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thisnorthernboy

@thisnorthernboy@mstdn.social

Illustrator from the UK. Spaceships, robots, and imaginary places.

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I haven’t played Traveller for about 33 or 34 years.

Where would I start now?

#TravellerRPG

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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Digital reworking of my illustration of the WF Hokusai (featured in my book Weird Field World).

#Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration

Close up of a digital drawing on my iPad. Shows a spaceship lifework in black, with a drawing of Hokusai’s The Wave, on a big fin.

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

thisnorthernboy, to scifi
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The Seventy Three.

Drawn on an iPad using Procreate

#SciFi #Spaceship #Illustration

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

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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, to gaming
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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, to random
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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,
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My guess?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker_hypothesis

thisnorthernboy, to Halloween
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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, to gaming
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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, to comics
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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

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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.

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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

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Is Ivory still the best iOS app for Mastodon?

thisnorthernboy, to gamedev
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Last week I posted this peek at a new project I'm working on…

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I'm now at this point, and beginning to get a bit of a plan in place.

#IndieGame #GameDev #ttrpg #hex

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The idea is to create a series of vector resource packs for players, designers, and makers of games. Starting with sci-fi character silhouettes. Hand for adding a bit of interest to character sheets, or as playing pieces, or however you can think of using them.

#IndieGame #GameDev #ttrpg #hex

thisnorthernboy,
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Future resource pack ideas…
Sci-fi - buildings, weapons, spaceships, tech, aliens.
Fantasy - characters, weapons, items, monsters.

#IndieGame #GameDev #ttrpg #hex

thisnorthernboy,
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You'd pay once to download the vectors, and then you could use them in any personal or commercial way you wanted. The only stipulation being - you can't resell or repackage the work.

#IndieGame #GameDev #ttrpg #hex

thisnorthernboy,
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@kkarhan Yep. Exactly that. Use them in a game, or a lore book, or as character pieces. You just can’t sell them on as vectors/assets.

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I have discovered Rob Turpin's @thisnorthernboy Weird Field World. And it is wonderful. Spaceships, spaceships, spaceships, and a story reminiscent of the classic TTA books. https://thisnorthernboy.gumroad.com/l/wfwbook

thisnorthernboy,
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@bymattkelly Hey Matt, thanks very much. Really glad you’re enjoying it. The TTA books were an inspiration and, obviously, the work of Chris Foss.

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@rivetgeek @bymattkelly Thanks! There might be a second print run towards the end of the year.

thisnorthernboy, to illustration
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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.

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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.

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