Squish Squash
Illustration & Animation Community
Squish Squash is an Australian Illustration and Animation Community designed with the purpose of providing a bridge for emerging artists entering the creative industries (including Animation, Illustration, Comics or Concept Art).Our Community offers an inclusive space within which to interact with other creatives, share our work, improve as professionals and just hang out! It is intended as a safe space to seek and provide support and encouragement during the process of creating.We welcome you to join us, take part in exhibitions, competitions, share work, resources and upcoming opportunities!We hope to see you soon!
Squish Squash is hosted by:
Eddie Normington, Shae Mellors, Ethan Harris, Nin, Ana MarÃa Méndez Salgado & David Blaiklock.
3RD ANNUAL SQUISH SQUASH AWARDS
We are excited to announce entries for the 3rd Squish Squash awards are open!! You have until the 21st of March to enter before voting opens.
TRANSFORMED:Sameness Within Change
an exhibition by Squish Squash
Find all our exhibition participants here:
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Miller | Garden of Silent Bones | Stop Motion Animation |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Newson | My Executive is not Functioning | 2D Animation and Clay Sculpture |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Chi Dang | The Garden Within | Digital Illustration |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Normington | scraps (who are you looking at really?) | Digital Painting |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Eleni VlassisEmily Boxall | Never a Straight Line | Digital Illustration |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Preston | Apocalyptic | Digital Illustration |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Evie Ewings | Seasons Change | 2D Animation |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Faulds | Persist | Digital Illustration |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Louise Jones | Reignite | Animation |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Myka Staude | What Once Was | Painting & Digital Illustration |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Rose Michael | Fighting Words | Animation |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Steph 'Nin' | Strength Reclaimed | Digital |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Vela Noble | Trauma or Trainquility | Ink and Paper |
| Artist | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| Vic Ash | The Plushimals | Comic |
Squish Squash Spotlights
At Squish Squash you can also participate in professional events with wonderful guests who share their approaches to the practice, providing career support and advice. We hope to see you soon!
Here is a list of previous Spotlights!
NATHAN JUREVICIUS
During the Adelaide launch of his latest Australian film Scarygirl, Nathan Jurevicius told us his story, and of how a character he created 21 years ago has evolved into graphic novels, console and virtual reality games, collectable toys, and now an animated feature film.18/10/2023
MITCH HEARN
Our first Squish Squash Spotlight in Adelaide was with the very accomplished Mitch Hearn who talked about his career journey, revealed the processes behind some of his most successful projects and shared several tips for emerging animators and illustrators during the Q&A session.26/07/2023
Squish Squash Calendar
Transform exhibition pitch submission: 1st September - 30th September
Pitch submissions hereCheck our instagram to keep up to date with future events.
Squashtober 2025
5 overarching themes, with seven daily prompts for each theme.Participation options:Draw something based on the weekly overarching theme, or, draw something every day based on the daily prompts that fall under the weekly theme.Draw whatever you can with any of the prompts!
This event should be a fun way to draw and celebrate the craft of illustration and animation whilst sharing with the community.
