Aaron Cushley

Thanks Natasha! Trying to find that balance between digital and physical is an ongoing journey but I’m loving the experimentation

No Diving? No problem

Cover of How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest? showing everything encountered during the globe trotting trip.

How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest? by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe and illustrated by @aaroncushley.bsky.social
Go an a multi-sensory journey to explore 12 of the most extremes places. Fascinating facts and a brilliant Where’s Herbert challenge to find a sneaky tarantula! @hachettechildrens.bsky.social

The front cover of a book called What Came First? The title appears in large red letters, and it's surrounded by drawings including a dinosaur, a horse-drawn chariot, a biplane, and various people and animals.

Great to see What Came First? by Kit Frost & @aaroncushley.bsky.social now out with Red Shed @harpercollins.bsky.social. I was the historical consultant for the pages on sport, games, and theme parks. #historyforchildren

This trend of “sketchbook” accounts that show pretty and thought about sketchbooks is worrying because sketchbooks aren’t meant to be pretty, they aren’t meant to be finished, they’re moments of creativity, problem solving and a calendar of your journey. Stop trying to make everything polished.

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Dogs and cats

My new stickers came and I’m so pleased with how they turned out

Thanks Aishwarya. I started with a fluorescent wash underneath and acrylic with watercolour crayons for some finer bits. The caran d’ache ones are great.

Some days the inspiration comes, others you’re sitting with nothing but a sharp pencil.

A (not so) ordinary box

Tweaked it and made it a print #illustration #kidart #picturebookillustration

Little wonder(ers) #illustration #sketch

The way your mind instinctively knows the tone, voice and cadence of each image is something I’ll never get tired of.

Saturday morning textures and sketches

We love the rain. You have to when you’re Irish #kidlirart #illustration #picturebookart

We’ll build our own 🦁. #kidlitart
#illustration

Watercolor illustration of a man wearing a cap and lying under a tree. There is a singing robin perched on a branch above him

I spent yesterday afternoon lying in the sun in nature. The robin was also there. 🌿

#illustration #kidlitart #watercolor

Two types of people in the rain

Drawn image of packaged “me” with everything that comes with it ie switch console, dog, shoes, sketchbook, tote bag, bag pack and iPad

Here’s the thing. These AI trends suck because you can not be interested in environmental issues but when you use these trends you’re actively contributing to the harmful effects a generated image causes. So here’s an image made by me to filter out the garbage

Plans

Singing on the wall

Abstract and evening sun doodles

🫧 of fun

Colourful morning #illustration

Terminal boredom #kidlitart #sketch

Sunday baking #kidlitillustration

An #imaginedbookcover idea for Friday.

A checkered board surrounds a child carefully trying to hop over a sleeping snake. A thought bubble shows a ladder.

If only I had a 🪜…

🐅 on the mind