Justus Goes Epic

Dear Reader,

In the couple of hours a day when Justus is not working hard on Squirrel King antics, he's also a starring actor in other people's projects. Here's the trailer for his latest role, which will premiere November 12th on Epic Level TV!


Back to squirrels on Friday :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

A Lovely Pair

Dear Reader,

Life sometimes makes delightful pairings for us to enjoy. Last week offered one such unlikely coupling. While shooting the tableaus for our card game I happened across our pirate, veritably arm in arm, with our Hawaiian Island girl. They look so happy together :) May we all find true love!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

PS I promise later this week to explain the mathematics behind our card game!

Surrounded by Squirrels!

Dear Reader,

What started life as a button has now grown a greater purpose ...

Lop off the loop, turn it upside-down and suddenly it became the dome for waiter squirrel's tray.

But where is the waiter?! Our entire world of squirrels has come to life over the last couple of days as we shoot the squirrel match card game. See if you can find our waiter squirrel among his peeps - he's in both of these images :)

More on the game itself next week!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Acorn Prototypes!!

Dear Reader,

There is a LOT of activity happening over at Squirrel King headquarters right now! It feels like every day another big milestone is checked off.


And the latest? The prototype acorns have arrived! And they look AWESOME!!

Party squirrel has taken to the dance floor for a quick jig, but rest assured she'll be ready for the big photo shoot later today when the images for our card game come together :)

More on that soon, so stay tuned!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Something from Nothing!

Dear Reader,

The king has arrived!

We're closing in on the last couple of squirrels for the card game to go on the back of our squirrel kits' instruction cards.

One of the big joys of this little operation has been repurposing discarded materials. Careful examination of the throne reveals a cardboard box!

And left, you might see broken sunglasses, but I saw ...

An ice hockey player!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Inspiration: Rotting Fruit

Dear Reader,

I came across this image the other day and suddenly I'm inspired to try incorporating some rotting fruit figures into the world of dreams!

Kind of reminds me of Peter Greenaway's film ZOO ... except family friendly :) Still thinking a lot about the series!

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims

Skating Along

Dear Reader,

Production of our Squirrel Kits continues! A big part being the continued construction of various themed squirrels for the game that we're putting on the back of the instruction cards.

Pictured here is 70's rollergirl, replete with headphones and walkman :)

Chin chin
Ruthless Whims