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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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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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Shhh we’re at the British Library today selling our stuff
Photo of Lucy from YUK FUN standing behind a table with prints, totes, scarves, greetings cards and washi tape on it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Our next event will be Crafty Fox Market this Sunday.
Quite excited about this one because it's at the British Library!

www.craftyfoxmarket.co.uk/market-dates...
Illustration in pink, white and black of a small cat person walking a big dog on a lead. The cat person is looking at a list of events which reads: November: 8 Brighton Illustration Fair, 16 Crafty Fox London, 22-23 Paper Daisy Hove, 30 Shake Bristol, December: 6 Paper Daisy Shoreham, 13 DIY Art Market London, 14 Crafty Fox London.
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Live Draw is on again tomorrow!
🗓️ Thursday 13th Nov
🕰️ 3-5pm GMT
👀 on Twitch and YouTube

Tune in for two hours of fun drawing prompts and friendly conversation. All drawing requests will be accepted within reason.
Photo of a poster drawn in black paint on white A4 paper. The main illustration is of a butterfly on a flower on a pot platn. Around it are these words: "Live Draw, Thurs 13 Nov, 3-5pm GMT on twitch & YT."
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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IF YOU SEE THIS POST YOUR BIRD ART!!

#art
Black and white drawing of a bird's face. They have a cigarette in their beak and big cartoon eyes.
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Day two here at BIF! Here’s a few bits from our table.
Photo of a white tee with a print in red on the chest. The print is an illustration of a bear holding a pint of beer. Photo of a speckled oat coloured T-shirt with a print in green ink on it. The print is an illustration of a dog in dungarees with a garden fork. They are surrounded by large fruit and veg. Photo of some colourful woven scarves featuring cartoon animal face illustrations hanging up on a rail.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We’re at BIF all weekend. Here’s the mandatory market stall photo.
Photo of Patrick from YUK FUN standing behind a table covered with colourful merch, such as tote bags, T-shirts, greetings cards and stickers.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Think this one is my favourite of our new Xmas card designs
Photo of a risograph printed Christmas card in sky blue and red. It features an illustration of a bauble being put on a Christmas tree. In its reflection is the face of a cat weating a rollneck sweatshirt.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Liking this calendar by Sakura Tamagawa
More pics on their insta here: www.instagram.com/p/DQG6g9PE-c...
Photo of a 2026 calendar with cute colourful illustrations of characters on it. Photo of a calendar. It is the page for January. The dates are on an illustration of a big square table with cute animal characters sitting around it playing cards. Photo of the February page on a calendar. It features illustrations of cats in various poses. The dates of the month are written on the bottom of a cat which is looking around in shock at the viewer.
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Can definitely show a couple with these. Cheap and light!
Photo of a print stand made of cardboard
November 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Each year we design a set of five Christmas cards. here's the 2025 edition. Riso printed in aqua and red on nice thick 300gsm paper by Earthbound Press.
yukfun.shop/collections/...
Photo of some Christmas cards flat on a dark blue surface. They are risograph printed in light blue and red on white paper. Each one features an illustration of cute characters doing Christmassy things: a cat in a snowman costume, a person walking in the snow with a dog, two dogs on a sledge, a cat knitting by a fire and a cat looking at a bauble.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Live Draw is on again this week!
🗓️ Thursday
🕰️ 3-5pm GMT
👀 on Twitch and YouTube
✏️ Featuring SPECIAL GUESTS Elsa & @sazzsquatch.bsky.social from @2bmcr.bsky.social
Photo of a black and white hand drawn poster for a live draw event. It features an illustration of a bear sitting on a car with two sad/bored people inside. Includes these words: "Live draw, Thurs 6th Nov, 3-5pm GMT with special guests Elsa and Sarah from 2B or not 2B. Watch on twitch or youtube."
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Our next event will be Brighton Illustration Festival.

There's going to be talks, workshops and a shit ton of nice pictures to look at.
www.wearebif.co.uk
Illustrated poster for Brighton Illustration Fair. The main illustration is of three fantasy adventurer characters wielding pencils like weapons. Wording on the poster reads: "BIF 2025. Brighton Illustration Festival. Tara Booth, Gemma Correll, Owen Davey, Dapo Adeola, Hannah-Michelle Bayley, Laina Deene, Tat Vision, Blast Skates, Tom Bingham, Murugiah, Donnie O'Donnell. 8-9th November. A full weekend of over 100 exhibitors, talks and workshops. The Wing, Brighton Centre & Wagner Hall. Day £10/weekend £15. Kids under 12 free!." The colours are blue, cream, orange, brown, red, black and pink.
November 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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We’ve got some brand new stuff on our webshop available for pre-order!
yukfun.shop/collections/...
Photo of a person wearing a deep blue t-shirt with a screen printed design on it in white ink. The design is an illustration of a person in an anorak drawing in a small sketchbook. They’re surrounded by four cats. Photo of a speckled oat-coloured T-shirt with a design printed in green ink on it. The design is an illustration of a dog character wearing human clothes. They are holding a gardening fork and are surrounded by a variety of fruit and vegetables.
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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My favourite drawing from the Live Draw yesterday. The prompt was “a pumpkin in knee high boots”.
Photo of a green felt tip pen drawing of a pumpkin character. They are wearing big high heeled boots.
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Peachtober day 31: Ghost

#peachtober25
#peachtober25ghost
#sketchbook
Photo of a white sketchbook page with drawings in blue paint on it. The drawings are of three different characters looking at their phones to see that no one has messaged them. One it lying on their back, one is walking and the other is on a skateboard with a dog on a lead attached to their waist.
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Live Draw is on today at 3pm GMT!
Start thinking of requests please
Photo of a hand-drawn poster in blue paint on white A4 paper. The drawing is of two rabbit like animals. One is large and is standing on a skateboard. The other one is smaller and is standing on the large animal. Words below the animals “live draw today 3-5pm GMT.”
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Peachtober day 29: Whisker

#peachtober25
#peachtober25whisker
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Photo of a sketchbook page with drawings in blue paint on it. The drawings are of a selection of animals that look like dog/rabbit hybrids.
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Updated schedule for the last two months of 2025!
Staying mostly in the south east/London apart from a little trip to Brizzle.
Illustration of a small cat person with a dog on a lead. The cat person is looking up at a big poster that reads: "November. 8 Brighton Illustration Fair, 16 Crafty Fox London, 22-23 Paper Daisy Hove, 30 Shake Bristol. December. 6 Paper Daisy Shoreham, 13 DIY Art Market London, 14 Crafty Fox London."
October 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Peachtober day 29: Sour

#peachtober25
#peachtober25sour
#sketchbook
Photo of a sketchbook page with a drawing in red paint on it. The drawing is of a dog chef using a lemon squeezer.
October 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Peachtober day 28: Button

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#peachtober25button
Photo of a sketchbook page with drawings in red paint on it. 1. a person doing the buttons up on their shirt. 2. a bear person kneeling down to pick up a button on the floor. 3 and 4. a mouse with a button in its mouth. 5. a person sewing a button on to a garment.
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Some cute scarves on our webshop
yukfun.shop/collections/...
Photo of a woven black, white and grey scarf laid flat in an S shape on a grey background. It has cartoon animal faces on it and the words "yeah" and "ok" at either end. Photo of a part of a woven blue, white and pink scarf laid flat on an orange surface. The scarf has an illustration of a bear-like character lying on it's back with the word "URGH" above it. Photo of a part of a woven red, white and pink scarf laid flat on an blue surface. The scarf has illustrations of cartoon animal faces on it.
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Peachtober day 27: Axe

#peachtober25
#peachtober25axe
#sketchbook
Photo of a sketchbook drawing in black paint. The drawing is of a dog in a big hat, jacket, jeans and boots. They are swinging an axe down onto a log. Around them are many chopped logs and there are trees in the distance.
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Peachtober day 26: Bear

#peachtober25
#peachtober25bear
Photo of a sketchbook page with drawings in black paint on it. The drawings are of: a bear scratching a tree, a bear sitting on a car, a bear on an iceberg, a bear trying to catch fish and a bear holding a fish.
October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Peachtober day 24: Stripes

#peachtober25
#peachtober25stripes
Photo of a white sketchbook page with a drawing in blue paint on it. The drawing is of two tigers who are putting up wavy striped wallpaper. The tigers are wearing overalls.
October 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM