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

Black Wheat Club, Fossgate, York.
A bowl of porridge, with brulee’d bits, crumbs… a pear compote! Incredible. Menu description… / NOT YOUR ORDINARY PORRIDGE BOWL (VE, PBO) | £12.0 Steel cut Yorkshire oats, seasonal compote, brüléed brown butter & rum custard, sweet crumble. Pa: steel cut Yorkshire oats, oat milk. seasonal compote. cinnamon & orange vegan butter sauce, candied almonds. Menu description… / NOT YOUR ORDINARY PORRIDGE BOWL (VE, PBO) | £12.0 Steel cut Yorkshire oats, seasonal compote, brüléed brown butter & rum custard, sweet crumble. Pa: steel cut Yorkshire oats, oat milk. seasonal compote. cinnamon & orange vegan butter sauce, candied almonds.
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Nippy out.
A dry leaf (Sycamore probably), resting on the surface of a frozen pond.
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Worthy of a wicked witch.
A bright red apple still on the tree, in an allotment.
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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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
Digital illustration on a white background. Six brightly coloured spaceships. Adorned with stripes and patterns. More like race cars than spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Currently a whopping 35% off all my prints…

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

@inprnt.com #ArtPrints #SciFi
A screenshot of my print shop at Inprnt. https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/thisnorthernboy/
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Bloody cold out there this morning.

#Birds
Photo: View from inside a bird hide, looking out across a pond to some trees. Photo: A blue Tit perched on the side of a frosty bird table. Photo: A Robin perched on the side of a frosty bird table.
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Is this in binary, or am I REALLY overdue a backup?
A screen grab of a notification telling me that Time Machine hasn't backed up my Mac for 1010 days.
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Brief trip in to York, first stop - The Black Wheat Club for coffee and a pastry.

#York
A photo of a pastry and a coffee. A photo of a tray of pastries. The sign says… “Roasted apple, citrus curd, and a rosemary crumb.”
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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'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
Digital illustration: A huge, battle-damaged, mech, is attended to by a trio of technicians. #ttrpg #rpg #mech #illustration #thisnorthernboy
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Oh it was a success!!!
A close up of my delicious banana bread.
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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First time I’ve baked since school…
A loaf of banana bread.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The Yellowbird, Interceptor - built by Carlo Riva at the spaceship yard in Sarnico.

#Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration
A bright yellow spaceship illustration. Scythe shaped hulls either side of a cockpit, with three engines at the back. The Yellowbird, Interceptor - built by Carlo Riva at the spaceship yard in Sarnico. #Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Absolute fucking idiots.
Screengrab of Guardian article. Text reads: Prisons and probation AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister.
November 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor… A Heron, a Robin, and a Cormorant.

#Birds #UKWildlife
A Grey Heron on an old Coot's nest. A Robin, perched on top of a sign that says "To Car Park". A Cormorant perched on top of the golden statue of Diana in Bushy Park.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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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…
An enamel pin badge which says… “Northerners Against Nazis”.
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Some more Spaceshipaction. Here's The Hypnoglyph, a Light Speeder, built by Gusums Bruk.

#Spaceship #Illustration #SciFi
A digital illustration of a spaceship. Vaguely manta-ish in shape, and coloured teal and bright yellow. Cockpit towards the rear.
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Ah well, isn't that a shame for poor little Space Karen.
Text from Wired.com… Although Tesla only publishes quarterly sales figures and does not divide those up by region, slightly more granular data is available from some countries via monthly new car registrations. And the numbers for October, when compared year on year to the same month in 2024, should be alarming. Sales fell by double-digit margins in Sweden (89 percent), Denmark (86 percent), Belgium (69 percent), Finland (68 percent), Austria (65 percent), Switzerland (60 percent), Portugal (59 percent), Germany (54 percent), Norway (50 percent), the Netherlands (48 percent), the UK (47 percent), Italy (47 percent), and Spain (31 percent).
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Gunship illustration for 'DarkSpace RPG' - launching on Kickstarter soon.

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

#RPG #DarkSpace #SciFi

@darkspacerpg.bsky.social
Black and white digital illustration of a Gunship spaceship. Central hull is ALL gun, and two further guns on each side. Close up - Black and white digital illustration of a Gunship spaceship. Central hull is ALL gun, and two further guns on each side.
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I'm not a Funko fan, but…

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A Funko pop of the sheep and weird eyeball creature from Alien: Earth.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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It’s that time of year…

#fungi #toadstools #fujix
A Fly Agaric toadstool amongst the Heather. Tiny mushrooms sprouting from a branch. A little dew covered mushroom on the woodland floor. A little row of pale toadstools amongst the leaf litter.
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Well this was very good.
A photo of a plate of Sunday Lunch. Roast chicken, roast potatoes, stuffing, carrot, parsnip, pigs in blankets, cauliflower cheese, and a Yorkshire pudding.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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I got a new mug this morning. It’s ace.
An orange ‘Zero Japan’ ceramic mug, with a nice postcard from ‘Community Cutlery’ in Ilkley.
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Boids…

#Birds #UKWildlife
Male Mute Swan, with beads of water on his head. Male Mute Swan. A Robin in the undergrowth. A Grey Heron, backlit against the sun, amid some willow branches.
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Views…
A view across the pond in New Earswick Nature Reserve. A male Bewick Swan. A view across the pond in New Earswick Nature Reserve, taken from the bird hide - which frames the view like a painting.
October 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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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
A Little Egret, at dusk, on the river Foss. A Little Egret, at dusk, on the river Foss. A Little Egret, at dusk, on the river Foss. A Little Egret, at dusk, on the river Foss.
October 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM