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Sarah Doan ˙ ᵕ ˙
@lilacdoodz.bsky.social
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Children's book author illustrator ✐ Rep'd 𝑏ყ James McGowan ᴀᴛ BookEnds Literary #kidlit
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lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Mixing it up with 100 things I gravitate towards each time I put pencil to paper ✏️

I’m rep’d @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Mole Boyo~
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Sarah, an author, illustrator interested in projects related to ✨ Fantasy & adventure narratives ✨ Goofy/playful humor ✨ Multicultural & cultural diversity

I’m proudly represented by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlit
Illustration of a mole holding a torch in an underground cave. Beneath his level is a scene of gnomes working in a bubble gum mine. The art is in the style of children's picture books or graphic novels. The art style is whimsical and fantasy
August 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
⚔︎ Party of young adventurers discover a forgotten library
⚔︎ An adventurer picks up a tome
⚔︎ Time passes as they gather knowledge

Inspo: library event I’m teaching!
youtu.be/JkR7zClEkAo?...

#PlaylistPitch #PitchEvent #kidlit #Fantasy #dnd #adventure #library #librarians #booksky #cozyfantasy
A Library program flyer for dungeons and dragons character design. For ages 8 to 18 On August 9 at 1-3pm at Milwood branch Austin Public library. There are three dungeons and dragon characters in the bottom of the flyer, along with some sketches of character
July 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcardday🪿🔺🫐 A lil story about big HERO. I'm rep'd by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social
I'd love to illustrate projects related to:
▸ Fantasy & adventure narratives
▸ Goofy/playful humor
▸ Multiculturalism

#kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #illustration
#kidlit illustration in the style of children's book. There are three panels. (1) Shows a gnome drowning in pond and goose swimming toward (2) Gnome is on goose's back with other gnomes around showing its town which is full of forest, bushes, green, and autumn leaves. (3) goose is rewarded with a large basket of red berries with everyone around.
July 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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librarianchica.bsky.social
Happy Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Month, gente! To celebrate, I will post the covers of picture books by AANHPI creators!

12. AMY WU AND THE PERFECT BAO, 2019
Authors: katzhangwriter.com/index.php/ab...
Illustrator: @charlenedraws.bsky.social

💙📚
#Booksky
#AANHPIMonth
May 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Update on the fantasy portfolio piece I’ve been working on! Excited to show y’all soon 🤍 #kidlit #kidlitillustrator #fantasyart #picturebooks #portfolio #sketch #artprocess
May 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Composition for an illustration I’m working on. Can you guess what it might be? #kidlit #childrensbookillustration #kidlitillustrator #picturebooks
Photo of an iPad with procreate drawing app open illustration is a silhouette in green with the shapes of trees, bushes and creatures
May 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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labillustration.bsky.social
'Dragonfall' - the full piece! I had a ton of fun doing this one, inspired by whalefalls: an event in nature where when a whale dies in the ocean, an entire ecosystem is born of its corpse.
May 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Prepping for an art workshop happening in four days! Food art for aanhpi heritage month! #kidlit #aanhpi #aapi #ramen #foodart
May 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Working on a new portfolio piece! Trying some graphic novel frames/scenes! #kidlit #illustration #artshare #fantasy #picturebooks #childrensbook #graphicnovel
Photo of an iPad with a sketch made on Procreate app. The illustration is in the woods with some small characters surrounding a goose. The goose has a gnome cone hat and there is a character sitting on the goose’s back. Surroundings of trees, bushes, and leaves
April 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Hi Austin, Texas peeps! I’ll be teaching some workshops with the Austin Public Library! FREE, attend whichever date works best for you. More info: sarahtdoan.com/food

#kidlit #foodart #AANHPIheritagemonth #aapi
Illustrated poster of a food art workshop in celebration of AANHPI heritage month FRI, MAY 9 @ 2-4PM Twin Oaks Branch 1800 S 5th St, Austin 78704 Crafty Adult (18+) SAT, MAY 10 @ 1-3PM Twin Oaks Branch 1800 S 5th St, Austin 78704 All Ages TUE, MAY 20 @ 6-7:30PM Southeast Branch 5803 Nuckols Crossing Rd, Austin 78744 Crafty Adult (18+) WED, MAY 21 @ 4-6PM University Hills Branch 4721 Loyola Ln, Austin 78723 All Ages
April 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Came to the library for three books and left 30 pounds later. Jokes aside, I’m working on the Author part of “author, illustrator” this year 🤞

#kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #library #authorillustrator
Assortment of many library books mainly children’s picture books and graphic novels. From authors such as Lian Cho, Felicita Sala, and Tim Probert
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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rachelgozhansky.bsky.social
Been struggling with illustrating lately; anything beyond initial sketches. Finally it is starting to feel relaxing and fun again. Playing around with how to render a new illustration. A critique partner suggested taking small parts instead of tackling the whole. That has helped! #wip #kidlitart
A series of small illustrations of the same girl and stegosaurus colored in different ways and with different mediums to different levels of completion. Illustrations are on a worksurface covered with various art materials including watercolor paint and colored pencils.
April 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
I love your storytelling and style!!
lyssascribbles.bsky.social alyssa illikainen @lyssascribbles.bsky.social · Apr 14
Truce - watercolor, ink, and colored pencil

#art #fantasyart #kidlitart #watercolor
Scanned watercolor painting of a girl in a blue cloak standing with her back to the viewer holding up a tiny blue flame to a giant long green dragon perched on mossy stone hills
April 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Celebrating 4 years since I tied the knot with my favorite person 🤍 Our RPG mains were ranger & tank. We went climbing on our 1st date, hence the rope.
To more adventures!
#kidlit #videogames #illustration #artshare #fantasy
Illustration of a handheld game device. On the screen it shows 1P and 2P and four pixel hearts filled in. There are two characters an archer on the left and a knight on the right pulling a rope with a figure 8 in the middle.
April 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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colbyhbryant.bsky.social
Sharing an old illustration of mine because the message still remains. This world is terrifying and we need to look out for each other, perhaps now more than ever. 🖤

#art #illustration
January 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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lyssascribbles.bsky.social
The cutest banner runner

#art #gouache #kidlitart
Gouache painting of a goblin character running holding a banner flag with a pencil and star on it
March 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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brianlarossa.com
I don’t art direct comics or graphic novels so I never work with coloring artists but I'm working on a new illustrated chapter book where we'd be repackaging existing grayscale finished art and need to colorize it. If you’re a colorist, please share samples and a link to your folio. No DMs pls. 💙❤️
April 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Testing out coloring pages I made (for a food art workshop I’m putting together) ☺️
#kidlit #artclass #panipuri #takoyaki
Picture of coloring pages and alcohol markets. Pages are of pani and Takoyaki being made. There are shrunken down kids making the food
April 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
Do you write picture books but don't know anything about the publication process? Or know a bit but want to know more? This event should be stellar - some great PB creators AND industry pros. #KidLItUK www.scbwi.org/events/secre...
The Secret Lives of Picture Books
Two authors. Two illustrators. Two agents. Two editors. Two art directors. A deep dive into the making of two picture books.
www.scbwi.org
April 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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rowansugar.bsky.social
It’s here!! My first ever Book Birthday!! You can now find Avery and the Fairy Circle"" In actual, real life stores!! I hope you all enjoy this sweet little story of fairies, botany, and friendship and I can’t wait to hear what you think!
bookshop.org/p/books/aver... #art #kidlit #newrelease
Illustration- a fairy girl with orange hair and a girl with dark curly hair picking and eating blackberries together. Reads "Out Now" Mock up of a book cover that reads "Avery and the Fairy Circle - Rowan Kingsbury - Flying Eye Books". There is a girl and a fairy on the cover, smiling, with ferns and mushrooms around them.
April 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
RESCUE ‎‧₊˚✩ 🪐✩˚₊‧🫡
A fun sci-fi illustration I made combining the past and future

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#kidlit #picturebookillustrator #picurebooks #illustration #artshare #scifi
Illustration of a dinosaur, ufo, cowgirl, gummy bears, planet in space. The art in children's book / kidlit style. There is a frame with foreign language and colorful clouds, sky, and glow from the ufo beam.
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Lí Lắc Garden 🪻🌿

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Sarah Doan, an #authorillustrator, interested in Fantasy, playful humor, cultural diversity. Rep'd by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social at @bookendsliterary.bsky.social
#kidlitpostcardday #childrensbooks #kidlit #childrensbookillustrator #kidlitillustrator
Illustration of spring community garden in the style of children's book. Colorful lilacs border the art with creatures, animals, and humans taking care of the garden planting trees, having a tea party, recycling. It's purple, green, and yellow colors.
April 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
lilacdoodz.bsky.social
Sharing an illustration I made this year, "Gnomads"

#KidLitArt #kidlit #childrenbooks #gnomes #fantasy #illustration #picturebookillustration

Yay to my first post on here :)
Illustration of a forest scene with gnomes hiding. In the middle is a windy road with a nomad musician group playing music on tour. There is a mushroom, tree, bushes, flowers, and more! Inspired by graphic novel / children's book illustration style. Digital art made with Procreate
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM