Cleonique Hilsaca
@cleonique
Illustrator & Cartoonist | St. Louis, MO Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau at T2 Agency ⭐️ 💌 hello@cleonique.com 🌳
Happy #NationalBookLoversDay ✨📚 I’m reading “The Faraway Nearby” by Rebecca Solnit, “The Grammar of Fantasy” by Giani Rodari, and listening to “Before your Memory Fades” by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 💖 What books are you reading/listening to?
Warm-up pattern making of two little weirdos✨ I’d love a chess board like this~ . #patterndesign #illustration #warmup
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day✨ I’m Cleonique, a freelance illustrator seeking work in picture books, book covers, and graphic novels 📚 ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 hello@cleonique.com 🔮 Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | T2 Agency . #kidlitart #illustrator #PB #BC #GN
Concept art for Cafe Latte and Wafer for the story “Lemon Hope, Alone” written by Elizabeth Brie✨☕️ Published by @oni-press.bsky.social in Adventure Time: Handbook Heroes #9-#13! I hope I can see them in future comics and animations 🥺 . #characterdesign #conceptart #adventuretime
Received my advance copies for the picture book “Learn From the Helpers: 5 Actions That Keep Us Safe” in collaboration with the “I Love ‘U’ Guys Foundation”✨💖 Written by Betsy Coogan Miller and illustrated by me. I look forward to sharing more later~ . #kidlitart #illustration #picturebook
Hello #PortfolioDay I’m Cleonique, a freelance illustrator and cartoonist seeking new projects in books, comics, games, posters, and more✨ . ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 hello@cleonique.com . #cartoonist #illustrator #kidlitart
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day✨ I’m Cleonique, a freelance illustrator seeking work in picture books, book covers, and graphic novels 📚 ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 hello@cleonique.com 🔮 Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | T2 Agency . #kidlitart #illustrator #PB #BC #GN
My cover for Adventure Time #14 with @oni-press.bsky.social is out✨🤩 You can find this issue in comic book stores now~ . I haven’t been able to share the other issues I worked on, but I will soon 🥲 this year has been a whirlwind of work and life stuff. . #comicart #coverartist #adventuretime
“Ball Game,” an experimental illustration created for the XXIII Feria Internacional del Libro in Central America. It’ll be exhibited this summer in Guatemala City, Guatemala during the festival✨ . #kidlitart #illustration #filgua
My myths and legends collection of coasters for the ‘Salut! 11’ Coaster Show @nucleushouse.bsky.social opening today✨🐲
Coaster painting for @gallerynucleus.bsky.social✨🖌️ 1-3 more to go depending on my stamina~
Happy #WorldDonkeyDay ✨🫏 Here’s a precious burrito for y’all~ . #illustration #conceptart #characterdesign #burrito
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day✨ I’m Cleonique, a freelance illustrator seeking work in picture books, book covers, and graphic novels 📚 ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 hello@cleonique.com 🔮 Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | T2 Agency . #kidlitart #illustrator #PB #BC #GN
“The Artist” for the show ‘Microvisions 9’ @wowxwowgallery.bsky.social✨🖌️ This piece is my own take on an engraving BG H.J. Ford for “The Pink Fairy Book.” . watercolor & ink on illustration board | 8”x10” . #microvisions9 #illustration #kidlitart
Sushi Club✨🍣 A 2-color risograph accordion zine made as a personal project for class. It’s a Rube Goldberg machine! I’ll have copies at tabling events later this year~ . #rubegoldbergmachine #comic #zine
Poster for the WashU 2026 MFA Illustration & Visual Culture Thesis Show 🤩 I enjoyed creating this poster for my wonderful friends and peers graduating this year~ Come join us in celebrating them and their work! The event is free and open to the public✨ . #washuivc #illustration #posterart
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day✨ I’m Cleonique, a freelance illustrator available this Summer onwards to work on picture books, book covers, and graphic novels 📚 ⭐️ www.cleonique.com 💌 hello@cleonique.com 🔮 Rep’d by Nicole Tugeau | T2 Agency . #kidlitart #illustrator #comicart
An old favorite of mine, when I used to work on a Wacom tablet using Photoshop~ #throwback #illustration
The First Proof Unconference at @centralprintstudio.bsky.social was a one day conference shaped by attendees that included lightning introductions, print exchange, discussions, workshops, and demos on bookbinding, letterpress, printmaking, and more✨ It was incredibly fun and insightful~
My pieces chosen for the ‘Phillustration 17’ exhibit at the Philadelphia Sketch Club✨💖 So excited! I love the frames I got for them~ “Mrs. Gertrude” and “Mother & Child” Will be for sale during the exhibition period if interested. . #phillustration17 #illustration