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Amberin Huq
@amberinhuq.bsky.social
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Children's illustrator.
Drawer of pictures, colourer of spaces, writer of moments.
Rep'd by The Plum Agency
She/Her
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Happy Halloween! #kidlitart #halloween #illustration
A dark spooky scene. A silhouette of a house on top of a hill, it’s top window glowing red. In the foreground we see the silhouette of a boy looking up towards the house. The night sky glows with moonlight in the background
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Halloween is approaching. What things lurk in the shadows and other realms we cannot see? #kidlitart #illusttation
We spy an underground cavern littered with arched walkways. The scene is mysterious and haunting. A silhouette of a woman wanders the walkways alone.
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!! I thought I would commandeer one of my new fiction covers for the occasion! I am children's illustrator represented by The Plum Agency. I love to draw anything adventurous.

Check out my website at www.amberinhuq.com

#kidlitart
girl zooms through space on a engine powered platform. She stand defiant holding up a gem above her head which is eminating a green powerful glow. A old fashioned robot stands behind her nervously look back behind them. The are futuristic looking robots chasing them. They have glowing red eyes and are armed with green lasers which shoot out of their hands. The whole illustration is framed by a metal border which has glowing runes indented into it.
September 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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I've spent the summer working up some mock fictions covers. Here's the first one. #kidlitart
A girl runs through a forest towards the viewer. She is wearing autumnal clothes and has a camera around her neck. She is running through high standing stones that resemble creatures in the background. In the foreground black birds take flight and fly off into the sky.
September 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Our characters have discovered an incredible stone structure on an alien planet but unbeknownst to them, they are being watched! #kidlitart #kidlituk
A cloaked figure stands on top of a mountain looking down into a valley of a planet that is not unlike ours. At the bottom of the valley is a stone structure resembling a square headed figure. It has its eyes closed and at the bottom of its stomach is an opening into the stone structure. Our main characters are tiny in the valley as they walk up to the structure. Unbeknownst to them they are being watched by the mysterious cloaked figure. They are holding a spear in their left hand. In the sky above is a big planet and a smaller planet with rings. A girl in a space suit with a space scanner in her hand walks to the left. She is looking back at an old looking robot which is gliding through the air holding out a plant present to her. She looks a bit befuddled. Above her a sleek looking droid hovers along.
June 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Swooping through the sky leaving everything below behind. #kidlitart #kidlituk
We are looking down on a scene. A boy and his friend are flying through the air. Birds fly above and below them. The boy has his arms out as they swoop through the sky. Below them we can see clouds and sky.
June 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! #kidlitart #kidlituk
A space girl, a robot and a droid all look on in shock in the vast expanse of space. We cannot see what they are looking at but a voice on the girl says 'return to base immediately!!!'
June 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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He just wants to say hi! #kidlitart #kidlituk
A girl in a space suit with a space scanner in her hand walks to the left. She is looking back at an old looking robot which is gliding through the air holding out a plant present to her. She looks a bit befuddled. Above her a sleek looking droid hovers along. Close up of the girl in the spacesuit Close up of the robot
June 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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#kidlitart #kidlituk
May 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Every kid's dream! #kidlitart #kidlituk
A boy sits in the long neck of a flying creature as they both swoop through the night sky. The boy is delighted and reaches up to a falling star. The night sky is illuminated with lots of falling stars.
May 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Some more new fiction work to add to my children's illustration portfolio. I'm hoping to completely replace my old fiction portfolio this month. Wish me luck! #kidlitart
A boy stands shocked in a wooded clearing. Before him looms a friendly looking creature. It is fluffy and massive, has horns on its head, short triangle like spines along it's long body and a long tail. It's long neck is slightly lowered towards the boy in greeting. Behind them are white birch tree trunks against a black background. Close up of the boy and head of the creature. The boy is backing away slightly with his hand up on shock/protection.
May 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Uh oh. The rabbit has an appetite! #kidlitart
A group of characters looks very worried. A female magician holds her top hat at arms length as the rabbit that sits inside it wolf's down carrot after carrot after carrot. She looks back at the girl running into frame from the left carrying two sacks of carrots. She exclaims that they are out of carrots!!!! The large burly but friendly fortune teller carefully drops more carrots into the outstretched hand of the rabbit whilst a short man at the front looks on in shock. He is holding a broom and has been sweeping up the debris and crumbs left by the ravenous rabbit. Close up Close up
May 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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I'm not sure what the rabbit did to garner that kind of reaction but his eyes do look quite shifty. #kidlitart
A magician in a snazzy outfit covered in stars looks scared. She has a leg up and she is hiding behind her wand from a grumpy looking rabbit in a tiny top hat and waistcoat. Close up of grumpy rabbit Close up of scared magician!
May 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Another boost to my fiction portfolio hopefully. Manifesting the work I would like to get! #kidlitart
A girl cowers behind a man as he conjures a floating ball of light. He is a fortune teller and looks mysterious.
May 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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She makes it look easy! #kidlitart
A girl holds up a heavy dumbbell above her head with one hand. She looks triumphant and as if it's really easy. A man who is short in stature looks on whilst holding his arms up in a 'tadaa' motion
May 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Robot joy #kidlitart
A robot bounces along happily after a butterfly which is flitting about above its' head
May 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A little doodle of a lovestruck robot! #kidlitart
A cute robot with a propeller on his head floats in the air. He looks very happy as he clutches a red heart in his hands. The illustration is black and white apart from the heart.
May 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Look at all these beautiful new books!!! They so pretty. The rest of my TBR pile is giving me serious side-eye however. 👀 It's okay. The more the merrier! #books
April 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Something new #kidlitart
A woman stands holding a ball of magic in her right hand. She wears a skirt, flowy top and lots of jewellery along with a monocle. Behind her lie old candlesticks and books on the floor.
April 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I've been pretty quiet working away on some small projects. This is something I made before I started those! #kidlitart
A stormy landscape. A small figure of a boy looks on.
April 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy Holi everyone! #kidlitart #illustration
A boy and girl have their hands up in joy. They are surrounded by colourful powder of greens, pinks and oranges which flies through the air encompassing them. A cover of a picture book. It shows a rangoli made of colourful powders and in the middle are a boy and girl on traditional white clothing. The boy has his hands up towards the audience, full of colourful powder and the girl has her arms up to the sky with joy. They are both covered in colour Holi powder.
March 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day to everyone. Also happy #worldbookday to all as well. #kidlitart
Two children dance on a grassy hill surrounded by fireflies under a night sky. They are framed by trees and bushes with mountains in the far distance. The children look happy and excited to be surrounded by such magic.
March 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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A little bit of sketching today #kidlitart #ukkidlit
A hand is in frame holding a wacom pen. On the screen is a sketch of a nervous looking boy looking into a cave. His feet are in sea water and there is a rock pool behind him.
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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#kidlitart #kidlituk
February 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Happy book birthday to 'Happy Holi' which is out today! It's a joyful book about the celebration of Holi. Written by the wonderful Chitra Soundar, published by Bloomsbury and designed by Jenny Stephenson. Out in time for Holi which is a month away! #kidlitart
A boy and girl have their hands up in joy. They are surrounded by colourful powder of greens, pinks and oranges which flies through the air encompassing them. A family, including the grandparents, are outside on their patio at night time. They surround a bonfire in the middle of the page as they keep warm in the cool night air. The grandfather sits with his eyes closed as he listens to his wife tells a story. The mother stands by the grandfather. The father stands by the bonfire and warms his hands on the fire. The young daughter and son sit and their grandmothers feet enraptured by the take she is telling. The stars twinkle in the night sky, fairy lights are entwined in the branches of the trees behind them. A street scene. Our south asian family and their neighbours party on the street. The grandfather beats a drum happily whilst the grandmother and a small girl tap on a tambourine. A boy plays a guitar in the background whilst everyone throws coloured powder in the air or dances. The scene is colourful and joyous. We are in the kitchen of a family. The grandfather is standing at the stove stirring away at a pot looking on at his family. In the foreground a mother, son, father and daughter are picking petals from lavender and crushing leaves with a rolling pin to create the powder that will be thrown for the festival of Holi. There are bowls of rose petals and mint leaves on the table.
February 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM