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Cyrus Frioli

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(They/them) Painter, illustrator, muralist. Contact: CyrusCreatesart@gmail.com Kidlit Portfolio: cyruscreatesart.com Shop/patreon/other goodies: https://linktr.ee/CyrusCreates

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Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! My name if Cyrus andI love drawing adventurous kids, curious animals, and fantastical creatures.
I'm looking for representation, if you want to see more of my work please check out my Picture Book portfolio at CyrusCreatesArt.Com

04.12.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Let grief into the room with you
He's not an unwelcome houseguest
He's the reminder of your love
So set a place at the table for them
And let yourself remember
There's something of them in you
So your table is always

Let grief into the room with you He's not an unwelcome houseguest He's the reminder of your love So set a place at the table for them And let yourself remember There's something of them in you So your table is always

A little morning after thanksgiving poem about grief from my notes app

28.11.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Sassy Sapphic Christmas card Design is now available for purchase!

I loved my doodle from this weekend so much that with the speed of a u-hauling lesbian and the might of a butch’s carabiner, I was able to add the design to my shop today πŸ˜…

#christmascards

www.etsy.com/listing/4411...

25.11.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Minimal linework and detail black and white marker illustration of two women sitting on a park bench. They are dressed in winter clothing. One woman is sitting with a leg across her knee and arm behind the other woman. Woman two is facing woman one with her body, sitting with one leg under her. They are leaning towards each other in interest while smiling and each holding their own drink. 

The background is primarily white with a black tree, a telephone pole, and a black shadow beneath their feet.

Minimal linework and detail black and white marker illustration of two women sitting on a park bench. They are dressed in winter clothing. One woman is sitting with a leg across her knee and arm behind the other woman. Woman two is facing woman one with her body, sitting with one leg under her. They are leaning towards each other in interest while smiling and each holding their own drink. The background is primarily white with a black tree, a telephone pole, and a black shadow beneath their feet.

The art is in the shape of an horizontal oval spot illustration. In the foreground a parked red Vespa with two helmets-  a baby blue and an orange-red sitting on the seat   sits under a cafe window with some fading  greenery on the ground and. The cafe is mostly empty on the right side of the image- with black and an empty display case. The left side of the window shows two women engaged in deep conversation. The woman on the left has red hair, a blue shirt, and is leaning in on her hand to listen while blushing. The woman on the right is a black woman with an orange hair bandana excitedly talking while blushing

The art is in the shape of an horizontal oval spot illustration. In the foreground a parked red Vespa with two helmets- a baby blue and an orange-red sitting on the seat sits under a cafe window with some fading greenery on the ground and. The cafe is mostly empty on the right side of the image- with black and an empty display case. The left side of the window shows two women engaged in deep conversation. The woman on the left has red hair, a blue shirt, and is leaning in on her hand to listen while blushing. The woman on the right is a black woman with an orange hair bandana excitedly talking while blushing

A black white and red marker illustration with minimal background. From left to right there is a black Christmas tree tied with red rope to a white wagon. The wagon is attached to a red Vespa. The red Vespa is carrying a woman with long flowing hair in overalls holding onto the driver-a woman with short hair in a striped black and white shirt.

A black white and red marker illustration with minimal background. From left to right there is a black Christmas tree tied with red rope to a white wagon. The wagon is attached to a red Vespa. The red Vespa is carrying a woman with long flowing hair in overalls holding onto the driver-a woman with short hair in a striped black and white shirt.

A marker illustration. The background is a messy orange marker wash. From left to right a large black Christmas tree is poorly decorated with white ornaments and attatched to a wagon. The wagon is attatched to a blue Vespa. The red Vespa is carrying a woman with long blue flowing hair in overalls holding onto the driver-a woman with short pink hair in a striped black and white shirt.

A marker illustration. The background is a messy orange marker wash. From left to right a large black Christmas tree is poorly decorated with white ornaments and attatched to a wagon. The wagon is attatched to a blue Vespa. The red Vespa is carrying a woman with long blue flowing hair in overalls holding onto the driver-a woman with short pink hair in a striped black and white shirt.

Some sapphic wintery illustrations done with marker. I think they turned out really cute!

I’ve been creating a lotttt of digital art for work lately and playing with a more tactile medium helps balance my brain a little, which helps me return to a flowy state.

#illustration #markerart

24.11.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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...And by dawn Fairy's fantastic glow will have returned! ✨

The End.

Thank you for following along! πŸ’–

Folktale Week Day 7: dawn

#folktaleweek #fairy #folktale #fairytale #artyear #artsky #artshow #dawn #sunrise #art #whimsical #illustration #illustrator #artist #drawing #kidlitart #kidlit

24.11.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some wholesome Christmas sapphics as a treat

23.11.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just painted this whimsical lazy Susan for Uptown market on Saturday!

In case you can’t tell- I’m having so much fun even now that it’s done lol

06.11.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New art in time for #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🐰

Portfolio:
kidshannon.com/jenniferl.me...
Rep: Shannon Associates
#illustration #CoverArt #ComicArt #PictureBooks

06.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'll be DAM! It's #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm an NC illustrator who loves to draw quirky kids, cute critters, and nature. Love to sink my teeth into PB projects that have humor and heart. Drop into my inbox and let's talk books. #kidlitart #illustration

🌐 www.jennbower.com

06.11.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Text says: Cyrus Frioli- Illustrator CyrusCreatesArt.Com CyrusCreatesArt@Gmail.Com

The viewer sees the back of a mouse sitting between an elephants eyes on its trunk presenting a small present to a surprised and happy elephant. The mouse is wearing a festive red and white striped sweater and the elephant is wearing a green Christmas tree pattern sweater.

Text says: Cyrus Frioli- Illustrator CyrusCreatesArt.Com CyrusCreatesArt@Gmail.Com The viewer sees the back of a mouse sitting between an elephants eyes on its trunk presenting a small present to a surprised and happy elephant. The mouse is wearing a festive red and white striped sweater and the elephant is wearing a green Christmas tree pattern sweater.

Hello! My name is Cyrus Frioli (Rus) and I am an illustrator and I love working on projects for Halloween, Winter Holidays, or other seasonally themed stories. With a speciality in adventurous kids, curious animals, and unique creatures in between I will bring stories to life!

#KidLitArtPostCard

06.11.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Royal blue promotional graphic titled β€œEmergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: β€œDiverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!

Royal blue promotional graphic titled β€œEmergency Grants Open”. Beneath the title text is a row of three illustrations depicting boxes of food donations. At the bottom of the graphic are three rows of text with a bright gold background that contain the following message: β€œDiverse writers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators financially impacted by loss of SNAP benefits or access to food, apply for a grant today!

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.

πŸ’» bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

03.11.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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All about KidLitArtPostcard β€” Gina Perry Illustrations

Let's go #kidlit illustrators, editors, agents, and art directors! Tomorrow is #KidLitArtPostcard www.ginaperry.com/postcard

05.11.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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A quick illustration of some friends visiting Owl (who stores their crystal collection in a barn, of course) πŸ’Ž

Owl for #frightfall2025
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Vacant for #inktober
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Goth moth for #mabsdrawlloweenclub
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Crystals for #bloctober

#artyear #artsky #owl #crystals #illustration #illustrator #kidlitart #art

31.10.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween!

Cheers to the kiddos that have made my whole year. My kid lit portfolio finally began to feel like home when these kids came to my sketchbook.

I love my trick or treaters. Please treat yours with safety and kindness this Halloween!!

#kidlitart #halloween #childrensbookart

31.10.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #portfolioday !
My name is Cyrus and I’m a kid lit illustrator looking for projects that encourage environmental awareness, celebrate childhood friendships, or adore Halloween themes as much as I do.
Please check out CyrusCreatesArt.Com for more about me & my work
#kidlitart #childrensbooks

14.10.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A quick shelter can still be cute πŸ„

Mushroom fairy for #drawtober
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Hedgehog for #wondertober

#artyear #artsky #whimsical #ink #lineart #kidlitart #art #illustration #drawing #cartoon #illustrator #artist #drawlloween #artober #inktober #hedgehog #mushroom #fairy #fullmoon #magic #garden

13.10.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A floating ghost seems to be having a conversation with a jack-o-lantern. In the background we see a spooky victorian house that has a single light on. Underneath is the information of the illustrator: Santi Casares, an Author/Illustrator in Search of Representation.

A floating ghost seems to be having a conversation with a jack-o-lantern. In the background we see a spooky victorian house that has a single light on. Underneath is the information of the illustrator: Santi Casares, an Author/Illustrator in Search of Representation.

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I'm Santi Casares, an author and illustrator of children's books in search of representation. I decided to create this spooky illustration because who doesn't love Halloween? Honestly! :)

Portfolio: www.santiagocasares.com

02.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 73    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Drawing of a boy balancing on the top of a grimacing dragon's head.

Drawing of a boy balancing on the top of a grimacing dragon's head.

Another month and another #KidLitArtPostcard day!

Hello everyone, my name's Gustavo and I'm an Illustrator available for projects in PB, KidLit, MG, GN, Editorial Projects, Board Books, you name it.

I'm also seeking representation.

02.10.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely rad postcard

03.10.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello! Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Cyrus and I’m an illustrator who thrives when working on stories that are fantastical, spooky, or show off our natural world.

02.10.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A brown antique frame with gold plating saying β€œking of the world” sits on an orange wall. The light looks like late in the day- very orange and yellow coming from the left. The picture inside is old and faded in color. There is a tiny European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of an antique globe. He looks triumphant.

A brown antique frame with gold plating saying β€œking of the world” sits on an orange wall. The light looks like late in the day- very orange and yellow coming from the left. The picture inside is old and faded in color. There is a tiny European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of an antique globe. He looks triumphant.

A tiny European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of his head sits on top of of an antique globe. He looks triumphant. It is the image inside the picture frame on the previous picture.

A tiny European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of his head sits on top of of an antique globe. He looks triumphant. It is the image inside the picture frame on the previous picture.

It is a coloring page white background with black crisp linework. Text saying β€œGo Be King of the World” in sharp fantasy inspired font is at the top of the image. There is a white back ground and line work of a  European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of an antique globe. He looks triumphant. The bottom left uses the same font and advertises the creators Patreon account β€œPatreon.com/cyruscreates”

It is a coloring page white background with black crisp linework. Text saying β€œGo Be King of the World” in sharp fantasy inspired font is at the top of the image. There is a white back ground and line work of a European traditional style green dragon with a crown on top of an antique globe. He looks triumphant. The bottom left uses the same font and advertises the creators Patreon account β€œPatreon.com/cyruscreates”

For years to come they will say Rex was a good pet and an even better ruler of the globe.

Original line work was from a dragon themed coloring zine series I did years ago- Im getting a lot of inspiration from it lately!
#kidlitart #kidlitpublishers
#illustration
#coloringbook #dragons #dragonart

23.07.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I redrew the hero dog for my graphic novel idea!

#kidlit #kidlitart #comic #comics #profilepicture #illustration #illustrator #comicart #childrensbookillustrator

12.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The pieces of the but look like they’re alive, in like a Howl’s Moving castle way. It’s really cool. Your work is stunning!

13.07.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I mostly paint landscapes. Mostly.
#PortfolioDay

10.07.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy #PortfolioDay !!!
my name is Ana and I'm a Spanish 2D artist, I've working for around 4 years now on character design, animation and storyboards!
I can't show my last porjects rn (dumb NDAs) but I'm gonna share my website πŸ’šπŸ’š

ruskillas.portfolio.site

10.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi #PortfolioDay ⭐

I'm Nia, an illustrator from Germany, currently working mostly for Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games.

Loving fantasy, especially dark fantasy, folklore and fairy tales.
If you like it, follow me for more illustrated fantasy stories πŸ˜‰
#fantasy #lotr #medieval #magic

08.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 509    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not sure if it still counts as #PortfolioDay or if I missed it, but heres my stuff. I do watercolor and ink it

11.07.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Woah! I love the dragon and the fox illustrations. Killer work! Watercolor can be such a beast

13.07.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same! I posted anyway because I’ve been working hard on mine. It’s okay to miss one now and then though, and as I’m going through the tags there is so much good stuff!

13.07.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous illustrations!

13.07.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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