Country Life Magazine - Feb 21st 2008 - Map — by roryroryrory on

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This was a very unusual commission, to draw the British Isles in the shape of a turnip, with Ireland as a tomato. Most unusual indeed. As yo...

Country Life Magazine - Feb 21st 2008 — by roryroryrory on

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Country Life magazine has been going for many years, and I was honoured to feature a selection of drawings in the Feb 21st 2008 edition to a...

Heinemann Building Skills - Part 4 — by roryroryrory on

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An eerie Jack the Ripper type scene.... Again, from the same Heinemann English educational book. I'd like to have this one in my lesson...

Heinemann Building Skills - Part 3 — by roryroryrory on

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Another picture for Heinemann. This time it's of some vegetables getting chased by a fork. Oh what fun!

Heinemann Building Skills - Part 2 — by roryroryrory on

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One thing that publishers seem to enjoy, to test the mettal of their illustrators, is to put as many things as possible into a brief. This ...

Heinemann Building skills - Part 1 — by roryroryrory on

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This is from a project for Heinemann. I've done a number of books for them over the years. This is for a book on the English language f...

Accenture Magazine - BP Cartoon — by roryroryrory on

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For a little while I had a bi-monthly gig on a magazine all about the "Up-Stream Oil Industry" - no, I've no idea what that me...

Best of British Magazine January 2008 — by roryroryrory on

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This is an editorial illustration that was commissioned by "Best of British" magazine. A monthly showcase of British nostalgia an...

Second Hand Stevie - McGraw-Hill Australia - Internal page roughs — by roryroryrory on

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Here's some page layouts which would have been -

Second Hand Stevie - McGraw-Hill Australia - Character designs and Cover — by roryroryrory on

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Occasionally I get involved in a project that looks like it's going to be a winner, but for whatever reason falls flat on its face after...

Small job for textbook — by roryroryrory on

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Every so often I get to draw something fun for a textbook. Here's a magician about to cut someone in half. It doesn't look like th...

Miniature Spaceman — by roryroryrory on

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This cheery chap was commissioned by an editor who was collecting a series of excerpts from various well known authors. My drawing was to i...

Tug o War — by roryroryrory on

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This was an internal spot illustration for an ELT book, teaching Spanish students, English.

Gig Poster - Blessed are the average — by roryroryrory on

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For a while a friend of mine was a member of a band called ""Blessed are the Average". They played a number of gigs around m...

Carve Surfing Magazine - Girls Toilet — by roryroryrory on

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This is quite an old picture now, but it's still one of my favourites. It was originally drawn for Carve Surfing Magazine, one of the t...

Science textbook - Migrating Buffalo — by roryroryrory on

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Every so often I get to draw a picture for a geography or science book that has to be more factual than my usual interpretive drawings. Her...

Swimming Pool — by roryroryrory on

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This casual gentleman was an illustration for an ELT book.

Captain Cool - Watts Publishing - Aliens! — by roryroryrory on

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Here's another page from Captain Cool - my 2nd book for Watts Publishing (part of Orchard Books). Here our hero is tackling the ever pr...

Captain Cool - Watts Publishing - Faster than a speeding train! — by roryroryrory on

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Captain Cool is the greatest super hero that's ever lived. He's amazing. He can even run faster than trains as evidenced here. Th...

Tutorial 004 - Colouring — by roryroryrory on

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I now erase the pencil lines (once the ink has dried properly of course!) and scan the image into the Photoshop. I habitually scan in at 300...