sally chen | illustrator | 🇨🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

thanks so much!!! :)

Hi #kidlitartpostcard day✨ I'm Shiho and I love illustrating books for kids! Please visit shihopate.com for more of my work. I am represented by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlitart

Happy lunar new year ! 🧧🐴
I had so much fun drawing the year of the fire horse - using a much deeper, bolder palette than usual 😍

#happynewyear #illustration #kidlitart #yearofthehorse

thanks so much!! ❤️❤️

A digital illustration of people spending time in a pool: A man with sunglasses is happily lounging by the pool chairs. Next to him is a lady in a yellow coordinate and a big hat sitting up observing the children by the pool. A girl in a pink swimsuit is sitting at the edge of the pool and cheering on her brown dog who's swimming to her from the other side of the pool. A boy in the pool is shielding himself as a girl who appears to be his sister is splashing water to him. Another boy is in a pink floatie observing the siblings.

Hello! Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️ I'm Ada, I'm a Filipino freelance illustrator available and looking for work. Growing up, March signaled the start of summer here in the 🇵🇭 so this month's postcard is inspired by that.

📨: abigaelaco@gmail.com
🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com

more about me! #kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensbookillustration

hi #kidlitartpostcard! 🫶

my name is Sally Chen and I’m a queer, nonbinary, Chinese American published #illustrator (A Song for Nolan, 2024) and looking to be author! ✏️

I ❤️ stories about home, love, social justice, and more!

looking for a literary agent :)

💌 salpalc@gmail.com
🌐 www.salpalc.art

so glad you enjoyed the book!! 🥹💗

A Song for Nolan. Pick haired, tan skinned kid with fuzzy pink and white boa on white roller skates in a spotl light and colorfull confetti surrounds

📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

A Song for Nolan
Rushie Ellenwood & Sally Chen
@salpalc.bsky.social

My nuerospicyness makes the sensory pieces of roller skating parties something I'd never experienced, but I still loved this story. The use of color is excellent!

a dragon-like moon god flies in the distance, 4 adventurers huddle around a campfire in the foreground.

a dragon-like sun god flies in the distance, 4 adventurers traverse a lush landscpae in the foreground.

I can finally share these, two packaging artworks made for Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed Draft Night box! AD: Lauren Brown
They were painted in watercolour and acryla gouache on Arches paper, with some little digital changes alterations made to give the packaging the polish it needs.

DHS: It is horrific to see radical agitators bring children to their violent riots. PLEASE STOP ENDANGERING YOUR CHILDREN. ABC News • @ABC• 7h Two children, including a 6-month-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety.... 7:32 AM • 1/16/26 • 145

The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.

all about “flipping fish”, one of my best-selling art prints! 🐠🍽️🖼️

⭐️ get it here: www.salpalc.bigcartel.com

#art #chinese #fish #superstition #artsky #artprints #shopsmall #illustration #aapiart #aapiartist #asianamerican #bigcartel #catprinted

An illustration of a comet hitting an ice cube that says "ABOLISH ICE" with "No human is illegal" in the bottom left corner

#trinket collectors is finally done!! 🥳🎈

i put so many little loving details into this piece like pineapple buns, an apple pie chalk sign, & little patches & keychains, inspired by the revival in adding jingle janglies to bags 🎒💫💕

#art #illustration #kidlitillustrator #artprocess #fashion #cute

recent dog portraits!!!! 1/2

THANK U MY LOVE

to my poh poh who i will continue to terrorize with kisses 🫶🏼

#art #asianamerican #painting #acrylicpaint #aapiart #illustrator #aapi #cantonese #artprocess

“Candle Keepers” (2025) mixed media, 14”x17” is for sale! 🕯️🫶🏼

🍀 50% goes to @uniondelbarrio.bsky.social ⭐️

💌 email me at salpalc@gmail.com if interested in purchasing

progress on “trinket collectors”!

#art #illustration #scbwi #kidlit #whimsical #colorpencil #kidlitart #childrensillustration

⭐️ shop update & sale on www.salpalc.bigcartel.com 🍀🫶🏼

#illustration #shopsmall #artsky #stickers #whimsical #kidlitart

my stickers are now available at one of my favorite bookstores in NYC — @astoriabookshop.bsky.social !! ⭐️

thank you for having me in all my silly glory 🥹🫶🏼

#shopsmall #nyc #stickers #cutesy #silly #whimsical #stickershop #artist

Come see “Daughter Cycles” (2025) at @flushingtownhall.bsky.social until our Closing Reception tmw!

It explores my grandmother’s life, mother’s life, and mine in sequence.

#art #queensnyc #nycart #aapiartist #asianamerican #immigrantstories #inkwork #brushpen #artgallery #illustrator #flushingnyc

dog portraits as of late!! 🐕‍🦺🐾

#pets #portrait #commsopen #drawing #art #nyc #dogs #cuteanimals #smallartist

cozy cats I drew recently! 🐈💓

#colorpencil #art #nycartist #petportraits #cats #pets

“Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” #coloring process for @scbwi.bsky.social #scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle 🫖🪟🌥️

the details closest to my heart are: the 4-leaf clover kettle, the stickers on the step stool, & the raspberry dessert… 🥹🩵

#art #kidlit #teatime #nostalgia #kitchen #vintage #autumn

thank you!!! 🥰

no uuuuu 💗💗💗🥹

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Sally, a queer, NB, Chinese-American #illustrator in NYC! 🌱
I'd love to work on book projects, editorial, indie games (esp TTRPGs), & murals. Open to other opportunities too!

🌈 www.salpalc.art
💌 salpalc@gmail.com
🔎 looking for a literary agent

#kidlitart #illustration #art