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YUK FUN
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Lucy Cheung (she/her) and Patrick Gildersleeves (he/him). Illustration/design duo based in Portslade, on the south coast of England. We just like making stuff.

Link to our shop and other things
yukfun.co.uk/insta/

It’ll be Patrick posting here usually
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YUK FUN @yukfunwow.bsky.social · Aug 18
Things you can buy on our webshop
Photo of some risograph-printed greetings cards laid flat on a dark blue surface. They feature colourful illustrations of dogs, cats and people. Photo of an off-white T-shirt with a screen printed design on it. The design is an illustration of a bear-like animal lying on its back with the word "URGH" above it in bubble writing. The design is printed in dark blue except for the bear's nose, which is pink. Photo of a person's hand holding three vinyl stickers. Each one features a different colourful illustration. One features two animal characters riding on a large dog. Another is a big cat face. The third is a rabbit rolling its eyes and saying "NOPE".
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TODAY! ✌️
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Our next event will be this Sunday at Shake Bristol. This has always been one of our favourite fairs and the line up this year is very good as usual!

More info on insta here: www.instagram.com/shakebristol/
Poster for an art fair. The main illustration is of a person spray painting a curly line on a wall and they walk. They have a speech bubble coming out of them which says "some kinda 'art fair'". The wording reads: "Shake XL, November 30th, Shredenhams, prints, zines, tees, pins, vegan food, 12-5pm, £2 entry." The colours are black, red, blue, pink, greens and various shades of off white.
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Getting ready for Shake Bristol this Sunday...
Photo of a table with stacks of risograph printed illustrated greetings cards and packing materials on it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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This Book Is Too Quiet encourages the readers to make noises to accompany its bright and fun illustrations by Joana Casals.

Silly laughs for both kids and parents guaranteed!
This Book Is Too Quiet by Cristina Cubells
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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We designed a festive window display for Papersmiths. This is their shop near us in Brighton, but it's also in the window of their Chelsea shop too.
Photo of a shopfront. The shop is painted dark grey and has a sign that reads: "Papersmiths". The window has a white sticker decoration on it of animal characters wearing clothes and using snowboards. The snowboards have the words "peace, love & paper" on them. Photo of a shopfront. The shop is painted dark grey and has a sign that reads: "Papersmiths". The window has a white sticker decoration on it of animal characters wearing clothes and using snowboards. The snowboards have the words "peace, love & paper" on them. Photo of part of a sticker decoration on a shop window. It's an illustration of snow with the words "YUK FUN for Papersmiths" on it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Two very nice cat-themed risograph prints by Olesya Shchukina
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Photo of a risograph print featuring an illustration of a large orange cat sitting up like a human and reading a book. There is a smaller yellow cat on its back and an even smaller white cat on the yellow cat's back. the colours are white, yellow, orange and blue. Photo of a risograph print featuring an illustration of large yellow cat riding a bike. There is a smaller blue cat on its back and an even smaller white cat in the basket on the front of the bike. The colours are blue, yellow, orange, grey and white.
July 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Getting back to getting weird.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Scarves are back in stock on our webshop woo
yukfun.shop/collections/...
Photo of woven scarves in pink, red and white. They have a designs of cute animal faces on them. Photo of a black, grey and white scarf laid in an S shape on a grey background. The scarf is woven and features a design with cartoon animal faces on it and the words "OK" and "YEAH"
October 25, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Our favourite illustrations by Bethania Brigitta
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Colourful illustration of a big room with various animals wearing human clothing doing magic tricks in it. In the centre on a stage is an elephant sitting on a stool. The main colours are black, pink, yellow, orange and green. Colourful illustration of a car being driven by a cactus with a face and hair. There is an elephant hanging out of the open passenger door. On top of the car are a camel, a palm tree and various stars and a crescent moon, all of which have little faces. Colourful illustration of a butterfly or moth lying flat on its back on the floor. It is surrounded by various items, including a record, comb, scarf, clothing, earphones and sunglasses. On the walls are images of butterflies/moths dressed in human clothing.
July 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Had been stressed about the pre dessert poem tbf
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This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
Al is also changing how we communicate. With so little free time and so much pressure to be perfect, many who've never cooked a turkey might have a chatbot walk them through the steps, feeling safer asking "stupid questions" in private. People even report using Al conversation prompts to get lively discussions going at the table. Al can generate the toast, the prayer, the party games and the poem read before dessert.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Our next event will be this Sunday at Shake Bristol. This has always been one of our favourite fairs and the line up this year is very good as usual!

More info on insta here: www.instagram.com/shakebristol/
Poster for an art fair. The main illustration is of a person spray painting a curly line on a wall and they walk. They have a speech bubble coming out of them which says "some kinda 'art fair'". The wording reads: "Shake XL, November 30th, Shredenhams, prints, zines, tees, pins, vegan food, 12-5pm, £2 entry." The colours are black, red, blue, pink, greens and various shades of off white.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Qualche anno fa ho illustrato cosa succede quando si cerca l'ispirazione: quel passaggio continuo tra superficie e profondità, tra ciò che si vede e ciò che richiede di immergersi, perdere la rotta, ritentare. Trovare idee non è mai lineare.

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An illustration of a person sitting at a desk, daydreaming while holding a pencil. Below the desk, an imaginative underwater world opens up: another version of the character swims among books, tablets, plants, fish and creative tools, shining a flashlight toward a floating star. The palette is teal, yellow and white, with clean, graphic lines.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Call for Animation Entries:
Submit your character-driven animated shorts for Pictoplasma’s official 2026 festival selection!
Everything welcome, as long as its character-driven, “nice”, between 1-15 min, and reaches us before the deadline (Feb 2026).

📫 pictoplasma.com/animation
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Liking the look of this new Magical Athlete board game with illustrations by Angela Kirkwood.
Photo of a brightly coloured board game box. It features an illustration of some characters running and dice bouncing around. The characters are a banana with a face, hat and shoes, a cat in a tie, an elephant in human clothing, a bear wearing a pointy hat, a snail and others. Phot of a brightly coloured board game. There are 3D characters on squares on a board. The characters are a banana with a face, an aardvark on a unicycle, a big mouth with eyes, a rabbit and a fisherman. Photo of some brightly coloured board game pieces standing on a podium. The pieces are 3D characters. One is a boiled egg with a face, another is a person in a pinstripe suit, and another is a little blue character wearing a top hat and monocle. There is confetti falling around them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Is bsky doing well? Feels like loads of people made accounts and then left pretty quickly
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Drawing series about going on a big journey. Made for the Nucleus Portland postcard show, which will be on until 26th November.
Photo of a drawing in black paint on white paper. The drawing is of a dog character wearing clothes walking along a fallen log over a river. Photo of a drawing in black paint on white paper. The drawing is of a dog character in clothes climbing up a rocky mountain. Photo of a drawing in black paint on white paper. The drawing is of a dog character in clothes kneeling and sniffing a flower it has picked.
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Another weekend another fair. We’re at the British Engineerium in Hove all day. It’s well festive in here
Photo of Patrick from YUK FUN standing behind a table of merch including scarves, totes, art prints and notepads.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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time to bundle up ❄️
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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A bunch of small iconographic characters all in the same style and color palette
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Thank you! ✌️
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What #IndieArtists will you be supporting this holiday season?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Some stuff we'll be bringing to Paper Daisy art and craft fair in Hove this weekend. If you can't make it, it's all available on our webshop 😉
Photot of some beer mats on a table. They are two sided. One has an illustration of a cartoon dog with a pint of stout on it, the other a rabbit walking with a pint of lager. The words "the YUK FUN Arms estd. 2014" appear next to the dog with the stout. The colours are black, blue, red, yellow and white. Photo of some tall notepads with an illustration of a cartoon animal face on them with a very large mouth. The colours are black, white, blues and pink. Close-up photo of a speckled off-white T-shirt being worn by a person. It has an illustration of a cartoon dog gardener screen printed on it in green ink.
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Since we left the EU it feels like orders from Europe have pretty much dried up and now US orders have too because of the tariffs. Tricky times to be a very small business...
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Sad to say there will be no Live Draw this week! Doing a talk at a uni instead 🥸
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Our next market will be this Saturday and Sunday at The British Engineerium in Hove, which doesn't sound like a real place but apparently is.

All the details here:
www.paperdaisyevents.co.uk/winter-fair-...
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Stopping for a moonlit drink
November 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Things you can buy on our webshop
Photo of some risograph-printed greetings cards laid flat on a dark blue surface. They feature colourful illustrations of dogs, cats and people. Photo of an off-white T-shirt with a screen printed design on it. The design is an illustration of a bear-like animal lying on its back with the word "URGH" above it in bubble writing. The design is printed in dark blue except for the bear's nose, which is pink. Photo of a person's hand holding three vinyl stickers. Each one features a different colourful illustration. One features two animal characters riding on a large dog. Another is a big cat face. The third is a rabbit rolling its eyes and saying "NOPE".
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM