Blackburn Creative Industries

Words and art by Rob

Ink drawing of a black bear and a white wold forming a yin-yang symbol

Yin Yang Bear and Wolf

Done as a tattoo design for my friend and talented acupuncturist Charlie.

vector comic style illustration of woman with red hair and daisies

Gracie with Flowers

A an experiment in vector based T-shirt design. The model is Gracie from Draw Brighton again.

Mountains

Nomi

this one started out as a watercolour piece. I finished in procreate because the composition was a bit out. Reference from the wonderful draw Brighton as ever. Model is the talented Nomi

stylised tattoo style Chrysanthemum

I have always wanted to be a tattooist. I even wrote my A Level project on tattoos, I have been drawing daggers and snakes on my hands in biro since I can’t remember when.So I signed up to Mike Stockings’s Patreon and got cracking! On the iPad in Procreate.

Dripping skull

A Rather Horrifying Skull

drawn for a gocko print competition

A woman dancing with flowers coming from her hands

Flower Woman

This was done with ink and promarkers on watercolour paper

head portrait of anblack woman with dreads

Sam

Another Draw Brighton portrait. Sam. Done in Procreate.

Illlustration of a woman wearing a headscarf

Gabrielle Tutorial

This was a portrait tuorial peice. I learned a lot.

A nude woman in black and white shaking stars from her hair

Starwoman

Done all in ink. I really loved doing this one, the big swathes of black Dr PH Martens ink. Gracie is the model.

non-binary person wearing blue blouse and surrounded by flying pink triangles yes really

Naomi Rufina

I absolutely let rip on this. It's really big and I was super loose withthe acrylic paint. This hangs in my hallway. I love it.

Neo-trad style snake chrled round looking out in front of a red circle and golden leaves

Year of the Snake Tattoo

A year of the snake tattoo design done in procreate. Was realy trying to nail the Neo-trad style.

Neo-trad tattoo style roaring tiger head

Tattoo Tiger

Another attempt a neo-trad tattoo design. This one ended up hand painted on a water bottle.