Anna Cosper

Pencil on ink: an orange blob with a long nose sinks through yellow water, surrounded by fanciful monsters rising from the deep.

Black ink on yellow ink: the same orange blob is seen sinking through dark yellow water, surrounded by creepy, hollow, inky monsters. One is reaching for him.

Two different versions of final art for my dummy - which do you think? He is imagining drowning and being consumed by monsters - yay :)

#kidlitillustrator #picturebookillustration #monsterillustration

A stump of wood with a long nose and a red cap bumbling around - trying to jump, faling down. Floating in water. Pinocchio in his baby stages!

Reading Carlo Collodi's original Pinocchio - the wood Geppetto received for Pinocchio was an animated piece of wood! So I played with that. #ifgeppettowasalazywoodworker
#illustratorsonbluesky #kidlitillustrator #kidlitsketches

Spooky apple tree. The apples are shrunken heads screaming "Happy Halloween". Handmade folk art feel, color scheme is greens and reds. Bare branches with sparse leaves.

Happy Halloween! Love this time of year. Get spooky, y'all.

#handillustratedhalloweencard #happyhalloweenillustration #halloweenillustrationshrunkenheads #procreatehalloween #procreate6bpencilwhatwhaaaaaat

This is great! I love this!

A wooden card rack with spunky collage cards. Five designs

Five different designs all handmade illustrated cards with winter themes.

All those on Whidbey Island who haven't visited Koneksi Gallery yet - do it! They're carrying my cards, along with so much other great art, great vibes and a piano! 4777 Commercial Street in Clinton.

Some sheep sketches and the tree that was forced low to the ground to give them shelter? It's not an unhappy tree - it still grows upwards - just a fascinating one. Oh and intense marker from previous pages!
#sketchesinthecountry #autumnsketches #artistsonbluesky

Look! I did a subway one too a bit ago 🙂 - I'm so glad they let us respond with images on this app! Satisfying. I love yours - it's so ALIVE! Super well-done.

Illustration of two sand fleas having tea on a foggy beach while two others bury something in the background. Made with colored pencil and pastel.

Wohoooo it's #kidlitartpostcard day again! Here's a piece from my current WIP ... I'm an author/illustrator looking for representation, and also kidlit friends here on Bluesky! Let's connect!

#kidlitillustrator #whimsicalsinister #invertibratelivesmatter

Sketches of Invertebrates in a seashell landscape, a man reading a book in a coffee shop, a shrimp

Sketches of a shell with barnacles in it in morning light, my mothers face, and an inch worm doing dances

"I can do the stick dance, stick dance, stick dance" - I just love those little tiny inch worms. #sketchbooktime

My first #kidlitartpostcard on Bluesky! I'm an author/illustrator looking for representation. My books are primarily about love and acceptance of others. Let's comnect! Annacosper.com

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #boardbookillustration #imnice

Yes! Traditional media: YAY!

Drawing of a child-like figure woven out of porcelain with many holes and a fairy-like light shining through it, casting a shadow. Written next to it is "when you're broken open, brittle, empty, fragile - God can come in?"

When you're broken open, brittle, empty, fragile - God can come in? Question mark?

#dealingwithgrief #griefillustration #sketchingwithgrief

Oh yay! Thank you!!!

#constructionvehicleskidlit #newpicturebooktrucks

Sketches of backhoes, dump trucks and semi truck

Sketches of backhoes

More backhoes

What luck to have construction in town right as I'm working on a truck book! Also funny to interact with the confused construction workers (the tables are turned ha HA) - I really did start to understand the fascination my little wards have for these things. Cool.

Okay so maybe you can tell me when are these mysterious postcard days?! Ha ha I don't get it! Thank you Jess!

Watercolor painting of two Indian Paintbrush flowers leaning towards each other with their roots intertwined and wildflowers and mountains in the background

Here are the final wedding invitations! Shout out to Moo.com for the quality prints.

#handpaintedweddinginvitation #mountainweddinginvitation #indianpaintbrushinlove

Watercolor of two Indian paintbrushes leaning towards each other with their roots intertwining

Close-up of watercolor painting of Indian paintbrush flower with mountains in the background and other flowers

Yum! Working on a wedding invitation with my new professional series Windsor and Newton paints!

#windsorandnewtonprofessionalwatercolors #weddinginvitation #rockymountainweddinginvitation #indianpaintbrush #handpaintedweddinginvitations

Thank you! Sorry for my late reply. It's direct to garment - they pretreated it with a chemical that can catch the white ink, then printed it.

T-shirts and tote bags with the following design: Tango dancers from above, abstracted to show placement of torsos and hips in a molinette. Modern art look (Miro), pencil and white paint. The words La Mechanica de Tango are hand-lettered in sketchy playful style.

Got my proofs in for designs I made for tango dancers (I tango) - they're inspired by Cy Twombly: #modernartmeetstango! #tangodesigns #ilovetangosomuchimadetshirts #tangoshirtsandtotebags #argentinetango #neotangolover #themechanicsoftango

Photo of greeting cards splayed on work table: cards are made with collage and feature inspiring quotes

Psuper psyched to have my new line of greeting cards in! Off to peddle them now ... wish me luck/write me if you know a store they would be perfect for! #collagegreetingcards #encouraginggreetingcards #cardswithguts #becurious #inspiringquotes

Depiction of a journey of two kids on horseback through Minnesota countryside with panels of them resting, racing through rain, fording a creek, etc. Brown ink lines colored with brown and purple washes.

Sketch of the two page spread journey for comparison.

I've been working on a graphic novel submission together with an author that introduces wisdom from Chinese medicine to the middle grade audience: YAY!!! It's been a fantastic collab so far. Her website is joyouslake.earth
#kidlitart #chinesemedicinegraphicnovel #graphicnovel #middlegradeGN

Oh this is amazing! I just looked up Flashes - that sounds much more comfortable for the illustrators who are here - yay thank you for posting this!

A large rounded giant with brown skin stares with wonder at the sheep in his hand who is playing chello. He is sitting between an Icelandic shed and field and the sea beyond. There are sheep in the field looking up at the chello player. Collage with drawn elements: pastel and colored pencil.

Made this the other day with newspaper, tracing paper and drawing paper.
#collageart #kidlitillustratorsonbluesky #tenderness #danishlandscape #collagewithsheep #sheepplayingchello #chellomusic

Pencil sketches of a lama in different positions, with a landscape at the bottom: a barn and fences and sheep. Cute drawing of the lama looking at the viewer.

Found a lama nearby!!!! What an amazing shape! 😍😍😍

#kidlit #kidlitsketcher #illustratorsonbluesky #lamasketches #quiettimewithpencils

“Do what makes you come alive” quote hand-lettered with sumi-e brush, colored with lively colored pencil pinks and yellows and some green. Spare splatter marks.

Here’s what became of my playing the other day - I added colored pencil and a bit of digital magic :)

#Dowhatmakesyoucomealive!
#artistsonbluesky #inspirationalquote #handlettering #inkandpencil #illustrator #humanmadeart

Oh my gosh! Roasted hazelnuts and olives get along in my mouth?! #whatcanicookwiththat?

Anna's studio

Do what makes you come alive - big handwritten letters with sumi-e brushes

Colored ink drawing of a creature with many feathers. Ombré deep purple to orange. Need around its beehive hairdo

Pens and nibs

Spring energy today!! Thoroughly happy trying out my new nibs with my favorite #noodlersink and homemade beet ink (a beautiful magenta color). Oh I also used some sumi-e brushes for that text. #speedballsketchingnibs #artstudiointhesun #illustratorsonbkuesky #dowhatmakesyoucomealive #spring

Thank you for re-posting Raven! How cozy! I love that hashtag now I'm curious about #illustratorssupportingauthots - gonna go look!

Thank you! I love this idea I'm going to suggest it :)