@jacobsouva.bsky.social
Hello 👋… my name is Jacob Souva and I’m an illustrator and author of books for kids. I’m rep’d by Jen Rofé of Andrea Brown Literary Agency. ✨ www.twofishillustration.com/links ✏️ https://open.substack.com/pub/jacobsouva
Trump says he is striking boats off Venezuela to stop drugs, mostly cocaine per reports.
Yet he just pardoned the Honduran ex-president who helped push more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S., took a $1 million bribe from El Chapo and bragged he would “stuff the drugs up the gringos’ noses.”
impeccable messaging when people are struggling
02.12.2025 17:02 — 👍 121 🔁 24 💬 6 📌 0"Would you support or oppose creating a national health insurance program, sometimes called "Medicare for All," that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans?"
Support: 65%
Oppose: 26%
Data For Progress / Nov 17, 2025
From a recent #kidlit #kidlitart paid subscriber: “GIVE ME ALL THE CREATIVE THOUGHTS AND MUSINGSSSSSSS"
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Ok, enough smarmy marketing stuff. Drawing a Blank is where I've spent the last 2 years writing about my kidlit journey. If you want to read a sample of what's there, I've uncorked these vintage posts from the past:
❄️ jacobsouva.substack.com/t/free-from-...
Yes! You can gift a subscription too. Your critique friends, studio mates, and fellow #kidlit trench-ees (is that a thing?) will be thankful for your thoughtful gift.
☃️ jacobsouva.substack.com/subscribe?co...
I absolutely hate marketing talk - but alas - there's no other way to tell you that I'm having a 40% off yearly subscriptions holiday sale until Tuesday.
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#kidlit #kidlitart
Portland-area friends: I'll be presenting a potty-themed story time featuring my books, Where Does a Pirate Go Potty? and Where Does a Cowgirl Go Potty? (both hilariously illustrated by @jacobsouva.bsky.social), at BOLD Coffee & Books at 11 AM TOMORROW (Small Business Saturday, Nov 29).
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Ok, enough smarmy marketing stuff. Drawing a Blank is where I've spent the last 2 years writing about my kidlit journey. If you want to read a sample of what's there, I've uncorked these vintage posts from the past:
❄️ jacobsouva.substack.com/t/free-from-...
Yes! You can gift a subscription too. Your critique friends, studio mates, and fellow #kidlit trench-ees (is that a thing?) will be thankful for your thoughtful gift.
☃️ jacobsouva.substack.com/subscribe?co...
I absolutely hate marketing talk - but alas - there's no other way to tell you that I'm having a 40% off yearly subscriptions holiday sale until Tuesday.
❄️ jacobsouva.substack.com/82e27d6b
#kidlit #kidlitart
Don’t vote for assholes
28.11.2025 02:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Shared my thoughts on the IMPORTANCE of THUMBNAILS. Sorry to shout. It's a big deal.
Here's why: open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...
#kidlit #kidtlitart
Still have yet to see AI make my life better in any way
26.11.2025 12:02 — 👍 3023 🔁 284 💬 221 📌 35the rage that reading this makes me feel. just full 'need to stare into the middle distance because we are so, so lost' stuff.
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an illustration of a wolf sneaking into a castle
an illustration of a train conductor inside a train with a variety of cats perched atop the train, around the outside of the train, and inside of the train. the words "choo choo kitty train" are on the side of the train engine.
an illustration of a construction worker in an excavator who has just burst a pipe
an illustration of a monkey hanging on the side of a tree. there are two smaller moneksy hanging off of him, and a beetle in his hand.
🎨 Spotlight on Mark Hoffmann (@studiohoffmann.bsky.social)!
Mark's Illustrator Page
Mark is represented by Jennifer Laughran (@literaticat.bsky.social) and is open to illustrating picture books.
A man is carried along by the power of a book to a new home. Hands are reaching for the book.
Day 4 of #folktaleweek2025: BOOK
Had a lot of fun thinking through what I wanted to say with this as a story. I like where it landed. (Books make a new home, lift us up)
#kidlit #kidlitart #folktaleweek
A jack-o-lantern on someone’s porch steps. The pumpkin is old and starting to rot in such a way that it looks like an old man with no teeth, making a grumpy expression, with the top also falling in. This pumpkin has seen some stuff.
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
20.11.2025 16:46 — 👍 8415 🔁 991 💬 263 📌 201When I was a kid, dad told me this,
"You are not learning to draw because you might become the greatest artist ever. But, during those minutes of solitude between work shifts, when you can sit down with a cup of coffee, you can draw on the napkin with a ballpoint pen. You can keep your soul alive."
Imagine if tech companies had made a wild capex bet on chasing clean energy, instead of inventing a plagiarism machine powered by **checks notes** extending the life of coal plants
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A burning tree, rain, a growing tree - a sun.
It's #folktaleweek2025 day 3: RAIN
Having fun with this format conceptually. Had this thought at Milkwood this year. Does the sun recognize rains importance? Are they equals? Is the earth just thankful for their dance?
#kidlitart #kidlit #folktaleweek
Yes, Trump Will Get More Reckless as His Power Ebbs talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/yes-t...
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Illustration of an anthromorphic moon standing on a cloud, shouting 'HELLO!' at the sky. The moon has a bat friend who is flying next to it, looking confused. There is a smaller speech bubble with a 'HELLO!' coming from the sky. There are clouds with various things on them in the sky - a house, a horse, a cat on a chair, a car, a pine tree.
Folktale Week day 2: echo
where the Moon is looking for its friend
#folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #kidlitart #illustration
A weird bat character is using echo location on a gem that may or may not be magnifying it and calling to an old lady at the mouth of a cave.
It's day 2 of #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweek: ECHO
I'm enjoying working under these constraints:
1. a triptych format (check it out on IG to see it broken up)
2. flat folk-inspired style
3. same color palette
4. tell a weird story
Having fun per usual!
#kidlit #kidlitart
Thanks, Kirsten!
18.11.2025 22:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is how you know that it's not about the money. Because if it were, then libraries would not keep being defunded.
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A LinkedIn ad showing Jensen Huang shaking hands with some vague fashion executive: L'OREAL 6,204,444 followers Promoted We're thrilled to announce a collaboration with NVIDIA to supercharge beauty with next-gen Al. WELCOME TO NVIDIA L'ORÉAL GROUPE
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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