I've been participating in illustrator, Gina Perry's #KidLitArtPostcard Day ever since she started it on Twitter wayback in May 2021. It was created as a response to the pandemic when most art directors & editors worked remotely which made snail mailing postcards moot. I haven't been sharing my digital postcards here but why not. Anyway here's my August 2023 postcard.

Here's my Angry Cat and Fox in a Kitchen. Animal characters showing emotions other than happy in an environment.

Here's my July 2024 - #PortfolioDay promo sheet posted on my socials.

YAY! The 2024 CBIG Illustration Directory is finally LIVE on the CBIG website. This is a pet project of mine for my illustrator group to help us all get more discoverability. You can flip through ALL 53 pages over at cbig-nyc.com/directory
My promo page is on page 48. I also have a spot on page 51 of the index.

This is the first time I'm participating in The #BookmarkProject. a charity auction to help raise funds for the Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe. Monday, May 6 - 20, 2024.

My original ink and watercolor bookmark for the #BookmarkProject is Lot 152.

For more Info: www.bookmarkproject.co.uk

To view /Bid: www.jumblebee.co.uk/bookmarkproject2024

Check out my illustration on the Bologna Children's Book fair Virtual Illustrators Wall 2024. My illustration is in the USA section. Can you find my illustration? Hint, it's got BUNNIES. The virtual Gallery will be live March 2024 - September 2024.
BCBF Illustrators Wall

Tah Dah! Here's my Peter and the Wolf stage debut at 10X's its original size! Picture of the January 3 concert in the city hall in Vienna.
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See the previous entry to see the whole illustration.

Back in December 2023 I was commissioned to do an illustration for a backdrop for an orchestral performance in Vienna! The above image is the final illustration before the client put their !Klassic Kool! logo on it.
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See the next entry for the art on the stage!
I will be sharing more pictures of the actual performance on my Instagram and other social media.

I am honored that my cover art submissions for the CBIG 2023 Illustration Directories made the covers on both directories this year! The cover art for the directories are voted in by the CBIG membership. It's been awhile since my art made the cover on one never mind both -so YAY!

Please check them out and flip through the pages to see all the lovely promo pages at: CBIG-NYC.com/portfolio

BTW: Find my color promo on page 13 in the Color Illustration Directory and my B&W promo on page 4 in the Black & White Directory.

My agency, The Seymour Agency has started featuring their illustrators on Thursdays over on their Instagram. Woo Hoo! I'm the featured illustrator this week, July 20, 2023! Check it out HERE!

Please head over to the agency IG and have a look.

Seymour Agency Illustrators

I am honored that my illustration is on the back page of my local SCBWI Long Island, New York's Summer Newsletter: KidLit News Summer 2023.
You can read the newsletter HERE

Yay! My illustrator copies arrived! I spent 6 months more or less working on the illustrations for this book in 2022. Elinor's Glad-To-Be Together Family - Picture book written by Susan Layne, published by Mascot Kids!
The Official launch date is September 12, 2023.

Finally met my agent, Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency and some of my agency siblings in real life! Here we are having drinks in NYC. As I had signed with my agent during the pandemic, I had only ever met her on zoom. It was lovely to meet everyone in person.

From Left to right
Top row: Ralph Walker, Eva Tate
Bottom row: Zenda Walker, Marie Wen Adcock, Lynnette Novak, Me, R. C. Chizhov

Tah Dah! A Tree, verse by me, Diana Ting Delosh with art by Marta Alvarez is published in the April 2023 issue of Highlights High Five magazine on Page 4.

The Hero of Hawks Nest Beach was published on July 2021 by Mascot Books. The author is Barbara Gervais Ciancimino. I spent the fall of 2020 to the spring of 2021 working on the illustrations.

I am so-o-o thrilled to announce that I am NOW represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency! Let the adventures begin.

Spent most of 2020 illustrating the second, The Ruth Adventures: Best Friends Forever story by Nancy Youngdahl. Published by Mascot books in 2021.

I began sketches for A House for Wren by Julie Beever but the final illustrations were finished in early 2020. Mascot Books

Spent a good part of 2019 working on illustrations for The Ruth Adventures, Life on the Farm, by Nancy Youngdahl. Mascot Books 2020.

At the end of 2018 I was honored to be asked to create the cover art for the SCBWI Long Island Winter/Spring 2019 newsletter. Published March 14, 2019.
You can view and read the lovely interview about me and my art process in the March 2019 Kid LIT News

Lily & Company Book Birthday is May 2018. This is one of the illustration projects I worked on in 2017. It is a 32 page soft covered picture book of assorted animal poems by Tom Gardiner and illustrated by yours truly, Diana Ting Delosh. Lily Hippopotamus has invited all her friends to a scrumptious tea party on the River Thames. Her friends are from all around the globe. Hope they can all make it! - © Tom Gardiner.

For a peek inside the book visit: lilyandcompany.world - while you are there, IF you want to buy it: Scroll ALL the way to the end of that page and click on the BUY NOW button.

Long Island Children's Book Illustrators Art
The Art Gallery at the Quogue Library
90 Quogue St., Quogue, NY 11959
631-653-4224
Exhibit: May 1 - May 30, 2018
Reception: May 19, 2018 at 3 - 4pm

May 2017 has been a very busy month. Beginning with the Art Show at the Quogue Library. There were 14 illustrators, members of the LICWI and the SCBWI Long Island.The show ran from May 1 to May 29th. Each artist had 2 pieces in the group show.

In the Fall of 2016 I was approached by Quarto UK to submit samples of my hand lettering to appear in the gallery pages of a Hand Lettering book they were working on.

I am honored that they chose my FLOURISH. You can find it on page 19 in the Gallery of the book,
Hand Lettering Creative Alphabets for Any Occasion by Thy Doan Graves published by Quarto, UK and St Martin's Griffin, US and Canada out in 2017. Amazon

THREE LITTLE SPECKLED FROGS E-book illustrated by Diana Ting Delosh and performed by Michele Trachtenberg. A fun counting down or subtracting story for young kids. The illustrations were created in the first half of 2015 and the e-book was published by Farfaria in 2016. Three Little Speckled Frogs

I'm honored to be 1 of a band of illustrator/writers posting about the picture book world from our different perspectives. Our group blog officially debuted on January 13, 2016. You can view it here: drawntopicture books.blogspot.com

My Thumbelina illustration is in the Fairy Tale illustration exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Central Library curated by Donna Miskend. June 11- September 25, 2015.

Please read my Thumbelina -CBIG Brooklyn Public Library Fairytale Exhibit Blog post for more info.

I was interviewed by Kathy Temean for her popular Illustrator Saturday series on August 8th. You can see the interview at Illustrator Saturday - Diana Delosh.

You can also read more on my blog, dtdelosh.blogspot.com

Happy to announce that the 32 page full color picture book, Packy & Frip, A Country Mouse and a City Mouse has been published as an e-book by Pearson Digital Studio, Inc. January 2014.

Packy & Frip was written by Alicia Zadrozny, illustrated by Diana Ting Delosh, book design by Jaye Medalia. I had worked on the illustrations for the 32 page picture book -August through September 2013.

Ghost of a Wedding Cake, Biro illustration is in an exhibit, A Celebration of Dickens in Pictures, Illustrations by a few CBIG members at the Poe Park Visitor Center Gallery, Bronx , NY. The show runs from Feb 5 to Feb 21, 2015. For more info please read my blog entry. This is a smaller version of the CBIG Dickens Exhibit in dated September 2012.

2012 turned out to be a Mother Goose of a year. I had participated in a group illustration show, Mother Goose Re-Imagined (see Dec 2012 entry) and I also Illustrated an e-book Three Blind Mice, written by John W. Ivimey in the fall/winter of 2012. I'm happy to announce that it has now been published by Farfaria

I had the pleasure of illustrating this fun e-book, The Happy Birthday Book, written by Olivia Grey for Farfaria.

Happy to announce that the illustrations I've been working on since spring 2012 have now been published. ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT - story by Kelly Morrison Handerhan - and illustrations by yours truly, Diana Ting Delosh is now available on AMAZON.

Happy to announce that the e-book I illustrated, The Farmer's Field of Gold, written by Brett Hendricks has been published by Farfaria.

I am currently exhibiting my illustration, A Ghost of a Wedding Cake, in a group show. A Celebration of Dickens in Pictures, Illustrations by the CBIG at the Yonkers Riverfront Library Gallery. The show runs from August 25 to October 31, 2012. To read more about it please see my blogpost A Ghost of a Wedding Cake.

Exhibited 3 of my illustrations in a Group Show along with CBIG/LICWI member illustrators at Gallery Connect, Huntington, NY. To see the pieces exhibited please read my blog post, Seasons - Gallery Connect March Show.

Working on 2 hush hush illustration projects. Busy Spring.

I along with my fellow CBIG officers were panelists at the New York Public Library on June 2, 2012.

A Conversation with The Children's Book Illustrators Group
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 2 - 3 p.m.
NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, at 42nd Street, Rm. Margaret Liebman Berger Forum.

Donna Miskend, President/Exhibition Curator; Vicky Rubin, Webmaster/Listserve Manager; Diana Ting Delosh, Communications Officer/Blogzine Manager; Maria Madonna Davidoff, Postcard Designer and Ruth Karpes, Meeting Hostess; had a chat about CBIG, and our individual experiences in Children's Publishing with moderator Elizabeth Bird, Youth Materials Collections Specialist.

Read all about it on the NewYork Public Library Blog

My friend and fellow GCU and Zazzle artist, Judy Adamson interviewed me via E-mail for her blog. Please visit Judy Adamson's Art and Design Blog to read the interview.

I'm in a group illustration exhibit - the CBIG Dragons and Magic Exhibition at the Jefferson Market Library
425 Avenue of the Americas, NYC
Sept. 7, 2010 - Oct. 29, 2010
Art inspired by the classic children’s books: The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame and The Magic City by E. Nesbit

If you're in the area come and see our work. You'll find our art in the Adult Room, framed art and in the children's room, Kid friendly duplicates. If you can't make it never fear, I'll be posting all 18 illustrations on the CBIG Blogzine during the months of September & October 2010. My piece, Dragon Picnic may be viewed on the blogzine.
Visit CBIG-NYC.COM to find out more about my group.

I'm happy to announce that my poem, Bubble Trouble- July 2008, just won the
Pewter Plate Award from Highlights High Five for Puzzle Poem of the Year! YAY!

Please scroll down to Bubble Trouble! - 6/24/08 for more info about the poem. Read more about the award at dtdelosh.blogspot.com, The Hare Illustratère July 9, 2009. Click to see Real Pewter Plate- july 17, 2009 post.

Announcing the publication of my story, Skip and Scout in the August 2009 issue of
Highlights/High Five magazine - Bonus Pages: Make Your Own Mini-Book. Illustrated by Anna Currey.

Read about the story behind the story at dtdelosh.blogspot.com The Hare Illustratère See blog entries: April 2, 2009 entry - Mice by another name. and August 18, 2008 - Pip & Squeak!

Highlights/High Five magazine just accepted my pre-school verse Pip & Squeak. Publication date to be determined.

Recently finished a project for Dover Publications. 10 of my Christmas illustrations will appear in their Christmas CD-Rom & Book. It will be on the shelves next fall in time for Christmas 2009.

Announcing the publication of my poem, Bubble Trouble! in the July 2008 issue of
Highlights/High Five magazine - pg 12 & 13. Illustrated by Holli Conger. High Five magazine for kids 2 -5 years of age. A new monthly from Highlights.

Read about it at dtdelosh.blogspot.com The Hare Illustratère June 30, 2008 entry - Bubble Trouble from Idea to Publication.