Disco Kitty! This chic apartment cat found a fabulous new toy~ prints in my shop

A cute little isopod (I grew up calling them sow bugs but pill bugs are obviously a good common name for a pill-shaped being) meets a cute mushroom creature under the first bleeding heart flowers of spring!

Prints in my shop.

Sphinx Temple

You climb all the way to the top and that's when things get weird.

print here

Buy my brother's shirt! Do what Wolverine says!

I love comics lettering and wanted to honor some iconic dialogue as well as have a little fun~

I'll have these as stickers at ECCC!

Last call for my moving sale!

Code is live through SUNDAY at which point I have to pack everything away put my shop on pause until June :)

As a general rule I don't create listings for my individual tiny paintings, but if you've had your eye on a piece I've posted lately, DM me! I'd be happy to set up a custom listing for you!

Duck and Duck Butt pin set!

I'm so pleased with this pair! What's cuter than a diving duck??? Grab them in my shop

this is maybe a silly question. how do you go about getting represented by an agency as an illustrator? i dont expect you to have the one true definite answer of course. but i was curious of your artist career journey!

Not a silly question! And you're right, I don't have the one true definitive answer, but I do have some insight! The honest answer is--you look up agencies, read their submissions policies, and contact them! Find someone looking to rep what you're looking to have repped, send some nice emails, and wait. There are a lot of rejections in publishing/illustration, and you'll probably face some here. It's terrible but not personal, it's just a lot of people trying to find the right match! Some people participate in portfolio days, submissions events, and hashtags like #kidlitpostcard day on twitter and get "discovered" that way. My own personal answer is weirder. I was supposed to be doing that, but I was also building a career making art prints/merch and selling directly at comic/anime conventions--and that put me in front of some agents. I also went to SCBWI (society for children's book writers and illustrators) conferences and paid for seminars/participated in portfolio shows that got my work directly in front of editors and agents. The conventions were actually where things happened for me. In the same year (I think? Around 2015-2016) I was tapped for a panel at ECCC called Hire That Woman! And I was the only illustrator, so I met some awesome comics writers. I hit it of great with one of them and we ended up developing a book together and pitching it--and my dream publisher picked it up! I also met an agent at ECCC who was interested in repping for picture books AND graphic novels at a time few kidlit agents were comfy with comics. I signed with her, and we've been working together ever since! I owe so much to Mairghread Scott (who wrote The City on the Other Side, my debut gn) for dragging me out of obscurity and getting my work in front of a publisher--who did have my on their radar but that was the clincher. My story is a combo of luck and making my own luck--I was making comics, indie picture books, tons of illustration, and children's book portfolios constantly, so I was prepared with manuscripts and ideas when someone did tap me. But the truth is, I am not a confident person and have crushing insecurities that I try not to let escape onto the internet, so I was too scared to send emails to agencies for years. When my current agent approached me, it was pretty much the exact month I'd promised myself to start doing it. I'm terrible at asking for advice and approaching people who have more experience than me (eldest sibling syndrome) so I try to make up for that by being helpful when someone reaches out to me!

Happy kid lit postcard day! Here's a new character I'm working on for a pitch--the Starlequin!

This weekend I return to the Sakuracon artist alley for the first time in ages, I'm so excited!

It was time for a new Totoro piece! I cut it in half for printing so it's technically two pieces, a gradient of sunset to midnight. I love painting lush greenery and little critters <3 The prints will be coming with me to Sakuracon 2024!

My beloved Witch from Mercury girls! I have posters for Sakuracon <3

Frog Prince necklace and Duck Butt memo pad are how I celebrate spring! They're in my shop

Squirrel branch necklace Cute new necklace up in my shop! I've been wearing this one a lot. Soft watercolory colors + cute rodent + always autumn in my heart.

I just love the hell out of this

the road to you no longer exists

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Happy kid lit postcard day! First Thursday of every month!

ECCC 2024 is almost upon us and I'm....almost ready for it. Come see me!

Hello,

I was wondering if you are going to add the Fellowship of the Ring poster to your shop as a print as I absolutely adore it and would love it as a print. Even if you don't its absolutely incredible!

Thx :)

I'll have them at in-person shows and I can sell them directly if you email me but they will not be up in my etsy shop!