Diana Sudyka

Cover reveal for JUST ONE OAK!

Stunning art by @tinyaviary.bsky.social

Coming February 2026 from @simonkids.bsky.social

#oaktrees

Pre-order at S&S above or Bookshop

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Independent Bookstore Day is tomorrow and there’s so much going on! Beloved local indie store @bookedevanston has a FULL day of activities! I will be doing a drawing demo from 9:30-11:30am, and they will have a ton of new merch with designs I created! Stop by! Let’s goooooooo!

Finally finished my @kirikipress embroidery kit last night. 🐺

Saturday morning stick bug. #illustration #illustrator #childrenspicturebooks📚 #picturebooks #picturebookillustration #gouache #watercolourpainting #watercolor #rolypoly #stickbug #biodiversity

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know  - The Authors Guild Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

Good news for fellow authors disheartened by your books being illegally used to train AI;

"If your book was used by Meta, you’re automatically included in the Kadrey v. Meta class action in Northern California..."

And @authorsguild.bsky.social has some practical steps you can take.

Recent commission, gouache watercolor on paper. #illustration #illustrator #painting #gouache #gouacheillustration #watercolor #watercolorpainting

Christopher Weyant @christopherweyant1.bsky.social

Before/after digital work on the original gouache painting of acorn woodpeckers for an upcoming book. #illustration #illustrator #picturebook #childrensbookillustration #gouache #gouachepainting #procreateart #ipaddrawing

Two cockroaches watch a movie in the theatre. One turns to the other and says, “Let’s leave before the lights come on.”

A cartoon by Elisabeth McNair. #NewYorkerCartoons

Another fun illustration I created for beloved local, indie bookstore @bookedevanston ✨#illustration #illustrator #procreateart #digitalart

I had a lot of fun painting this recent picture book spread of acorn woodpeckers. Such a cool species!

Claudia Scheinbaum, President of Mexico, in the centre of the image in a purple dress on International Women’s Day, 2025. A search around on google fails to turn up an image credit unfortunately, I found it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/MGhF9O80FL

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.

(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

Black-throated Blue Warbler on antique envelope. New painting in my shop.

We need our old growth forests more than ever.

Adding my name to this letter.

Another recent commissioned painting on antique envelope: barn swallow. #illustration #illustrator #waterc#watercolorpainting #goldleaf #goldleafing #ephemera #vintageephemera #collage #collageart #barnswallow #biodiversity

A recent commissioned work: watercolor painting with gold leaf on an antique envelope.

Chart showing that middles aged people especially born first vaccinated between 1963-1967 should get a measles booster

It’s important for folks in their 40s/50s/60s to realize that some of us should get a measles booster. I did a few years ago

A reminder for these times.

This is excellent.

#caturday palette cleanser with Toshiro.

Trump berates Zelensky, the leader of a democratic country courageously fighting Russian imperialism, while he allies himself with Putin, a dictator who started the bloodiest European war in 80 years.

Sorry, President Trump. We believe in democracy, not authoritarianism.

🇺🇦

Trump is expected to declare English the nation's official language. America is an Italian word. California, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and Florida are Spanish, and a bunch of other states have Indigenous names.

Measles outbreaks are preventable.
Do not normalize measles outbreaks!
Measles outbreaks are preventable.
Do not normalize measles outbreaks!
Measles outbreaks are preventable.
Do not normalize measles outbreaks!

Thanks to the @hornbook.bsky.social for honoring Fungi Grow!

We're in a coup, which means we're in a nightmare, which means we're all ramped up, so let me offer you some deep time, perseverance, and beauty, before you and I go back to the work.

meowmeow

Dark tortoiseshell cat looking at viewer while sitting atop a couch in front of a window.

Pumpkin is here to break up your feed.

Large bur oak tree, bare branches, snow on the ground.

Visited this150+ yr old bur oak yesterday. Trying to document what remains of the oldest oaks in my area.