Stealthy Lines and Excessive Colour

Bristol Natural History Museum - rumage through the the archives

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 11 May 2015 10:02:00 +0000

I had the delightful pleasure of spending a day in the Natural History vault underneath the museum, drawing the various specimens that lurk there.

Raven skeleton.

Swallow tail butterfly.

Lumpsucker.

Raven skull.

Aphrodisia beetle.

Lumpfish.

Bird of paradise.

Golden lion tamarin.

Pangolin.

Armadillo.

Gopher.

May bank holiday news and thrills

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 04 May 2015 22:14:00 +0000

12 year old chess prodigy wins game against master.

Elderly still largely unimpressed with tattoos.

Bridge to become sport thanks to flexing of brain muscle.

M&S sandwich tops the calorie list.

North Korea to double missile arsenal.

Latvia employs "pony tail army" of techy cyber warfare geeks.

Rise in number of nuns entering convents.

Editorial illustrations for Friday 1st May, 2015

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 01 May 2015 16:57:00 +0000

Wet weekend planned for UK bank holiday.

Ed Miliband stumbles off podium.

£500million haul of cocaine found on north sea ship.

Surrey town tops most expensive UK rental list.

Tour de Yorkshire begins.

Stories from the Guide

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:32:00 +0000

Antman film coming soon.

Mumford and Sons learn hiphop sampling skills.

Mumford and Sons given pointers from hiphop producer.

Physical comedy making big return to British TV - V1.

Physical comedy making big return to British TV - V2.

Physical comedy making big return to British TV - V3.

New style - kickin' into a new week

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:47:00 +0000

Health and safety bans lucky dip in case of paper cuts.

Health and safety bans hot sauce on ice-cream in case of burns.

Scottish pensioner is countries oldest paperboy - V1.

Scottish pensioner is countries oldest paperboy - V2.

Robot programmed to hitchhike width of USA succeeds - V1.

Robot programmed to hitchhike width of USA succeeds - V2.

New style for a tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:03:00 +0000

Increase in number of trained exorcists - V1.

Increase in number of trained exorcists - V2.

Prosecco outsells Champagne in British supermarkets.

Kids to write about 'tats and tweets' for school essay - V1.

Kids to write about 'tats and tweets' for school essay - V2.

No longterm eye troubles from watching too much TV.

Twerking Russian bee's investigated by riot police.

New style for a sunny monday

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:07:00 +0000

North sea cod stocks reaching "abundant" levels.

Explorer Ranulph Fiennes completes endurance race in desert - V1.

Explorer Ranulph Fiennes completes endurance race in desert - V2.

Story written by Queen Victoria aged 10 is published.

Roman artefacts found buried in embassy garden.

Hello weekend, says new style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:02:00 +0000

Obese daschund looses huge amounts of weigh.

Roman remains on display in embassy greenhouse.

Melbournes trees fitted with responding email addresses.

Bringing the new style crashing into Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 16:25:00 +0000

Ambulances revised to accommodate larger patients.

Nurse with Ebola gets cured with particular drug.

Unimpressed. Military seniors complain of lack of saluting etiquette.

Another batch of new style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:47:00 +0000

More new style illustrations.

Sales of Barbie dolls down considerably - V1.

Sales of Barbie dolls down considerably - V2.

Sales of Barbie dolls down considerably - V3.

Cocoa prices to rise dramatically over the next few years.

Teen inventor creates lego brail printer.

Booming trade in room-shares with strangers in London.

Japanese airport has never had a piece of luggage lost.

Finger bell created for conscientious joggers.

Man survives 66 days adrift in atlantic by catching fish with clothes.

Large percentage of teachers receive abuse from parents online - V1.

Large percentage of teachers receive abuse from parents online - V2.

Large percentage of teachers receive abuse from parents online - V3.

Large percentage of teachers receive abuse from parents online - V4.

Todays swathe of new style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:24:00 +0000

Adult colouring-in book tops sales charts.

Cure for MRSA found in text from middle ages.

Geordie semtex suspect turns out to be carrying pease pudding.

Revision down to 38 minutes free-fall transfer through centre of earth.

Round three of the new style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:00:00 +0000

Banbury's library in a phone box to be demolished. Thanks health & safety. V1

Banbury's library in a phone box to be demolished. Thanks health & safety. V2

Bodmin town council to label all biscuits with details of ingredients. V1

Bodmin town council to label all biscuits with details of ingredients. V2

Oil found in Sussex.

More new style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:37:00 +0000

Another couple of "new style" images.

Conductor at the Royal Symphony.

Finding a long lost ring whilst fishing.

New Art Style

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 22:08:00 +0000

I've been developing a new art style for editorial illustrations. Below are some recent artworks.

Child tech prodigies V1.

Child tech prodigies V2.

Coffee = Happiness.

Conductor returns to the London Symphony.

Britons are loosing their appetite for fast food.

Hamsters caused the Black Death V1.

Hamsters caused the Black Death V2.

Hamsters caused the Black Death V3.

Safety deposit raid in Hatton Garden.

Selfie-stick V1.

Selfie-stick V2.

Too much sleep isn't good for you.

Uber - Taxi billionaires.

Coin sells for £50,000 V1.

Coin sells for £50,000 V2.

Coin sells for £50,000 V3.

Tourists follow sat nav, not common sense.

Storyboards for advertising pitch

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:46:00 +0000

Storyboards for OmniProductions; a film production company in Bristol, for an advertising pitch.

The Weirdly's - A comic story pitch

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:44:00 +0000

A great big selection of images created for a pitch story called "The Weirdly's" by Tom Eglington and yours truly.

Page 3.

Page 4.

Taster scene.

Character designs.

Evolutionary tree poster - Flora and Fauna

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:40:00 +0000

A couple of batches of beasties to appear on an Evolutionary tree poster.

ELT drawings

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:38:00 +0000

A selection of spot drawings for an educational science book.

Looking pensive.

It wasn't me.

Global warming / global cooling.

E+MC2

Pay attention when you drink.

Weightlessness.

Inspector Varga comic puzzle pages - the final ones!

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:36:00 +0000

After five or six years of drawing our favourite murder detective, I've finally finished the very last episode. Here's a few of the final pages.

Greedylocks

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:37:00 +0000

Children's book illustrations to accompany the text of the forthcoming "Greedylocks" from Ransom Book Publishers.

Communication at the speed of light!

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:31:00 +0000

A comic strip page for a textbook on space written by one of the publishing house staff, and illustrated by yours truly.

Dinosaur excavation

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:29:00 +0000

Illustration for a poster on evolution.

Silver Jubilee - 25 years of the Public Law Project

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:27:00 +0000

An anniversary poster for PLP.

And an anniversary for me, too. 500 posts. I should probably get out more.

Black and White ELT drawings

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:24:00 +0000

Rains in Africa

noreply@blogger.com (roryroryrory) — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:15:00 +0000

A text book artwork for one of my regular clients.