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Sayada Ramdial
@sayadaramdial.bsky.social
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Illustrator, Trini, person with things to say occasionally. sayadaramdial.com (she/her)
Represented by The Bright Agency
#kidlitart #illustration
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I don't think I'll ever get over how beautiful scarlet runner beans are. I only wish the colours stayed this pretty after cooking.
I picked these today, shelled em fresh and added them to a soup 😚👌🏾✨
photo of several scarlet runner beans in a metal bowl. They are shiny, and light pinkish with an interesting speckled blue/black patterning. an overhead shot of the same beans.
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! I'm Sayada, and I'd love to illustrate some more picture books, or middle grade books :)
One of my specialties is food; here's an example!

See more of my work here:
sayadaramdial.com
Repped by @sarahbrewyard.bsky.social at The Bright Agency
📧 mail@thebrightagency.com
digital drawing of the ingredients for making pepper jelly on a woodencutting board, a jar of jelly and crackers with some shiny jelly on them on a gingham cloth and the steaming stock pot behind
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Sam Says: AI dies
cropped in version of the same pic, edited to read instead:"LISTEN: AI dies; Dropout fans cheer" with a speech bubble tail so it looks like Sam is saying it
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Yumyumyum

#foodpics
photo of a rectangle of dough with a rectangle of butter on it photo of the dough after all the many folds. It's cut in half, revealing layers of lamination photo of the baked pastries on a baking tray. Each one is filled with a third of an all-beef hot dog and sprinkled with black and white seeds photo of just one on a plate lit dramatically
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Actually, you can opt out of having your picture taken by tsa, and they do a visual check instead. I've done it before, you just have to ask them.
From their website:
screencap reads: TSA policy requires that TSOs show each traveler respect and ensure their privacy is protected. Travelers who do not wish to participate in the facial comparison technology process may decline the optional photo, without recourse, in favor of an alternative identity verification process, which does not use facial comparison technology to verify their identity. This action will not take longer and travelers will not lose their place in line for security screening. TSA is committed to protecting traveler privacy, civil rights, civil liberties and ensuring the public’s trust as it seeks to improve the traveler experience through its exploration of identity verification technologies.
November 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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#gardening Many thousands of (scarlet nantes) carrot seeds, and there's still so many to pick off more of the dried flower heads 😵‍💫
I saved these seeds for at least a couple of years' worth of carrots for my garden, plus a lot to share. Not too sure of the germination rate though.
photo of a pile of carrot seeds in a corner of a box filled with dried seed heads penny for scale on top of a pile of thousands of carrot seeds
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Bathroom bouquet and my special funny sitter :)
a photo of a small bouquet of flowers I grew, including 2 pink zinnias, 2 yellow coreopsis, 2 light purple scabiosas, and 2 red dahlias photo of my cat, a brown tabby shorthair with amber eyes, sitting like a weirdo. I love her so much
October 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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#gardening photodump!

Look at these glossy boys (Diamond eggplants), little native bee sleeping in a zinnia, and some honker hardneck garlics I grew that it's time to plant out for next year's bulbs.
two medium sized dark, glossy eggplants I grew, on a cutting board. The variety name is 'Diamond'. It's well suited to this region (PNW) Photo of a pink zinnia flower, with a cute little bee sheltering between layers of petals photo of a box of garlic and shallots, and my hand holding one large head of garlic to give a sense of scale. photo of my hand holding two very large garlic cloves, 2-3 times the size of a regular garlic clove
October 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I remembered to make some Halloween decorations this year 🥳
photo of a window with paper cut out drawings of ghosts stuck inside.
October 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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Happy spooky season #kidlitartpostcard ! 🎃
I'm on the lookout for my next book project :) I love drawing food, nature, magic and expressive characters.

Repped by @sarahbrewyard.bsky.social at the Bright Agency. Please contact mail@thebrightagency.com for enquiries!

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#KidLitArt
Digital illustration of a girl holding on tightly to huge Chinese Lantern (plant) stems with glowy orangey red fruits and flying through a starry night sky, sparkly golden motes trailing from the pods. The girl's face is full of wonder and joy. My website address at the bottom: SayadaRamdial.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Revisited this illustration I did for September's #kidlitartpostcard, on the advice of my agent 😊🌌
Digital illustration of a girl holding on tightly to huge Chinese Lantern (plant) stems with glowy orangey red fruits and flying through a starry night sky, sparkly golden motes trailing from the pods. The girl's face is full of wonder and joy. My website address at the bottom: SayadaRamdial.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Hiya #kidlitartpostcard!
Sayada here with brand new art hot off the presses (I just finished and am posting now before I forget)!
Repped by @sarahbrewyard.bsky.social at the Bright Agency, contact mail@thebrightagency.com for enquiries!

SayadaRamdial.com

#KidLitArt
Digital illustration of a girl holding on to huge Chinese Lantern (plant) stems with glowy orangey red fruits and flying. My website address at the bottom: SayadaRamdial.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Last line of the article:
"[...] rabies should be suspected any time a wild animal is behaving in an aberrant way, whether it’s too aggressive, too fearless or too friendly."

Don't take the chance, rabies* is on the rise :(

*also it would suck to be Patient 0 for some other disease too
Screencap of an excerpt from the article. Some of it reads: "The virus can evolve and manifest in different ways, depending on the animal species and the strain. Most people expect a rabid animal to be aggressive and vicious, but sometimes the infected animal can be quite docile. “There’s a strain of rabies where the animals get very, very friendly,”
September 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Doodling for fun, being a bit experimental :)
digital drawing of a boy sitting on a tree stump in a forest
August 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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From the summer garden 🥰
Jimmy Nardello peppers, Cherokee Chocolate tomatoes (the larger red ones), Apricot Zebra tomatoes (the larger stripy orange cherry ones) and some other cherry tomatoes I grew from seeds I saved last year. The Cherokee Chocolates are delicious!

#gardening
photo of a blue bowl filled with small and medium sized tomatoes and some long peppers that are turning bright red
August 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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A simple arrangement today, because I just really wanted this gorgeous dahlia to be the star 🥰
photo of a lovely red dahlia with a yellow center and 3 deep burgundy coloured scabiosa flowers in a small glass bottle (old almond essence bottle I'm using as a bud vase)
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Art tip especially for multi-part projects (for PS, idk other programs):

Make a palette of your most used colours and save them to your swatches in a folder. Colour pick from this palette to keep some consistency throughout! Keep adding to it as needed & make sure to save it in the project folder 👍
screencap of the popup colour picker with the 'add to swatches' button circled. Click that to save the colour you picked after creating a new folder in the 'swatches' menu... Screencap of a folder of swatches. Save the swatches with your working files, cause sometimes these kinda disappear when your close PS or restart your computer and it's very annoying to start over. Hope this helps some illustrators out there!
July 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Hi #Portfolioday!
I'll be available for new illustration projects starting in mid-August. Kid lit and food are my specialties, but I've got range!
Sayadaramdial.com

rep'd by @sarahbrewyard.bsky.social at The Bright Agency
colourful digital illustration of two kids getting dressed up in costume for Kiddies Carnival, an adult helping apply blush to one digitally illustrated full page illustration from The Sock Bandits by Rena Hill. Two boys chase after a mouse running away with a sock in its mouth down a sidewalk at sunset Digital illustration in an ink and watercolour style of an overheard view of a dim sum spread black and white digital illustration of a man in the front row of a basketball game. Ideally, don't make me draw sports though
July 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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oops, I kinda missed #KidLitArtPostcard Day...

I'm busy working on a new picture book, but on the lookout for my next project starting in August. Please contact @sarahbrewyard.bsky.social if you've got a cool project for me to illustrate!
email: mail@thebrightagency.com
portfolio: sayadaramdial.com
Digital illustration of a boy stepping on a pile of giant summer squash of different types, including zucchini, the smaller round types, patty pans and a trombocino. There are zucchini leaves in the background. The boy is wearing a straw hat, blue boots and a burnt orange corduroy pair of overalls. Text at the bottom reads: Sayada Ramdial, Illustrator, sayadaramdial.com, represented by the bright agency
July 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I made cherry lemonade yesterday, in time to enjoy over the hotter few days before it's back in the 20s Celsius. Can't taste the cherries much, but it is delicious!
Ok, back to work for me. Need to spend less time on here to keep up with my schedule 😮‍💨✌️
photo of mashed cherries, lemon zest and sugar, liquifying together in a glass bowl. This sat for several hours before steeping in hot water, straining, cooling and adding the juice of the lemons. photo of a very small glass cup with a bright coral coloured lemonade and a cube of ice. Looks like tropical punch Kool-aid
June 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I can't show what I'm working on, so here's a picture of some flowers I picked for my latest bathroom bouquet instead.

Really cheerful colours, and many are natives! 😊
close up of some purple, yellow, blue and white flowers, all from my garden. Species shown are: fireweed, bachelor's buttons, showy fleabane, lanceleaf coreopsis, yarrow, self heal, and sweet peas. Not shown, but there's also dahlias, marigold, borage and nasturtium in this bouquet.
June 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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🌟Show me your style!🌼

Am I all over the place? Sure. Is it all still "me"? Yes!

Btw, iIf an art director is reading this, I absolutely can pick a lane and stick to it for an entire project when hired to. Variety is just more fun for me when it doesn't matter :)

Tagging @creepcaptain.bsky.social
digital illustration of an outdoor scene in a tropical garden, a mango tree in the foreground, a little girl looking over a fence in the midground and her neighbour and the neighbour's back yard in the background. digital illustration of an outdoor scene in a tropical garden, a mango tree in the foreground, a little girl looking over a fence in the midground and her neighbour and the neighbour's back yard in the background. compilation of four illustrations in one image. Top left, greyscale lil goblin guy reaching out to some fluffy grass flowers, top right, red goblin with one foot up on the edge of the top of a stone wall or tower, peering pensively over the edge. bottom left, a babushka looking green goblin with a scar on one blind eye, petting a purple feathery dog pet. bottom right, a beefy, furry blue goblin holding flowers and smiling while posing compilation of four illustrations in one image. Top left, greyscale lil goblin guy reaching out to some fluffy grass flowers, top right, red goblin with one foot up on the edge of the top of a stone wall or tower, peering pensively over the edge. bottom left, a babushka looking green goblin with a scar on one blind eye, petting a purple feathery dog pet. bottom right, a beefy, furry blue goblin holding flowers and smiling while posing digital illustration of a mermaid with white hair, a shark-toothed smile and spotted blue-green-brown skin and a white belly. She's smiling wide but hiding it behind one hand. digital illustration of a tabletop with four dishes on it, from a recipe book i illustrated titled Beef It Up! One is stuffed bell peppers, one is shredded meat with vegetables, one is beef and broccoli on rice, and the one in the foreground is salisbury steak on mashed potatoes topped with a mushroom gravy
June 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Impression of a peony*

*the very first one from my little peony plant! I had to draw her. Finally making use of my $1 copic 😅
pencil and marker drawing of a peony on some slightly crumpled paper photo of the same drawing clipped to a drawing board, my hand holding up a small vase of flowers in front of it, including the large white peony I drew.
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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First bouquet of the year! 🥹
Last year I started arranging little bouquets out of flowers growing in the garden, the decorate the bathroom (the one place I go often that I can keep my cat out of- she'd eat these).
They bring me a lot of joy throughout the day.
I love flowers, even weeds can be cute!
photo of a small bouquet of flowers on a bathroom counter. The colours are shades of purple, pink and white. It's an eclectic mix, and an informal style. close up photo of the flowers. They include: sweet pea, yarrow, cornflowers, salvia, lavender, borage, clover, vetch, and an unidentified weed with sparse, teeny tiny flowers
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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women love me, garlic fear me
photo of the garlic scapes I picked yesterday hanging on my hand. Garden in the background.
June 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM