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Children’s book illustrator / educator
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Email for inquiries. Josh@clelandillustration.com

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Mar 20

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Mar 20

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3 tips to help troubleshoot your drawings and sketches. Obviously this isn’t an exhaustive list. What are some of the things you do to fix your drawings?

#illustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #characterdesign #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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Tomorrow, March 17, I will be hosting another FREE character design workshop at 1pm PDT/4pm EDT. I will be walking everyone through a simple yet powerful way to conceptualize a lot of different characters in a short amount of time. It’s really fun! Did I mention it’s free? Register link is in my bio. Hope to see you there!

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #characterdesign #drawing #education #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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Mar 13

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A piece I did for the March issue of @highlightsforchildren ’s High Five Magazine. It’s always fun working with the fun people at Highlights. Who’s in the mood for cheese?

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlit #illustration #drawing #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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Mar 4

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Some characters I’m working on for a personal project. More details soon.

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #booksforkids #illustration #characterdesign #hippo #drawing #procreate #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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Feb 24

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Heads up. In case you missed it the first time I’m running another free character design webinar this Wednesday at 1pm PST/4pm EST. Link is in my bio to register. I hope to see you there!

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Feb 21

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The work is mysterious and important.

The tablet is a @wacom Cintiq 27qhd.

The hat is @wonderbly

#illustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #workspace #wacomworkspace #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #kidlit #joshcleland #joshclelandart #behindthescenes #severance

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Feb 18

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Woof Woof!! Book 3 of the Woofmore series: “The Woofmore on Thin Ice” is out today!!!

Written by @lorihaskinshouran and @dgephartwrites , and published by @abramskids / Amulet Books (and illustrated by me :) ). Available now. Order link in my bio.

(This illustration was done in @procreate using mostly the 6B pencil. The book was illustrated in Photoshop on my Mac using my @wacom Cintiq).

#kidlitart #kidlit #welcometothewoofmore #woofmore #thewoodmoreonthinice #childrensbooks #picturebooks #booksforkids #kidlitartist #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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Feb 10

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I’ve been illustrating children’s books for several years now, and it has been a fantastic experience. However, lately I’ve been looking for ways to grow my illustration business and offerings. So, last year I decided to hire a business coach to help with these endeavors. In March of 2024 I started working with Logan ( @flammable_entrepreneur ) and his team, and the results have been fantastic. We took a hard look at my core business strategies, target markets, goals, mindset, and more.

In fact, because of the coaching I received I finally hit a huge milestone late 2024 and launched my very first course!! This has been something I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time, and it feels so good to have finally accomplished it.

On Wednesday, February 12 Logan, Vera ( @vera.drmanovski ), and I will host a workshop where we discuss marketing for book illustrators. RSVP link is in my bio. If you can’t make it, no worries. We’ll send you a recording if you’ve RSVP.

Oh, and in case you’re wondering about my setup in this photo, here are the details:
Computer: Mac Mini M1 16 gigs of ram 1Tb HD
Tablet: @wacom Cintiq27qhd
Monitor: @benQ 3220U

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I just learned that Banana Hunt has been included in the long list of titles for 2025 @childrenslitfests #cflbookawards ! Happy dance! Fellow congrats to @suzysenior and @templarbooks

#childrensbookaward #kidlitart #kidlit #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #kidlitartist #joshcleland #joshclelandart #bananahunt

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Drawing a parasaurolophus (spelling that Dino took longer than the actual drawing 🤣). Illustrated in @procreate

#illustration #kidlitart #kidlitartist #dinosaur #characterdesign #behindthescenes #process #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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I found these old sketches from a couple years ago while going through my @procreate library. Maybe I should do something with them? It’s funny how time gives you a different perspective on your work.

#illustration #sketch #kidlitart #kidlitartist #drawing #joshcleland #joshclelandart #monsters #artlicensing

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Book 3 of the Woofmore series: “The Woofmore on Thin Ice” is available for pre-order! This snowy installment releases in just over a month (Feb 18). Pre-order link is in my bio.

The Woofmore book series is written by @lorihaskinshouran and @dgephartwrites , and published by @abramskids / Amulet Books.

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Happy New Year!!! Kicking off 2025 here with a quick share of some recent @procreate doodles. This character isn’t for anything in particular—just for fun. What are you looking forward to the most this year?

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #drawing #sketch #dinosaur #characterdesign #joshclelandart #joshclelandart

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I haven’t had a lot of time recently to create new artwork (that I can share anyways) so I’m reposting this from last year. I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and holiday season. 🌲❄️☃️ Thank you for all the love and support this past year. Looking forward to a fun 2025! Lots of great things planned 😀.

#kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #christmas #christmasdog #drawing #holidays #winter #joshclelandart #joshcleland

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Dec 13

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I posted the process reel for this the other day. I figured I’d post the actual artwork. Merry Christmas 🎁 🎄 😊

#illustration #greetingcarddesign #greetingcards #christmas #artlicensing #holidays #catplayingsaxophone #joshcleland #joshclelandart

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