New Year ✨ New Intros

Happy Holidays everyone ✨🎄

I am officially going fully freelance after my corporate job laid off their entire creative team late this year.

Im excited!
This new year I’m on the hunt for illustration representation and picture book projects!

9 Days Til Christmas! 🎄 I’ve been spending a lot of time working on portfolio pieces so here’s a festive repost.

REMINDER: Im currently booking for 2026 Kid Lit + Middle Grade Projects ✨ Checkout the link in my bio

One of my ✨DREAM PROJECTS✨ is to work on a Christmas picture book! 🎄

Hi hello #kidlitpostcardday I’m Shelby Rock, a children’s book illustrator and autistic creator from Texas ✨

I love stories that honor difference, celebrate courage and cultivate a connection and curiosity about nature!

You can find my portfolio and contact info linked in my bio 💖

‘Twas the week after Halloween, when all thro’ the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a….

Summer camp is not so "fun in the sun" when your new bestie is a vampire!

This is mockup cover for a middle grade story about two girls who meet at summer camp... and one of them just happens to be a creature of the night.

#fantastyartforkids #mgfantasy #storybookart #storybookillustrator

Hi #PortfolioDay! 🤩 I’m Shelby Rock, a kidlit and middle grade book illustrator who loves bringing fantastical worlds and neurodivergent stories to life.

⭐️Open for 2026 projects! ⭐️

www.shelbyrock.com
hello@shelbyrock.com

5 Days til Halloween 🎃
New children’s book characters inspired by Trick or Treaters!

✨Kindred Spirits ✨ Anne Shirley and Diana Barry #kidlitillustration #middlegradebooks

I’m currently working on a new Anne (and Diana 🎀) piece so I wanted to share the first illustration I created of Miss Anne Shirley Cuthbert! #kidlit #picturebookillustration

we all know AI 💩 is awful, & art created by living, emotional, wonderful & HUMAN artists is what we need more of in this world!

BlueSky is so wonderful - there are so many AMAZING artists here sharing beautiful artwork daily and it is such a breath of fresh air!!

i love all you creative people!!

Hi everyone! ✨
I'm currently seeking new illustration projects in the kidlit and middle grade world.

🫶🏻 If my style aligns with your project check out the link in my bio for inquiries.
Let's work together and inspire some young minds!

Watching Flow for the first time and I am so utterly enchanted ✨