Elizabeth Sparg
@elizabethsparg.bsky.social
Illustrator - Children's books, pattern and product. Animals and wildlife. Repped in the US by WendyLynn & Co. Elizabethsparg.com
This #kidlitpostcard day, don't make Popcorn come to your house to deliver his letter! It would be a very long way for him to travel from South Africa. And yes, there ARE penguins in South Africa. I promise. elizabethsparg.com #kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator #childrensbookillustrator
This #kidlitpostcard day, I am sharing a scene based on my childhood with a dad who flew 2 and 4 seater planes and let my sister and I take control of the steering and "fly" from when we were very young. His trusty dog, Jaws, flew many trips too. #kidlit #childrensillustration #pilot #kidlitart
New (free) Substack post. About my new dedicated websites for my PET PORTRAITS, and for my WILDLIFE ILLUSTRATION ... and a little bit about SEO for AI search results. #illustration #wildlifeilustration #petportraits #kidlitart open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...
New Websites and Orders are Open
This month, I attended a talk on SEO for AI and what one can do to show up better in AI search results.
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Original art packed and shipped from South Africa to Canada. Yay! #kidlitart #childrensillustration #originalillustration #originalart
STUDIO SALE! Sign up for early access when it goes live! I am clearing out some original sketches, paintings and illustrations. There will be something for every budget. Don't miss out! Sign up here: eepurl.com/dw7fbP #originalart #childrensillistration #kidlitart #petportraits #artsale
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! Here's a sneaky peeky from another book that's publishing soon... #kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #childrensillistration #kidsbooks #childrensbookillustrator #southafricanillustrator #petportraits #illustratorsforhire
I am now open for #petportraits, done in my loose, painterly style. Because every pet deserves to be put on the wall and remembered forever! Hand-panted and fun, with personality! Order via my online shop: elizabethsparg.com #dogs #cats #pets #kidlitartist #childrensillustration #animals #art
It's #kidlitpostcard day and we're having fish for dinner. And by "we" I mean, Miss Chicken-Banana-Frog and Master Frog-Banana-Chicken. And we can blame this wacky one on my agent Kyle @wendylynnco . #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlit #dinnerfortwo #wackyillustration #foodillustration
Finding a friendly snake! Spotted Bush Snakes are harmless and quite cute. They are active in the day, hunt for geckos and are plentiful in bushy areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. And in my garden. #kidlit #kidlitart #naturalhistory #nonfictionillustration #nonfiction #snakes
Recent personal project - layout, illustration and hand lettering. I would love to work on a non-fiction, natural history project some day. To see my sketches and unedited art for this: lnkd.in/gipXazx4 #kidlit #kidlitart #nonfiction #nonfictionpicturebooks #childrensillustration
Look out for my portfolio at the #scbwi New York conference this weekend. It'll be the one with all the cats on the cover! Let me know if you'll be there too. #kidlitart #kidlit #scbwiNY25
Happy New Year! and a belated #artvsartist with some of my favourites from the year and my two little ratbags. I am open for new illustration projects, small and big, from mid February. Children's books, animals/wildlife, product/packaging, pattern, etc. elizabethsparg.com #kidlitart #illustration
My entries for the #picturehooks prompt "What's Inside?". In my hometown, Durban, South Africa, Vervet monkeys are incredibly common and will steal food and random stuff from your house, or while you are unpacking groceries from your car. This monkey was very disappointed in his loot. #kidlitart
Getting into the Christmas spirit with these quick sketchbook doodles. #kidlitart #illustration #santa
First prompt for #theimaginedbookcover2024. Story idea: The King places an order for a new crocodile to guard his castle. The croc he is sent, turns out not to be very brave at all & not good at his job. The King has to decide whether he will keep him or send him back. #kidlitart #kidlit #bookcover
Two little sketches I made for my latest blog post now up on my website and Substack: "Overcommitted, flip-flops and other news". #kidlit #kidlitart #sketches
Hi! This #kidlitpostcard day I'm sharing a new piece from a personal project. I'd love to work on humorous stories featuring animals or scenes which lend themselves to painterly backgrounds, in both fiction and non-fiction. #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #childrensillustration #scbwiillustrators
Book Three in The Bundu Bunch Series for author, Allan Low, is off to the printer next week! Can you guess which classic stories these kids are reading? #coverillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #picturebookillustration #bookcover #kidlit #childrensillustration #africanstories
Childhood memories illustrated. I remember getting up to go to the loo in our beach cottage one night and seeing a giant rat saunter past! The cottage was unoccupied most of the year. Rats and cockroaches were just part of the holiday experience. #kidlitart #childrensillustration #kidlit
For this month's #kdlitpostcard day, I am sharing another scene from "The Secret Garden" (personal work). This is the scene in Colin's room where Mary introduces him to Dicken, who comes with a bunch of friendly creatures in tow! #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlit #middlegradebooks
Personal work: My version of a cover for The Secret Garden #kidlit #kidlitart #coverdesign #coverillustration #handlettering #middlegradebooks #childrensillustration
Personal work: A spread I illustrated for one of my favorite childhood reads - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnette. I reread it recently and still love the writing and story so much. #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #childrensillustration #middlegradebooks #kidlit
Some sketchbook pages from the beach this weekend. See more in my latest blog post: elizabethsparg-blog.com/books-have-a... #sketchbook #kidlit #kidlitart #sketches
But all dogs are the best dog! Right?! Riiiight?!! #winner #goldmedal #runnerup #olympics #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensillustration #picturebookart #kidlitillustration #dogillustration #petportraits
A while ago, my anteater banner design was selected as one of the honourable mentions in the Kidlit 411 banner competition. The prize was an "Illustrator Spotlight" post as well as having my banner displayed for the month of August. Thank you, KIDLIT411! www.kidlit411.com/2024/08/illu...
Illustrator Spotlight: Elizabeth Sparg
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My cover design for #matsicb2024 class. This is a story written by Zoe Tucker specifically to give us a manuscript to work with in the class. #coverillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensillustration #tigerillustration #makeartthatsells #tigerillustration #redpanda #animalillustration
Sad little panda. For "Red gets the Blues" - poses pages for #matsicb11 class by @makeartthatsells . #matsicb #matsicb2024 #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #illustratingchildrensbooks #picturebookart #redpanda #animalillustration #characterdesign #makeartthatsells #kidlit
