edfredned
@edfredned.bsky.social
Kidlit books + comics author/illustrator, designer, maker, peruser, petter of dogs.
Portfolios: https://linktr.ee/edfredned
Side hustle: https://edfredned.etsy.com
Portfolios: https://linktr.ee/edfredned
Side hustle: https://edfredned.etsy.com
Beware! Every 4th Thursday in November, the Turducken Cometh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Beware! Every 4th Thursday in November, the Turducken Cometh.
A new book cover for #kidlitartpostcard Day. Open to early readers, middle grade and YA books and covers.
#kidlitart #kidlitartist
#kidlitart #kidlitartist
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A new book cover for #kidlitartpostcard Day. Open to early readers, middle grade and YA books and covers.
#kidlitart #kidlitartist
#kidlitart #kidlitartist
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What… what does this even mean?
October 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What… what does this even mean?
Well, I missed #kidlitartpostcard Day last week, so here's what I would have shared.
I'm a #kidlit illustrator and writer with tons of experience, in search of new representation.
edfredned.com, edfrednedcomics.com
I'm a #kidlit illustrator and writer with tons of experience, in search of new representation.
edfredned.com, edfrednedcomics.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Well, I missed #kidlitartpostcard Day last week, so here's what I would have shared.
I'm a #kidlit illustrator and writer with tons of experience, in search of new representation.
edfredned.com, edfrednedcomics.com
I'm a #kidlit illustrator and writer with tons of experience, in search of new representation.
edfredned.com, edfrednedcomics.com
Crosshatching and line-work for this #kidlitart illustration.
When you spend the game waiting to bat... and then 🦋 🦋 in your stomach when your time comes.
#Kidlitart #blackandwhite #earlyreaders
When you spend the game waiting to bat... and then 🦋 🦋 in your stomach when your time comes.
#Kidlitart #blackandwhite #earlyreaders
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Crosshatching and line-work for this #kidlitart illustration.
When you spend the game waiting to bat... and then 🦋 🦋 in your stomach when your time comes.
#Kidlitart #blackandwhite #earlyreaders
When you spend the game waiting to bat... and then 🦋 🦋 in your stomach when your time comes.
#Kidlitart #blackandwhite #earlyreaders
As a follow-up to yesterday's #kidlitartpostcard Day (so much beautiful work posted!), here's another drawing of that rabbit in a hoodie. Can you tell I really got into drawing that background tree?
September 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
As a follow-up to yesterday's #kidlitartpostcard Day (so much beautiful work posted!), here's another drawing of that rabbit in a hoodie. Can you tell I really got into drawing that background tree?
#kidlitartpostcard day feels like going to a museum of your favorite art. So much pretty #kidlit art!
Looking for more books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. Much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary and/or illustration rep.
Looking for more books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. Much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary and/or illustration rep.
September 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#kidlitartpostcard day feels like going to a museum of your favorite art. So much pretty #kidlit art!
Looking for more books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. Much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary and/or illustration rep.
Looking for more books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. Much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary and/or illustration rep.
It's the beginning of a new school year. At last.
Hope you got a good photo of your kiddo(s).
#kidlitart #firstdayofschool
Hope you got a good photo of your kiddo(s).
#kidlitart #firstdayofschool
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's the beginning of a new school year. At last.
Hope you got a good photo of your kiddo(s).
#kidlitart #firstdayofschool
Hope you got a good photo of your kiddo(s).
#kidlitart #firstdayofschool
August 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Milton Glaser 👉 Bob Dylan 👉 Coffee 👉 Poster
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edfredned.etsy.com/listing/4356...
August 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Milton Glaser 👉 Bob Dylan 👉 Coffee 👉 Poster
edfredned.etsy.com/listing/4356...
edfredned.etsy.com/listing/4356...
Keep the vibe alive!
August 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Keep the vibe alive!
This one is perfect for baseball season, and it still makes me laugh. #kidscomics
August 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This one is perfect for baseball season, and it still makes me laugh. #kidscomics
Got to meet up this morning with the awesome cartoonist @martoonerville.bsky.social for a coffee. Get his shirt on Redbubble if you agree with it. www.redbubble.com/people/marto...
August 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Got to meet up this morning with the awesome cartoonist @martoonerville.bsky.social for a coffee. Get his shirt on Redbubble if you agree with it. www.redbubble.com/people/marto...
Back to shaking chili powder all over my tomato plants to keep the critters from eating them (4 lost today). At least the two go well together 😝
August 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Back to shaking chili powder all over my tomato plants to keep the critters from eating them (4 lost today). At least the two go well together 😝
This time some middle-grade black and white interiors for #kidlitartpostcard day.
Ready for more #kidlit books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. So much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary/illustration rep. Cheers!
#mgbooks
Ready for more #kidlit books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. So much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary/illustration rep. Cheers!
#mgbooks
August 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This time some middle-grade black and white interiors for #kidlitartpostcard day.
Ready for more #kidlit books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. So much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary/illustration rep. Cheers!
#mgbooks
Ready for more #kidlit books and book covers to draw as well as quirky comics. So much more to see at the new edfredned.com and edfrednedcomics.com.
Also looking for a new literary/illustration rep. Cheers!
#mgbooks
Who could be mad at a face like that?
I should call this Young Yeller, but I don't think most people would get the reference.
#kidlitart
I should call this Young Yeller, but I don't think most people would get the reference.
#kidlitart
August 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Who could be mad at a face like that?
I should call this Young Yeller, but I don't think most people would get the reference.
#kidlitart
I should call this Young Yeller, but I don't think most people would get the reference.
#kidlitart
Sometimes crosshatching is the way.
There's something... peaceful about methodically drawing lines to create dimension and dark areas in a book or spot illustration.
#kidlitart #blackandwhite #mgbooks
There's something... peaceful about methodically drawing lines to create dimension and dark areas in a book or spot illustration.
#kidlitart #blackandwhite #mgbooks
August 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sometimes crosshatching is the way.
There's something... peaceful about methodically drawing lines to create dimension and dark areas in a book or spot illustration.
#kidlitart #blackandwhite #mgbooks
There's something... peaceful about methodically drawing lines to create dimension and dark areas in a book or spot illustration.
#kidlitart #blackandwhite #mgbooks
Summer is the season of Bug Juice.
#kidlitart
#kidlitart
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Summer is the season of Bug Juice.
#kidlitart
#kidlitart
Who else loves #coldbrew? I drink it until I get the shakes, so my heart is waaaaaarm.
#kidlitart #icedcoffee #etsyshop
#kidlitart #icedcoffee #etsyshop
July 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Who else loves #coldbrew? I drink it until I get the shakes, so my heart is waaaaaarm.
#kidlitart #icedcoffee #etsyshop
#kidlitart #icedcoffee #etsyshop
Superman was a lot of fun—the sort of fun that I felt had been missing from DC for so long. Sure there was a lot going on, but it was the right amount, and characters were intro’ed in a very matter-of-fact manner w/o hitting the audience over our heads. 2 thumbs and an old shirt up.
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Superman was a lot of fun—the sort of fun that I felt had been missing from DC for so long. Sure there was a lot going on, but it was the right amount, and characters were intro’ed in a very matter-of-fact manner w/o hitting the audience over our heads. 2 thumbs and an old shirt up.
Sometimes I start drawing a character and then I just keep going. Thusly, allow me to intro Pizza Man. A little immature at times, and this one time he was downright gross. But he’s always cute.
T-shirts here edfredned.etsy.com
Sort of #kidlitart and #kidscomics
T-shirts here edfredned.etsy.com
Sort of #kidlitart and #kidscomics
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sometimes I start drawing a character and then I just keep going. Thusly, allow me to intro Pizza Man. A little immature at times, and this one time he was downright gross. But he’s always cute.
T-shirts here edfredned.etsy.com
Sort of #kidlitart and #kidscomics
T-shirts here edfredned.etsy.com
Sort of #kidlitart and #kidscomics
June 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM