Author: Brian Kirby
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#PBParty 2024 Finalist
I participated in Mindy Alyse Weiss’ #pbparty last year and was announced as a finalist! I submitted my story FOR SHENANIGANS ONLY as an author/illustrator and was one of 25 entries chosen for the illustrator’s showcase. The event itself was a great experience, with or without the finalist result. I was paired with 6 other authors… Read more
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A Spooky Doodle
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Movie Night Campout!
One of the indoor activities my kids loved during the isolating years of the pandemic that we continue to do every so often is a movie night campout. Staying up late building pillow forts and watching monster movies without any mosquitos or hungry bears around is the best. So I made a National Parks-style poster… Read more
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Goofball
One of the ways I brainstorm characters for my stories is to draw them over and over until I feel like I know them. My favorite original characters to draw are Noodle and Goofball, who appear in a few of my stories. They are toddler twins with different birthdays and ambitions to avoid bedtime and… Read more
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Drawing Another Noodle Doodle
Sharing a Procreate doodle video of my character Noodle. She is a pre-school kid who gets a little overstimulated and diabolical before bedtime, so I was inspired by the manic characters in old sugary cereal commercials when I was designing her. Her hair is a spiky, like spines and horns on a monster dinosaur. Her… Read more
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#KidLitArtPostcard
On the first Thursday of each month, children’s book illustrators from around the world share illustrations across social media using the hashtag #KidLitArtPostcard. Illustrator Gina Perry is kind enough to organize this event exclusively on Bluesky and Cara. Find out more at Gina Perry’s website. Here are a few of my postcards: Brian’s Postcards on… Read more
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DOODLES & NOODLES
My favorite original character. Noodle (she has a real name, but her dad thinks this nickname suits her best) is a crafty, defiant young lady that appears in several of my stories, including INCREDIBLY BORING STORIES, FOR SHENANIGANS ONLY (where she takes center stage), HEY! THEY HAVE ZIPPERS, THE TICKLE FROM OUTER SPACE and others… Read more
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Kidlit Community on Bluesky
*Post originally published July 6, 2024 on boringstorybook.com Bluesky has been emerging as the easiest and most user-friendly Twitter alternative, but it is still in its early stages, and not exactly like Twitter. New users migrating over there might not know what to do once they sign in, so I thought I would share some… Read more