Cat Sims

Some pottery progress #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartist #terracotta #sgraffito #ceramicart

Hand drawn black and white sketch book comic panels of people's faces, mouths and expressions. One woman is talking on the phone in profile view

'I'm on the blower!' #workinprogress #WIP #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartist #comicart #comics #sketchbook #blackandwhite

Genuinely loved working on this piece on Thomas Pynchon’s new novel 'Shadow Ticket' for @newrepublic.com
Take a look at the article here newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Feminisms Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims....

'Feminisms' is available to buy now! www.dogsection.org/product/femi...
Huge thanks to anyone who kindly donated to the crowdfunder.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartist #comicart #indiepress #feminism #smallpress

Whoooosh 🌊 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartist #comicart #comics #workinprogress #drawing #blackandwhiteart #sketchbook #linedrawing #inkdrawing #illustrationdaily

More painting 💛🩷♥️ #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartist #comicart #comics #gouache #paintstudy #painting #orchid #inkdrawing

Neon pothos 🧡

❤️🩷🧡💛💙

Little gouache and ink study ❤️🩷💛

Feminists Against Women
by Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social)
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From Feminisms, a book that Dog Section Press (www.dogsection.org) will publish.
Help them cover the printing costs, get the book & nice rewards:
👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms
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Illustrations by Cat Sims (@catsimsart.bsky.social)

Fran Drescher for the @thr.com 💋✨🫶🏻 Such an energetic, fun, enthusiastic team to work with! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

A Feminist Archaeology of Self by Way of Words
by Sophie K Rosa
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The book Feminisms will be published by Dog Section Press (www.dogsection.org).
Help them cover the printing costs, get the book & nice rewards:
👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms
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Illustrations by Cat Sims (@catsimsart.bsky.social)

The Bank & The Mayor’s Office Won’t Give Us Our Freedom By Lola Olufemi
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The book Feminisms will be published by Dog Section Press (www.dogsection.org) and they have a crowdfunder to cover the printing costs:
👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms
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Illustrations by Cat Sims (@catsimsart.bsky.social)

What's summer for? Not going anywhere and making new comics of course! Some work in progress here ♀️🌿

Two women interacting with a letter - the writer and another woman who has discovered the letter tucked inside a book many years later. The writer and recipient of the letter are unknown, but a logo / emblem of the Moss Side Community Press Women’s Co- op from the 1970s.

Two women interacting with a letter - the writer and another woman who has discovered the letter tucked inside a book many years later. The writer and recipient of the letter are unknown, but a logo / emblem of the Moss Side Community Press Women’s Co- op from the 1970s.

I can think of many close friends whose handwriting I've never seen.
A Letter Fetish: to an
Unknown Lesbian, Living
In Newcastle in the 1970s by Nazmia Jamal
"I read all sorts of imagined emotions and hesitancies and frustrations into your lines."
From Feminisms♀️ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms

YouTube video by Dog Section Press Feminisms

Dog Section Press crowdfunding the print costs of their new publication
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Feminisms is a collection of ten essays from a diverse milieu of writers on the subject of feminism. Each piece is illustrated by Cat Sims (@catsimsart.bsky.social)
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👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms
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youtu.be/uwM3wz70s4U

Feminisms features:
Ren Aldridge & Janey Starling, Stacey Clare, Abu Leila, Lola Olufemi, Leah Cowan, Emma Heaney, Nazmia Jamal, Sophie K Rosa, Sophie Lewis and Dilar Dirik
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👉 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/feminisms
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Sneak peek, illustrations by @catsimsart.bsky.social
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Cooking up something new with my old friends at Dog Section Press 🪰 Been a long time coming, but it's almost ready..

#WIP sgraffito on a terracotta planter. Drawing on a new surface is certainly interesting (and challenging...). Feeling energised by endless new possibilities in clay ⛰️

Illustration of a woman studying in a plant-filled coffee shop with a dog on her lap, shielding her face from the sun shining though the window

Black and white illustration (prior to the application of colour in the previous image) of a woman studying in a plant-filled coffee shop with a dog on her lap, shielding her face from the sun shining though the window

Weekend vibes 🌴☕🌞

Some lads from the sketchbooks 🤔😁🤨😏🫣😶🫩

Ceramic comics from this term @citylit.bsky.social. Terracotta vase with white decorating slip and sgraffito illustrations. So nice to build something from scratch with your bare hands! 👅👀

Sgraffito illustrations of eyes and partial face on terracotta clay

Sgraffito illustrations of eye on terracotta clay

Sgraffito illustrations of partial faces on terracotta clay

Sgraffito illustrations of eyes and partial face on terracotta clay

Ceramic comics... Well slow progress, but I'm trying! 👀

Sgraffito illustration on black clay #ceramics #pottery #potteryart #illustratedceramics

Sketchbooking daily (for longer than I probably should be) 🌺🌿

Made my first venture into kids books last year. Always fun to see the results in print 🏁

Black and white ink drawing of three separate eyes contained within circular comic panels

Circular motions 👁️ 💫

Small section of a current comic commission ⚽

Hello! What's down this rabbit hole I wonder... 👁️👄

One page black and white ink comic drawing with panels containing foliage, mountains, clouds and a woman (a hiker) from varying angles

Spending more time outside nature is one of my main prios in 2025 🌿