Author: robblackburn


  • Neon pink glow skulls

    Neon pink glow skulls

    Is a thing that came to life in my sketchbook and has become a little bit of an obsession. I am not sure who/what they are or what they want from me but here they are in their most refined form.

    don’t think we are done with these dudes there are many more ways they want to show up.

    Is a thing that came to life in my sketchbook and has become a little bit of an obsession. I am not sure who/what they are or what they want from me but here they are in their most refined form. don’t think we are done with these dudes there are many more ways they…

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  • The wolf is loose

    The wolf is loose

    This one is mostly a result if me wanting to create something like Mike Stockings’s great tattoo artwork. He uses procreate on the iPad and I wanted to see if I could create something similar with Photoshop and a Wacom intuos. Here is the result. I had “The wolf is loose” by Mastodon going round in my head as I drew so this influenced the result as you can see!

    This one is mostly a result if me wanting to create something like Mike Stockings’s great tattoo artwork. He uses procreate on the iPad and I wanted to see if I could create something similar with Photoshop and a Wacom intuos. Here is the result. I had “The wolf is loose” by Mastodon going round…

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  • Bromley Bloodbowl League Logo

    Bromley Bloodbowl League Logo

    This was a fun one. We had many ideas from boars to bees. Eventually after a bit of iteration we ended up with this. Three bees, BBBL, geddit? I love a bit of humour in a design!

    This was a fun one. We had many ideas from boars to bees. Eventually after a bit of iteration we ended up with this. Three bees, BBBL, geddit? I love a bit of humour in a design!

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  • Magpie vintage shop

    Magpie vintage shop

    This is a logo for a fictional shop. The idea for this popped into my head while out on a dog walk one morning watching the magpies. I am a big fan of all the corvids.

    This is a logo for a fictional shop. The idea for this popped into my head while out on a dog walk one morning watching the magpies. I am a big fan of all the corvids.

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  • It can’t rain all the time photobook

    It can’t rain all the time photobook

    This was a task that I did for the Creativity and Navigating Uncertainty course. Although the images are not the strongest, I enjoyed following a broad creative brief and executing in keeping with the three stages of the process;

    This is not portfolio work by any means, but interesting to see how a piece of work can come together with just a small impetus and a few parameters.

    This was a task that I did for the Creativity and Navigating Uncertainty course. Although the images are not the strongest, I enjoyed following a broad creative brief and executing in keeping with the three stages of the process; This is not portfolio work by any means, but interesting to see how a piece of…

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  • Morning vector

    Morning vector

    This is something a bit different. I had half a mind to do a daily “affinitober” vector drawing or similar. It took me too long to get something done and much harder to turn out something vaguely good in vector than a sketch. So this never happened but I did have an urge to finish this piece which is day 1 “morning” . I had been flicking through a book of airbrush art and I wanted to get that retro, airbrish feel but with vectors.

    This is something a bit different. I had half a mind to do a daily “affinitober” vector drawing or similar. It took me too long to get something done and much harder to turn out something vaguely good in vector than a sketch. So this never happened but I did have an urge to finish…

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  • Don’t call me chicken!

    Don’t call me chicken!

    I did this Vector for a T-shirt design for my Brother-in-law. I work better if I have a deadline. Pretty happy with this guy. Also, do you spot the error I made with the chicken?

    Below that you can see the iteration with the Back to the Future reference. This one I printed for my brother-in-law brother.

    I did this Vector for a T-shirt design for my Brother-in-law. I work better if I have a deadline. Pretty happy with this guy. Also, do you spot the error I made with the chicken? Below that you can see the iteration with the Back to the Future reference. This one I printed for my…

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    Margate Type Safari

    Wandering around Margate doing a treasure trail with the family, I couldn’t help but notice that Margate is absolutely choc full of fantastic type!

    Margate Type Safari Wandering around Margate doing a treasure trail with the family, I couldn’t help but notice that Margate is absolutely choc full of fantastic type!

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  • Dad

    You cry 
    You never cried before
    Now it’s a thing you can remember how to do

    One of the few threads left
    This sadness
    That it’s become this way

    You’ve become this way
    The pattern of your life is
    Not
    a pattern
    anymore
    You are not sure why you are here
    Or when

    You always joked about losing your mind
    Take me out side you said
    With a shotgun you said
    Take me to the lake you said

    But there is not a lake deep enough for this loss
    And I don’t have the mettle to take you there even if it there was

    And where are we going to get a shotgun from?
    This ain’t America
    thank god

    and if I did find one
    from some farmer perhaps
    how would I even find the words
    to remind you every few minutes
    Why I am asking you to turn around
    While I point a shotgun
    at your head.

    You cry You never cried before Now it’s a thing you can remember how to doOne of the few threads leftThis sadnessThat it’s become this wayYou’ve become this way The pattern of your life is Not a pattern anymoreYou are not sure why you are hereOr whenYou always joked about losing your mind Take me…

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  • Succulent


    I feel the constant vibrations of your world around me,
    all day, sharp juddering against my smooth flesh,
    In this pot,
    I am adrift.
    Still, I feel the connections of my kin,
    grown, growing,
    dying and dead,
    seed and shoot,
    far and near.
    Even though round me is barren,
    I have this small fertile pool,
    I can put forth memories of my future,
    even that might not be,
    if there is not enough space for them here,
    I take this as I take a stone
    in the earth,
    where my roots feel out,
    One way,
    the other,
    no matter.

    I express myself through the air,
    parting molecules with my firm, juicy, chaotically uniform shapes,
    I jut out in pairs from my core,
    I express ever outward,
    I need for nothing but emergence,
    I exist only to jam song form through the air,
    as my secret roots bind me.

    I feel the constant vibrations of your world around me,all day, sharp juddering against my smooth flesh,In this pot,I am adrift.Still, I feel the connections of my kin,grown, growing,dying and dead,seed and shoot,far and near.Even though round me is barren,I have this small fertile pool,I can put forth memories of my future,even that might not…

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