11 colourful illustrations by Irish artist Sarah Cunningham to brighten your day

ON INSTAGRAM SHE is known as ‘ZombieFaceSarah’, yet Sarah Cunningham’s illustrations are anything but zombie-like.

Bursting with colour, the Dublin-based illustrator’s creations, which are hand-drawn using fine line pens and marker, are instantly uplifting.

Sarah, who has a “passion for patterns, the environment and spreading positivity”, uses her artwork as a medium to cover a range of topics, including environmentalism, feminism, veganism and self care.

“I’ve been drawing all my life,” Sarah told TheJournal.ie. “It’s how I process the world around me.”

Through sharing her work on Instagram, Sarah has amassed a following of over 11,000, while her illustrations are available for purchase on Etsy.

1. A sweet cat soaking up the sun

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2. A plea to save our marine mammal friends

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3. … and tigers

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4. In case you needed reminding…

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5. A fact we all know

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6. An explosion of colour

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7. A very sad statement

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8. Where can we buy this t-shirt?

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9. Dreaming of summer days

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10. Is it possible to be jealous of a cat?

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11. A squid in the moonlight

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