Michael Dashow

@mdashow.bsky.social

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Illustrator, character designer, kidLit artist & gameDev art director. Rep'd by @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social‬ @ CMA Also made the indie puzzle game Puzzle Spy International (out now!) at @agentepsilon.bsky.social https://mdashow-links.carrd.co/ he / him

A middle grade book cover. A boy of about 12 holds gum in one hand and some dollar bills in the other. He's got short brown hair and a white tee shirt and jeans and is smiling while offering you, the viewer, some gum. Behind him are a short Latino boy with a book in one hand and his finger up his nose. On the other side is a girl with red hair and a school uniform. She's got her arms crossed and is looking disapprovingly at the main character. They all stand in front of a school. The title reads "Garrett's Ventures - First Profit: Gum" by Garrett Forester. (Small text reads "Turning problems into profits!")
The title screen illustration from Tether Studios' Party Blast, a match-3 mobile game. Shown are Lindsey and Jess, two anthropomorphized cats dressed up for a night of clubbing. They've got nice dresses on and are holding flutes of champagne, and are standing in a club with people on the dance floor. Streamers, and confetti and disco lights fill the air.
A team of a boy and a dragon who are postal delivery workers. They're in a clearing near a cottage and it's just pouring out. The dragon - green and purple and wearing a delivery service ballcap - seems unbothered by the rain and holds a wing over the boy, who is less excited about the weather. Her's wearing a delivery service jacket, cap, and shorts and is holding some soggy envelopes. The text on the image says "Michael Dashow - illustrator - mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co"
A card illustration from 'Muse: Awakenings' from QSF Games. The image shows a giant ogre smiling contentedly as he trims topiary to look like a mirror image of himself. Elsewhere in the garden, we can see topiary trimmed to look like a dragon, unicorn, and another monster.
An illustration of a hippopotamus ice skating in the Olympics. She's got a lovely lavender dress on with lots of sparkly sequins on it. She looks very graceful and happy. A tagline shows that this art is by Michael Dashow and that you can see more work at michaeldashow.com.
Scorpia, one of the princesses from the show She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. She's sitting on a stone wall under a lovely pink sky.
A young witch - black, wearing a black tee shirt and a lavender witch's hat, in a sunny kitchen - eats her cereal as she holds her tablet. On the tablet is an eVite-like invitation to the Midsummer Night Festival.
Chef Demetreus Gumbo, a portly black chef, smiles widely as he tosses a large platter of spicy shrimp. He's wearing a chef's uniform and hat and holds an additional shrimp on a long fork.
A cartoony ostrich, dressed up in clothing to make her look like a mystical magic-user. She's got a coat with moons and stars, etcetera, on it, lots of rings and necklaces, and a turban with an ostrich feather on it. She's holding a magic wand.
Two middle-grade girls bundled up in warm winter clothes are in the middle of a snowball fight in a snowy field. The girl in the front looks happily determined to bean someone with a snowball, while the girl in back is just laughing her head off. The text on the art reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co" and lists my e-mail address.
A young woman with glasses and messy red hair smiling. She's giving a thumbs up and pointing to her baggy grey sweatshirt that reads "Totally Okay 2020" (spoiler: It wasn't.) Behind her, a cat also smiles for the camera.
A polar bear explorer, hiking around wearing cargo pants and a shirt and jacket. He's got a huge pack on his back with contains, among other things, a bedroll, a sword, a pickaxe, a hamhock, and a salmon. He's holding a scroll -presumably a map - as he walks.
A happy hippo in a tank top, ripped jeans shorts and skating sneakers does a flip on her skateboard in front of a school. The text information on the image says "Michael Dashow - illustrator" and lists by portfolio URL, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co/
A girl with auburn hair and wearing shorts and a tee shirt hugs a big fluffy cocker spaniel on a sun-drenched hillside.
It's a crocotiger - that's a cross between a crocodile and a tiger! He's got the low body, tail, and snout of a crocodile but the furry face, ears, whiskers, and coloration of a tiger. He's sitting in the dirt in a jungle, smiling a very big toothy smile.
A skateboarding alligator (wearing a button up shirt over a tee shirt) does a trick on his board at a sunny summery skate park as a bunch of different animals look on.
A colorful illustration of a chicken in a Chinese robe. He's holding a spear and striking a martial arts pose. The image is labeled "Kung-Pow Chicken."
A middle-grade girl in a bright yellow-orange spacesuit floats in space, reaching out to greet one of several octopus-like aliens that float in space with her. Nearby is her small spaceship, and gas-giant hangs in the distance.
A cheerful orc rides atop a 4-legged dragon-like creature. The orc is wearing a uniform showing that he works for some kind of delivery company and the creature he's riding is laden with lots of packages to deliver.
A girl is trying to walk two fluffy samoyeds but has gotten entirely tangled up in the leashes of the two dogs who are happily running circles around her.
Sherrif Saguaro, an old-timey western sheriff who also happens to be a walking cactus. He's wearing a dusty leather coat and boots with spurs and a red bandana, and while he wears no hat, his cactus head is the shape of a 10-gallon hat. He's dashing through a dusty old western frontier town about to throw a lasso. In the background is his trusty horse, who also happens to be a cactus.
Two middle-grade girls out standing in a field taking a selfie. One is black in an orange tank-top and she makes a muscle. The other is asian and in a pink skirt and pink denim jacket, and she's holding her phone. The text on the card reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co"
A middle-grade girl in a bright yellow-orange spacesuit floats in space, reaching out to greet one of several octopus-like aliens that float in space with her. Nearby is her small spaceship, and gas-giant hangs in the distance.
The witch from the Hansel and Gretel fairytale, only in this instance, she's built a tank out of gingerbread and candy instead of a house. She's riding it - sticking out of the top hatch - and looking determined. She's also looking buff and has lots of tattoos and an apron that reads "Kinder Cook" (which makes more sense in German than English.)
A sunny summer scene at a tiny tea table outside a rustic cottage surrounded by bushes and trees. A young witch, surrounded by frogs and wearing purple robes and a witch's hat, talks animatedly to an ordinary looking boy. They're both holding teacups but he's looking VERY nervously at his, and also at the frog on the table. The image header reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, https://mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co/"
A young girl krampus on a skateboard. She's got red skin, a long tail and goat eyes and horns and is wearing bells and 80's clothing: brightly-colored tights, leg-warmers, layered work-out tops. A young kid krampus rides in the basket on her back. He's got a bike helmet on and is having a blast!
A grinning non-binary kid with brown and pink hair and a magenta and orange hoodie holds a ginormous fluffy blue and white cat, who looks decidedly unamused. In the background is a cat-tree which has seen a LOT of wear and tear. The text on the card reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co", and my e-mail address.
A neighborhood park surrounded by trees, with a jungle gym, sand pit, and benches. A border collie looks up at girl happily. The girl - scruffy short red hair and in jeans, tee shirt, plaid overshirt - is standing next to a sign indicating "No Dogs Allowed" and is shrugging at the dog apologetically.
A grey rabbit in a pretty blue polka-dot dress with a carrot-patterned apron over it holds up a two-tiered carrot cake that she has just baked and frosted. The cake holds a single lit candle. This was drawn for a Draw This In Your Style challenge on Instagram for LapinSiia, so the original character design/concept was hers.
An elf and an orc - both middle-grade girls - are alone in a museum at night. They both look worried. The orc has on a fur-lined hoodie and holds a home-made skateboard. The elf, in glasses, has cast a spell that creates a small ball of flame above her hand, giving them a small amount of light. In the gloomy blue background are skeletons of dragons on display. The text reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, mdashow-kidlitart.carrd.co" and my e-mail address.
A panicked apprentice witch (she's human, with pink hair, glasses, and light academia clothing) makes a mess of her cauldron while being calmy advised by an older, wiser witch (who is a bear.) Aside from the exploding cauldron, the browns of the scene make it warm and cozy.
An afghan hound dressed as a swashbuckling pirate. She's got a pirate had with big feathers in it, a wine-colored jacker, belts and a sash, and piratey boots. She's holding a pistol and a sword, and while she's smiling, she also looks tough and cunning. The text on the image reads "Michael Dashow, illustrator, mdashow-kidlitard.carrd.co" and lists my email address.