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Aishwarya Tandon
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🎨 Illustrator & Cartoonist (she/her)
📚 Clients include Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins US, Beaming Books US & more.
📝 Rep'd by Claire Draper (Au Literary Management)
🌐 www.aishwaryatandon.com
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One month to go for Diwali, the festival of lights! 🪔🎆

Please check out DIWALI IN MY NEW HOME by Shachi Kaushik, art by me, for a lovely Diwali gift!!! ✨

www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...

#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks ✏️💛
DIWALI IN MY NEW HOME; picture books. A spread from Diwali In My New Home. A spread from Diwali In My New Home. A spread from Diwali In My New Home.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Hi Arielle! Congratulations! I'm sharing my work for consideration. Availability from Nov. 2025 onward! Thank you! 😊

www.aishwaryatandon.com/comics
Comic page from ONSCREEN INSECURITY Comic page from A DEMONIC CHOICE Comic page from THE TIME TRAVELERS CONVENTION Comic page from HELLO HI OVER POHA
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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I was going through my old art folders and came across this gem! 😂🙈 Oh, back/shoulder pain, thank you for moving on!

#comics #art #artist ✏️💛
A comic showing back pain and struggles.
September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Hi Brian! I'd love to be considered for this. 😊 Sharing some samples and more on my website: www.aishwaryatandon.com Thank you! ✨
Sample spread of The Velveteen Rabbit. Digital art of a young boy reading in a backyard/forest. Digital art of two friends chatting in a cafe over coffee. Digital art of three birds chirping and tweeting.
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Finally committing to this passion project where I'll be drawing every goalscorer of Arsenal's 25/26 campaign! 😊🔴⚪ #COYG

It took me a while to figure out a style, and this might change in the future, but for now, I'm having fun! ✨

#Arsenal #Procreate ✏️💛
Digital art of Calfiori and Timber, Arsenal 25/26.
September 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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SPORTS ZONE! #1 Hut! Hut! Hike! is currently #1 in new releases in Children's Football books! Please do check out the book. Available wherever books are sold! 😊
Top 8 books in new releases in children's football books on amazon.
September 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO SPORTS ZONE! #1 HUT! HUT! HIKE! 🏈✨🥳

Written by @amaraniss.bsky.social and art directed by @brianlarossa.com. 🤩

Features black and white art by me. 🥰

Published by Scholastic US!

#kidlit #kidlitart #sports #chapterbooks ✏️💛
Cover of SPORTS ZONE! #1 HUT! HUT! HIKE! by Andrew Maraniss and Aishwarya Tandon, published by Scholastic US.
September 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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New art!!! ✨ I'll be drawing some prompts from #LillasStylePlay2025! This art is for the prompt 'Nutella'! 😊

#kidlitart #kidlit #art #illustration ✏️💛
Digital art of a grandma and grandson in the kitchen, where grandma is feeding the child toasts with Nutella spread.
September 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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An old doodle of Jolyne Cujoh! 👑

#JoJo #JJBA #fanart ✏️💛
Fanart of Jolyne Cujoh.
August 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I was updating my website today and was surprised and pleased to see that I've worked on 4 books so far, which are 2025 releases! 😭🎉🙏🏽

#kidlit #kidlitart
Cover of Sports Zone! Hut! Hut! Hike! by Andrew Maraniss and Aishwarya Tandon. Features a young boy front and centre, with a football in hand, wearing a flag belt. Cover of The Guest by Mamta Nainy and Aishwarya Tandon. Features a young girl and an orange creature sitting back-to-back on a carpet, surrounded by boxes, books, games and suitcases. Cover of Nori: The Bright Blue Bird by Erica Dsouza and Aishwarya Tandon. Features a big blue bird, flying in the sky with trees and bushes showing too. Cover of Where is Benji's Blue Bone by Dr. Aruna Shekar and Aishwarya Tandon. Features a young girl and her puppy, walking with a magnifying glass, a ladybird flying around them.
August 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Smallville doodles. #Superman #sketchbook ✍🏽
Sketchbook page showing doodles of Lex Luther and Clark Kent from Smallville.
August 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Had a painting date with a friend. ☺️🖌️🎨🌻

#painting #mixedmedia #acrylics ✍🏽
Small canvas painting of a sunflower. Small canvas painting of a sunflower, WIP. And a cup of chamomile tea. Paints, brushes, palette.
August 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Hi #KidLitArtPostcardDay! 👋🏽

I'm Aishwarya, from India. I'm available for and very much interested in drawing picture books, board books and book covers! 😊 Hire me! ✨

🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com
Rep'd by @draper-claire.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart #PB #bookcovers #illustration #art ✏️💛
Digital art of a dog and a girl smiling at each other.
August 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Close-up of my OCs, whom I do nothing with or for. Except for drawing them once in a blue moon. 😭💓

#art #illustration
Digital art of a brown boy and a brown girl, piggyback hug, smiling at each other.
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I love coloring comics!!! Pls hire me to color comics!!! 😭❤️🙌🏼

#comics #GN #art #kidlitart ✏️💛
Interior page from GHOST ROAST. Interior page from GHOST ROAST. Interior page from HELLO-HI OVER POHA. Interior page from A DEMONIC CHOICE.
July 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Spent some time before dinner doing some personal art. ⭐⚽❤️🤍 #Arsenal #Saka #COYG #art #Procreate ✏️💛
Digital art of Bukayo Saka.
July 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I think the issue is that each spread is a single page and not "Page 2,3" and so on. 😅 Another person pointed it out and mine is laid out like this.
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July 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Nooo, omg they are not. 🥲 Is there still a solution? Or would I have to do it manually some way for all pages?
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July 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Hey! I'm Aishwarya, a #kidlit #illustrator & #cartoonist from India w/ 6+ years of experience, looking to create more picture books & book covers! ✏️💛 #PortfolioDay #PB #MG #YA #Adult

🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com
📝: @draper-claire.bsky.social
💼: Scholastic, PRH, HarperCollins, Beaming Books & more!
A spread from DIWALI IN MY NEW HOME by Shachi Kaushik and Aishwarya Tandon A spread from WHERE IS BENJI'S BLUE BONE by Dr. Aruna Shekar and Aishwarya Tandon Full jacket cover of THE YEAR MY LIFE WENT DOWN THE TOILET by Jake Maia Arlow Postcard commission for SANSKARI SWEETHEART by Ananya Devarajan
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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All three of my birds! 🐦🐦🐦

Done on watercolour cold-pressed paper, 5" x 7" with mixed media like acrylic paints & markers, gouache, pencil colours, oil pastels and marker pens. 😊✍🏽

#painting #mixedmedia #art
A set of three myna birds, painted on cold-pressed watercolor paper using mixed-media art.
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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A test illustration for a Winnie the Pooh book, which did not go through. I'm quite happy with how this turned out, though! 😊

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration ✏️💛
Digital art of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh.
June 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Hi editors & art directors!

I'm Aishwarya, a #kidlit #illustrator & #cartoonist from India, eager to work on #PB & #bookcovers for the latter half of 2025! 🎉 Thank you!✏️💛

I'm rep'd by @draper-claire.bsky.social !

🎨: www.aishwaryatandon.com

#KidLitArtPostcard #kidlitart #childrensbookillustrators
Digital art of a mermaid sitting on some bedrocks and reading a book.
June 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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I did a #DTIYS challenge by @kidlitnest.bsky.social! This was super fun to do and get more practice in Procreate. 😊

#kidlitart #kidlitnestdtiys #kidlit #illustration #mermaid #mermay #procreate ✏️💛
Digital art of a mermaid reading a book on a lounge made out of bedrocks. She has big green curly hair and a purple tail. There's a red crab hidden under her tail.
May 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Some of my recent favourite #sketchbook pages! 😊

Drawn with mixed media - markers, water soluble oil pastels, inks, alcohol markers, acrylic markers and pencil colors.

More on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/album/Sketch...

#mixedmedia #kidlitart #kidlit #mixedmediaart #sketchbookart #sketchbookartist ✍🏽
Sketchbook page of children playing in the park. Sketchbook page of boats. Sketchbook page of a woman with a big dog. Sketchbook page showing 4 different drawings of people with their pets.
May 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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1 of 3 bird paintings I did! 🐦

Done on watercolour cold-pressed paper, 5" x 7" with mixed media like acrylic paints & markers, gouache, pencil colours, oil pastels and marker pens. 😊✍🏽

You can view the full set of 3 paintings on my Ko-fi page: ko-fi.com/i/IQ5Q81F7OZO

#painting #mixedmedia #art
Mixed-media painting of a common mynaa bird.
May 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM