thisnorthernboy

thisnorthernboy, 6 months ago to random

Yes, I am watching Moneyball again. What of it?

thisnorthernboy, 6 months ago to scifi

The Seventy Three.

Drawn on an iPad using Procreate

#SciFi #Spaceship #Illustration

thisnorthernboy, 6 months ago to random

I think about the 'Drop & Run' instruction found on Cobalt-60 samples, way too often. Horrifyingly simple and scary.

thisnorthernboy, 6 months ago to random

Somewhat inexplicably, I seem to have lost all my files for my Weird Field World book. I still have the print ready PDFs, but little else. Troubling, and very odd.

Literally no sign of them on back-ups, Dropbox, Time Machine, removable drives…

It's as if they never existed.

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to gaming

D is for Drones…

A new stretch goal for An Infinity of Ships.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/72stations/an-infinity-of-ships/

#gaming #ttrpg #ScienceFiction

Digital drawing on an iPad of some sci-fi drones.
Digital drawing on an iPad of some sci-fi drones.

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to random

Some cosmological dread for you this morning, via Kottke.

In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them…

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-group-stars-vanishedastronomers.html

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to Halloween

Happy Halloween folks…

#Halloween #Horror #Skull

A Screaming Skull. A pen illustration of a skull laid on top of a pile of bones, som of which break the border of the illustration. The Screaming Skull - A screaming skull is a paranormal object, a human skull which per legend speaks, screams, or otherwise haunts its environs.

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to gaming

A Kevin O'Neill inspired 'Hulloween' spaceship for the 'An Infinity of Ships' Kickstarter.

https://kickstarter.com/projects/72stations/an-infinity-of-ships

Anyone have a suitable name for this ship?

#Gaming #ttrpg #rpg

A Kevin O'Neill inspired spaceship for 'Hulloween' to promote the 'An Infinity of Ships' Kickstarter. The spaceship is bright red, and a kind of semi biological, gothic cathedral, crossed with some sort of torture device from the Spanish Inquisition.
A Kevin O'Neill inspired spaceship for 'Hulloween' to promote the 'An Infinity of Ships' Kickstarter. A close up of me sketching the spaceship on my iPad. The spaceship is a kind of semi biological, gothic cathedral, crossed with some sort of torture device from the Spanish Inquisition.

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to comics

Fantastic video of Mark Morales talking about inking techniques in comics. Featuring a lot of his incredible work, and other comic artists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=862pfBBB3cQ

#Comics

thisnorthernboy, 7 months ago to random

Currently battling my lack of knowledge, practice, and skill, at digital art to produce work I'm happy with.

One of the things I struggle with is the process. What should be faster working digitally becomes slower for me as I get bogged down in unnecessary layers. If I was drawing traditionally, I just bang everything down in one go, and then add colour later.

thisnorthernboy, 8 months ago to illustration

As we're approaching that time of year when the boundaries between this world and the next become stretched and thin… here's a screaming skull.

#Illustration #Horror

thisnorthernboy, 8 months ago to random

Is Ivory still the best iOS app for Mastodon?

thisnorthernboy, 8 months ago to gamedev

Last week I posted this peek at a new project I'm working on…

#IndieGame #GameDev #ttrpg #hex

thisnorthernboy, 9 months ago to illustration

New print available - Hillside Cityscape.

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thisnorthernboy/hillside-dystopia/

#illustration

My new print. An illustration of a hillside cityscape, in teal with orange highlights.

thisnorthernboy, 9 months ago to random

I'm going to have some availability for work in a few weeks. So if you would like some original art, either to frame and hang on the wall, or you'd like to commission some work for your game or book, get in touch.

thisnorthernboy, 9 months ago to scifi

I like the Foundation TV series. (Regardless of how much it bears a relation to the books).

I like it because it feels like modern 'Space Opera' science fiction and, it makes me feel the same thing that reading good sci fi makes me feel…

Wonder.

#Foundation #SciFi

thisnorthernboy, 9 months ago to random

Incredibly loud and vocal Tawny Owl in a big Ash tree behind the house.

thisnorthernboy, 9 months ago to illustration

Tentacled, Lovecraftian, lighthouses available over at my Inprnt store.

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thisnorthernboy/

#Illustration #Lighthouses

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to random

Just got a cute little test print of one of my illustrations back.

Looks really nice at this size.

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to random

Today's the last day to download my Spaceship colouring book for free. Perfect for the kids for the summer holidays, or for you, if you just fancy taking a bit of time out to colour in a spaceship!

https://thisnorthernboy.gumroad.com

#Colouring #Spaceships

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to random

My downloadable colouring book, of Weird Field World spaceships, is free (pay what you want) for the rest of this week.

So if you have kids that might need something to occupy them for a couple of hours in the holidays…

https://thisnorthernboy.gumroad.com

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to random

Anyone who's suffered from sciatica (trapped nerve in lower back causing pain down the back and leg) have any tips?

I'm on Ibuprofen and have a heat pack on my back, and I'm trying to stay mobile.

Also - how long were you in pain / affected?

#Sciatica #BackPain

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to random

Just a reminder that my @inprnt shop is now open for prints and posters…

https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thisnorthernboy/

thisnorthernboy, 10 months ago to wildlife

Every now and again I manage to get away from my desk and out for a walk with my camera (Fuji X-T4 for those that are curious).

Yesterday I went for a long, hot, walk on Chobham Common, a huge area of lowland heath and woodland in SE England.

#Wildlife #Photography #Fuji #ChobhamCommon

A Common Lizard, basking on a sun-bleached log.
A close-up photograph of a Black-Tailed Skimmer dragonfly, showing the detail of its compound eyes.
A Small Skipper butterfly feeding on some bright yellow ragwort flowers.

thisnorthernboy, 11 months ago to random

When I left art college (kicked out for the second time), I didn't draw again for almost 20 years. When I did pick up a pen, I soon realised I needed to draw regularly if I wanted to improve. So I decided I'd draw a Robot a Day for a month, which soon became a year…

I was rubbish when I started, 365 robot drawings later, I was a bit better - but not much.

So, Robot one from ten years ago, robot two from 9 years ago, and robot three from a few months ago.

Draw, draw, draw…

A slightly better robot drawing. The 365th I did in my Droid a Day, year long drawing project.
Sad Dave, the melancholy Mech. My most recent droid drawing from a few months ago.