. Don’t you think?
I drew this thinking of a Care Bear like Yeti! They would live in a cozy ice cube quilt house on top of a misty mountain with lots of pajamas and goat friends. Don’t you think?
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
November 7, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Hi #kidlitartpostcard day!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
I’m Heather, an author-illustrator. I especially love drawing animals with hooves and quirky things to make myself laugh- like Santa raiding the fridge!
Seeking representation!
IF you see this Blue Wave. Quote Post with your Blue Wave.
#BlueWave #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
#BlueWave #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
November 6, 2024 at 1:12 AM
IF you see this Blue Wave. Quote Post with your Blue Wave.
#BlueWave #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
#BlueWave #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
A parody of a classic Golden Book cover I did for fun, illustrating Will Cuppy’s hilarious essay on Scorpions in How to Attract the Wombat.
I want to put it all online but I’m not 100% the text is public domain.
I want to put it all online but I’m not 100% the text is public domain.
November 6, 2024 at 12:40 AM
A parody of a classic Golden Book cover I did for fun, illustrating Will Cuppy’s hilarious essay on Scorpions in How to Attract the Wombat.
I want to put it all online but I’m not 100% the text is public domain.
I want to put it all online but I’m not 100% the text is public domain.
It's my birthday weekend which I usually use to justify putting Christmas decorations up 🤶
November 2, 2024 at 4:53 PM
It's my birthday weekend which I usually use to justify putting Christmas decorations up 🤶
Reposted by Heather Bouteneff
I know Albrecht Durer is an art legend but I think he might have also been a bit of a bratwurst. So I made this possibly fictional comic about him #arthistory #comic #Albrechtjustmowyourlawn
October 25, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I know Albrecht Durer is an art legend but I think he might have also been a bit of a bratwurst. So I made this possibly fictional comic about him #arthistory #comic #Albrechtjustmowyourlawn
Reposted by Heather Bouteneff
I used to dream in picture books, but art school in the 90s broke art for me for a long time. It took another trauma to get it back. Here’s a comic I drew about that time.
It’s rough and grief and hope
It’s rough and grief and hope
October 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I used to dream in picture books, but art school in the 90s broke art for me for a long time. It took another trauma to get it back. Here’s a comic I drew about that time.
It’s rough and grief and hope
It’s rough and grief and hope
My illustrator wish list is to illustrate a #pb about a kid and their service pony (at a theme park?) but I want the story to be #ownvoices
October 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My illustrator wish list is to illustrate a #pb about a kid and their service pony (at a theme park?) but I want the story to be #ownvoices
I know Albrecht Durer is an art legend but I think he might have also been a bit of a bratwurst. So I made this possibly fictional comic about him #arthistory #comic #Albrechtjustmowyourlawn
October 25, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I know Albrecht Durer is an art legend but I think he might have also been a bit of a bratwurst. So I made this possibly fictional comic about him #arthistory #comic #Albrechtjustmowyourlawn
I used to dream in picture books, but art school in the 90s broke art for me for a long time. It took another trauma to get it back. Here’s a comic I drew about that time.
It’s rough and grief and hope
It’s rough and grief and hope
October 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I used to dream in picture books, but art school in the 90s broke art for me for a long time. It took another trauma to get it back. Here’s a comic I drew about that time.
It’s rough and grief and hope
It’s rough and grief and hope
This was one of those 4am ideas after we watched season 1 of #Severance in 2022, I should make some for season 2 watching
October 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM
This was one of those 4am ideas after we watched season 1 of #Severance in 2022, I should make some for season 2 watching
When I drew this ghostette I was thinking of those floral cotton sheets Grandma's have that always felt so perfectly soft and cool 🧡🖤👻
October 23, 2024 at 9:54 PM
When I drew this ghostette I was thinking of those floral cotton sheets Grandma's have that always felt so perfectly soft and cool 🧡🖤👻
