Sam Ricks

Children’s book illustrator.📚 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner.🥇 VP of Creative + Design @cotopaxi. 🦙

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Loved participating in the 2022 For the Love of Reading Conference!

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Slack pasting interprets *this* as bold. I realize I can manually type _this_, but it'd be great not to have to.

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@iAWriter Question: ⌘+I formats like *this* by default. Can I change so that ⌘+I gives me _this_ instead?

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Join us at 6 pm MST!👇
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@modernfuel I'm about to buy a bronze pencil but would like the .9mm add-on mentioned in the product description. I don't see where to add that on the site. Can you advise?

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A conversation about Iggy, Annie’s writing, and my illustrating.

Fun fact: I work with editors and art directors, never authors, when I illustrate books. In fact, I’ve only talked to two of the authors out of the 25 books I’ve illustrated.
@penguinkids
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Hey! In non-voting-related news today, The Best of Iggy just won the Texas Bluebonnet Award. That’s the kind of thing I can get behind! Go check it out, and take a look at Iggy’s newest adventure, Iggy Is Better Than Ever, wherever you get your reads.

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Tuesday 4 PM PST / 7 PM EST 👇

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Iggy’s back! Book 2 coming to a book store near you on October 6th! @penguinkids #anniebarrows #thebestofiggy #childrensbooks #illustrator #samricks

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Milton Glaser once said that drawing Shakespeare is great fun because no one really knows what Shakespeare looked like. Thanks for the inspo, Milton.

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Things I AM loving? The bigger canvas size. Thank you thank you.

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I think Adobe wants us all to practice having a beginner’s mindset. I’m still getting used to key objects being selected by default in the newest version of Illustrator. 🧘🏻‍♂️ #adobeillustrator #beginnersmind

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I just added sriracha and horseradish sauces to my BLT, confirming my hypothesis that everything is better with both.

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I’m obsessed with Pixar. I’ve read every book on its origins and culture. I own many of Chronicle’s “art of” books. I just finished “To Pixar and Beyond”. It’s thoughtfully written and engaging all the way through. Check it out. -> https://t.co/IP9YGGijOS

#pixar #ricksrecommends

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Learn to draw Iggy! In the first half, NYT Bestselling author Annie Barrows introduces Iggy, and in the second, I teach how to draw him. Enjoy!

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The new normal. Well, we’ll probably have two eyes. #illustrator #samricks

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Spring cleaning machine. My wife has our kids spending half their time home schooling, and the other half house cleaning. They are praying school starts again soon. 😂

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Rain 🌧☔️
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Wind.
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This is what it feels like right now, but SPOILER ALERT: the sun comes out for Iggy, and it will for us too. #thebestofiggy @penguinkids #anniebarrows #illustrator #digitalillustration #childrensbooks #samricks