Gary Wilkinson

Freelance children's illustrator, portrait artist and caricaturist.

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@TheTruthFiction Dark End of the Mall has to be one of my all time favourites

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Honored to have won the July contest over @SVSLearn with my painting of sand sharks. Stay safe on the sand! #Illustration #sharks #summer #kidslit

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@NoMansSky Only 17,999,999,999,999,997 more planets left to paint #NoMansSkyBeyond

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Just started the 100 kids challenge. Has anyone tried to draw 100 different things before as an ongoing project? If you have post a link in the comments.

#1 Superboy

#kidlitart #illustration #100kids #artchallenge #ChildrensBooks #art #sketchaday #superhero #coolkids #artkids

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A new blog post about how I painted "misunderstood monster" at my website below:

https://t.co/RmxQyY28OY

#halloween #arttutorial #education #illustration #kidlitart #monsters #painting

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Monsters beware on #halloween Great piece by @CastlemanEric

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@r1k1n Thank you Rikin, your iguana boy book looks great, I gotta order a copy soon!

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Buddy and Ben. The first of a set of "Monster Riders". Children that have created their own monsters in their dream world.

#illustration #kidlitart #halloween #monsters #ChildrensBooks #kidlit

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Meet Greg and Grub. Who said that #mullets are out of fashion?

#Halloween #monster #kidlitart #ChildrensBooks #illustration #monsterkids

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Check out Simona's amazing Halloween monsters!

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Trick-or-treater No 10: The Octoboss. You know, the one that sits on your neck and corrects the color of arrows on powerpoint slides?
No reference to existing people, I swear.

#kidlitart #halloween #illustration #characterdesign #octopus

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It's time to enjoy a bit of music with our furry little friends!

#kidlitart #illustration #music #piano #ChildrensBooks

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@smceccarelli Awesome design. Such sass!

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It's almost #Halloween! Start checking for monsters under your bed, but don't be too afraid. Not all are bad.

#kidlit #childrensbooks #illustration #HappyHalloween #kidlitart

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Although this piece is less than a year old, it feels very different from what I have been making recently. Maybe i'll come back to it someday (created for the @SVSLearn forum group. It's a great place!)

＃illustration ＃kidlitart #selfie ＃art ＃sealife ＃parenting ＃octopus

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@DommiFox I've met those deers. They never pay...

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@TamberrinoArt my dog makes the same exact pose!

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@TamberrinoArt thank you for your advice suzanne!

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I created this painting a while ago, but I recently took off the old war symbols (as well as the border) as someone mentioned how they might be not well suited depending on where you come from. Which do you prefer?

#kidlit #illustration #kids #parenting #imagination #artcrit

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@corysshaw Using names is a good idea. I hadn't though of that. Perhaps if it were to be used as some kind of birthday card, then it would be a good way to personalize it

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@LeonStrapko Thank you Leon! I also like your use of "wild blue yonder :D"

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This was a piece created for when you are having a bad day, but something great was waiting for you at home. Have you ever had a day like that?

#illustration #kidlit #ChildrensBooks #art #rainydays #HappyDays #birthday #kidlitart