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

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

final + closeups of #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle 🕯️ @scbwi.bsky.social

inspired by birthday celebrations + hot air balloons ⭐️

#illustration #artober #colorpencil #cake #whimsy #drawing #inktober #childrensbookillustration #art #strawberry #illustrator #scbwiartists

#scbwiartober2025 day 11: kettle

“Cloud Watching from the Kitchen” ☁️🫖🪟 is inspired by tea time memories & featuring my favorite cutting board and my hanging plants 🫶🏼🪴

#illustration #kitchen #ink #drawing #scbwi #artober #kidlitart #dibujo #childrensbookart #whimsical #cozy #autumn #inktober

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday” for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle!!

I’m a #kidlitillustrator looking for a literary agent 🍀

#artist #kidlit #colorpencil #illustration #イラスト #dibujo #ink #cute #birthdaycake #scbwiillustrator #drawingprocess

literally an icon

a tiny tetra study 🐟

ILYSM THANK U!!!!! >:) we r so back …

“Up, Up, & Happy Birthday!” final + closeups for #scbwiartober2025 day 06: candle 💛

made with @robertoster.bsky.social ink + a glass dip pen

#artober #artwork #illustration #ink #イラスト #whimsy #kidlitart #drawing #kidlitartist #scbwi #插画 #inktober #illustrationjeunesse

a page with lots of drawings of various creatures on it including a frog with a snail shell and a spiral shaped worm and a long axolotl and a bat and a horned ladybird and a long frog and a mushroom with a face and legs. At the top of the page it says "there are so many creatures in and around the goblin city"

There are so many creatures in and around the goblin city