Discussion: Caricatures for Kidlit

Discussion with Dustin Resch (Professor Spike) and Stan Yan

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• By Stan Yan

Mixed Media to Spark Your Creativity and Level Up Your Style

Learn new techniques to spark your creativity and help you stand out in the competitive world of Children's Illustration

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• By Heather Brockman-Lee

Character and Costume Design

A four week intensive course covering the fundamentals of Character and Costume Design for Children's Publishing (with some discussion about Animation) taught by award winning Children's Book author, illustrator, graphic novelist, and costume and character designer, Lily Williams.  

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• By Lily Williams

Jumpstart Your Illustration Career

An hour long singular lecture about getting into Illustration and how to make it a career.

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• By Lily Williams

HOOK! PLOT! PITCH!

Break Into Trade Publishing, a BIG BITE Workshop for Writers and Writer-Illustrators

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• By Kaz Windness

Drawing Diversity

Building your portfolios and character designs with respect to reflect the world around us

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• By Stan Yan

Storyboard for Kidlit

Make a Children's Book Dummy for Submission and Publication

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• By Kaz Windness

Publication Pitch Package

Essentials for Writer-Illustrators

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The Art of Critique

This 45-minute lecture is a behind-the-scenes look at the most crucial creative skill of them all: Critique.

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• By Lily Williams

Fundamentals of Professional Practice

Jumpstart your illustration career

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Kaz Cuddle Coaching

Live or Recorded

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• By Kaz Windness

Stan Cuddle Coaching

Live or recorded

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• By Stan Yan

Lily Cuddle Coaching

Live or recorded

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• By Lily Williams

Graphic Novel Boot Camp

A four week intensive course focusing on graphic novel creation process

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• By Stan Yan

Jessica Cuddle Coaching

Live or recorded

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• By Jessica Lanan

EARLY READERS

Fast Track Your Children's Publishing Career, a BIG BITE Workshop for Writers or Illustrators

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• By Kaz Windness

Your Five Year Map to an Illustration Career in Children's Publishing

Do you feel lost on your kid lit illustration journey? Illustrator and Author Heather Brockman Lee gives you a map so you can chart your course to breaking in or leveling up in publishing.

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• By Heather Brockman-Lee

Heather Cuddle Coaching

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• By Heather Brockman-Lee

Designing & Illustrating Covers with Kaz Windness and Jessica Lanan

Fast Track Your Children's Publishing Career, a BIG BITE Workshop for Writers or Illustrators

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• By Jessica Lanan

Character Tic-Tac-Toe: Drawing Characters’ Actions and Expressions

Bring life and clarity to your character illustrations to let your stories shine. In this BIG BITE course, Stan Yan explores the expressive work of masters in the kidlit illustration field, and helps you deconstruct actions and emotions into their base components so you can build your characters back up in your own style and media via a hands-on workshop using deconstructive methodology based on game play.

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• By Stan Yan

Character Storytelling Bundle

Graphic Novel Boot Camp - Drawing Diversity - Character Tic-Tac-Toe

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Activism in Kidlit

Do you have an idea, but worry the topic is taboo? Let's talk about why writing and illustration are radical and how we can make activism work for kids if we approach it with honesty.

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• By Lily Williams

Book Marketing Guides

Three expert perspectives, get book marketing advice from Lily Williams, Kaz Windness, and Stan Yan, perfect for anyone launching a book!

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2-Professor Graphic Novel Review with Stan and Lily

2025 is a great year to level up your graphic novel pitch! Get a jump on your success with two professional graphic novel reviews at the limited-time discount price of $50! Portfolio reviews will begin January 1st. Reviews are typically delivered within 2-weeks of ordering if not sooner.

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