Illustrating a scene from The Maltese Falcon.
The young gunman Wilmer is held back after Sam provokes him.
Illustrating a scene from The Maltese Falcon.
The young gunman Wilmer is held back after Sam provokes him.
I used Home of the Underdogs, but a site called Abandonia was the one I think I personally spent the most time on! That DOS emulation/preservation scene had a huge impact on me
21.02.2026 03:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Thanks so much!
19.02.2026 15:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustrating a scene from The Maltese Falcon.
The villains have drugged Rhea to keep her quiet. Sam helps her fight to stay conscious by quickly walking her back and forth.
My illustrations celebrating Nancy Drew entering the public domain
17.02.2026 13:28 — 👍 3746 🔁 976 💬 27 📌 16Thanks very much!
15.02.2026 23:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sam eats sandwiches with the devious femme fatale Brigid
(Scene from The Maltese Falcon, because it's public domain now)
Sam Spade on his way to a crime scene (The Maltese Falcon novel entered the public domain this year, too)
05.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 710 🔁 125 💬 2 📌 0That's right! The first four books in the series are in the public domain now
30.01.2026 02:18 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Go, Nancy, go! (Last illustration to celebrate her being public domain now)
29.01.2026 15:35 — 👍 603 🔁 108 💬 2 📌 1At the moment, this is just a hobby project! These illustrations come from a little public domain book club newsletter I run: illustratingthepublicdomain.substack.com
23.01.2026 23:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Nancy Drew to the rescue
Another scene from the third Nancy Drew story (she's public domain now)
Nancy Drew on the case (she's in the public domain now!)
15.01.2026 13:10 — 👍 1556 🔁 349 💬 7 📌 9
Illustrating a scene from an early Nancy Drew book (Nancy Drew is public domain now!)
08.01.2026 13:19 — 👍 96 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 0
"I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight — Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night."
25.12.2025 11:53 — 👍 17 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
“The beard on his chin was as white as the snow; the stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, and the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.”
15.12.2025 13:24 — 👍 31 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
An adventure in the Land of Oz.
09.12.2025 13:50 — 👍 345 🔁 93 💬 0 📌 0Really impressive work!
04.12.2025 15:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Julian, an illustrator/writer seeking representation or the right project to collaborate on. Feel free to reach out if you're interested in working with me on a picture or board book!
Portfolio: artbyjulianguy.com
Really cool, thanks for sharing these insights! It's interesting to see the way that creating a Monument Valley puzzle is a separate, extremely intricate puzzle with its own challenges and solutions
01.12.2025 08:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Glinda the Good stepped down from her ruby throne to give the little girl a good-bye kiss.”
Illustrating a scene from the end of The Wizard of Oz.
Really, really clever! I can't imagine how involved it must have been to plan
28.11.2025 12:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Don't talk to wolves in the forest!
25.11.2025 13:32 — 👍 141 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0Thanks so much!
23.11.2025 23:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Wicked Witch of the West wants those magic shoes.
23.11.2025 14:29 — 👍 117 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 0I've contributed to at least two evil games that kill you
22.11.2025 05:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That's awesome!
21.11.2025 04:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A flight ticket to France!
#KidLitArt
Getting more sleep!
#KidLitArt
Back when I was a kid, there was a secondhand book store that would get volumes of Tintin every once in a while, and I think, funnily enough, reading that series when I was growing up (especially the Castafiore Emerald) massively defined the kinds of art and stories I ended up pursuing
#KidLitArt