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jsheaart.bsky.social
Julia Shea
@jsheaart.bsky.social
🌞 designer @ little simon & simon spotlight
🌙 illustrator, list-maker, friend to all dogs

https://linktr.ee/jshea_art
Hurry girls, don’t miss your cue! Or else! 🩰🫟 #kidlitart #illustration
September 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Updating my #profilepic ! Not much has changed since the last one, just longer hair and cooler earrings. Oh, and the oozing brain monster, that’s new too 👁️ #kidlitart
May 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Biiiig snowflakes in Brighton Beach from a few weeks ago - finally finished the drawing! ☃️ hopefully with enough time left before everyone moves on to springtime 😅🪻
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Butt sniff city #illustration
January 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Happy holidays from me and my babysitting charge (my roommates dog, aka Miss Mandoo, aka Mandoo the Menace)! #kidlitart
December 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Time for #artvsartist2024 ! It was a very busy year, and I still feel like I haven’t done enough! Looking forward to seeing what next year has in store 💖 #artvsartist #kidlitart
December 15, 2024 at 10:59 PM
One of my favorite things about the sun setting so early is being able to peek into other people’s lives 🌛 I’ve always been really inspired by that little glance into someone else’s world! #kidlitart #illustration
December 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Out of the cube and into an office! I suppose this is as good a time as any to say that if send me a #kidlitartpostcard you might make it onto the cork board (look at all that room just waiting for your art!) 💌
December 5, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Distracting myself from other work with a #wip based on the alley my apt overlooks - had to include the loud cats 😸 #crop #kidlitart
November 23, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Dang shared the wrong version! Here’s the finished one, I’m sure I’m the only person that would bother 😅
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Thursday #artshare with the works that are most quintessentially YOU!

These two from LAST YEAR nail the sweet spot of color, lines, and storytelling that feel the most me! I love drawing magic lurking on the edges of mundane life ✨also added a doodle from last month so I feel less like a slouch!
November 21, 2024 at 3:42 PM
QRP post your art’s ugly phase vs final! #arttrain

The harrowing trust-the-process stage! The final product is still pretty loose, unusual for me! #kidlitart
November 19, 2024 at 11:31 PM
6. Crispy 🍂🍂 I caught myself overthinking and overworking the last few prompts to the point where I didn’t have anything postable! Checking myself on it now, stop doing that, me! 🍁 #scbwiArtober2024 #kidlitart
October 6, 2024 at 11:41 PM
3. Hay ride! 🌾 based on a vivid memory of the family going on a hay ride and not realizing it was a HAUNTED hay ride! 👻 #scbwiartober2024 #kidlitart
October 3, 2024 at 1:34 PM
1. Whispers 🙊🙊 happy October! #scbwiArtober2024 #kidlitart
October 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I have two new stickers available on my Etsy, just in time for Halloween! Here’s the link if you care to take a peek! www.etsy.com/shop/JSheaArt
September 26, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Hiii it’s been a minute! I had the amazing luck to go to Milkwood for the LGBTQ+ retreat, and I just published a recap of it on my substack! Here’s the link! juliashea.substack.com/p/the-milkwo...
#kidlit
July 31, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Catching the tail end of #PortfolioDay ! Hi, I’m Julia Shea, I’m an illustrator and designer! I love drawing kids, creatures, and magic 💖 I also do a lot of hand-lettering!

Go to www.julia-shea.com for more work and my contact info ✨#kidlitart
July 10, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Daydreaming about a cool rainy day 🫠

#kidlitart
July 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Howdy! New post just went live on my substack! I share some half-finished WIPs and talk about feeling stuck in perfectionism!

Link: juliashea.substack.com/p/letting-th...
July 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The most on brand video I’ve watched to date
June 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I’ve been rotating between feeling like all three of these characters lately! Right now I’m the main purple one (tendinitis flaring, brain juiced to the rind), but I hope to be the kitten making magic soon :’) how are y’all feeling, creatively? #kidlitart #illustration
June 25, 2024 at 1:32 AM
It’s Pink Day! If you see this, post something pink from your portfolio! #illustration
June 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Share your lines vs colored art! 🌈 happy pride month, this is a mock book cover for a story I’m playing with 🤭 #art
June 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Summertime shock and horror! 🐸 Thank you for the guidance on quote reposts, can you tell I’m new to the platform? 😅 #kidlitart
June 22, 2024 at 12:55 AM