Traci VW Creations

I'm putting this out into the Universe.

I'm looking for a design job at a publishing company specifically for children's books. I have experience, creativity, and am passionate about books for kids.

Thank you!

#designer #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #publishing #childrensbooks

Yay! Thanks!

Thanks! That's what I like to hear! I strive for that sparkle!

Postcard with my information on the bottom of mostly teal art with kids playing at the local swimming hole. Some kids stand on the ledge of the waterfall about to jump in past the splashes.

A day late for #KidLitArtPostcard, but late is better than never. Summer fun swimming is the best! I miss my childhood swimming hole. I'm open for new PB, chapter book, MG projects anytime.

#kidlitart #summer #art #authorillustrator
Website: www.tracivanwagoner.com
rep'd by: @swekstein.bsky.social

Than you so much!

Thanks a million!

Dare to hope art with the transparent words in a splatter dark cloudy background with a girl in a red dress holding a candle up to the dark.

Oooh, fingers crossed, I'm going out on submission again today!

Hope is a powerful thing!

We all need more hope in our lives right now, so I'm sharing some with everyone!

#kidlit #kidlitart #hope #art

The prompt list for the drawing challenge dubbed “Doggust” where one draws a dog every day for the month of August. The prompt list is blue with white lettering. The list is mostly obscured by large gold lettering announcing “Oops All Goldens”.

The official Doggust list, unobscured. It is numbered one through thirty one and announces various dogs like the American Bully, the English Setter, the Rough Collie, and more. The blue background is more visible now and you can see sketches of dogs from previous years.

It feels weird to be doing this right now, but I’m really excited about Doggust this year. I’m doing all golden retrievers as a tribute to the dogs that have interrupted my doom scrolling and injected joy into my life. Idk if Doggust made it to this app but I would love to see it here. #doggust2025

Oooh fun! I'm gonna check it out.

Cute artwork of a cartoony rabbit from the front standing in a field of green on a farm with a little red barn in the background.

Cute artwork of a cartoony tan rabbit from the back with a fluffy brown tail standing in a field of green on a farm with a little red barn in the background.

Oh, August 1st snuck up on me.

Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit!

May good fortune hop into your lives. I know I could use some about now.

#animalparadeworld #cuteanimals #comingandgoing #headsandtails #rabbit

www.zazzle.com/store/animalparade

@orcabook.bsky.social is a great publisher to work with. Check out their submission guidelines page: www.orcabook.com/AuthorGuidel... #writingcommunity #amwriting

Art of three bears roasting marshmallows around a campfire while people tell spooky stories inside a glowing orange tent on the shores of a lake in the moonlight. My website address is in the bottom left corner so you can see more of my work: www.tracivanwagoner.com

It's the last day of July already?! I hope you're all finding ways to enjoy the summer. I haven't been camping in many years. There's much I miss about it, but oh so much I don't.

What's your favorite camping thing?

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #KidLitArt #Art #summer #camping #ThreeBears #PaintPlay

cute painting of the tail side of a tiger walking on grass toward the setting (or rise) sun against a textured blue sky with the words "Happy RUMP Day!" in purple in the top right corner. Bottom right is TVW mark and a website where you can find this tiger on many fun products: zazzle.com/AnimalParade

Happy Rump -- er, Hump Day!

#AnimalParadeWorld #tiger #tigertail #humpdayhumor #humpday #rumpday

Books offer a window to the world and a doorway to the soul.
- Lauren H. Kerstein
#books #libraries #librarians #readers #reading #kidlit #kidlitart @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #beccastadtlander #HopeRode #horsebooks #WritingCommunity

A good #TuesdayTip! Something my CPs have hammered into my writing process. The protagonist needs to be proactive.

#amwriting #mgfantasy #writingcommunity #kidlit

Art of a cute tiger from the front with jungle plants in the background breaking a wavy border

Art of a cute tiger from the back with jungle plants in the background breaking a wavy border

Happy World Tiger Day! Rawr!

#AnimalParadeWorld #HeadsandTails #ComingandGoing #cuteanimals #tiger #kidlitart #art

Find this cute tiger coming and going on many fun products. Also see all his friends in the parade! www.zazzle.com/store/animal...

#kidlitchat is here again, as regular as the tides (though without the same, long history). Every Tuesday at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific, including tonight, we #kidlit lovers gather and chat, now here on Bluesky (where we signed up before the tides, I must note). I hope you'll join us!

Such fun! I've been doing some of that myself. It is relaxing and a nice change of pace. I've sculpted a few dragons. This bear is adorable!

Time to dive back in and turn these rough sketches into something understandable to other people.

#illustrator #sketching #kidlitart

I've been off and away from the SM and the real world for several days...

I'm not sure I'm ready to come back....
The world is too full of chaos, stupidity, hate and anger and things that are too ridiculous to be real, but they are...

sigh.. .baby steps.
I'll go dive into one of my book projects.

Lovin' this style!

Yes!!

Ooh, I haven't read all of these. I need to! #TBR
#TVWTBR #TBRTVW #Childrensbooks
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I'm getting close! I got some great feedback from my agent on my latest PB dummy. A few more edits and tweaks and it just might be ready to send out. Eeee!

#kidlitart #kidlit #authorillustrator #picturebook

Discover #kidlitart!

Inspired by @davis.social’s Discover Art feed, this feed shows posts with fewer than 20 likes and #kidlitart in the text or alt text. No AI/NFT.

Like, add and pin this feed and discover kidlit artists!

Job Opening; Part Time Agency Assistant

Location: San DIego, Hours: 20-25 hours/week, Salary: $20-26k

💼 JOB OPENING 💼

The Andrea Brown Literary Agency is seeking a part-time assistant to provide light support to several agents on our team and to assist with running our social media accounts and website.

Check out the full job posting, including key responsibilities and qualifications, here

ILLUSTRATORS Join our next SCBWI critique! Tuesday, 7/22/25 (7-9pm EST) Link in bio to register SCBWI SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS Ohio North Region Insta @scbwi_nohio Bsky @scbwi-ohionorth scbwi.org/regions/ohionorth

ILLUSTRATORS
Join our next critique!
Tuesday, 7/22, 7-9pm EST

This is the last Illustration Critique until our Oct. Conference. Join us for feedback on your art - or just come to see what everyone is creating! Free/ #SCBWI Members only. www.scbwi.org/events/july-... #kidlit

It's fun to figure out how to tell the visual story in series of cells. I start out with very loose pen drawings, exploring the possibilities with no judgment.

#thumbnails #sketches #kidlitart #kidlit

Yeah. I moved a couple years ago and went through many old files and portfolios and found some good some bad, and some "did I do that?" -- a trip down memory lane.

A children’s picture book illustration of two little girls in pink ballet practice dress, and a little boy in black shorts and white singlet, practicing ballet at a barre.

I found this piece deeeeep in my archives (I had forgotten I did it and don’t think I ever posted it anywhere!) and decided it could work for #colour_collective #CCSeashell 💜

#kidlitart