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Vanessa Gillings
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autistic author-illustrator 🌿 (she/her) https://linktr.ee/vanessagillings
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So happy to have some good election news for once, especially in NY, CA and my current state of VA 💙💙💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Something only mildly spooky for your Halloween 🎃

#kidlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#middlegradeart
black and white watercolor illustration of a well-dressed frog man holding a lantern amid foilage
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Something only mildly spooky for your Halloween 🎃

#kidlitart
#illustration
#watercolor
#middlegradeart
black and white watercolor illustration of a well-dressed frog man holding a lantern amid foilage
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board

💚prints💚
A giant black cat cuts a silhouette across a nighttime cityscape. It stares at the viewer, its back arched.
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🚨NEW PRINT ALERT!🚨⁠ ⁠
🐦‍⬛Bring home the whimsical prints from @vanessagillings.bsky.social 's solo
🍃Shop her full collection of prints here: gallerynucleus.com/artists/vane... ⁠

#gallerynucleus #artprint #vanessagillings #autumn #watercolor #fairytale #illustration #whimsical
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The eternal ND artist struggle:

All I want to do today is art, but I can't until I finish the thousand non-art tasks I've been putting off, which has put me in a mood, so I've been unproductive and the day's almost gone and the to-do list remains, which still means no art, so now I'm in a mood--
October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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I've gotten a lot of questions about prints from my solo show -- and yes, there are prints!

If you're interested in one, follow this link and scroll to the bottom and you should see them! 💛

gallerynucleus.com/events/1045
photograph of various prints laid on top of each other
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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I've gotten a lot of questions about prints from my solo show -- and yes, there are prints!

If you're interested in one, follow this link and scroll to the bottom and you should see them! 💛

gallerynucleus.com/events/1045
photograph of various prints laid on top of each other
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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decomposedmaw.bsky.social
cat and leaf boat #pixel #pixelart #animated
October 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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jaymajaym.bsky.social
Hey #portfolioday!! I'm Jayme, a queer disabled kidlit illustrator, cartoonist, and comics colorist open to new projects!

🌻 jaymebrodie.com
🌻 jaymebrodie@gmail.com
🌻 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social
a digital illustration of a girl in a pumpkin patch who accidentally got her foot stuck inside of a pumpkin on the ground. other kids pick pumpkins and hang out in the background digital illustration: a group of friends hanging out on a city rooftop greet a friendly dragon with the gift of a sandwich. Behind them, city residents go about their business among trees transitioning for fall comic page showing two girls playing a videogame on a couch and completing a level together. digital illustration: an adventure ready kid confidently follows her dog away from her campsite, friends, and family, and into the unknown!
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Hello !! ⚡🌿

I'm Mathias, a queer artist who would love to work on book projects, editorial, advertising, and indie game projects. Open to other opportunities as well!

🍎 mathiasball.com
🍊 mathias.illustration@gmail.com
📚 @socalledyalife.bsky.social

[ #portfolioday #illustration #art ]
A pattern of spot illustrations, featuring an arctic fox, an arctic tern, a polar bear, some rabbit footprints in the snow, and a forest. Interior illustration for Nautilus magazine. A figured in a red shirt stands in the middle, as various animals walk around them, depicted in a red/green colour palette. Book cover for The Night Ends with Fire written by K.X. Song. A figure stands in a field of flowers, as a greenish dragon circles the sky and sits above the figure. A spread from the book, Little Wolf's Howl, written by Nelly Buchet. Little Wolf chases a butterfly, towards the water. Behind them you can see various backgrounds flowing together, showing all the places Little Wolf has travelled to chase the butterfly.
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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It’s #portfolioday once again! Hi, my name is Michelle and I’m a British artist in the UK! Clients have included Metallica, Magic! The Gathering, Boom!, Werewolf the Apocalypse and more!
My website is wolfskulljack.com
My art digital, surreal a women and a skeleton My art digital a large goddess with wings for eyes and a glowing shape of a women with a single antler A collection of posters that I’ve done for Metallica Volbeat and Trivium My art digital a women looks into the jaws of a beast
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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mirtocomune.bsky.social
Hello #portfolioday

I'm Mirto, a queer Italian freelance illustrator who loves to play with colors and textures! Nice to meet you! ^ ^
I'm currently open to #kidlit book projects!

🌟Represented by:
@gabycabezut.bsky.social

🌈 mirtomastroieni.portfolio.site
✉️ mirtomastroieni@gmail.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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salvaterra.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨

I'm a fantasy cartographer from Brazil working on hand-drawn maps for novels and RPGs.

I have a Patreon with maps + stock art for indie RPGs.

💼 cara.app/salvaterra
🗺️ www.patreon.com/tomeofsalvat...
+🔗 fernandosalvaterra.carrd.co

#cartography #ttrpg
fantasy map illustration depicting a landscape full of ragged mountains up and down, crossed by crooked roads, some on giant stone structures. There is a valley with hills and woods to the south, a desert with wretched lands just east of it, wetlands to the west and east with flooded cities and temples, snowy plains to the northeast with a giant skeleton and tree and an impossibly tall mountain in the northwest whose peak is obscured by dark clouds. a fantasy map illustration depicting a continent with a bigger mainland and a large island to the west of it. the biomes go from snowy mountains, a vast wetland, grasslands with many hills. the prevalent features here is that it is crossed by many rivers in all directions and it is surrounded by a the shades of a vast submarine landscape that where part of this land before a big flood catastrophe. colourful drawing of an island crossed by a mountain range, rivers and forests scattered around. a planar map in the shape of a compass rose. The direction arrows are the four classical elemental planes with the material plane in the centre and several layers of other planes of existence around it.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ alex_dingley@hotmail.co.uk
A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War: - A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away. - A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire. - Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas. - No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance. - A skull pressed into the earth. - A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land. Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers. Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace. Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face. 2 different portrait illustrations side by side. Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers. Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels. Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry. Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion. Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it. A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles." The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote." A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles." The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Hi #portfolioday 👋

My name is Denis, and I'm a children's book illustrator who likes stories full of heart, bold lineart, limited palettes, and painterly textures. #kidlitart

🌐 www.denisillustrates.com
📚 Represented by Emily Talbot, United Agents (UK) and Susan Hawk, Upstart Crow Literary (US)
Illustration of a child kneeling on top of his desk wearing pajamas and showing a teddy bear the Ursa Major constellation through the window llustration of a giant squid, a duckling and a kid in a bathtub. The squid is looking curious trying to get the attention of the kid with its tentacles. The child is looking right at us in fear. The duckling is standing between the two, wings spread out, trying to defend the kid Illustration of a two anthromorphic zebras in a sculpture studio. One of them has no stripes and is sculpting a bust of the other zebra who is sitting in a stool with her eyes closed Illustration of a little girl and her dad in the kitchen. The dad is stirring a meal in a pot on the stove. There are aroma lines coming out of the pot and the girl has closed her eyes and is taking in the smell. There is a black cat peeking above the counter top and looking at the pot.
October 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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victoriamaderna.com
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator living in France who loves painting whimsical critters & mossy trees. Looking for new projects!

hi@victoriamaderna.com
victoriamaderna.com

Open for animal painting commissions:
victoriamaderna.com/animal-paint...

#illustration #kidlitart
Digital painting by Victoria Maderna. A mouse pollinating a squash flower with a brush, a butternut house in the background. Painting of a little witch on a comfy chair with a black cat and a crow. She has her shoes off and there's a spellbook and wand on a table next to her. Gouache painting by Victoria Maderna: mushroom people walking on a mossy branch carrying a water droplet, pollen, backpack. One has a beetle on its head. Digital painting by Victoria Maderna, a witch riding a giant capybara and drinking yerba mate.
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Hi #portfolioday! I’m Kris Easler, a #kidlitillustrator based in Minnesota who is looking for work in picture through middle grade books.

Check out more of my work at www.kriseasler.com
Repd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Color illustration of a girl and an old woman in a hollowed out tree surrounded by birds, watching a glowing egg hatching Black and white illustration of a kid dressed up as a ghost for trick-or-treating, excitedly conversing with an actual ghost of a girl floating along next to them Color illustration of two werewolf pups “begging” for treats, while a hand holds out a dog treat A color illustration of a boy with blank pages around him on the floor, looking lost and frustrated, while a nebulous blue and purple “brain fog” floats above him.
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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#PortfolioDay again! I'm a West Coast artist named Samantha and I specialize in editorials, publishing (mostly book covers), and branding

✉️samanthamashillustration@gmail.com
🧡samanthamash.com
🧡samanthamash.etsy.com
🧡inprnt.com/gallery/samanthamash
🧡patreon.com/samanthamash
Illustration of woman with short hair kneeling back on the ground and pulling the string of a bow tight. She is holding a white arrow and prepared to let go. Around her is the Sagittarius constellation that is made of orange and pale yellow stars. The background is a pale peach, the woman is made up of oranges and reds. Illustration of a pale antelope on a dark background with orange plants around it Five herons, two black, three white are circled around one of the black herons holding an orb of light Pale woman with dark hair in periwinkle one piece swimsuit swimming with fish and other sea life in a dark ocean with a pink sky and peach sun
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Hi #PortfolioDay !

I'm Daniela, a traditional and digital artist who loves painting comforting scenes, animals and nature.

I'm currently open for pet and characters commissions, children's books and more!

💌 hola.dliok@gmail.com
☕Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/dliiok
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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zolwia.bsky.social
Hey #Portfolioday

I'm Charlot, an illustrator & author based in Ireland.
I love drawing people and creating colourful pieces.
Currently available for book cover designs, posters and #kidlit book projects.

Represented by Thao Le thao@dijkstraagency.com
charlotk.myportfolio.com
charlotk@hotmail.com
an illustration of Marsha P Johnson walking through a flower garden shop. She holds a flowercrown while smiling back at the two boys putting flower crowns on each others heads. An illustration featuring different kinds of people sitting in a high ceiling room together while reading books. An illustration showing 3 Black people's profiles looking out into the distance with a hopeful look on their faces. An illustration from the inside of a bus showing a little Black girl looking out through the window as people walk by with various different hairstyles.
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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nanelsonart.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Natalie, an illustrator and cartoonist living in Maine 🦞 I'm looking for rep/work in picture books, covers, and graphic novels. I'd be happy to draw for you!

💠 www.nanelsonart.com
💠 natalie@nanelsonart.com
spring reading 2024 a page from my 2023 comic Droplet prismatic passage 2021 no sleep for silas 2024
October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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✨Hello! I’m Tanisha & I’m looking for work as a character designer & illustration work! Recently worked on Disney Junior Ariel!Please consider me for your projects!✨
💼:tanishacherislin.com
✉️:tanichan2691@gmail.com
#PortfolioDay #characterdesign #drawingwhileblack #visdev #art #kidlitart
October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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jameelawahlgren.bsky.social
Yay it's #portfolioday !

I'm open for illustration commissions, I work mostly on book covers in the Dark Fantasy, YA, Romance, and Romantasy genres!

You can see more of my work at www.jwahlgren.com
A dark illustration of a wolf surrounded by botanicals and a chain A Black woman in a white gown holding a dagger behind her back A person surrounded by flowers reaching out to bird thats feeding them A curvy ballerina with very long hair dancing in front of glowing eyes
October 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Hello #PortfolioDay 🌟 I’m Christine, a kidlit illustrator open for new picture book, chapter book, and cover projects! I love working on cozy and bright stories, let’s work together!

🌟 www.christinealmeda.com
🌟 www.instagram.com/eychristine
October 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM