Viva Lewes Issue #156 September 2019
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KID SQUID<br />
what you should do? A puking animal.’ So I<br />
decided that for every day I didn’t know what<br />
to draw I would draw a puking animal. It either<br />
makes people really uncomfortable or they love<br />
it.” The full set of puking animals (including a<br />
puking Godzilla and a puking Alien) are being<br />
exhibited in all their rainbow-coloured glory<br />
at Brighton’s new Conclave Gallery on Queens<br />
Road until October 2nd.<br />
This design for our ‘Footprint’ cover is a<br />
stride away from her normal style. It’s far more<br />
colourful, for a start. “I used to be terrified<br />
of using colour,” she says. “It felt like such<br />
a commitment, which is why I often just<br />
work with little pops of colour. But recently<br />
someone introduced me to watercolour and<br />
showed me the basics, and since then I’ve<br />
been playing around with it. It’s a weird medium<br />
to work with – it can be quite unpredictable<br />
at times – but I’m a lot more confident<br />
with it now!” The vibrant oranges and yellows<br />
are meant to show the seasonal transition, from<br />
summer’s gladioli to the autumnal leaves, but<br />
the fiery colours have a deeper message as well.<br />
“I’ve been really noticing the Extinction Rebellion<br />
artwork that’s appearing all over the town<br />
at the moment,” she says, “and what I wanted<br />
to create was not only the idea of summer turning<br />
into autumn, but the vibrant flowers and<br />
nature heading towards the dark autumn of the<br />
climate crisis that we’re in.” The heavy, punchy<br />
footprints represent her more rebellious side.<br />
“It’s really incredible what ER are doing. I<br />
think they get a bit of a bad rep for being quite<br />
‘extreme’ – but it isn’t that they are extreme, it’s<br />
that the situation is extreme. It’s a really difficult<br />
thing for everyone to come to terms with,<br />
but someone needs to say ‘hey everyone, we<br />
need to wake up now’.”<br />
Rebecca Cunningham<br />
See more of Kid Squid’s work on her website<br />
kidsquidillustration.com or on Instagram:<br />
@kidsquidillustration<br />
She also creates fabulous pet portraits; see more<br />
examples on her website or contact her at kidsquidillustration@gmail.com<br />
to discuss<br />
a commission.<br />
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