Leaving a Light to Shine

Dear Reader,

I'm off enjoying a little spring break with the Aliens and the Trouble and Strife, but while I'm gone here's a little light left on for you :) It's inspiring what some people can do!


Hope you have a Easter and that the Easter bunny leaves some chocolate!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Mini-Stunt Squirrels Support Equality

Dear Reader,

On this landmark day, the mini-stunt squirrels wanted to share their support for equality!

May everybody find love someday :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Squirrely Safety First

Dear Reader,

Before any stunt is filmed it is important for those performing the heroics to inspect the venue. And so it was, that over the weekend, our mini-stunt squirrels cast their professional eyes over the rapids they will soon be riding!


Stay tuned for the big day of tarp surfing :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Robin's Aquarium

Dear Reader,

To coincide with yesterday's post in which Alien One demonstrated how to make coral for her aquarium, I wanted to share an image of Robin's aquarium (one of the ones we took last week).

And for those of you anxious about how to put one of these together for yourself, stay tuned, the time is very near for everyone to be able to partake in their own Squirrel King-style pipe-cleaner aquarium kit!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Alien One Makes an Instructional Video

Dear Reader,

The other day, Alien One got inspired to make her own coral to add to the seaweed of her pipe cleaner fish tank. Inspiring work that she happily shared with me:


I've actually been thinking more about coral myself lately with a view to surrounding a treasure chest in episodes yet to be made. More on that soon.

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Bodies as Animals

Dear Reader,

As many of you are aware, a while back we shot the insert of fish nibbling on the Catburglar's feet during his fish pedicure by painting fish on people's faces, doubling their mouths as the fish's.

Now, I've come across a whole new dimension to that idea in the form of Gesine Marwedel's work (for instance the flamingo here), and that of Craig Tracy (the tiger - look carefully, and then check the small image below).



Suddenly I'm now inspired to go a whole lot further in The Squirrel King!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Squirrel King Logo

Dear Reader,

It’s funny how often in life we are asked to encapsulate one form in another; describe a novel in a sentence, a movie with an image, a world with a logo!

The challenge of distilling the bright and exuberantly multifarious nature of The Squirrel King into a couple of black and white lines seemed at the outset insurmountable. … And yet, like so many things in life, the process proved once again that by taking one step after another enough times, you invariably arrive in a pretty awesome place!

Hope you love our logo as much as we do :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims