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Kurt and Traci Gaming
@kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
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We're a game playing and making couple in NYC. A creative illustration and graphic design team specializing in board games for all ages. We also garden and create other stuff too, like children's books and sculptures.

www.imaginethatdesignnyc.com
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If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#birds
Card art and design featuring art the goddess Hebe with her golden eagle, and the card effects and icons, and flavor text: Goddess of youth and cupbearer to the gods.
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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The season of gift giving is getting started, so we thought we'd share a link to our store with our art and designs covering a wide variety of subjects from gaming to cute animals. Check it out! Thanks!
#ArtSky #Art #giftideas #supportartists

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A sampling of 14 collections of our art and design on gifts and merch in our Redbubble store https://www.redbubble.com/people/ImagineThatNYC 5 rows of three squares showing collections of our art and designs in a variety of categories from art to sports balls. Plenty of gift ideas for the holiday season. https://www.redbubble.com/people/ImagineThatNYC/shop?asc=u
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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The time has come! The cover is done and approved by the author and publisher Ronnie Sidney, II for Carlos Crosses the Border.

So, here we are with a cover reveal! ta-da!

#CarlosCrossestheBorder #10thAnniversary #NelsonBeatstheOdds #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbooks #immigration #coverreveal
Front cover for the children's book Carlos Crosses the Border written by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW, illustrated by Traci Van Wagon shows a young boy in blue shorts and a blue and white striped shirt from the book looking up at the tall border wall between Mexico and USA. A sun shines down with sun rays lighting up the scene.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Stay tuned for a cover reveal this week for Carlos Crosses the Border written by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW, illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner and designed by Kurt Keller, a new release for the #10thAnniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds.

#kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbooks #illustrator #designer
Black and white image with 10t Anniversary Nelson Beats the Odds on the top, the title image of Carlos Crosses the Border and Cover Reveal Coming! on top of a gray background with a sketch of Carlos from the back looking up at the title.
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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We're on the tail-end slide to finishing Carlos Crosses the Border, a new graphic novel style picture book for the 10th Anniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds. We're finalizing the art, creating a cover and laying the book out.

#kidlitart #kidlit #10thAnniversary #NelsonBeatstheOdds #childrensbooks
Carlos Crosses the Border title with Carlos on the right with his arms out presenting the new title. The background is filled with color thumbnails of the book
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit.

May October bring peace and good fortune for those of us who aren't billionaires.

#AnimalParadeWorld #cuteanimals #animalscomingandgoing
Rabbits from the front and back with a banner over the top that reads, Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! zazzle.com/store/animalparade
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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An update from our drawing board. Basic color is done for Carlos Crosses the Border. Traci is busy now blacklining & detailing the spreads. Once she's done, Kurt will get to work on the final design & layout

#NelsonBeatstheOdds #10thAnniversary #kidlitart #illustration #process #GN #ChildrensBooks
10th Anniversary for Nelson Beats the Odds, Carlos Crosses the Boarder, Blacklining and Detailing in process with Carlos over the top of thumbnails of the spreads for the book.
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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On our drawing board update:
Color & blacklining are in process for Carlos Crosses the border, part of a 10th Anniversary edition of Nelson Beats the Odds written by Ronnie Sidney.

#process #bookart #illustrator #graphicdesigner #10thAnniversary #NelsonBeatstheOdds #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit
10th Anniversary Nelson Beats the Odds Carlos Crosses the Border, Color and blacklining in process promo page with thumbnails of the art in process behind a hero shot of Nelson from his book cover.
September 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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We had a ton of fun creating these rabbit pirates for Roosterfin Games back in the day. So for #ThrowbackThursday, we're sharing some of the fun art and characters from the fun family game.

#boardgames #tabletopgames #graphicdesigner #graphicdesign #illustration #illustrator #logodesign #TBT
Card backs for the game Rabbit Pirates showing cute rabbits and copper plaques with their names and 3D cannons and 3D assets with our logo Player boards for the game Rabbit Pirates showing cute rabbit pirates with their cannons on the edges and a maps of different islands with an x marking the spot for treasure Package design, logo design, and art for the box top for Rabbit Pirates Shoot for the Loot
September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Bringing another blast from the past for #ThrowBackThursday. Rooster Race was a ton of fun to help develop, design & illustrate. This was one of the first games we helped bring into the world many years ago.

#familygames #games #boardgames #gameart #characterdesign #cutecharacters #tabletopgames
page showing the game Rooster Race with the front and back of the box, instructions and the cards with cute rooster characters and colorful numbers layed out in a half circle with our information along the bottom -- ImagineThat!Designnyc.com, Illustration/Design
September 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Here's a blast from the past for #ThrowBackThursday. This goes back a long ways when we were both fresh out of toy school at FIT (where we met). We designed & created these boards for Toymax.
#toydesign #illustrator #graphicdesigner #design #presentationboards #toys #TBT #illustration #productdesign
A page showing four different preschool toy designs, Timmy Tugboat, Tommy Tune-Up, Buddy School Bus, and Arnie Airport with a branding bar across the bottom with our ITD logo, Imagine That! Design and Illustration/Design
August 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Greek Gods

From the card drafting game we helped bring to the table with our art and graphics, Feast of Olympians for Brocks Play Games.
We're open for more projects.

#art #gameart #characterdesign #characterart #graphicdesign #games #boardgames #tabletopgames #greekmythology #commissionsopen
Promo page with four Greek Gods artwork and in their final cards for the game Feast of Olympians. Our log on the bottom, Card Art & Design, Character Design. The background is art from the characters background art. Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Artemis
August 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We're back from a bit of a summer break. Let's dive in with some Greek Mythology characters from the game Feast of Olympians by Brocks Plays Games.

#graphicdesign #illustration #characterdesign #characterart #gameart #art #greekmythology #illustrator #graphicdesigner #boardgames #tabletopgames
Art and design promo page featuring the character we created for Feast of Olympians (logo in top right corner) and the final card, Andromeda. Art and design promo page featuring the character we created for Feast of Olympians (logo in top right corner) and the final card, Medusa.
August 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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We're back in the studio sketching, sketching, sketching for the 10th Anniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds with a new book, Carlos Crosses the Border written by Ronnie Sidney, illustrated and designed by Traci and Kurt.

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #designer #sketches #sketching #childrensbooks
A banner showing a kid in a green and white t-shirt in a black line comic style hero pose with the title Nelson Beats the Odds overlaying loose sketches for a new book project for the 10th Anniversary.
July 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Happy Friday! Progress has been made with thumbnailing and rough sketches of the 10th Anniversary edition for Nelson Beats the Odds, the new book Carlos Crosses the Border.

#illustrator #bookdesigner #kidlit #kidlitart #10thAnniversary #NelsonBeatstheOdds #thumbnails
Photo of pages of rough thumbnails with an illustration of Nelson in a hero pose with his book title Nelson Beats the Odds and 10th Anniversary
July 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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We're training a new pup and exploring all the neighborhood parks and gardens with the new pup and our old dog.
Photo of a man in a blue shirt squatting down behind two tan and ginger dogs in a NYC garden. Photo by Traci Van Wagoner On our Walk
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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We're thrilled to be working on a 10th Anniversary edition for Nelson Beats the Odds written by Ronnie Sidney, art by Traci Van Wagoner, design by Kurt Keller. We'll be creating a new book along w/the 3 books in the series. More soon!

#illustrator #bookdesigner #kidlit #kidlitart #10thAnniversary
Book cover Nelson Beast the Odds with 10th Anniversary across the top. A boy stands in a hero pose in front of his four friends grouped behind him on the left and his favorite teacher on the right. Four Book covers withe 10th Anniversary running through the middle. Celebrating 10 years since the publication of the 1st book, Nelson Beats the Odds, 2nd book Tameka's New Dress, Rest in Peace RaShawn, 1st edition, and Rest in Peace RaShawn Reloaded
July 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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A little of what we did this weekend. It was a great turn out in NYC.

#NoKings #Resist
Photo of a man and a woman at No Kings march in NYC
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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We've had the opportunity to work on a variety of board games over the years. This was a fun family game we helped develop, Mighty Pig Tug for Roosterfin Games. We created all the art & graphics.

#BoardGames #illustration #graphicdesign #gameart #characterdesign #characterart #cuteanimals
Top of box packaging art and graphics for a family game, Mighty Pig Tug, showing a big and a little pig holding a big rope which stretches across a mud puddle with several pigs in it and a line of pigs holding the rope on the other side. Instructions for Mighty Pig Tug with the meat of the game on the left and the front cover with a big logo and card samples on the right Mighty Pig Tug play parts layed out together with ropes of orange, purpe, green red, blue and yellow stretching out from a center mud puddle in a hexagon shape with the logo in the center. 5 cards and the card back for Might Pig Tug, with 5 different size pigs of different point values.
June 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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We're back in the studio ready to go! Willing to paint pretty much anything. Got a commission you like painted or a project you need some help with?

#gameart #boardgames #illustration #graphicdesign #kidlitart #illustrator #commissionsopen #graphicdesigner
Go to your studio and paint something in colorful type along the left side with a girl holding a big piece of paper and an art bin with Art Stuff. She's wearing pink fuzzy slippers. Big paint splats in blue yellow and purple in the background.
June 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We finally have more space to create large sculptures. Traci draws them and Kurt creates the amazing sculpture. This is Bo Bo the Rhino.

#rhino #sculpture #foamsculpture #art #animal
A Rhinoceros drawing on layered and cut out insulation foam A Rhinoceros sculpture made from layered and cut insulation foam painted white and on a wall.
June 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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For some Friday fun here's a timelapse of the painting of Charon for a deck building game, Feast of Olympians by Brocks Play Games. We did all the art and graphics for the game, plus an expansion, Trojan War!

#gameart #timelapse #characterdesign #GreekMythology
June 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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It's hump day and we're dreaming of some beach reading time. Awwww, if only....

#vectorart #illustration #summertime #art #gameart
No Worries in a blue bar above a vector art scene of a couple lounging in beach chars on the beach with waves crashing into shore Imagine That! Design Logo - Illustration/Design
June 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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We have openings for new projects! Got a game you want to bring to the table? Or a book you want to get published? We're here for you!

www.imaginethatdesignnyc.com

#illustrator #graphicdesigner #gameart #boardgames #tabletopgames #illustration #design #characterdesign #gameart #gamegraphics
June 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Well dang, that didn't add an image. I present Snowy White Dragon Guardian. Now available as a canvas print.
Canvas print on a teal colored wall of fantasy art a white dragon flying in front of castles up high in the sky on purple land puffs against a dramatic dark blue sky with a big yellow circle and a smaller blue circle. Canvas print available at: https://www.zazzle.com/snowy_white_dragon_guardian_art_canvas_print-256126176139218823
May 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM