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A. C. Bodnar (she/her)
@acbodnarart.bsky.social
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Children’s Author/Illustrator seeking representation

Nerd and Forever DM, drawing whimsical pictures and writing about a robot who loves birds

No AI ever
Authors Against Book Bans

Also on Instagram @acbodnarart
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Artober Day 24: Leaves

I’ve fallen another day behind 😅

I am, unfortunately, still sick. This is cold that refuses to leave.

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a tree with a swing and falling leaves blowing in the wind. Text at the bottom reads: Leaves - Oct. 24th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Artober Day 23: Tangle

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Sketchbook page showing a drawing of a tower atop a hill done in multicolored lines. Text at the bottom reads: Tangle - Oct. 23rd | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Artober Day 22: Mushroom

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of two anthropomorphized mushrooms: one standing on top of the other. The top mushroom is waving with a smile while the bottom mushroom has hands on their hips with a disgruntled expression. Text at the bottom reads: Mushroom - Oct. 22nd | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Artober Day 21: Calico

Still a day behind… I have come down with quite the cold 😅

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a calico cat sitting. Text at the bottom reads: Calico - Oct. 21th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Artober Day 20: Harvest

After this I should be back to posting day-of, all caught up after my migraine.

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of the Roman goddess Ceres holding a basket of grain and bring followed by a line of ducklings. Text at the bottom reads: Harvest - Oct. 20th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Artober Days 19: Mask

Yesterday’s migraine means that today we’re catching up.

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a smiling mask wearing a tall hat with a pied pattern and trinkets dangling from the rim. Text at the bottom reads: Mask - Oct. 19th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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(1/4) I had an amazing weekend at the #scbwirmc Letters and Lines Conference!! I learned so much (almost too much, I spent last night curled up under a blanket with a migraine 😅), conquered one of my biggest fears by entering my portfolio into the contest, and met so many amazing people.
Selfie of @acbodnarart in front of the Arvada Arts Center Photo of a badge from the Rocky Mountain SCBWI Letters and Lines Conference, reading: A. C. Bodnar (Anna) SCBWI Rocky Mountain Chapter Author Illustrator First Time Attendee @acbodnarart
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Artober Day 18: Perspective

I am glad that I was able to get this one done in time; I was super busy having an amazing time at the @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social conference today!! I have already learned so much and cannot wait to learn all that I can tomorrow!

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a large hall with a a gothic fan vault ceiling and a dais on the far side. The light comes from the upper right, casting dramatic shadows. Text at the bottom reads: Perspective - Oct. 18th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Artober Day 17: Stalk

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen with simple watercolor shading drawing of a cat crouched before a feather. Text at the bottom reads: Stalk - Oct. 17th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Artober Day 15: Scarecrow

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a giant scarecrow towering over a tiny farmhouse on a hill. Text at the bottom reads: Scarecrow - Oct. 16th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Artober Day 15: Charm

Today was a travel day; I did some of the inking while on a plane (not the best time to draw precise lines when everything is moving…). I really should have done something simpler today, but I had an idea and was determined to see it through.

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of two elves, one draping a necklace around the other’s neck, in front of large Romanesque windows. The background color is a large blot of watercolor bleeding from blue to purple to pink. Text at the bottom reads: Charm - Oct. 15th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Hello #portfolioday !

I am a KidLit Author/Illustrator who loves to drawing fantasy, explorations of light and color, and brave little guys.

I am seeking representation and am happy to work with any self-publishing authors as well!

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📧 acbodnarart@gmail.com
Illustration of a rabbit knight dressed in chainmail and a surcoat looking up at a gothic fun vaulted ceiling as the drawing dissolves into bright watercolors as light streams through the tall windows. @acbodnarart Illustration of a large snake curled around the columns of a ruined, round temple as two small voles confront it, one brave and the other cowering. @acbodnarart Illustration of two ermines in a pillow fort. One is curled up asleep and the other is reading and imagining a dragon. @acbodnarart Illustration of a young boy in a red coat standing on the railing of a sailing ship with a color bird flying over his shoulder. In the background is a watercolor seascape with tall cliffs with a city and a castle connected by a bridge. @acbodnarart
October 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Artober Day 14: Burnt

Thinking the word “out” immediately following the word “burnt” does not mean that I am burnt out right now. But it is a constant push and pull, the strain of creating in world where everything is made to feel increasingly meaningless and impotent.

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a ball point pen drawing of a tired looking woman, holding a pencil and propping her cheek up with a dust, reflected in the screen of a laptop. Text at the bottom reads: Burnt - Oct. 14th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Artober Day 13: Rustle

#scbwiartober2025 #art #kidlit #kidlitartist #fall
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of an anthropomorphized mushroom riding on a leaf that’s floating down. Text at the bottom reads: Rustle - Oct. 13th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Artober Day 12: Tip Toe

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a young girl standing on her toes to see over a high railing. Text at the bottom reads: Tip Toe - Oct. 12th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Artober Day 11: Kettle

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of an anthropomorphized mushroom waiting impatiently for a kettle hooked over a fire to boil. Text on the image reads: “A watched kettle never boils. Right?” Text at the bottom reads: Kettle - Oct. 11th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Artober Day 10: Twist

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Sketchbook page showing a ballpoint pen drawing of an ammonite. Text at the bottom reads: Twist - Oct. 10th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Artober Day 9: Hive

The lines are a little muddled: I started drawing with no clear final vision in mind, just the concept (the Thriae + Hollow Knight). I might return to the idea another time and improve the clarity of the line work. We’ll see 🤷‍♀️

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen line art of three bee-women sitting on tall stools, long frantic draping from them, and some sort of smoke or mist curling up from below with a honeycomb lattice in the background. It is drawn atop a blot of watercolor that fades from a desaturated blue at the bottom to a warm orange. Text at the bottom reads: Hive - Oct. 9th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Artober Day 8: Carve

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Sketchbook page showing a fine liner drawing of an anthropomorphized mushroom wearing a scarf and skiing down a freshly groomed run, and the sky and the shadows are done in blue watercolor. Text at the bottom reads: Fuzzy - Oct. 7th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Artober Day 7: Fuzzy

The rare self-portrait (I much prefer being heard but never seen), but I wanted be in my dragon onesie with the Wild Things.

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Sketchbook page showing a ballpoint pen drawing of a girl in glasses wearing a dragon onesie while stepping forward in the classic Where the Wild Things Are pose. Text at the bottom reads: Fuzzy - Oct. 7th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Artober Day 6: Candle

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of an elven girl holding a candle in a tower, a starry sky visible through the gothic windows and long braid snaking towards the the viewer, drawn atop a blot of pink, purple, and blue watercolor. Text at the bottom reads: Candle - Oct. 6th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Artober Day 5: Eyes

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a ghast-like creature swinging a lantern in front of it. The lantern is filled with eyeballs, and as it swings, it leaves lines of motion in its wake. Text at the bottom reads: Eyes - Oct. 5th | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Artober Day 4: Birthmark

I smudged it 😫

Why am I eternally so impatient with an eraser??

And yes, this is inspired by the 2004 classic: Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, why do you ask?

#scbwiartober2025 #kidlitart
Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a young girl in a ball gown turned slightly to the right. She smiles awkwardly as one hand subtly tugs the shoulder of her dress slightly lower down her arm. Text at the bottom reads: Phantom - Oct. 3rd | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Artober Day 3: Phantom

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Sketchbook page showing a brush pen drawing of a flashlight casting a circle of light against a wall, illuminating a vase of flowers on a small table whose shadow is the shape of a ghost. Text at the bottom reads: Phantom - Oct. 3rd | SCBWI Artober 2025 | @acbodnarart
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM