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A collage of a blue figure with red hair floating in a swimming pool. The scene is framed by pink tiled walls and tropical leaves in red and blue.

Camilla Perkins' vibrant characters clash brilliantly with their surroundings

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Date
29 June 2015

Camilla Perkins is based in Brighton, and her illustrations use only the brightest hues which I hope are influenced by her seaside surroundings. We’ve not featured Camilla’s pictures since 2013, and it’s great to see how her style has developed since then. Shying away from collections of objects, it seems Camilla’s been perfecting her skills in illustrating the human form and the result is wonderful. Her figures are mainly surrounded by basic props and shapes, but the faces and features of her characters are marked out carefully in scratchy lines. In some images bold expanses of pattern applied as floors or walls are a lovely addition to all the brightness and it’s these details that really make Camilla’s work stand out.

An illustration of a person sitting in a red chair against a light blue brick wall. They wear a pink striped blazer over a green shirt and yellow patterned trousers.
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Camilla Perkins: Sapeurs

An illustration of a person wearing a red and white striped blazer and cow-print trousers. They sit on a yellow bench beside a large, pale blue plant and a small white cat.
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Camilla Perkins: Sapeurs

An illustration of a person in a white lab coat, smiling in a bright, colourful laboratory. They are surrounded by scientific equipment, including flasks and a chart showing DNA double helix structures.
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Camilla Perkins: Medium

A colourful illustration divided into three horizontal panels against a pink grid background. Each section contains a surreal arrangement of figures, animals, and ornate vases.
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Camilla Perkins: Animo Collective

An illustration of two figures with red hair floating in a blue tiled swimming pool. They are surrounded by red and blue tropical leaves, yellow pool ladders and red and white lifebuoys.
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Camilla Perkins: Other

An illustration of a person with long brown hair, looking directly at the camera. They wear a white lab coat featuring a “Caribou Biosciences” logo on the chest. The background is a green tiled wall with a red clock and various laboratory glassware.
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Camilla Perkins: Medium

An illustration of a busy day at “Saltdean Lido”. People swim and lounge in a bright blue pool, while others relax on a grassy bank with dogs and a pink flamingo float. Two colourful hot air balloons float in a pale blue sky above the Art Deco building.
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Camilla Perkins: Sussex

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Rebecca Fulleylove

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Rebecca Fulleylove is a freelance writer and editor specialising in art, design and culture. She is also senior writer at Creative Review, having previously worked at Elephant, Google Arts & Culture, and It’s Nice That.

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