Sky High Octopi

I’m Kris Weatherall, an illustrator, animator, and creative researcher working under the name Sky High Octopi.

I practice expanded illustration, a multidisciplinary approach that goes beyond traditional “commercial art.” Rooted in the Latin illustrāre, meaning “to illuminate,” my work aims to clarify and communicate complex ideas through visual storytelling.

Blending traditional craft with digital innovation, I use tools like animation, sound, 3D, AR, and printmaking to explore illustration as an intellectual, emotional, and immersive act. Guided by the polymath principle, I draw from diverse fields to craft work that informs, inspires, and connects.

In an age shaped by automation and AI, I believe illustration must stay human, intuitive, reflective, and alive to the world it seeks to understand.