Grace Ruby is an illustrator and animator based in England with an online audience of over 150k followers. Her work is defined by a colorful, wobbly, and deliberately naïve visual style, often drawing from childlike imagery to explore darker, more adult themes. Through animation, illustration, and occasional mixed-media projects, she focuses on subjects such as girlhood, nostalgia, loneliness, and the emotional residue of growing up.

Her work often balances humour and discomfort, using softness and absurdity to approach difficult topics without sensationalism. By pairing playful aesthetics with intimate, sometimes unsettling narratives, Grace’s work reflects on the contradictions of innocence, memory, and identity. Her popular online animated series ‘Girl in Her Room’ has accumulated over 12,000,000 views.

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Gut Instinct Digital Whimsy: How Butterfly Girl Grace Captures Modern Internet Culture and Contemporary Girlhood, 2026