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Katherine Thorne
@sparklemarkers.bsky.social
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She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social

2024 Round Table Mentee, #PBParty Honorable Mention, #50PreciousWords HM.

Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!

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Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social · Oct 22
Best Venns forever

#kidlitart #illustration
Drawing of two cartoon circles (with faces, arms, and legs) standing beside each other and holding hands. The circles overlap in the middle to make a darker shape, like a Venn diagram.
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joshgondelman.bsky.social
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
oh dang does this mean I win skycards
a skycards screenshot with the Aero Gare Sea Hawker, 18.47 rarity (which is the highest I’ve seen)
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
This sounds not only soul-sucking, but lousy for actually getting things done. Imagine trying to restock a shelf and having to turn away every fifteen seconds to greet a shopper.
vacheestfachee.bsky.social La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · 4d
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.

They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.

If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."

🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
also for the children
The words “Wu-Tang Forever” in the style of the Zohran Mamdani campaign signage
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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pinkgabbercat.bsky.social
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Progress over perfection A cat steps on a paint tube and is covered in rainbow paint splatters
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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amalasrosa.bsky.social
Artist be like if I shift this line 0.05 cm to the left, increase overlay by 2%, and move this character’s head slightly by 3° will make a life changing difference that everyone notices
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
This tarot deck is so adorable, I love it www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
The Cosmic Sunbeam Tarot
A radiant, joyful 79 card inner-child deck by artist Lila Hunnisett. Whimsical, gentle cards specially designed for anxious readers.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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kdmaz.bsky.social
Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I’m Katie Mazeika, author and illustrator. I’m open for new projects in 2026. Rep’d by Sorche Fairbank.
More at: www.katiemazeika.com
(art from MAYBE JUST ASK ME, S&S, 2025) #kidlitart #picturebookart #schoollife
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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claryillustration.bsky.social
It's #KidLitArtPostcard Day! So many customers are buzzing about the Rumi hair braid at this magical salon, and it never lets them down 💜✨

Hello. I'm Clary—a #kidlit #illustrator based in the U.S. I'm open for book projects in 2026.

✨ Rep’d by Tracy Marchini Literary
🖥️ claryillustration.com
A unicorn is having its mane styled like Rumi from the K-Pop Demon Hunters at a magical hair salon.
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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britspixels.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m an author-illustrator for children’s books. I love to draw color, texture, and whimsy 🩷 Available for PBs & board books!

Rep’d by @thejordache.bsky.social at JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social

britspixels.com
#kidlitart #illustration #cuteart
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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nicolaschofield.com
It's an autumnal #kidlitartpostcard day!

The trees are busy changing colour & flinging leaves off in all directions. Huge piles sit around periodically crunchy and soggy. Winter is approaching fast!

🌐 Nicolaschofield.com

Rep by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlitart
Kidlitart postcard illustration by Nicola Schofield of a forest of trees that change in colour, left to right, from prinks and oranges, through shades of green, to black and bare. Small figures and scenes can be seen through the trees in various places.
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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diandramae.com
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I’m an author-illustrator whose favorite season is Fall and who loves a good pun. 😉 You can see more of my work at diandramae.com. (I do not have representation.)

#kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
an illustration of a little brown acorn with arms and legs holding on to a yellow oak leaf as it drifts downward, surrounded by other leaves in tones of yellow, orange, and brown. A speech bubble from the acorn says, "BeLEAF in yourself,"
November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.

💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
Royal blue promotional graphic titled “Emergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: “Diverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
A new piece for #KidlitArtPostcard day! Can you guess my favorite color?

I write and illustrate picture books with humor and heart. I love working with bright colors, bold lines, and big feelings!

🎨 See the rest of this piece and more at sparklemarkers.com
Rep'd by @swekstein.bsky.social
Illustration of a scene in a green craft room with a girl showing two friends how to make a beaded necklace.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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brianlarossa.com
Hey illustrators/agents!

I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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marielaurecouet.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Before getting into illustration and design I was a cheesemaker. I never got tired of witnessing the magic of seeing liquid milk flocculate and coagulate into silk. While I miss having excellent cheese on hand, I'm so happy to have moved into visual art. #kidlit
#kidlitartpostcard illustration of Marie-Laure in a hairnet and apron, leaning over a vat of coagulated milk and holding a curd ladle. However, the illustration, made in digital watercolor and collage, uses a photograph of a bright blue, sunny sky with fluffy white clouds in place of a stainless steel cheese vat and cheese curds. Marie-Laure appears to be leaning into the sky. Her t-shirt was created using a photograph of an old map of Europe, illustrated in blues, greens, and yellows, with Latin names of locations. The background of the illustration has a very reduced opacity for a watermark effect and uses photographs of the front and back of a postcard from Corsica, as well as a closeup of the postcard's stamp. In the middleground in two blues that match the sky of the cheese vat, we find the stylized name of the illustrator: a jumble of letters forming "Marie-Laure" as well as "ml.couet@gmail.com" on the vertical and a stacked "Picture Book Illustrator" right below the name.
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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angusmain.bsky.social
In particular Aneesh Bhoopathy, from the design coop Forge, who designed the identity. A brilliant reminder to *employ human creatives!*

www.curbed.com/article/zohr...
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.
www.curbed.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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19thnews.org
Zohran Mamdani will be New York’s youngest mayor in over a century and the city’s first Muslim and first South Asian mayor. He has twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in the face of sexual harassment allegations. https://bit.ly/47pa8LH
Zohran Mamdani, who ran on universal child care, elected New York City mayor
Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor in 2021 in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
gonna see if Jordan Catalano will give me a ride there
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
left: handsome doofer
right: sneaky meany
two cats, both alike in dignity, or lack thereof
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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alariko.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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aturls.bsky.social
Look folks gen AI videos are out in the wild so if you weren't already being careful about sharing rage bait videos then now is a great time to start

If you can't trace a video back to a trusted source then I recommend leaving it where it is, like a slice of bologna you found on the street
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
sparklemarkers.bsky.social
Hey, I’m back from my social media semi-hiatus!

What did I learn? Nothing!

Okay, I do have some thoughts, none of which are particularly novel, which I’ll blather about.
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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adamwallenta.bsky.social
#Teachers! I’m scheduling FREE author/illustrator visits Feb-April. In person and virtual. If you want me to visit and talk to your students about the life of an artist who writes graphic novels and show them how it’s done, and draw with them and answer their questions…dm me.
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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scumbelievable.bsky.social
Hey I'm signing at Porter Square Books (Boston Edition) tonight, along with a murderer's row of great horror authors!
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM