Tag: Brian Kirby
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#kidlitartpostcard February 2025
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. Brian’s Postcards on Bluesky Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard January 2025
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. Check out my #kidlitartpostcards Check out all the great art being posted for #kidlitartpostcard day! Read more
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Krampusnacht Doodling
I picked up the new Sharpie creative paint markers last April and thought they had a unique look when doodling on construction paper, and now I’m trying the idea out on a fun project about Krampus, the European folk monster who punishes naughty children at Christmastime. I’m loving the results so far! Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard November 2024
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. Check out my #kidlitartpostcards Check out all the great art being posted for #kidlitartpostcard day! Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard October 2024
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. Brian’s Postcards on Bluesky Read more
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#kidlitartpostcard June 2024
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. Brian’s Postcards on Bluesky 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