valerie 🌷🐌

@snailerie.co

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Illustrator and Designer 💫 drawing a lot of critters 🌷 sometimes making little paper goods 🐌 https://www.valerie-nelson.com/ https://snailerie.co/

a colored sketchbook drawing of a yellow dog character riding an inflatable duck pool toy
Doodle of a friendly creature with big long ears, with text above it saying “If you need someone to listen, I’m here”
Illustration of dog in a ghost costume (under a white sheet) drinking coffee sitting in a cafe
small gouache painting of a dog with a snail shell on their back, looking into a mirror and blushing. The thought bubble text above them reads “I am snootiful (snail beautiful)”
Illustration of baby wario from nintendo
Illustration of a full page spread with a messy sketch cloud of dogs running around and a smaller pup watching from the side
phillip the guinea pig sniffing the camera
illustration of a guinea pig running and frolicking throughout colorful trees, bushes, and flowers
hand lettering reads “it’s not a breakdown, it’s a breakthrough” with sparkles around the text. Below the text is drawing of a hamster sitting while wearing a sparkly wizard hat and cape, holding a magic wand.
Artwork of a little dog (with a snail shell on his back) sitting in some grass, looking up at the night sky. The moon is in a crescent shape and a small snail creature is sitting on it looking back at the dog.
illustration of a small mouse holding a feather quill and drawing a picture of a round bird. Two larger birds are watching him draw. The mouse says "You guys are my inspiration!"
Kid lit art postcard for Valerie Nelson. email is valerienelsonart@gmail.com and websites are snailerie.co and valerie-nelson.com. Illustration shows a rabbit, cat, and dog character walking over the top of a hill. The rabbit says “We made it!”, the cat says “We’ve reached the peak!”, and the dog says “It’s all downhill from here!”. Silly dog thinks that phrase means something positive.
sketchbook page of watercolor painting, containing some guinea pig watercolor sketches
A two-panel comic illustration with a dog and a teddy bear. The first panel reads the dog asking "Hey are you okay?" with the teddy bear saying "yea I just need a lil pick-me-up". The second panel shows the dog picking the teddy bear up and the teddy bear saying "thank you". hehe
digital illustration of a beach golden sunset showing a dog character with a flower on his head sleeping in the sand and smiling, while covered in palm fronds
illustration of a precious pup with a flower in their head and floral neckwear
doodle of a blue and green dog wearing an apron and painting clouds. “The artist” text is writing below him
A sticker sheet titled "Motivational Mates" containing a number of small and colorful animal characters saying things like "Way 2 Go", "Heck Yea!", "A+", Wow!", "Talent!", "Keep Goin", "Proud of You", "Rootin 4 You", "UR Doin Great", and "Nice"
Collage artwork containing a real photo of a guinea pig pet named phillip, he is wrapped in a pink blanket that also forms into a round circle/ planet, which is surrounded by other round shapes resembling planets, the bottom text says “Up in the Air” in cursive handwriting, and there are hand drawn stars around the piece
digital art collage with a photograph of a real cat mixed in with an illustrated witchy style outfit. The cat character is riding on an illustrated broomstick that flies above a solid green background
A drawing by Valerie of a little black and white dog on a pink background, with a speech bubble coming from its head containing the text “please!”
Illustrated artwork of a polka-dotted guinea pig being fed leaves from a leaf-like creature. A dog with wings and a pointy hat is riding on the guinea pig as if it’s a horse
Illustration of a pale dog looking tired and sick wearing a hat and scarf and coat
Illustration of a mother rabbit holding a baby rabbit in a blanket
illustration of a little pink creature wearing a night gown, holding a teddy bear and a small candle emitting light
Illustration of a small mouse drawing a picture of a bird using a feather quill, next to him are two birds watching him draw. Mouse has a speech bubble that says “you guys are my inspiration!”
Illustration of rabbit magician character with smaller rabbits hopping out of a portal
Illustration of a ram and a colorful character
image of iPad displaying a procreate drawing of a winter scene with a dog, snowman, and squirrel in a tree