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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️
@thisnorthernboy.bsky.social
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
Not normally one for having a bowl of porridge if I go out for breakfast, but…

Black Wheat Club, Fossgate, York.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Nippy out.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Worthy of a wicked witch.
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Six Ships. I'm very much in the Chris Foss school of thought when it comes to colour, rather than SW or ST.

#Spaceships #SciFi #Illustration
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Currently a whopping 35% off all my prints…

www.inprnt.com/gallery/this...

@inprnt.com #ArtPrints #SciFi
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bloody cold out there this morning.

#Birds
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Is this in binary, or am I REALLY overdue a backup?
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Brief trip in to York, first stop - The Black Wheat Club for coffee and a pastry.

#York
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
'Snarl' the zine from @snarlingbadgers.bsky.social is available now. I did some illustrations for the included 1-1 Mech Fighting game, 'Chrome Rangers'.

There's a video here…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIBk...

And you can get your copy here…

www.snarlingbadger.com

#ttrpg #rpg #mech #illustration
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oh it was a success!!!
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
First time I’ve baked since school…
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The Yellowbird, Interceptor - built by Carlo Riva at the spaceship yard in Sarnico.

#Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Absolute fucking idiots.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor… A Heron, a Robin, and a Cormorant.

#Birds #UKWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Heading out for lunch with my folks. Walking down the path, my mum loudly says…

“What’s that badge? Is it a poppy? Oh no it’s your Nazi badge!”

The badge in question…
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Some more Spaceshipaction. Here's The Hypnoglyph, a Light Speeder, built by Gusums Bruk.

#Spaceship #Illustration #SciFi
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ah well, isn't that a shame for poor little Space Karen.
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Gunship illustration for 'DarkSpace RPG' - launching on Kickstarter soon.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dmi...

#RPG #DarkSpace #SciFi

@darkspacerpg.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm not a Funko fan, but…

gizmodo.com/alien-earth-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s that time of year…

#fungi #toadstools #fujix
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Well this was very good.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I got a new mug this morning. It’s ace.
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Views…
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Very late to this…

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #Egrets
Here's a Little Egret on the River Foss.

#birds #photography #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM