Illustrator
Welcome to the SunCat Universe!
Thank you for taking the time to explore!
How it Started
SunCat Illustrations was created from my desire to make art for my inner child. I wanted to have an outlet to heal her, indulge her, and let her express big feelings. If you're here, you resonate with the art I've made for myself because it speaks to you as well. To something precious and soft in your soul. The pastel colors, the cute characters, and the dreamy landscapes all combine to create a safe space for you.
This SunCat Universe is a recovery of childhood, of innocence, of queerness, of love for cute things. It's about processing anxiety, nostalgia, and queer adulthood by creating something happy, wholesome, and vivid. My hope is that you feel seen here, heard here, and validated here.
About the Artist
Katie is a North Carolina based illustrator who has been honing her skills in watercolor, alcohol markers, and acrylic gouache since 2021. Seeking an outlet for her inner child, Katie brings a high level of stylized detail and storytelling into a playful world of nature and original characters. Within this original universe, Katie explores ideas of comfort, inner child healing, and a recovery of innocence by creating magical characters and pastel scenery to calm anxiety and indulge nostalgia. Her current media include alcohol markers, liner pens, watercolors, acrylic gouache, pyrography, and digital art.
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Katie finds inspiration in plants, food, all manner of 90's cartoons, bedtime stories, and animals. She is influenced heavily by Naoko Takeuchi, Daron Nefcy, Alex Hirsch, Geo Law, Takashi Murakami, Craig McCracken, Hayao Miyazaki, Dana Terrace, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Clamp, and Topcraft.
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When she's not sitting cozy in her little art studio, you can find her cuddling her old cat, or making something delicious in the kitchen.
