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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
@salpalc.bsky.social
160 followers 74 following 70 posts
🐚 they / she / he
💗 illustrator + poet
⛅️ NYC🪞台山
🍀 shop + commissions open!
🔍 looking for a #kidlit literary agent 💕

💌 salpalc@gmail.com
🔗 https://salpalc.carrd.co
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sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @salpalc.bsky.social · Oct 14
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Sally, a queer, NB, Chinese-American #illustrator in NYC! 🌱
I'd love to work on book projects, editorial, indie games (esp TTRPGs), & murals. Open to other opportunities too!

🌈 www.salpalc.art
💌 salpalc@gmail.com
🔎 looking for a literary agent

#kidlitart #illustration #art
salpalc.bsky.social
my stickers are now available at one of my favorite bookstores in NYC — @astoriabookshop.bsky.social !! ⭐️

thank you for having me in all my silly glory 🥹🫶🏼

#shopsmall #nyc #stickers #cutesy #silly #whimsical #stickershop #artist
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
salpalc.bsky.social
Come see “Daughter Cycles” (2025) at @flushingtownhall.bsky.social until our Closing Reception tmw!

It explores my grandmother’s life, mother’s life, and mine in sequence.

#art #queensnyc #nycart #aapiartist #asianamerican #immigrantstories #inkwork #brushpen #artgallery #illustrator #flushingnyc
October 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
dog portraits as of late!! 🐕‍🦺🐾

#pets #portrait #commsopen #drawing #art #nyc #dogs #cuteanimals #smallartist
October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
cozy cats I drew recently! 🐈💓

#colorpencil #art #nycartist #petportraits #cats #pets
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
“Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” #coloring process for @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle 🫖🪟🌥️

the details closest to my heart are: the 4-leaf clover kettle, the stickers on the step stool, & the raspberry dessert… 🥹🩵

#art #kidlit #teatime #nostalgia #kitchen #vintage #autumn
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Sally, a queer, NB, Chinese-American #illustrator in NYC! 🌱
I'd love to work on book projects, editorial, indie games (esp TTRPGs), & murals. Open to other opportunities too!

🌈 www.salpalc.art
💌 salpalc@gmail.com
🔎 looking for a literary agent

#kidlitart #illustration #art
October 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
final + closeups of #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle 🕯️ @scbwi.bsky.social

inspired by birthday celebrations + hot air balloons ⭐️

#illustration #artober #colorpencil #cake #whimsy #drawing #inktober #childrensbookillustration #art #strawberry #illustrator #scbwiartists
October 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
salpalc.bsky.social
#scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle

“Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” ☁️🫖🪟 is inspired by tea time memories & featuring my favorite cutting board and my hanging plants 🫶🏼🪴

#illustration #kitchen #ink #drawing #scbwi #artober #kidlitart #dibujo #childrensbookart #whimsical #cozy #autumn #inktober
October 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday” for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle!!

I’m a #kidlitillustrator looking for a literary agent 🍀

#artist #kidlit #colorpencil #illustration #イラスト #dibujo #ink #cute #birthdaycake #scbwiillustrator #drawingprocess
October 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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rhelaza.bsky.social
a tiny tetra study 🐟
September 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
salpalc.bsky.social
“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday!” final + closeups for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle 💛

made with @robertoster.bsky.social ink + a glass dip pen

#artober #artwork #illustration #ink #イラスト #whimsy #kidlitart #drawing #kidlitartist #scbwi #插画 #inktober #illustrationjeunesse
October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social
There are so many creatures in and around the goblin city
a page with lots of drawings of various creatures on it including a frog with a snail shell and a spiral shaped worm and a long axolotl and a bat and a horned ladybird and a long frog and a mushroom with a face and legs. At the top of the page it says "there are so many creatures in and around the goblin city"
October 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
#scbwiartober2025 day 6: candle 🕯️

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday” is inspired by jet packs and birthday celebrations

made with @robertoster.bsky.social toffee ink & a glass dip pen ⭐️

#art #lineart #artober #illustration #inking #cake #dessert #kidlitart #artprocess #イラスト #artist #drawing #whimsical
October 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
#scbwiartober2025 day 01

“Who Ate My Squash?” in India ink & color pencil! ⭐️

📍 i’m a kidlit illustrator based in NYC looking for a literary agent!

#kidlitart #drawing #colorpencil #illustration #scbwi #indiaink #cute #artober #autumn #whimsical #childrensbook
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
light filtering through my window to my sketchbook :) ⛅️🪟✨

#illustrator #colorpencil #trees #whimsical #sketchbook
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
#scbwiartober2025 day 1: squash #coloring process :)

#artsky #illustrator #whimsical
October 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
#artprocess video for #scbwiartober2025 day 1: squash! 🧑🏻‍🌾

#kidlitart #illustrator #gardening #ink
October 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
drew the prettiest squashes in my sketchbook the other day!! 🥹

#artsky #sketchbook #colorpencil #kidlitart #autumn #garden
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
salpalc.bsky.social
birthday drawings for my friends :)

#artsky #illustration #nostalgia #sketchbook #colorpencil #queerartist #nycartist
September 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
some of my fave portraits i did at a vow renewal ceremony in Long Island! ❤️

#artsky #vowrenewal #liveportraits #portraitartist #nycartist #longisland #seacliff #weddingartist #colorpencil
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
From NYC, With Love (2025), my new #SingForHope #Piano available for public play at #UnionSquarePark until June 29! 🥹🫶🏼

#nyc #nycartist #art #manhattan #kidlitart #whimsy #animals #paint #aapiartist
June 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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fiadh.bsky.social
“bite the hand that oppressed you” ft bunny on a stamp chomping a hand
June 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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ashantifortson.com
Neighbors don't let neighbors get eaten ✊🏽
Illustration of various people pulling other people out of a huge horned white snake that had eaten them. Large textured letters at the bottom read: Abolish ICE!
June 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
new sticker drop :)

⭐️ salpalc.bigcartel.com

#trans #happypride #lgbtq #artsky #wholesome #art #stickers #shopsmall #nonbinary #illo
June 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
salpalc.bsky.social
shop update :)
🌈 salpalc.bigcartel.com

#artsky #illustrator #artforsale #wholesome #stickers #artprints #shopsmall #trans #whimsical
June 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM