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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️
@thisnorthernboy.bsky.social
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Available for personal and commercial work. Illustrator, artist, and writer from the UK. Yorkshireman. Spaceships, robots, & imaginary places. Creator of the Weird Field World. Find me here - https://linktr.ee/thisnorthernboy
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · Jan 17
I'm Rob, an illustrator, designer, and writer from the UK. With a background in graphic design, I now spend my time drawing spaceships, robots, and other strange stuff - either for myself or for indie games and publishers.

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A poster, built in Blender, showing the industrial Funicular from the Manga, Akira. My illustration, Elk Island Light. An orange lighthouse floats on the ocean, at its base, tentacles extend in to the deep. My illustration, Deep Space Fleet. A page of brightly coloured spaceship sketches. My illustration, ISO Grid. 16 isometric illustrations of various little buildings. From a sci-fi noodle bar, to a Venetian palazzo.
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 57m
The rapture. Finally.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 3h
RIP the legendary Drew Struzan (1947-2025) 😩

Even though we were expecting the news any day now, it makes me very sad. What an artist.
Struzan by himself
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 4h
The Strid, near Bolton Abbey is a dramatic, narrow stretch of the River Wharfe where the broad river squeezes into a tight, moss-covered channel. It looks deceptively peaceful, but beneath the surface the water surges with astonishing force. The banks seem close enough to leap
The Strid, near Bolton Abbey is a dramatic, narrow stretch of the River Wharfe where the broad river squeezes into a tight, moss-covered channel
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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 10h
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Cartoon of a plesiosaur. Seen from the side, the top line of its shape is echoed in ripples up the page, reminiscent of the artwork for the Joy Division album Unknown Pleasure. Caption: Unknown Plesiosaurs
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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · Oct 10
A meme of the scene from Pacific Rim about increasing kaiju events, replacing text to be about Portfolio day frequency instead of
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Shaun Mooney @mooneysart.bsky.social · 6h
Some work i did for @mikebithell.bsky.social for TRON Catalyst

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Shaun Mooney (@mooney) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
EXO's Light Cycle - TRON Catalyst
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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 9h
Two years ago, I embarked on an ambitious 3D reconstruction model of Dover Castle, recreating how it might have looked at the time of the Great Siege in 1216. Working with a team of architectural and military historians, the digital model and 3D renders took over five months to develop. #Blender3D
Computer 3D model reconstruction of Dover Castle as it might have looked in 1216 on the eve of the Great Siege of 1216, when the Castle defended an attack by an Anglo-French rebellion against an unpopular King John of England. Working closely with a team of architectural and military historians, the digital model absorbed over 800 hours of work over five months. Laser survey and GIS data, hundreds of measured architectural drawings from Historic England archives, old engravings and paintings, and the findings of three detailed archaeological reports were analysed to create the digital model. Photographic textures, 3D renders, and manual digital painting helped bring the Castle's history to life through richly detailed images. The completed images were created for the exhibition, Dover Castle at Siege, which English Heritage opened in July 2024. Computer 3D model reconstruction of Dover Castle as it might have looked in 1216 on the eve of the Great Siege of 1216, when the Castle defended an attack by an Anglo-French rebellion against an unpopular King John of England. Working closely with a team of architectural and military historians, the digital model absorbed over 800 hours of work over five months. Laser survey and GIS data, hundreds of measured architectural drawings from Historic England archives, old engravings and paintings, and the findings of three detailed archaeological reports were analysed to create the digital model. Photographic textures, 3D renders, and manual digital painting helped bring the Castle's history to life through richly detailed images. The completed images were created for the exhibition, Dover Castle at Siege, which English Heritage opened in July 2024. Computer 3D model reconstruction of Dover Castle as it might have looked in 1216 on the eve of the Great Siege of 1216, when the Castle defended an attack by an Anglo-French rebellion against an unpopular King John of England. Working closely with a team of architectural and military historians, the digital model absorbed over 800 hours of work over five months. Laser survey and GIS data, hundreds of measured architectural drawings from Historic England archives, old engravings and paintings, and the findings of three detailed archaeological reports were analysed to create the digital model. Photographic textures, 3D renders, and manual digital painting helped bring the Castle's history to life through richly detailed images. The completed images were created for the exhibition, Dover Castle at Siege, which English Heritage opened in July 2024. Computer 3D model reconstruction of Dover Castle as it might have looked in 1216 on the eve of the Great Siege of 1216, when the Castle defended an attack by an Anglo-French rebellion against an unpopular King John of England. Working closely with a team of architectural and military historians, the digital model absorbed over 800 hours of work over five months. Laser survey and GIS data, hundreds of measured architectural drawings from Historic England archives, old engravings and paintings, and the findings of three detailed archaeological reports were analysed to create the digital model. Photographic textures, 3D renders, and manual digital painting helped bring the Castle's history to life through richly detailed images. The completed images were created for the exhibition, Dover Castle at Siege, which English Heritage opened in July 2024.
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 8h
That's a great looking local! Didn't know your family's connections to the hospitality industry went so far back JE!
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 8h
Really nice look at some of the less flashy work that goes in to great VFX…

#VFX #ILM
ILM Visual Effects Artist Breaks Down Hidden VFX | Vanity Fair
YouTube video by Vanity Fair
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 8h
#PortfolioDay
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · Jan 17
I'm Rob, an illustrator, designer, and writer from the UK. With a background in graphic design, I now spend my time drawing spaceships, robots, and other strange stuff - either for myself or for indie games and publishers.

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A poster, built in Blender, showing the industrial Funicular from the Manga, Akira. My illustration, Elk Island Light. An orange lighthouse floats on the ocean, at its base, tentacles extend in to the deep. My illustration, Deep Space Fleet. A page of brightly coloured spaceship sketches. My illustration, ISO Grid. 16 isometric illustrations of various little buildings. From a sci-fi noodle bar, to a Venetian palazzo.
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 9h
Strong cheesecake vibes.
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 12d
Lovely reviews of the latest New Mill offerings! Available for preorder RIGHT NOW from newmillindustries.com
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 23h
Another spaceship…

The Wasp, Fast Picket, built by Appledore & Daughters, Devon.

#Spaceship #Illustration
A black and yellow spaceship illustration. Cockpit right at the front, between twin fuselages.
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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21h
JITTERBUG by Gareth L. Powell. Coming 3rd March 2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social, available to preorder now.

Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/
"On Earth, they depicted justice as blindfolded and impartial, but out there on the frontier, she was red in tooth and claw."
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 23h
Another spaceship…

The Wasp, Fast Picket, built by Appledore & Daughters, Devon.

#Spaceship #Illustration
A black and yellow spaceship illustration. Cockpit right at the front, between twin fuselages.
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Daniel Newman // New Mill Industries @dnlnwmn.bsky.social · 1d
oh hey, today is the 5th anniversary of New Mill's first Kickstarter launch
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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 1d
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Today we celebrate the heritage, beauty, and perseverance of hundreds of cultures and nations across North America that have thrived and endured here for thousands of years, and will be around for thousands more.
If you want to support this Native: bit.ly/3L67Yrs
A display of Coyote & Crow, the roleplaying game, Wolves, the cooperative board game, Naasii, the Coyote & Crow Dice Game, and a set of custom dice for the RPG. All created by Cherokee Nation citizen, Kenna Alexander.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d
It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day

Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
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Freddie @stringerseven.bsky.social · 1d
Day 13! #zombieskulltober #darkart #sketch #penandink
Zombie skull mech attached and wired up to organic mass.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
How Genocide Happened
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Kimmo Lahtinen @gimblll.com · 1d
Sektori (week 212): I guess I'm done? I have now officially played Sektori on both a retail PS5 and a retail Xbox! At least they start? How badly broken can they be at this point? I guess we'll see in a month. Now what? I'll experiment with making another trailer at least. #indiedev #gamedev
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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 1d
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds
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Ada Lovelace Day @adalovelaceday.bsky.social · 1d
Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!
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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 2d
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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ᴄᴀʟᴜᴍ ᴀʟᴇxᴀɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴛ @calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social · 1d
EVA SUIT 001
concepts for EVA (extravehicular activity) suit and robo doggo. 2015
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