Max Temescu
@maxtemescu.bsky.social
Cartoonist and illustrator. Draws about the outdoors, climate justice, and animals.
#1 NYT Bestselling "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars" and "The Deadliest" series for young readers.
temescuart.com
bookshop.org/contributors/max-temescu
#1 NYT Bestselling "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars" and "The Deadliest" series for young readers.
temescuart.com
bookshop.org/contributors/max-temescu
I do graphic inky stuff, pencily stuff, and combine themy stuff
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I do graphic inky stuff, pencily stuff, and combine themy stuff
#portfolioday
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#portfolioday
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Alt text and uploads not working but heres what they look like
October 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Alt text and uploads not working but heres what they look like
Hello Arielle, this is so cool! some spreads from nonfiction kids books and a couple action pages from older stuff below. Thanks for putting out the call! temescuart.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hello Arielle, this is so cool! some spreads from nonfiction kids books and a couple action pages from older stuff below. Thanks for putting out the call! temescuart.com
Was thinking about how art fits in culture and commercial art and ai and stuff in relation to this, but Im tired so here are wip pencils for a mosquito body. Main thing is Im not sure its perfect, but I stand behind it as having as much thought and purpose as possible
May 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Was thinking about how art fits in culture and commercial art and ai and stuff in relation to this, but Im tired so here are wip pencils for a mosquito body. Main thing is Im not sure its perfect, but I stand behind it as having as much thought and purpose as possible
Just saw someone else post their Judith beheading Holofernes so here is mine, if you see this post your Judith beheading Holofernes
March 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just saw someone else post their Judith beheading Holofernes so here is mine, if you see this post your Judith beheading Holofernes
Quick post! these books are out now, BTW
February 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Quick post! these books are out now, BTW
Rough times! Heres some art I drew from Deadliest Big Cat out next week from Norton!
January 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Rough times! Heres some art I drew from Deadliest Big Cat out next week from Norton!
Bug coloring desk shot, subject to change
January 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Bug coloring desk shot, subject to change
Heres a snail I was learning the other day
December 24, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Heres a snail I was learning the other day
Crop from Deadliest: Snake, with Eleanor Spicer Rice! Inland Taipan! Preorder the book!
December 11, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Crop from Deadliest: Snake, with Eleanor Spicer Rice! Inland Taipan! Preorder the book!
Waiting at the printer! While I wait heres a spread from The Deadliest Flower that I illustrated, by Eleanor Spicer Rice! Preorder the book perhaps! This is angels trumpet!
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Waiting at the printer! While I wait heres a spread from The Deadliest Flower that I illustrated, by Eleanor Spicer Rice! Preorder the book perhaps! This is angels trumpet!
Remembered I did the cover for my friend Plate of Shrimp’s cool album Patch Work, go listen to it its good!
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Remembered I did the cover for my friend Plate of Shrimp’s cool album Patch Work, go listen to it its good!
Ok comicsky, let’s do this:
Show me your comics taste in 4 different comics
It changes a lot but I probably look back at these the most right now.
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Show me your comics taste in 4 different comics
It changes a lot but I probably look back at these the most right now.
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November 16, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Ok comicsky, let’s do this:
Show me your comics taste in 4 different comics
It changes a lot but I probably look back at these the most right now.
Descriptions in alt text
Show me your comics taste in 4 different comics
It changes a lot but I probably look back at these the most right now.
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As an intro here (hello), these are a few pieces I've done for magazines, books, and for fun. And you just absolutely know this post is getting pinned.
November 14, 2024 at 9:01 PM
As an intro here (hello), these are a few pieces I've done for magazines, books, and for fun. And you just absolutely know this post is getting pinned.
Late to this, but I also sometimes like when people do this and also panel it into a sequence. These are David Aja and Jesse Lonergan I think
November 14, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Late to this, but I also sometimes like when people do this and also panel it into a sequence. These are David Aja and Jesse Lonergan I think
And Finally here is one from Flowers!
November 13, 2024 at 9:09 PM
And Finally here is one from Flowers!
Haven't shown this I don't think anywhere, from Snakes!
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Haven't shown this I don't think anywhere, from Snakes!
This is from Spiders!
November 13, 2024 at 8:59 PM
This is from Spiders!
Getting started over here with an image or two from my forthcoming "The Deadliest" books with Eleanor Spicer Rice. This is from Big Cats!
November 13, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Getting started over here with an image or two from my forthcoming "The Deadliest" books with Eleanor Spicer Rice. This is from Big Cats!