Steve James

My daughter slipped and fell on a slimy banana peel outside a supermarket, it's all true

Some sketches that didn't make the cut for Castle Point Books 'Animals are A-holes' written by Brynn Wallace #animals #creatures #birds #books #funny #funnybooks #humourbooks #platypus #turkey #turkeys #kangaroo #owl #lizard #humour #illustration #freelanceillustrator #sketches 🦉🐬🦃🐈‍⬛🦘

Hi #kidlitartpostcard I'm Steve James, Freelance Illustrator rep'd by Advocate Art.
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YouTube video by Video Game Animation Study The Animation in Silksong

I finally made a video looking at @teamcherry.bsky.social's lovely video game Hollow Knight: Silksong's animation.

Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sdw...

‪Some pics I illustrated from Castle Point Books 'Animals are A-holes' written by Brynn Wallace #animals #birds #books #funny #funnybooks #cuttlefish #shoebill #bug #insect #humour #illustration #freelanceillustrator

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🧛⚰️🦇 #illustration #freelanceillustrator #illustrator #dracula #vampire #vampires #halloween #spooky #coffin #car #dragster #vehicle #october31st #papercraft #cute #kawaii #craft

Published today by Castle Point Books Animals are A-holes written by Brynn Wallace I illustrated the many creatures whilst discovering lots of funny facts about how crappy some animals can be. #animals #birds #bookcover #funny #funnybooks #egret #egrets #humour #illustration #freelanceillustrator 🐦📘

[Scene is a high school classroom. A teacher is writing on the whiteboard 'ACT 2 SCENE 3'.] TEACHER: OK class - open up Macbeth to Act 2 Scene 3... TEACHER: So - does anybody have any ideas on Shakespeares meaning behind the character of 'the Porter' in this scene? [A voice comes from off-scene, behind the teacher's back[. VOICE: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. TEACHER [turning round]: Sorry….. who are you? [We see a wider scene that shows it is the GHOST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, hovering over the heads of the startled students] SHAKESPEARE: I'm the Ghost of Shakespeare and I've come back to say: this scene means *absolutely nothing*. The Porter is a funny drunk bloke I lobbed in to cover a costume change! I mean like, not everything I did was genius OK? Stop giving me the ick. TEACHER: So um...what do you suggest we study? SHAKESPEARE: The most important text in British culture! TEACHER: Which is...? SHAKESPEARE: 'Bollocks People Say on the Internet.' TEACHER: You think we should study... bollocks people say on the internet? SHAKESPEARE: Yes. TEACHER: But Mr Shakespeare... your Porter scene was a question in a past GCSE paper... We need to analyse it so the kids don't end up failing their exams... SHAKESPEARE: Yes, and I'm just suggesting you should analyse Bollocks People Say on the Internet instead, so they don't end up painting flags on roundabouts. [Silent pause] TEACHER: OK class - open up your phones to X... [ends]

Marvel Cosmic Invasion gets a December launch date and two new playable heroes: Phoenix and Iron Man. gameinformer.com/2025/10/22/m...

My daughter loved this book and the previous one

Hi #PortfolioDay I'm Steve James (SteJDesigns) a freelance illustrator represented by Advocate Art, specializing in art for childrens books #freelanceillustrator #illustrator #illustration #kidlitartist #characterdesign #childrensbooks 🎨✏️

Draw the World Differently: Eliza Fricker on Raising a Neurodivergent Child Podcast Episode · Let's Talk Neurodivergent Kids with Izzy Judd · 28/04/2025 · 39m

I was recently asked to talk about PDA for her new podcast.
We talk about the adjustments our children need to thrive.
The episode has a lovely title too: Draw the World Differently.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

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Due out in Jan 26 'The Number One Cute Contest' from @harperkids.bsky.social It was a lot of fun to illustrate the super cutie characters and setting #cute #kawaii #supercute #bookcover #panda #tiger #frog #illustration #freelanceillustrator #kidsbooks #rainbow #kidlitartist #kidlitart #hearts 💕✨🌈

I got copies recently of Amazing Halloween Puzzles and Quizzes I illustrated for Farshore books #halloween #pumpkins #witches #ghosts #freelanceillustrator #illustration #illustrator #kidlitartist #kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #puzzlebook #bookcover @harperkids.bsky.social 👻🎃📗

One of my favourite spreads I illustrated for The Ultimate Gamer: Fill-In Activity Journal published by Three Wishes books #videogames #gamer #illustration #computergames #art #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #illustration #illustrator #shmup #characters #characterdesign #animals #pixels #arcade #retro 🕹️

Stickers I illustrated for The Ultimate Gamer: Fill-In Activity Journal published by Three Wishes books #videogames #gamer #illustration #computergames #art #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #illustration #illustrator #stickers #characters #characterdesign #animals #pixels #arcade #retro #threewishesbooks

It was a lot of fun illustrating The Ultimate Gamer: Fill-In Activity Journal, recently published by Three Wishes books #videogames #gamer #illustration #pixels #computergames #games #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #freelanceillustrator #illustration #illustrator #bookcover #threewishesbooks 🎮🕹️👾📗🎨

✨ THE BIG REVEAL ✨
We are excited to share with you our brilliant 2026 £1/€1.50 books!

Children can choose their own book from 12 February 2026, FREE with a £1/€1.50 book token. 📚✨

Find out more on our website ➡️https://buff.ly/3VaLLAa

#WBD26 #WorldBookDay #readforfun

Something I miss about working on I am Dead is getting to do real world research (with a lowercase r). Going to little museums, reading Wikipedia pages on weird obscure stuff, nattering about stuff that interests you... and then getting to put it into a videogame: it's fun!

Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats".
Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).

💥NEW SERIES ALERT! 💥
First pitched as “Shaun the Sheep meets Die Hard,” I’m excited to introduce readers to the adventures of Steel Wool.🐑

#kidscomics #comics #kidlit #randomhousegraphic #kidsgraphicnovels

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Dragon Pearl of Destruction

Here's some of the sketches for the kids tattoos I illustrated for Standaard Uitgeverij #sketches #sketchbook #dinosaur #dinosaurs #tattoos #kidsbooks #illustration #illustrator #cute #freelanceillustrator @uitgeverijsu.bsky.social

cheers Hugh

@uitgeverijsu.bsky.social
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Here's some of the kids tattoo's I illustrated for Standaard Uitgeverij #unicorn #unicorns #dinosaur #dinosaurs #tattoos #kidsbooks #illustration #illustrator #cute #freelanceillustrator 🦄🦖 @uitgeverijsu.bsky.social‬

Thanks Standaard Uitgeverij for copies of these kids tattoo booklets. I illustrated the covers and tattoos #unicorn #unicorns #dinosaur #dinosaurs #animals #tattoos #kidsbooks #illustration #illustrator #cute #freelanceillustrator

Cheetara on a speeder fighting Monkeyan who's throwing out some grenades. Tygra is getting ready to whip Monkeyan on his air glider

Lion'o, Panthro and Cheetara in Mumm-Ra's pyramid, fighting Mumm-Ra's decaying mummy form

the thundertank! Panthro is driving, lion-o and Cheetara are fighting. Jackalman and Vultureman are stricken down. A Robear NPC is asking to give a quest to Lion-O

A Bolo salesman, selling various thundercats relics. Including a samoflange

Thundercats roar as a pixelart beat'em'up

🔥🌟⚔️ HERO SLAM, a brand new card game, is out VERY SOON! 🔥🌟⚔️

Venture through the enchanted forest, gather a team of heroes, and defeat the Great Evil! But beware, your heroes will fall foul of dangerous sidequests, magical imps, even each other, as you battle to keep them alive!