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Anna Cosper
@annacosper.bsky.social
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Illustrator/author (prepublished, looking for representation) and illustrator of ON WINGS OF WONDER
I do painting commissions, hand-drawn and lettered logo design and book formatting/layout as well.
annacosp@gmail.com

Kidlit portfolio: annacosper.com
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Reading Carlo Collodi's original Pinocchio - the wood Geppetto received for Pinocchio was an animated piece of wood! So I played with that. #ifgeppettowasalazywoodworker
#illustratorsonbluesky #kidlitillustrator #kidlitsketches
A stump of wood with a long nose and a red cap bumbling around - trying to jump, faling down. Floating in water. Pinocchio in his baby stages!
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Happy Halloween! Love this time of year. Get spooky, y'all.

#handillustratedhalloweencard #happyhalloweenillustration #halloweenillustrationshrunkenheads #procreatehalloween #procreate6bpencilwhatwhaaaaaat
Spooky apple tree. The apples are shrunken heads screaming "Happy Halloween". Handmade folk art feel, color scheme is greens and reds. Bare branches with sparse leaves.
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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All those on Whidbey Island who haven't visited Koneksi Gallery yet - do it! They're carrying my cards, along with so much other great art, great vibes and a piano! 4777 Commercial Street in Clinton.
A wooden card rack with spunky collage cards. Five designs Five different designs all handmade illustrated cards with winter themes.
October 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Some sheep sketches and the tree that was forced low to the ground to give them shelter? It's not an unhappy tree - it still grows upwards - just a fascinating one. Oh and intense marker from previous pages!
#sketchesinthecountry #autumnsketches #artistsonbluesky
October 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Wohoooo it's #kidlitartpostcard day again! Here's a piece from my current WIP ... I'm an author/illustrator looking for representation, and also kidlit friends here on Bluesky! Let's connect!

#kidlitillustrator #whimsicalsinister #invertibratelivesmatter
Illustration of two sand fleas having tea on a foggy beach while two others bury something in the background. Made with colored pencil and pastel.
September 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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"I can do the stick dance, stick dance, stick dance" - I just love those little tiny inch worms. #sketchbooktime
Sketches of Invertebrates in a seashell landscape, a man reading a book in a coffee shop, a shrimp Sketches of a shell with barnacles in it in morning light, my mothers face, and an inch worm doing dances
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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My first #kidlitartpostcard on Bluesky! I'm an author/illustrator looking for representation. My books are primarily about love and acceptance of others. Let's comnect! Annacosper.com

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #boardbookillustration #imnice
August 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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When you're broken open, brittle, empty, fragile - God can come in? Question mark?

#dealingwithgrief #griefillustration #sketchingwithgrief
Drawing of a child-like figure woven out of porcelain with many holes and a fairy-like light shining through it, casting a shadow. Written next to it is "when you're broken open, brittle, empty, fragile - God can come in?"
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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What luck to have construction in town right as I'm working on a truck book! Also funny to interact with the confused construction workers (the tables are turned ha HA) - I really did start to understand the fascination my little wards have for these things. Cool.
Sketches of backhoes, dump trucks and semi truck Sketches of backhoes More backhoes
May 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Here are the final wedding invitations! Shout out to Moo.com for the quality prints.

#handpaintedweddinginvitation #mountainweddinginvitation #indianpaintbrushinlove
Watercolor painting of two Indian Paintbrush flowers leaning towards each other with their roots intertwined and wildflowers and mountains in the background
May 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Yum! Working on a wedding invitation with my new professional series Windsor and Newton paints!

#windsorandnewtonprofessionalwatercolors #weddinginvitation #rockymountainweddinginvitation #indianpaintbrush #handpaintedweddinginvitations
Watercolor of two Indian paintbrushes leaning towards each other with their roots intertwining Close-up of watercolor painting of Indian paintbrush flower with mountains in the background and other flowers
April 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Got my proofs in for designs I made for tango dancers (I tango) - they're inspired by Cy Twombly: #modernartmeetstango! #tangodesigns #ilovetangosomuchimadetshirts #tangoshirtsandtotebags #argentinetango #neotangolover #themechanicsoftango
T-shirts and tote bags with the following design: Tango dancers from above, abstracted to show placement of torsos and hips in a molinette. Modern art look (Miro), pencil and white paint. The words La Mechanica de Tango are hand-lettered in sketchy playful style.
March 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Psuper psyched to have my new line of greeting cards in! Off to peddle them now ... wish me luck/write me if you know a store they would be perfect for! #collagegreetingcards #encouraginggreetingcards #cardswithguts #becurious #inspiringquotes
Photo of greeting cards splayed on work table: cards are made with collage and feature inspiring quotes
March 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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I've been working on a graphic novel submission together with an author that introduces wisdom from Chinese medicine to the middle grade audience: YAY!!! It's been a fantastic collab so far. Her website is joyouslake.earth
#kidlitart #chinesemedicinegraphicnovel #graphicnovel #middlegradeGN
Depiction of a journey of two kids on horseback through Minnesota countryside with panels of them resting, racing through rain, fording a creek, etc. Brown ink lines colored with brown and purple washes. Sketch of the two page spread journey for comparison.
March 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Made this the other day with newspaper, tracing paper and drawing paper.
#collageart #kidlitillustratorsonbluesky #tenderness #danishlandscape #collagewithsheep #sheepplayingchello #chellomusic
A large rounded giant with brown skin stares with wonder at the sheep in his hand who is playing chello. He is sitting between an Icelandic shed and field and the sea beyond. There are sheep in the field looking up at the chello player. Collage with drawn elements: pastel and colored pencil.
March 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Found a lama nearby!!!! What an amazing shape! 😍😍😍

#kidlit #kidlitsketcher #illustratorsonbluesky #lamasketches #quiettimewithpencils
Pencil sketches of a lama in different positions, with a landscape at the bottom: a barn and fences and sheep. Cute drawing of the lama looking at the viewer.
February 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Here’s what became of my playing the other day - I added colored pencil and a bit of digital magic :)

#Dowhatmakesyoucomealive!
#artistsonbluesky #inspirationalquote #handlettering #inkandpencil #illustrator #humanmadeart
“Do what makes you come alive” quote hand-lettered with sumi-e brush, colored with lively colored pencil pinks and yellows and some green. Spare splatter marks.
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Oh my gosh! Roasted hazelnuts and olives get along in my mouth?! #whatcanicookwiththat?
February 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Spring energy today!! Thoroughly happy trying out my new nibs with my favorite #noodlersink and homemade beet ink (a beautiful magenta color). Oh I also used some sumi-e brushes for that text. #speedballsketchingnibs #artstudiointhesun #illustratorsonbkuesky #dowhatmakesyoucomealive #spring
Anna's studio Do what makes you come alive - big handwritten letters with sumi-e brushes Colored ink drawing of a creature with many feathers. Ombré deep purple to orange. Need around its beehive hairdo Pens and nibs
February 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Playing with paint and pencils today - trying to get back into things after moving (houses, but I suppose platforms as well!)
#childrensillustration #newhere #kidlitillustrationsubwaycar #creaturesinasubwaycar #watercolorandpastelillustration
Colorful creatures in a subway car from a child’s perspective (mostly interesting legs). Illustration made with watercolor and pastel outlined in pencil.
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Answer to Debbie’s question: tap dancing! #communitypolls #uplift
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I miss having a place to post what I’m working on, so I’m going to start doing it here. Here is one from last year, as a warm-up (with sweat pants how appropriate).
#sweatpantsillustration #fallinginloveillustration #traditionalillustration #humanmade #inkandpencil #newhere
The kind of love that fits like your most comfortable pants: illustration of small girl falling into a pair of sweatpants and falling asleep at the bottom. Ink, pastel and pencil.
January 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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I've been experiencing major social media decision paralysis. Sorry for that. I'm not even that old, but I miss meeting people in coffee shops while drawing . . . who's with me? I appreciate the internet but it's a hard place to be authentic.
January 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Still learning how to use this app . . . Moved here from Instagram where I was @annamakesbooks, for those who I've met in the world, or in Instagram world! Ha ha this is like the island where all the bedraggled Instagrammers are arriving and looking for lost friends - I'm heeeeeeeere!!!!!
July 13, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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Hello Bluesky!
I'm menstruating today and thinking about what other animals do who menstruate: do they just bleed all over? Turns out very few species lose their uterine linings - most of them reabsorb them. Aren't we special.
#menstruatinghuman #happymenstruating! #menstruationillustration
Watercolor abstract cartoon of a happy wobbly lady bleeding from her uterus onto the ground.
July 9, 2024 at 9:41 PM