Jenny Parks is a scientific illustrator that also happens to be a shameless nerd, with a penchant for drawing animals, dinosaurs, imaginary creatures… and occasionally, people as cats. Somehow, she found herself with a bit of internet fame with the illustration ‘Doctor Mew’, and has been baffled ever since. With a BFA in illustration from the California College of the Arts, and a graduate degree in Science Illustration from UC Santa Cruz, she now resides in San Francisco as a freelance illustrator, fulfilling her destiny to make a living drawing cute, fuzzy things.

Adorable creations of Canadian illustrator Hyemi Jeong, based in Toronto, who is having fun with the small everyday objects with cute and creative illustrations.

With more than 40,000 followers on Twitter and 26,400 fans on Vine, it looks like Marutaro the hedgehog from Japan is one of the most popular hedgehogs on the Internet. And as his owner keeps on posting Marutaro’s pictures online daily, Marutaro’s popularity continues to grow. There are hundreds of cute photographs and videos of this little fellow, but the ones with little paper cut-out faces are probably the cutest. As Marutaro lies on his back, his owner gives him a variety of silly expressions and smiles. The 20 best of them will definitely boost your mood!

A participant, called a musher, races in the 33rd Aviemore Sled Dog Rally in Aviemore, Scotland January 23, 2016. The Siberian Husky Club of Britain is holding its annual sled dog rally over the weekend. (Photo by Russell Cheyne/Reuters)

Siberian Huskies pull a contestant during the “Kara-Dag 2016” open amateur dog sled and skijoring race near the village of Yelovoye in Taiga district, outside Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia, February 21, 2016. Dogs and their owners from various regions of Siberia took part in an annual race. (Photo by Ilya Naymushin/Reuters)

This is the moment a dog who had his legs cut off as a punishment, is able to walk again thanks to prosthetic limbs, and being rescued by John and Gill Dalley, a couple who moved to Phuket, Thailand, from Leeds to set up the Soi Dog Foundation, August 1, 2016. (Photo by Caters News Agency)

A woman drives a scooter with her dog in Hanoi on December 10, 2021, as Vietnamese officials in the central city of Hoi An announced it was set to be the country's first dog and cat meat free city. (Photo by Nhac Nguyen/AFP Photo)

(From front to back) Carson, Rosie and Charlie Surfs Up compete during the World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica, California, on August 5, 2023. The event helps local charities raise money by sponsoring a contestant or a team, with a portion of the proceeds going to dog, environmental, and surfing nonprofit organizations. (Photo by Josh Edelson/AFP Photo)