Earlier this year I had the pleasure of illustrating ‘Cat Tales’ for Quiller Publishing. Cat Tales, edited by Tom Quinn is a book of endearing, eccentric and extraordinary true stories all about cats. Meow 🙂 As a cat lover (albeit without a cat of my own) I had a lot of fun illustrating this book, […]
Author: Nicola L Robinson
Birds in the Park… Illustration
A recent illustration inspired by watching the wildlife in my garden and surrounding area. Birds in the park… This particular species of bird grows to a colossal size. The large powerful beak has rows of curved, barbed teeth and a long wormlike, segmented tongue. It has multiple sets of pale yellow eyes and an excellent […]
Jungle doorway with crocodile, paper cut illustration
I’m still not sure what to call this illustration, it has been a bit of an experimental one, and has taken a lot longer to put together between all my other work and projects than planned but I’ve finally managed to take a photo of the full piece to show. Vaguely inspired by the Jungle […]
Animals… Inky cats, vultures and a monkey too…
Some creatures from something a bit experimental I’ve been working on lately…
Into the woods… inky, twisty trees illustration in progress….
Off into the woods in my studio today, I hope those little critters are friendly…
SCBWI Bologna Illustration showcase and an interview…
A couple of bits of exciting news to share today, firstly I recently discovered I have been selected by the SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) to be part of the 2016 Illustrator’s Gallery at the Bologna Book festival this year! My Three Billy Goats Gruff illustration was selected as a finalist and […]
Growing trees…
Barking Mad! Dog illustrations for Quiller Publishing
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Quiller Publishing illustrating lots of lovely dogs for ‘Barking Mad’ edited by Tom Quinn. A superb collection of dog stories and anecdotes from the last two centuries. I had a lot of fun illustrating this one and got the opportunity to illustrate lots of breeds […]
Summer Solstice 2015 – Here comes Summer!
Today’s Summer Solstice marks the first ‘official’ day of Summer with longest day, so I thought it an appropriate occasion to share a recent illustration of mine… here’s to a superb Summer with lots of nice sunny weather, barbecues and all the summery joys that nature brings 🙂 Clearly not all of us are so […]