Becca Syracuse

HoooBoy This is an excellent example of "Trust the Process" 😭😂

Will you be his Valentine?

It's EXTREMELY cool to see "Black History is Your History" on The Jennifer Hudson show today! This title was a huge collaborative undertaking (years in the making!), and includes a trove of gorgeous interior portraits by the sensationally talented Adriana Bellet!!!

I could go anywhere with you 🎈☁️

(*Please dispose of your balloons properly! Don't let them fly away, no matter how big their dreams are*)

Today marks my 7th year at Simon and Schuster, and my 10th year in children's publishing!! I'm very emotional!

I've made the executive decision that I don't want to needle felt all the strawberry seeds from the original sketch. What should he be holding instead?? If you had a little mushy familiar, what would he help you carry home after a long day of foraging???

There's a real chance this is my magnum opus

Tried my hand at needle felting for the first time, and I am very excited by the potential of it!! There were no coherent instructions included in the kit I ordered so I deviated from the script quite a bit, but I think it turned out super cute anyway!!!! He looks so polite!

Show me your Pink art! 🩷🌸🌷

A close-up on a brown felt bat as it is being sewn together. You can see the soft texture of the felt and the hand embroidered details of his face here

A handmade, plush, felt brown bat wearing a small orange bowtie. He is politely holding a bat-sized orange jack-o'-lantern treat bag

Finished another Felt Little Guy!! I think he looks SO POLITE!! Would you give him treats?

Pretty sure every art director has at least one White Whale artist they've been dreaming of working with for YEARS, who they simply CANNOT find the right project for ( I see you pitching them for every. single. project juuuuust in case).

An update from us here at PBS 💙

Cara is great! Anything that can act as a home base for you as an artist, where an art director can quickly see the breadth of your work is ideal-- Just make sure there's a link to it on all your socials!

Lots of artists use an alias, which is totally valid! Red Nose Studio is a great example of this! Just make sure your alias is consistent across your socials so your work is searchable ha!

*crying in art director* Please please please let your #portfoliday gift to yourself be adding your contact info (email), portfolio (link), and NAME to your socials. Some of you are missing opportunities because we can't reach you!!!!! 🫣

Lots of new people here, so let me reintroduce myself: I'm Becca. I'm an Associate Art Director in Children's Publishing. I use this account to research artists, share my work, and hype up YOUR creative projects! I also love hockey and internet cats. Say hi sometime!

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE

Would you still love me if I was a worm? I'd watch the whole Worm World from the pocket of your shirt.

I love this so so so much!!!

SO happy to share that HAROLD THE ICEBERG MELTS DOWN was named as a Blue Spruce Honor Book at the Forest of r
Reading Festival!!! What an enormous honor! Congratulations to the winners and nominees! I am positively overjoyed to be included on such a spectacular list of creators! 🥗💚♻️

A large fluffy cat sprawled on his back across a big drawing pad.

In an effort to beat burnout, I've put away the iPad, and pulled out the Big Drawing Pad™️ and good ol' crayons. I love how much more confident my lines look when the medium is chunky and totally unforgiving!!

YouTube video by VHS Retro Rewind Rainbow Brite Birthday Video Live Action and Cartoon

Looking back it is PURE nightmare fuel (available in full on YouTube apparently)😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V587...

A VERY special Honorable Mention to this live-action Rainbow Brite Birthday video. I still get the birthday song stuck in my head.

I LOVED Sailor Moon growing up, but seeing "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer" first (when I was probably waaaaayyyy too young) is what fundamentally changed my DNA and set the course for the next 30 years of my life.

Thank you all for the amazing submissions!!! I'm closing this request for now but I'm thrilled to see so many gorgeous portfolios! Lots to consider for future projects 🩷🩷🩷🩷

#illustrators I'm currently looking for an artist whose work is more painterly/ atmospheric/ bordering on abstract for a YA project. Please reply to this thread with a few samples of your work with a link to your portfolio if you think you might fit this criteria 🎨🖌️

My favorite guilty pleasure is spending my 20 minute walk to the midtown office rehearsing what I'll say when Humans of New York stops me

Ok the lighting in my office is unforgivable but how SWEET did the slime-green spot color turn out on this latest F.T. Lukens jacket?! Another illustrated masterpiece by Sam Schechter 💚✨🔮

You beat me to it! I was just about to say that @coreybrickley.bsky.social is absolutely one of the all-time BEST when it comes to atmosphere! And one of the few artists out there whose portfolio feels tactile, but gorgeously modern. I am a very big fan!!!!

Ten years dungeon