Diandra Mae

@diandramae

🇵🇷-Texan Illustrator 🖌️✂️🎨 | She/Her | ✨this✨close to wandering off into the woods forever 🏕️ Team#ADHD, so no method to my madness | TX ICE Impact Guide: |Portfolio: diandramae.com Rep’d by Carrie Hannigan at hgliterary.com

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Diandra Mae@diandramae· 5d

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🎨 📚 I'm Diandra Mae, an author-illustrator who is REALLY missing salads and berries this summer. 😩 You can see more of my work at diandramae.com or reach out to my agent Carrie Hannigan at HGLit. #kidlit #kidlitart #summer #berries #bear

A digital illustration of a brown bear lying amongst brambles, stuffing his face with berries.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 6d

It also means that I’m ripping cds to put on her mp3 player. Students can’t legally have their phones out at school, so this is one way she’ll still be able to listen to music while doing class work. Troubleshooting album formats isn’t how I thought my morning would go, yet here I am…

An aqua blue player in the style of the old iPods.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 6d

Thrifting #music with your teen means that sometimes you watch her pick out a few albums that you owned decades ago in their original cassette form. 😅

A photo of cds laid out on a table top. Collective Soul’s Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid, Gorillaz’s Demon Days, Green Day’s Dookie, Weezer’s Pinkerton, and Joey Valence & Brad’s Punk Tactics.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 10d

We got a nice little surprise when we went to see the new Spider-Man movie today. (Fingers crossed we get the next installment Into the Spiderverse this year. 😩)

A round pin featuring the classic Spider-Man face in red, white, and black on a cardboard backing in red with web lines drawn and the silhouette of a spider symbol as a shadow.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 13d

Departing from 59° (Seattle) this morning and arriving to 97° (Houston) was such a (wet) slap in the face today. At least my kiddo was able to capture dawn on our return to Houston this morning.

Photo taken from the window of a plane: the lower half of the photo is a field of rumpled looking clouds and dark mountain peaks peeking through. The sky is gray blue lightening to lavender than white as the horizon is lined in yellow and dark orange.

Second plane photo: the field of clouds have disappeared, and a dark distant Earth is seen below. A ribbon of river is visible, but the viewer is focused on the distance and the insanely brilliant red-orange horizon line being burst through by the white-orange light of the sun cresting the earth.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 15d

We also visited the Price Sculpture Forest, so nature + art again for the win!

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 15d

Today we visited Whidbey Island, and my teen spotted a Pacific banana #slug while I was busy gawping at the moss-covered tree next to the trail. 😆 #nature

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 18d

Yes, seems like it. This was the placard:

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 18d

Seeing these two goobers legitimately cracked me up, and they’re some of my favorite pieces from today’s visit. 💛 See art when you visit a new place!

A gorgeously vivid and goofy yellow lion carved from wood with an open maw and a wide eyed expression hoists a seat above his back. “Lion Stool
Wood, paint
African, Ghanian, Asante, after 1957”

“Whale effigy charm: "Cloud Blower"
Steatite
Native American, Chumash people, California, Malibu, Arroyo Sequit Canyon, 1200-1600 CE”

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 18d

I went to Seattle Art Museum today, and would like to submit this very fierce boy for membership to the Little Guy Museum Club. 😁

An ancient ceramic dog with the following tag description: “Standing dog
Ceramic with slip
Mexican, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE-200 CE”

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 20d

Just found out via TikTok that if you google Jimothy, he runs across the screen!

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 21d

I need y’all to know this just happened at the Mariners game tonight. #Jimothy ‘s hometown loves him. 😆

A photo of the inside of T Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners. The screen shows a blue and white graphic featuring the long legged raccoon known as Jimothy.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· 21d

Yeah, people are AGGRESSIVE about their bathtub hate, and I don’t get it. I’d do this if I could:

A green-tiled rectangular, soaking tub for deep soaking. The walls has a shoji screen-style window and the wooden ceiling has a skylight above the tub.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 4

I love the havoc Neil’s summer return brings every year. 😆 He’s not even fully grown, meaning he’s not reached his full Absolute Unit status yet! 😳 Look at this fan art by Veronica Steiner I saw on IG this week. The music is that sample, “DISRESPECT YOUR SURROUNDINGS!”

An illustration by v. Steiner on instagram of Neil the seal. It’s a drawing of of a giant seal with his mouth open, done in grays and brush line with tattoos all over his body, and orange traffic cones flying around. The background is neutral toned and there are accents showing explosive action around his head.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 4

A must watch: #250years #mythofamerica

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 3

I saw this on TikTok, and it made my morning:

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 2

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! 🎨 📚 I'm an author-illustrator who loves capturing little moments of joy, especially those inspired by a Sesame Street childhood. 😉 I'm rep'd by Carrie Hannigan @ HGLit. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com #kidlit #kidlitart #summer #ladybug

An illustration done in thick lines and soft colors. It features three ladybugs swimming in the pool of water created in a rock's crevice. One slides down a leaf. Another floats on her back. A third sits happily at the edge, kicking her feet in the water. A large yellow flower hangs over the pool to provide shade.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 1

I recorded this initially because the ice-block headphones made me laugh, but these fits are unironically cool as hell!

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jul 1

Spike, guess what just popped up on my fyp? The vibes are IMMACULATE. 😎

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 30

This is popping up on the mobile app and on my browser. I keep initiating it to see what exactly they're asking for, but it keeps giving an error message. I downloaded an old version of Safari to check, and it's not happening here (yet), but if I disappear from Bluesky, this is probably why. 🙃

A screen shot reads: "Age Assurance
Verify your age
We have partnered with KWS to handle age verification. When you click "Begin" below, KWS will email you instructions to complete the verification process. If your email address has already been used to verify your age for another game or service that uses KWS, you won’t need to do it again. When you’re done, you'll be brought back to continue using Bluesky.
This should only take a few minutes."

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 29

This Fresno County farmer is in a legal dispute with a giant ag corporation, and can’t sell his fruit right now. He’s letting people come pick it for free! Pass it on for Californians! #ca #fruit www.nonectarineswasted.com

U pick nectarines 6/29-7/3, 7am-10am only
Reedy, California. One bag/bucket per person. Be respectful of the orchard. No ladders.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 27

I’m becoming more and more of a fan of mid-century -1970s style home decor. I am straight up lusting after this custom-made mid-century modern entertainment console… Watch the link below and see what else is hidden in the lower console. 😍 www.instagram.com/reel/DZ93Sf-...?

Two gorgeously crafted long wooden rectangles hang on a wood panel wall.The top hold a television screen in the middle, with carved panels with vertical marquise details. Lower rectangle has two screens on the ends, but they lower down to reveal more entertainment options. A radio is inserted in the middle.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 27

Back from a weeklong trip, and all I want to do is make my way through the library holds I just picked up. (Why do they always come in all at once?)

A photo of five books from the library atop a wooden table. Chloe Liese’s Happy Ending, Savannah Stephen’s’ Witch Queen Rising, Kate Clayborn’s The Paris Match, Alisha Rai’s Enemies to Lovers, and India Hilton’s The Antiquarians’s Object of Desire.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 8

It's a setting you can adjust! I heard about it a while back and turned it off, bc what they consider rude is sometimes just silly. If you go to bsky.app/profile/did:... you can adjust the setting there.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 5

Landlady is BRUTAL. 😩

In the courtyard of a neighborhood, a woman wearing her nightgown and robe, with rollers in her hair, and a cigarette in her mouth, has just knocked a man over with her fist as the renters look on. The subtitles read “There you go, handsome.”

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 5

Watching a modern classic tonight.

“In a time of visual unrest and disorder the gangs run amuck.
The most feared of them all is the Axe Gang.
Only in the poorest districts,
Which hold no interest for the gangs,
Can people live in peace.”

An introductory shot of a run down neighborhood with an arch across a walkway which reads “The Pig Sty” in Chinese calligraphy. A stylized pig hangs from the top of the arch.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· Jun 4

Happy 5-year #KidLitArtPostcard Anniversary, y'all! 🎨 📚 As a kid I spent hours running wild outside with my brother & friends, thrilled by discoveries-like tadpoles! I'm rep'd by Carrie Hannigan @ HGLit. You can see more of my work at diandramae.com #kidlit #kidlitart #outdoor

a stylized digital illustration from a pov from down in the water shows a young girl looking down into water filled with tadpoles, and dipping her finger towards them in delight. Summer fun with a little pond scum.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· May 31

Wandering around now. I swear this little bit isn’t much taller than my cat! 😩 #nature #fawnseason

A small brown and white fawn stands in tall grass.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· May 31

Just one of the reasons we don’t maintain a “proper” lawn. (I’ve had to stop myself from spending the entire morning just watching this little guy.)

An overgrown lawn has a tiny fawn snuggled down amongst its tall blades of grass.

Diandra Mae@diandramae· May 31

Current pov: #caturday 🐈‍⬛