Nick Tankard
@nicktankard.bsky.social
Bloke & sometime Illustrator (I illustrated The Woman in Black by Susan Hill, published by Vintage Classics).
Banner illustration: A copy I made of the rumpus in Where The Wild Things Are
Bradford
nicktankard.co.uk for prints, originals and portfolio.
Banner illustration: A copy I made of the rumpus in Where The Wild Things Are
Bradford
nicktankard.co.uk for prints, originals and portfolio.
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Nick Tankard
@nicktankard.bsky.social
· Sep 8
My illustrations for The Woman in Black are now available as signed giclee prints. You can view them on my website nicktankard.co.uk I’ll also be making the original illustrations available here on Bluesky, watch this space…The illustrations are in the hardback edition published by Vintage Classics.
This little guy wasn’t too happy about being dug up from his cosy mud bed on our allotment plot. He cheered up after a nice wash. Turn that frown upside down fella!
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This little guy wasn’t too happy about being dug up from his cosy mud bed on our allotment plot. He cheered up after a nice wash. Turn that frown upside down fella!
On this bleakest of November days we’ve just been to our allotment plot to dig/pick the very last of our produce. We grate the apples and add them to overnight oats. The potatoes are for tonight, veggie bangers and mash. The chillies are mindbendingley hot so I’ll use them sparingly in a chillie 👍🏻🌞
November 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
On this bleakest of November days we’ve just been to our allotment plot to dig/pick the very last of our produce. We grate the apples and add them to overnight oats. The potatoes are for tonight, veggie bangers and mash. The chillies are mindbendingley hot so I’ll use them sparingly in a chillie 👍🏻🌞
After two years of searching for new influences/new direction I find myself repeatedly drawn back to the work of my childhood illustration hero…Raymond Briggs. This is the living room of his house in Sussex. I’m heading down that way soon but I doubt I’ll have time to pay my respects at his grave 😔
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
After two years of searching for new influences/new direction I find myself repeatedly drawn back to the work of my childhood illustration hero…Raymond Briggs. This is the living room of his house in Sussex. I’m heading down that way soon but I doubt I’ll have time to pay my respects at his grave 😔
I’m just slipping on my new boots & popping out to get a paper.
(They’re not really mine, these belonged to David Bowie from his Glass Spider days but I reckon he went to Asda in them sometimes. From the V&A Storehouse exhibition.)
(They’re not really mine, these belonged to David Bowie from his Glass Spider days but I reckon he went to Asda in them sometimes. From the V&A Storehouse exhibition.)
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m just slipping on my new boots & popping out to get a paper.
(They’re not really mine, these belonged to David Bowie from his Glass Spider days but I reckon he went to Asda in them sometimes. From the V&A Storehouse exhibition.)
(They’re not really mine, these belonged to David Bowie from his Glass Spider days but I reckon he went to Asda in them sometimes. From the V&A Storehouse exhibition.)
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Got these on the wall, the first frames aren't perfect for the print, but I wanted it in our pink entryway so they'll do for now. And it's apparently incredibly hard to take a good pic of the staircase "gallery" 😅 I love the prints💕 thanks again, @nicktankard.bsky.social !
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Got these on the wall, the first frames aren't perfect for the print, but I wanted it in our pink entryway so they'll do for now. And it's apparently incredibly hard to take a good pic of the staircase "gallery" 😅 I love the prints💕 thanks again, @nicktankard.bsky.social !
I’ve just watched this film for the first time and I already know that it’s going into my lifetime top ten. I know I’ll watch it many more times and never tire of it. It’s right there in the title 😍
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ve just watched this film for the first time and I already know that it’s going into my lifetime top ten. I know I’ll watch it many more times and never tire of it. It’s right there in the title 😍
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At the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum, Van Gogh painted from memory and imagination—fields, stars, and wind.
From his bedroom window came The Starry Night (June 1889): turbulence turned to vision, the sky alive with motion and faith.
From his bedroom window came The Starry Night (June 1889): turbulence turned to vision, the sky alive with motion and faith.
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
At the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum, Van Gogh painted from memory and imagination—fields, stars, and wind.
From his bedroom window came The Starry Night (June 1889): turbulence turned to vision, the sky alive with motion and faith.
From his bedroom window came The Starry Night (June 1889): turbulence turned to vision, the sky alive with motion and faith.
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It's around this time of year I rewatch this stunning short about the photographer Alexandra de Steiguer and her time at the Oceanic Hotel, New England. A study in solitude, stillness and enduring.
Brian Bolster
𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 2018
A beautiful 14min video depicting the photographer, Alexandra de Steiguer, also caretaker for the Oceanic Hotel, who's spent past 19+ winters alone tending to the 43-acre grounds of the hotel, which sits 10 miles off the coast of New England.
youtu.be/3oHhw_9bQk0
𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 2018
A beautiful 14min video depicting the photographer, Alexandra de Steiguer, also caretaker for the Oceanic Hotel, who's spent past 19+ winters alone tending to the 43-acre grounds of the hotel, which sits 10 miles off the coast of New England.
youtu.be/3oHhw_9bQk0
The Challenge of True Solitude
YouTube video by The Atlantic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's around this time of year I rewatch this stunning short about the photographer Alexandra de Steiguer and her time at the Oceanic Hotel, New England. A study in solitude, stillness and enduring.
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Google, Bing, Everything, has become insufferable.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Google, Bing, Everything, has become insufferable.
I’m back in my little workroom, lightbox, candle and Uncanny podcast on and I’m on with work. A great place to be on a grotty day 🌞👍🏻
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’m back in my little workroom, lightbox, candle and Uncanny podcast on and I’m on with work. A great place to be on a grotty day 🌞👍🏻
Diaraby (with Ry Cooder)
YouTube video by Ali Farka Touré - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A golden hour glow in Clarendon Quad after the rain earlier this week. 🌧️
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Durham - Jim Edwards
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Durham - Jim Edwards
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Don't mind me, I'm just reposting some art so I can make it my pinned post...
August 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Don't mind me, I'm just reposting some art so I can make it my pinned post...
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I’m selling original artwork like this, an unpublished illustration I made for The Woman in Black. I’ll post the originals & their prices on here & you can also purchase giclee prints for £75 (Free P&P - UK only - but I also ship internationally) visit nicktankard.co.uk to see more.
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I’m selling original artwork like this, an unpublished illustration I made for The Woman in Black. I’ll post the originals & their prices on here & you can also purchase giclee prints for £75 (Free P&P - UK only - but I also ship internationally) visit nicktankard.co.uk to see more.
Cartoon human shaped gap in a wall on a recent walk. Like a spooky Tom & Jerry 👀
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cartoon human shaped gap in a wall on a recent walk. Like a spooky Tom & Jerry 👀
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So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
So, happy 48th anniversary of That Lovely Diary Entry From Michael Palin
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David Bowie Live on Musikladen Extra, Complete Show (Bremen, 29th May 1978)
Sense of Doubt, Beauty and the Beast, “Heroes”, Stay, What in the World [Previously unbroadcast], Warszawa [Previously unbroadcast], The Jean Genie, TVC15, Alabama Song
Video of the Day
Sense of Doubt, Beauty and the Beast, “Heroes”, Stay, What in the World [Previously unbroadcast], Warszawa [Previously unbroadcast], The Jean Genie, TVC15, Alabama Song
Video of the Day
David Bowie Live on Musikladen Extra, Complete Show (Bremen, 29th May 1978, 2025, Restoration by Nacho)
David Bowie | Live on Musikladen Extra | Bremen | 29 May 1978 | Radio Bremen TV Studio 3 | Bremen, West Germany | Original Broadcast 4 August 1978 | A Radio Bremen Production | Directed by Michae…
www.davidbowienews.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
David Bowie Live on Musikladen Extra, Complete Show (Bremen, 29th May 1978)
Sense of Doubt, Beauty and the Beast, “Heroes”, Stay, What in the World [Previously unbroadcast], Warszawa [Previously unbroadcast], The Jean Genie, TVC15, Alabama Song
Video of the Day
Sense of Doubt, Beauty and the Beast, “Heroes”, Stay, What in the World [Previously unbroadcast], Warszawa [Previously unbroadcast], The Jean Genie, TVC15, Alabama Song
Video of the Day
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That head, still scares the wossname out of me now ---- going to hide behind the sofa for a bit
A rich vein of Folk Horror ran all the way through WORZEL GUMMIDGE (1979). And one of its most horrific characters was Worzel's own creation: Dafthead!
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That head, still scares the wossname out of me now ---- going to hide behind the sofa for a bit
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Spooky advent calendars still very much for sale... featuring many faves of TV, film and literature. Free Christmas at Borley card with every calendar. Lots of prints and cards also available. Reposts much appreciated. Thanks folks. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com/listing/1801...
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Spooky advent calendars still very much for sale... featuring many faves of TV, film and literature. Free Christmas at Borley card with every calendar. Lots of prints and cards also available. Reposts much appreciated. Thanks folks. sarahcoomershop.etsy.com/listing/1801...
I’m away from home at the moment as I’m dog sitting, lovely views here so that’s helping me to push on with new work, the change of location is doing me some good (when I’m not being commanded & instructed by my furry overlord).
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I’m away from home at the moment as I’m dog sitting, lovely views here so that’s helping me to push on with new work, the change of location is doing me some good (when I’m not being commanded & instructed by my furry overlord).
I dreamt I met Robert Smith of The Cure last night. He wasn’t in his Robert Smith uniform of make up and hair dragged through a bush and I was the only person who recognised him for which he gave me a conspiratorial nod. Weird brain 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I dreamt I met Robert Smith of The Cure last night. He wasn’t in his Robert Smith uniform of make up and hair dragged through a bush and I was the only person who recognised him for which he gave me a conspiratorial nod. Weird brain 🙄
I’m actually making work at the moment! 🤯🥳 I won’t post it just yet because it could disintegrate at any moment and it’s also a commission for a friend but blimey…considering it’s been almost two years since I produced any work it’s going quite well! ✊🏼🙂✊🏼 A nice way to ease myself back in to it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’m actually making work at the moment! 🤯🥳 I won’t post it just yet because it could disintegrate at any moment and it’s also a commission for a friend but blimey…considering it’s been almost two years since I produced any work it’s going quite well! ✊🏼🙂✊🏼 A nice way to ease myself back in to it.