Mel Cordan (she/her)
@melcordan.bsky.social
Animating by day-Illustrator & Author by night. Rep’d by @annmrose.bsky.social Mama Bear to neurodivergent & 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ kids. https://linktr.ee/melaniecordan?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=6dee148a-6859-4ea
Get ready... #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday, August 6th! For more info visit: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
Reminding myself that the best path forward is one with intention, where I get to be my authentic self.
In the fall I plan to send out promotional art, & I’m reworking a part of my portfolio for it. But I’m not sure what is the best method for book illustrators these days. Snail mail postcards? Emails? Social media? And which social media? Where are AD’s & Editors spending their time? #kidlit
The fact that Democrats aren’t insisting on an in-person meeting with turtle head…with cameras rolling, is infuriating.
I love the ADHD brain. Here I am, updating some editor/ad lists, and suddenly I’m brainstorming an app idea.
For a current project, I need to draw architecture from every angle. I’ve taken lots of perspective classes, including one from the famous Marshall Vandruff, & yet my skills are lacking. It’s time. Blender, I can no longer put you off. Time to learn how to use you for world building.
Jonah Hill Wtf
ALT: Jonah Hill Wtf
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Among other things, working on revamping my MG portfolio to include cover work. I took a class with Emily @ illustration Initiative & the coaching session has been fantastic. Working on a series of 3, & she’s making sure they are stylistically the same for all 3 covers. 1-2
For #kidlitartpostcard I wanted to take a sec and announce my new agency, Marsal Lyon Literary! I still have the same agent, @annmrose.bsky.social so give her a ping! I am working on some new books, portfolio pieces and just uber excited to share them with you. melaniecordan.com #melArt🔥 #kidlit
I am not a transactional person. I don’t expect quid quo pro when I help people. But lately there seems to be a steady stream of asks in my DMs, either wanting collaberation or just advice, and normally i give for free. 1/2
Current illustration flex: I designed some characters for a YA gn. Then it was suggested that the book's voice feels more MG. Mel, can you make the characters younger and the design feel more MG? Why yes. Yes, I can.
A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car. Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
Happy 5th anniversary #kidlitartpostcard !!! Theme is who we were as children, and this older piece epitomizes it. Loud, imaginative, and energetic & Godzilla was my hero. One birthday I got an action figure that was the best.toy.ever!!!! Rep’d by @annmrose.bsky.social #kidlitart #melArt🔥
“E” is for… crud? Ok, maybe not. Seriously, Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I’m Mel. I am an animator and author/illustrator. I love character design, whimsy and I’m interested in pb’s,mg’s and gn’s. I’m repp’d by @annmrose.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitArt #melArt🔥
There are a lot of #MSWL posts going around and I love that! I just want authors to remember NOT to self reject. Your book doesn’t have to be a perfect match to a MSWL If the agent takes fantasy and you have fantasy take your shot! ❤️ Don’t stress it!
I’m in the time of life where my doctor is pushing protein, movement and weight training. My response was this AM to eat a big bowl of granola with flax milk. Hey. The milk was protein enriched?
29 years ago, I declined a date with a boy, only to invite him to an art party in a warehouse where I was meeting up with girl friends.
Yesterday I participated in #hourlycomicsday2026 #hourlycomics #hourlycomic #melArt🔥 #kidlitArt #illustration #comics
Hello #PortfolioDay! I’m Victoria K. Chapman, an illustrator/author of children’s books. Artist/art instructor. I love animals, the outdoors, conservation, magic, imagination & mindfulness. Rep’d for kids books by Rosa Frazier & Joyce Sweeney of @seymouragency.bsky.social! www.weyakindesigns.com
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m Victoria K. Chapman, illustrator-author of kids books. I love nature, animals, mindfulness, nature nonfiction, whimsy, & imagination. PB, book covers, & more. #kidlit Rep by Joyce Sweeney & Rosa Frazier at @seymouragency.bsky.social. www.weyakindesigns.com
#KidLitArtPostcard Day, and I'm in the mood for whimsy! Illustrator interested in working on PBs, MG covers & author/illustrating GNs. Repp'd by @annmrose.bsky.social at the Tobias Literary Agency. You can see more of my work at melaniecordan.com #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #melArt🔥
#iceoutminneapolis #iceoutmpis #melArt🔥 I jumped on the #iceoutcomics trend. Here’s what’s on my mind these days…
