Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦

@catoliveirastudio

✦ I'm Cat ✦ she/her ✦ 44 ✦ neurodivergent ✦ Portuguese-Canadian Kid Lit Illustrator ✦ Rep'd by The T2 Agency ✦ 📍 in Portugal ✦ Book a Portfolio Review ⤵️ ✦ instagram.com/catarinaoliveirastudio/ #KidLitArt #illustration #kidlit

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· 25d

Thinking of exploring this character... Expression studies, some poses and maybe even a friend or two? 🤓 #kidlitart #characterdesign

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· 26d

Last day of school! #kidlitart #summer

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· 28d

Three days into your vacation and you are already completely bored out of your mind... 🫤 #kidlitart #dtiys by @erikaruggio.bsky.social #ruggio3k #characterdesign #drawingchallenge #picturebooks

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jul 2

Happy Summer #kidlitartpostcard! Long days are for doing puzzles, playing games and having fun at the pool 😉 I'm Cat, and I'm looking for editorial assignments, like Activity games or Story time! More at catarinaoliveirastudio.com/magazines #editorial #kidsmagazines #coloring #hiddenobjects

Line drawing of a pool scene. There are several dogs of different shapes and sizes; some are in the water, while floaties, pool balls, and tennis balls are everywhere. At the bottom of the drawing, there's a list of 12 hidden objects to find, along with my handwritten website address: catarinaoliveirastudio dot com.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 30

🥵To make others feel better in this heatwave🔥 QRP with your cold, wintery, snowy art or photos! #Art #arttrain #KidLitArt #IfYouSeeThis #ArtShare #QRP #Illustration #Art

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 29

Working on a new game for my editorial portfolio. Meanwhile, you can see some examples on www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/magazines I just added more images 😊 And I'm currently available for magazine work! #editorial #hiddenpictures #kidlitart #games

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 29

BOOK COVER ARTISTS QRP with your book covers! 📚✨ #Art #BookCover #Books --- #middlegrade #youngadult #kidlitart

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 25

👻 If you see this, post a haunted house from your portfolio 👻 #kidlitart #art

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 24

I have a Turkish edition of my PB book, Small But Mighty!!! How cool is this?! Photo credit by Kendra Brown www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/book-small-b... #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitTranslation

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 21

A friendly heads-up that the next Portfolio Chats are coming up next week, and I will have *two spots* available. Check Owen Davey's Instagram to know when Booking is live. These free sessions are for marginalized and underrepresented communities. #kidlitart #illustration #portfolio

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 18

Yes, it is hot Summer time, and I am looking at old summer work (like this postcard from 2022), but sometime between June and July, I start to get the itch 🫣 You know what I am talking about... 😉 The Halloween art itch!!!! 🦇🕸️🎃

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 4

And here's the photo evidence (and inspiration) of my emotional overload 🥳 #kidlitart #80s

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 4

Wow, 5 years of #kidlitartpostcard! 🥳 I'm Cat, a Kid Lit Illustrator* This "You, as a kid" illustration is based on a true birthday party story 😅 *available for cover art. 🎨 Portfolio at catarinaoliveirastudio.com 💼 Rep'd by T2 Agency #kidlit #birthdayParty #kidlitart

Two kids are holding tight to the same small yellow ball, both screaming and looking mad. They have party hats on their heads.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Jun 4

Do you need to pick someone's brain (who is not a friend or a family member) about your website/portfolio or kidlit work? I am opening a couple of spots this summer for paid Portfolio Reviews. www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/resources #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #portfolioreview

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· May 8

Some of the sketches for this scene. It took me a few tries to get Grandpa done. Which one is your favourite? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 (the final one)? 🧓🎅👴 #kidlit #kidlitart #chapterbooks

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· May 7

Hello! #kidlitartpostcard Stevie levels up! with the help of their grandpa. And yes, they live in Toronto 😆 I'm Cat, a Kid Lit Illustrator, based in Portugal, working on MG and covers. 🎨 Portfolio catarinaoliveirastudio.com 💼 Rep'd by T2 Agency #kidlit #illustration #kidlitart #chapterbook #B&W

Grayscale illustration of an older, white-bearded man on his knees, handling a tool, fixing a child's bike. A kid wearing a large helmet sits next to him, looking up with a happy expression. The scene takes place in a backyard, where a raccoon is going through a fence behind them.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 29

Example: A long time (10 years 😱) ago, I used to draw a single-panel comic called "Monday Mood By COS", about my struggles as a freelancer. It was for fun, and it was about something I knew well (my feelings on a Monday morning 😅). Later, I was hired to draw a book cover because of it. #kidlitart

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 29

Fun Spam email today 👏 It is like a game, you fill out the blanks yourself [insert joke here] 😆🤷‍♀️

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 20

Hey artists, if you see this, post a dog #kidlitart edition

A grayscale scene set in a public park. A smiling kid hides behind a tree holding a leash, while another kid is stopped by a dog that pulls on their jacket sleeve. The dog is wearing a backpack with an envelope peeking out and a bandana featuring a heart pattern.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 7

Illustrators are (co-) authors in picture books! My most "liked" moment on IG is a comment about #picturesmeanbusiness" on a @kazwindness.bsky.social post, and I am not mad about it 😁 #kidlit #kidlitart and yes, reading pictures is reading! Reading comics is reading!

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 3

Once again, I'm shopping my own portfolio (reusing a composition or a character from existing personal work). I sketched this last year, but I wasn't totally happy with the result. So I started it again to make it into a cover. Do you enjoy seeing process posts like this? #process #kidlitart

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Apr 2

Hey #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Cat, a Kid Lit Illustrator interested in cover art ⤵️ 🎨 Portfolio at catarinaoliveirastudio.com 💼 Rep'd by T2 Agency #kidlit #illustration #art #kidlitart #coverart #MGbooks

Mockup book cover with the title "The Treasure of Itzel". It shows two kids facing the reader in a forest setting. The kid in the front, with an "Indiana Jones" hat, is climbing over some stone columns covered in moss and looks super excited. While the kid in the back has a baseball cap and glasses, they are looking more cautious. The stones have carved signs and symbols, including a skull.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 29

I have used my name + studio as my URL for decades. However, did you know that if you type catarinaoliveira.com without the "studio", you will still be redirected to my website? Old drawing for a "Hidden Objects" illustration for Spring 😉 Want to draw more games! #kidlitart #puzzle #kidlitgame

A kid standing in a backyard, filling a dish on the floor with water from a teapot. They have their green rain boots on and are holding a stuffed bunny. There's a wooden bench with pink pillows and a sleeping cat. There are several other animals depicted: a bird, a squirrel, another cat, bunnies, a ladybug and a snail.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 21

The box is here!!! My copies of the first adventure of Fern & Newt, two best friends - "Fern and Newt and the Lost Loot" - an early reader chapter book from the Orca Echoes series. @orcabook.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlitart #ireadcanadian

Top view of an open cardboard box with crumpled paper and two books: the cover and the back cover. The title reads "Fern and Newt and the Lost Loot", and it shows two kids burying a box in the sand and a few monarch butterflies.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 19

Happy Book birthday to Fern & Newt!!!! A new chapter book series from @orcabook.bsky.social written by Mireille Messier and illustrated by me ;) Out in English and French! There is an Activity Pack too ⤵️ www.catarinaoliveirastudio.com/book-lost-loot

A 3D book stuck upright in the sand, with a blue sky background and sunlight shining on the cover. The title is "Fern & Newt and the Lost Loot" and depicts a boy and a girl inside a glass jar, kneeling in the sand near a hole; the girl is holding a small treasure box. They both look excited.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 14

I love this book so much; the art, the jokes 💙 Especially after having lived in the same area as Jana. I can't wait to read the next one in the series. 🤩 "Barnacle Bay" by Jana Curll, Greystone Books #kidlit #graphicnovels

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 8

It's International Women’s Day. Coincidentally, I was reading an article about The Women of classical piano, and how female names are erased whenever there's a discussion about the ‘greatest’ pianists. So, of course, I started sketching :) Happy #internationwomensday ❤️ #bookcover #coverart

Grayscale sketch of the pianist Mitsuko Uchida playing the piano, looking entranced by the music, with eyes closed.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Mar 5

Happy #kidlitartpostcard anniversary! Hi, I'm Cat! Keep me in mind for your Editorial Portraits and Cover Art needs. More covers at catarinaoliveirastudio.com #kidlit #kidlitart #BettyDavis

Stylized portrait of the singer and Queen of Funk, Betty Davis. She is smiling and looking at us, holding a wired mic, dressed in a purple flower shirt, with an orange zebra-patterned scarf around her neck, and big gold hoop earrings.

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Feb 25

One of my favourite books on the banned books list. It's #FreedomToRead Week in Canada A Family Is a Family Is a Family written by Sara O'Leary and illustrated by Qin Leng @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social #kidlit

Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦@catoliveirastudio· Feb 24

New Portfolio Chats available! There are still some spots left :) www.instagram.com/p/DVIoN9QDbF... #illustration #portfoliochats #Portfolioreview