Mr. Tom
@itsmrtom.bsky.social
Children’s book illustrator, art teacher, cat wrangler and tiny human herder.
Trying out some more art wizard magic I saw.
May 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Trying out some more art wizard magic I saw.
Catching up on some art projects that were sitting on the sidelines.
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Catching up on some art projects that were sitting on the sidelines.
Theme: Beefy Janitor. When the great Lunch Lady strike of ‘98 was raging, one lonely Custodian emerged from the boiler room to feed the homeroom hordes.
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #meat #illustration #janitor #creature #sketch #book #custodian #beef
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #meat #illustration #janitor #creature #sketch #book #custodian #beef
January 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Theme: Beefy Janitor. When the great Lunch Lady strike of ‘98 was raging, one lonely Custodian emerged from the boiler room to feed the homeroom hordes.
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #meat #illustration #janitor #creature #sketch #book #custodian #beef
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #meat #illustration #janitor #creature #sketch #book #custodian #beef
Theme: Free Draw Friday. This dungeon seemed very safe and secure … for the first ten feet at least.
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #goblin #illustration #monster #creature #dungeon #book #cave #DnD #fantasyart
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #goblin #illustration #monster #creature #dungeon #book #cave #DnD #fantasyart
January 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Theme: Free Draw Friday. This dungeon seemed very safe and secure … for the first ten feet at least.
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #goblin #illustration #monster #creature #dungeon #book #cave #DnD #fantasyart
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#digitalart #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #goblin #illustration #monster #creature #dungeon #book #cave #DnD #fantasyart
Theme: Board Game. Tiny math rocks of death and tomes of rule books are the essential ingredients to a good board game. Life sized playing mats with tiny animated enemies are also a bonus. #character #kidlit #kidlitart #boardgame #illustration #badger #game #DnD #fantasyart
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Theme: Board Game. Tiny math rocks of death and tomes of rule books are the essential ingredients to a good board game. Life sized playing mats with tiny animated enemies are also a bonus. #character #kidlit #kidlitart #boardgame #illustration #badger #game #DnD #fantasyart
Once again, teaching children art is my favorite. Eating snacks and drawing dinosaurs with tiny humans… highly recommend.
November 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Once again, teaching children art is my favorite. Eating snacks and drawing dinosaurs with tiny humans… highly recommend.
Man. I love teaching art to tiny humans. “What are we drawing today?” “Dinosaurs, but not real dinosaurs!” I got you:
November 5, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Man. I love teaching art to tiny humans. “What are we drawing today?” “Dinosaurs, but not real dinosaurs!” I got you:
The Pumpkin Tree was a landmark that every child in town knew well. If it was lit, they were safe, if their glow started to dim, the "Others" would be on their way.
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #landmark
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #landmark
October 31, 2024 at 2:27 PM
The Pumpkin Tree was a landmark that every child in town knew well. If it was lit, they were safe, if their glow started to dim, the "Others" would be on their way.
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #landmark
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #landmark
The Transylvania Trio of Vampire Violinists specialized in movie soundtracks. “Haunted Hallways” and “Creeping Corners” were their first hits.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #violin #vampire
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #violin #vampire
October 30, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The Transylvania Trio of Vampire Violinists specialized in movie soundtracks. “Haunted Hallways” and “Creeping Corners” were their first hits.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #violin #vampire
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #violin #vampire
You can tell the quality of a Spirit Navigator by the warmth of its lantern. Remember this when it’s your time to “follow the light.” Happy Halloween friends!
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #navigator #spirit
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #navigator #spirit
October 29, 2024 at 1:01 PM
You can tell the quality of a Spirit Navigator by the warmth of its lantern. Remember this when it’s your time to “follow the light.” Happy Halloween friends!
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #navigator #spirit
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #navigator #spirit
When you're just a lil rat, EVERY candy bar is a Jumbo treat. Happy Halloween my filthy lil friends.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #jumbo #rat
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #jumbo #rat
October 28, 2024 at 12:58 PM
When you're just a lil rat, EVERY candy bar is a Jumbo treat. Happy Halloween my filthy lil friends.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #jumbo #rat
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #jumbo #rat
The flaming locks of Heck on Wheels was the ruler of the road.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #road #ghostrider
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #road #ghostrider
October 27, 2024 at 12:17 PM
The flaming locks of Heck on Wheels was the ruler of the road.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #road #ghostrider
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #road #ghostrider
The invisible man wouldn’t be caught out sightseeing without his favorite camera by his side.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #camera #invisibleman
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #camera #invisibleman
October 26, 2024 at 11:57 AM
The invisible man wouldn’t be caught out sightseeing without his favorite camera by his side.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #camera #invisibleman
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #camera #invisibleman
Benny was a “scare” crow. He was terribly bad at being scary but quite successful as a children’s entertainer
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #scarecrow
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #scarecrow
October 25, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Benny was a “scare” crow. He was terribly bad at being scary but quite successful as a children’s entertainer
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #scarecrow
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #pumpkin #scarecrow
Spirits are allowed to free roam one night a year. Some use their time wisely going on great candy expeditions.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ghost #expedition
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ghost #expedition
October 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Spirits are allowed to free roam one night a year. Some use their time wisely going on great candy expeditions.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ghost #expedition
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ghost #expedition
Some saw the rust as a sign of neglect and age, Tinman saw it as a mark of experience and signs of a life well lived. He wore them proudly.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #rust #tinman
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #rust #tinman
October 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Some saw the rust as a sign of neglect and age, Tinman saw it as a mark of experience and signs of a life well lived. He wore them proudly.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #rust #tinman
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #rust #tinman
For some camp is a summer dream filled with the great outdoors and fresh cut grass, for others... an eternal heck fire
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #fire #marshmallow #camp
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #fire #marshmallow #camp
October 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM
For some camp is a summer dream filled with the great outdoors and fresh cut grass, for others... an eternal heck fire
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #fire #marshmallow #camp
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #fire #marshmallow #camp
Rhinosferatu… the vampiric Rhino.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #vampire #rhinoceros #nosferatu
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #vampire #rhinoceros #nosferatu
October 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Rhinosferatu… the vampiric Rhino.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #vampire #rhinoceros #nosferatu
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #vampire #rhinoceros #nosferatu
It was an uncharted territory, not in a dark and mysterious way, but in a “don’t read the map too close to the candle kind of way”
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #map #uncharted
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #map #uncharted
October 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
It was an uncharted territory, not in a dark and mysterious way, but in a “don’t read the map too close to the candle kind of way”
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #map #uncharted
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #map #uncharted
The house on Widows Ridge was most certainly haunted, but more notably, it was the last house on the street to hand out full sized candy bars on Halloween
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #house #ridge
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #house #ridge
October 19, 2024 at 12:14 PM
The house on Widows Ridge was most certainly haunted, but more notably, it was the last house on the street to hand out full sized candy bars on Halloween
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #house #ridge
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #house #ridge
The ‘66 Cadillac Hearse is the preferred macabre mobile of fashionably fiendish.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ride #hearse
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ride #hearse
October 18, 2024 at 12:14 PM
The ‘66 Cadillac Hearse is the preferred macabre mobile of fashionably fiendish.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ride #hearse
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #ride #hearse
It was a strange artisan journal. It had an odd leather-y feel to the pages and the most unique red ink throughout. Penned by the author Lucy Furr.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #necromonicon #journal
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #necromonicon #journal
October 17, 2024 at 12:26 PM
It was a strange artisan journal. It had an odd leather-y feel to the pages and the most unique red ink throughout. Penned by the author Lucy Furr.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #necromonicon #journal
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #necromonicon #journal
THIS scarecrow was different. It was edgier, more rebellious, unkempt, and grungy. Mostly because it was made of flannels and ripped jeans from the early 1990’s
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #grungy #scarecrow
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #grungy #scarecrow
October 16, 2024 at 12:10 PM
THIS scarecrow was different. It was edgier, more rebellious, unkempt, and grungy. Mostly because it was made of flannels and ripped jeans from the early 1990’s
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #grungy #scarecrow
#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #grungy #scarecrow
I don’t remember the last edition of “Spirit Watchers Guidebook to the Afterlife” having as much attitude as this one new one.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #guidebook
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #guidebook
October 15, 2024 at 12:00 PM
I don’t remember the last edition of “Spirit Watchers Guidebook to the Afterlife” having as much attitude as this one new one.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #guidebook
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #book #stamp #guidebook
The Sheppard Crow: tiny emo Corvus that hangs around cemeteries guiding lost or roaming souls to the eternal afterparty.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #crow #stamp #roam
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #crow #stamp #roam
October 14, 2024 at 12:27 PM
The Sheppard Crow: tiny emo Corvus that hangs around cemeteries guiding lost or roaming souls to the eternal afterparty.
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #crow #stamp #roam
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#watercolor #character #paint #kidlit #kidlitart #Halloween #illustration #monster #creature #inktober #crow #stamp #roam