Illustration

Check Out Kyootopia, the Mythical Land of Cute

Kathleen Marcotte

Isn’t this tiger charm­ing? Illus­tra­tor Kath­leen Mar­cotte cre­at­ed it as part of a group exhi­bi­tion called Kyootopia with Bree Lund­berg and Patu Phan. “We want­ed the free­dom to inter­pret ‘cute’ with­in our own styles,” she tells me, “so we cre­at­ed the myth­i­cal land of Kyootopia, where all things are cute!”

The three illus­tra­tors divid­ed Kyootopia into nine unique islands and imag­ined their art as well as the lit­tle sou­venirs from each locale. Kath­leen cre­at­ed Avi­a­tion City, Round­about Island, and Facade Falls.

These delight­ful works are a mix­ture of dig­i­tal works and mixed media pieces. She com­bined linocut, cut paper, and pencil.

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