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Jen Bricking

@artofjen.bsky.social

Illustrator, skateboarder, nature enthusiast. I make pictures for books, games and things. Repped by Shannon Associates. www.jenbricking.com

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ICYMI: My new novel in verse, WOMBAT WAITING, arrives next spring. Wombat is a β€œDestiny Dog,” determined to find her person, against all oddsβ€”in this case, deadly fires sweeping the state. I can't wait for you all to meet her. 🧑

Learn more and pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/wom...

24.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ So thrilled to be illustrating this super sweet book by the amazing @kaaauthor.bsky.social!

Many thanks to Katherine, @mrschureads.bsky.social
and fab designer Amy Ryan and team @harperkids.bsky.social!

10.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daniel Miyares on the Personal Story Behind β€˜How to Say Goodbye in Cuban’ Award-winning author-illustrator Daniel Miyares reflects on the family history that inspired his new graphic novel, β€˜How to Say Goodbye in Cuban,’ which follows one boy’s experience during the Cuban…

The award-winning author-illustrator reflects on the family history that inspired his new graphic novel, How to Say Goodbye in Cuban, which follows one boy’s experience during the Cuban Revolution and his journey to the U.S.

01.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for including Ivy and Forest Rewrite the World! ❀️

#ivyandforestrewritetheworld #mgillustrator #mgart #kidlitartist @hannahwest.bsky.social

01.10.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book mail: IVY AND FOREST REWRITE THE WORLD by Hannah West with illustrations by Jennifer Bricking. Thanks, Holiday House!

09.04.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Timeline cleanse here is one of our alley cats coming in for a happy hour tuna-rita (1oz tuna water, 3oz water)

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The best is when I get to illustrate dogs (cats are ok, too)! From the book Girl Scouts: Anika and the Great Dog Rescue. Written by Sayantani DasGupta. Published by @harpercollins.bsky.social πŸ™‚

#kidlit #girlscouts #kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration #dogs #kidlitillustrator #coverart #art

17.09.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had the absolute joy of illustrating the cover and chapter art for @hannahwest.bsky.social's upcoming book! Coming out soon on October 14th! βœ¨πŸ“š

Can’t wait for you all to see it and read this fantastically awesome story!

#books #childrensbook #kidlit #kidlitart #mgbook #middlegradebook #coverart

05.09.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Little figure doodle.

#figure #sketch #draw #drawing #doodle #character #figuredrawing #art #lines #sketchbook

11.07.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gesture practice

#sketch #drawing #draw #art #line #lineweight #practice #charcoal #procreate

10.07.2025 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We'll all float on anyway

#illustration #artist #art #painting #watercolor #floating #oldie #ink #sketch #line #sketchbook

10.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another sleepy one

#sleepy #dogs #dog #pet #drawing #draw #sketch #art #artist #illustrator #kidlitillustrator #books #line #tired #kidlitartist

09.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tired 😴

#sleepy #dogs #dog #pet #drawing #draw #sketch #art #artist #illustrator #kidlitillustrator #books #line #gesture

09.07.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! It was a dream project! Caroline wrote such a beautiful and heartfelt story.

08.07.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holiday House | The Memory Cake View details about The Memory Cake including description, extras, reviews, and purchase links.

Written by Caroline L. Perry, illustrated by me and published by Holiday House Books. holidayhouse.com/book/the-mem...

#thememorycake #cake #books #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator #malta #visitmalta #family #intergenerational #hopeful #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #artist #picturebooks

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The Memory Cake is a little over a month old! ☺️

"Sharing the little-known history of the β€˜Siege of Malta,’ this gentle picture book celebrates all who dream of peaceful futures during times of war and uncertainty, and encourages readers to share family stories and memoriesβ€”even the difficult ones."

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ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.

Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

09.06.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8996    πŸ” 2982    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 113
Digital illustration set under water.  In the foreground is a frog sitting on an lily pad.  A group of koi are moving across the scene.  Pink lotus flowers are scattered throughout.

Digital illustration set under water. In the foreground is a frog sitting on an lily pad. A group of koi are moving across the scene. Pink lotus flowers are scattered throughout.

A lone frog watching the koi 🐸

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Artist holding a strawberry themed house.

Artist holding a strawberry themed house.

Mini house for flash sale!!πŸ“
Size: 2x4.25"
$50 (US shipping included)
DM to claim

Made with watercolor pencils, ink, copies, gouche

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Letter from Gaza: The Nakba We Are Living Through "I have now become a refugee twice over: once from our historic village of Barbara, and now from Jabaliya."

"Letter from Gaza: The Nakba We Are Living Through"

Powerful story from Hamza Salha on how he and his family were forced to flee their home in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza to head for an unknown fate as Israel expands its attacks.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/nakba-gaza...

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A digital drawing of an orange cat sitting among lots of leaves and flowers. It is smiling slightly.

A digital drawing of an orange cat sitting among lots of leaves and flowers. It is smiling slightly.

Cat sitting in flowers is my most drawn thing hehe

#art #illustration

06.06.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 812    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Aww thanks, Kate! Honored to be working with you on this sweet series!

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Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the time, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in dark green font at the bottom.  Cover art shows an adorable, tiny river otter with a black nose on a trail as two kids approach on bikes through the weeds.

Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the time, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in dark green font at the bottom. Cover art shows an adorable, tiny river otter with a black nose on a trail as two kids approach on bikes through the weeds.

Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the top, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in light green font at the bottom.  Cover art shows an adorable baby Eastern screech owl with huge eyes sitting in the grass and a girl and boy approaching through the brush, with the boy carrying a shoe box.

Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the top, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in light green font at the bottom. Cover art shows an adorable baby Eastern screech owl with huge eyes sitting in the grass and a girl and boy approaching through the brush, with the boy carrying a shoe box.

Cover art for our new WILDLIFE RESCUE chapter book series with @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social is by the amazing @artofjen.bsky.social, and I promise you the interior illustrations are just as amazing!

If you'll be at #TXLA25 this week, there will be some ARCs of book 1 at the Bloomsbury booth!

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Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the time, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in dark green font at the bottom.  Cover art shows an adorable, tiny river otter with a black nose on a trail as two kids approach on bikes through the weeds.

Book cover WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER in yellow font at the time, and "by Kate Messner New York Times Bestselling Author, Bloomsbury" in dark green font at the bottom. Cover art shows an adorable, tiny river otter with a black nose on a trail as two kids approach on bikes through the weeds.

Word is if you visit the @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social booth at #TLA25 and boop this tiny otter's nose, you
*might* get an ARC of the first title in our new WILDLIFE RESCUE chapter book series! (while they last!)

(Note: You should boop the cover art; sadly, there will not be a live otter.)

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Aw so exciting!! Everyone is going to love meeting Bevvy and Cat! It was a pleasure reading this magical story and illustrating your cover! ✨❀️

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Book cover illustration for Michelle Knudsen's forthcoming middle grade fantasy novel, INTO THE WILD MAGIC. The beautiful illustration shows two eleven-year-old girls, one (whose name is Bevvy, FYI) who has dirty blond hair that hangs just above shoulder length and is holding a kitten, the other (whose name is Cat) who has long dark hair swept into a messy ponytail. A fox with a slightly smirky half-smile peers from beside Cat. A big, majestic tree stands just behind the girls, and tiny lights seem to glow among the leaves. Cat is holding one hand out in front of her, and a circle of light emanatesΒ from it, forming the oval shape of something magical ... maybe a portal to another world??? There is an ominous shadowy figure lurkingΒ behind a smaller tree in the background.Β 

Book cover illustration for Michelle Knudsen's forthcoming middle grade fantasy novel, INTO THE WILD MAGIC. The beautiful illustration shows two eleven-year-old girls, one (whose name is Bevvy, FYI) who has dirty blond hair that hangs just above shoulder length and is holding a kitten, the other (whose name is Cat) who has long dark hair swept into a messy ponytail. A fox with a slightly smirky half-smile peers from beside Cat. A big, majestic tree stands just behind the girls, and tiny lights seem to glow among the leaves. Cat is holding one hand out in front of her, and a circle of light emanatesΒ from it, forming the oval shape of something magical ... maybe a portal to another world??? There is an ominous shadowy figure lurkingΒ behind a smaller tree in the background.Β 

I am so excited to share the cover of my next middle grade fantasy novel, INTO THE WILD MAGIC, coming this August! Please admire the gorgeous illustration by @artofjen.bsky.social. 😍

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Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!

This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)

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Aw thanks!

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Thank you!

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