Sydney J. Stone

@sydleys.bsky.social

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Critter connoisseur and lover of breakfast food. ✏️ Kidlit Illustrator | Spooky and Fantastical 💁‍♀️ Rep’d by @kellydhouse.bsky.social 📚 SCBWI Carolinas IG 📷: instagram.com/sydleys Portfolio 📁: sydneyjstone.com

A monotone illustration of a kid standing in a spotlight from an alien space ship. They appear to have just gotten home from a vacation and are wearing sunglasses, and wide brim hat, a neck travel pillow, holding a vacation drink, and a fanny back that contains some sort of small creature with 1 eye. On their ear is a cattle tag labeled “011”. Text reads: sydney stone kidlit illustration rep’d by Kelly dyksterhouse
Designs for Telemachus, specifically from EPIC the musical, both around age 10 and age 20
An assortment of loose sketches of the human body in athletic poses
A mock up of Barbie-esque doll packaging labeled “Human Artist Starter Pack”. The “doll” is modeled after the artist Sydleys dressed in an oversized cardigan, scoop neck shirt, flared pants, glasses, and a her hair in a bun. Accessories include: a bearded dragon, iPad and Apple Pencil, a coffee cup, chiweenie, and a comfy romper with furry slippers as an alternate outfit. Intended to push back on the current “Starter Pack” trend currently being generated by AI services
An illustration resembling an old photograph that depicts a young girl with curled hair offering tea to another child who is facing away from us. The other child has floor length, damp, unkempt black hair extending behind them and what appear to be scales on their skin. The girl offering the yea appears unfazed by this.
Black and white illustration of a knight hiding from a giant fire breathing dragon. She is battle worn and nervous
a collection of gesture drawings
Comic spread featuring a young boy telling a story about a giant ghost snail being driven by a maniacal carriage driver and getting progressively more stressed about it
A postcard illustration of a humanoid fox looking on in awe at the impressive, multi-story glamping set up that their friend raccoon has put together. Completely with porch and cafe lighting
A very bare bones gesture sketch resembling a stick figure
A collection of 5 gestural sketches
Photo of a small dog curled up inside my cardigan
Fanart of Radahn and his horse Leonard from the video game Elden Ring
Pencil sketches of Viktor from Arcane
A similar drawing to the one from the original post but now the characters are blushing and it’s more cleaned up
Pencil sketch of Momo Ayuse from the anime Dandadan applying eyeliner to Okarun in Turbogranny mode
A series of fanned out papers with comic strips printed on them
A woman sits on the ledge of a brick city building just outside an open window. She is facing away from us, looking at the sunset, and surrounded by a cityscape.
Picture of a hallway where a forlorn husky has been blocked off by an office chair
A happy pink dragon carrying an armful of flowers and chocolates
Redraw of an old piece that I was super proud of over 10 years ago. A short haired blonde woman looking out into a sunset. The version on the left is noticeably more practiced even though it’s unfinished
A vinyl record style illustration in the style of Arcane with the words “Happy Valentine’s” a man on the left and a woman upside down on the right. Three dogs in the center
Cartoony giant head me with bugged out eyes, tiny hands, and steaming coffee mug
Three young teens stand in the entrance to a lush greenhouse with various expressions: one with contempt, one with anxiety, and one with joy and hope. In the foreground is a mysterious red flower that looks suspiciously like the tail feathers of a phoenix. The text content reads: “Sydney Stone. Kidlit Illustration. Sydneyjstone.com. Rep’d by Kelly Dyksterhouse at the Tobias Literary Agency.”
A young girl with brown hair and freckles stands on the deck of a shop looking excitedly off into the distance. She is joined by a little orange dragon snuggled up between her and the railing. The words “now rep’d by Kelly Dyksterhouse” are floating on the water.
A hand holding up a roll of round printed stickers that say “I shop small” and include an illustration of a purple isopod
A grizzly scene of varying species of ogre hovering over a pile of human corpses and reaching toward the sky where Tolgar, an OGYRI warrior, prepares to swing down on them with a spiked weapon. The colors are pastels of pink, purple, and aqua
A stylized severed head on a pike with a pink and green color scheme oozing hot pink liquid and ominous clouds in the background
A photo of a sketchbook featuring pencil sketches of several anthropomorphic animal designs based on a snail, a wild boar, a bird, an antelope, a beetle, and a bison
Two middle school aged kids in front of a bathroom stall looking in the mirror. On the left is an excited dark skinned child with pink dreads tied into a Mohawk. On the right is a nervous pale child with green hair who appears to be a zombie. Artist information included in hot pink: Sydney Stone kidlit illustration sydneyjstone.com Sydney.j.art@gmail.com
Portrait photo of the artist Sydney Stone
Werewolf sits on the edge of her bathtub carefully shaving her leg