Drawings, doodles, and design

UK based illustrator of science fiction and fantasy. Available for private and commercial commissions. You can also find me - https://linktr.ee/thisnorthernboy

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New Print - Hillside Dystopia New print available over on my store. You can buy it here.

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A selection of my illustrations that are available to buy over at my INPRNT store.

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Five minute spaceship sketch.

I’ve been working a lot digitally this year using Procreate on the iPad, so it’s nice to pick up a pen and sketch.

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Rob Turpin, aka thisnorthernboy, is a designer and illustrator working in traditional media – pens, ink, pencil – he spends his time drawing robots, spaceships, castles, and imaginary places. He has illustrated a children’s book on castles and is currently writing and illustrating his first children’s picture book. Rob

There’s a sale on at my print store until January 15th.

Head over there and grab yourself a bargain. Prints, postcards, stickers, pin badges, all on sale.

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Loving the Aliens.

Sketching some little sci-fi characters today, using the iPad Pro and Procreate app. If anyone has any tips for digital drawing, feel free to share! 

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Hello, it’s been a while…

Hi folks. It’s been a while since I’ve posted on Tumblr. I guess keeping a presence on multiple platforms has proved tricky. I know a lot of people, particularly in art are still using Tumblr, or are beginning to for the first time.

I think my question is - how do I make it more social here? I’ve got quite a lot of followers, but don’t really get much engagement - in terms of likes and reblogs. But I think what I miss on Tumblr, compared to other platforms, is the social aspect. Is that just how Tumblr is? Is it simply more for sharing content?

If anyone has any advice, that would be great.

In the mean time - here’s a big old robot. Drawn in Procreate on an iPad.

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You can find more of me, and my work, here…

And you can buy my prints here.

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Drawing a Space Station.

A little process video of me drawing a space station, with commentary.Tools: Layout pad, Tomboy Fude brush pen, Copic SP Multiliner.If you enjoy this you can...

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

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The Fleet of Karmaliuk - New Print to Raise Money for Ukraine

I’ve donated to charities helping the humantarian effort in Ukraine. I’ve given directly to some Ukrainian artists I follow on social media. I’ve amplified the voices of those suffering. It doesn’t seem enough. Nothing is really is it? But as an illustrator who sells prints, it seems stupid not to use that platform too.

So here’s the Fleet of Karmaliuk. A new print from myself and Ellipress. All the profits are split between UNICEF and the DEC fund for Ukraine.

Available in a range of sizes, and printed on 308gsm photo rag - it’s a lovely thing. 

It’s available to buy here, and we ship worldwide.

If you’re not able to purchase right now, and we know it’s a tough time for everyone, we’d really appreciate a share. Thank you.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

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More Sketchbook Spaceships.

When in doubt, draw some spaceships.

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Sketchbook Spaceships.

When in doubt, draw some spaceships.

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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NEW PRINT - Elk Island Light.

The latest in my Innsmouth series of illustrations, available as a print in a variety of sizes. You can buy it here.

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Innsmouth Lights - Colour prints.

Protecting the gravitationally challenged shores of Innsmouth, are the Innsmouth Lights. A series of floating lighthouses erected on the sites of interdimensional portals. Passage close to the islands is, usually, safe - except on certain days of the year when the membranes between worlds are at their most permeable.

A new series of Lovecraftian floating islands. Available over at Ellipress. •

Drawn with a Carbon Platinum fountain pen and a Kuretake brush pen. Digitally coloured using Adobe Photoshop CC. •

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Sketchbook Spaceships.

When in doubt, draw a fucking spaceship.

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You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook, Instagram, Wordpress, Artstation. 

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Galactus.

First finished illustration in a few months. Creative block + Pandemic made drawing impossible. Good to be back at it.

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Wildflower meadows and Jack Russell Terriers.

Had a fantastic walk in the Hampshire countryside today. Lot’s of wildflower meadows, sunny glades, and dappled forests. Really pretty idyllic. Got a few images with my Fuji X-T4.

You can, if you’d like, support me on Patreon, and you can buy prints of my work at Ellipress.

You can find more of me, and my work, here… Facebook Instagram Wordpress Twitter Artstation

If you like my work you can, if you like, buy me a coffee (Ko-fi) to keep me going!

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Packaging Illustration for ‘Atlantic’

Delighted to have worked with Thomas Clipper on the packaging illustration for their new men’s fragrance ‘Atlantic’.

Pre-order yours here today.

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Weird Field World book now available to buy.

If you missed out on the Kickstarter for my Weird Field World book, you can now buy it directly. Choose from the standard version £25, or the deluxe signed version which comes with a print, stickers and bookmarks £40. There’s free shipping for all orders within the UK.

Buy it here.

Weird Field World, Rob Turpin’s first book, tells the story of how humanity breaks out from the boundaries of their limited space technology; with help from unknown aliens.

In 2089 a message is received on Earth with instructions on how to build a new type of spaceship. One that can reach Mars in days rather than months, and Jupiter in weeks rather than years.

The book is packed to the gunwales with illustrations, sketches and maps showing the new exotic spaceships along with the people and stories that surround them.

Weird Field World, funded on Kickstarter, smashed its stretch goal in just 36 minutes.