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Tom Foster

@tomfosterart.bsky.social

Comic Book Artist (Judge Dredd, Commando, John Carpenter's Tales for a HalloweeNight.) I could, technically, be described as award-winning.

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Beautiful stuff. Really love the bit of Bama polish. Really shows off how well you understand the forms and gives it so much depth. Absolute cracker.

07.03.2026 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, there’s a reason Picard is standing up so straight.

05.03.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible how rarely that happens, isn’t it? I live in Glasgow and all my ones seem to be in Aberdeenshire. When I lived in Edinburgh, I think the closest I ever got was Livingston.

05.03.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like The Battle of Yavin from Star Wars has to be one the only big, climactic action set-pieces in movie history where all of the principle characters are either sitting down or standing still.

22.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I did get those for a short, but concentrated burst. Mostly AI generated, I think. Then they disappeared.

15.02.2026 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I’m starting to realise that not everyone gets the same ads anymore. These two only ever pop up when my partner’s signed into YouTube. Been going for what feels like forever though.

13.02.2026 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Okay, about time for you two to fuck off now, I think.

13.02.2026 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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This May, New Adventures from the Trigan Empire: Book 1 comes out - the first new Trigan Empire story in over 40 years and my first fully-painted book. Here's a look at pencils and finished, painted art for a panel. More to come.

You can pre-order the book here:
shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RC...

05.02.2026 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Considering I now do almost all of my work with practical materials, it’s amazing how paralysing it feels to be without a computer. Those little intermediary digital parts of the process suddenly seem a lot more critical.

(Also the fact DPD now aren’t even showing an estimated arrival date is πŸ€ͺ)

01.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely! Thank you for letting me see 😊

24.01.2026 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

More film series should have an instalment where the titular character goes bananas.

23.01.2026 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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More process from Young Death: Fitting In (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in @2000ad.bsky.social 2465. Still in shops until tomorrow.

Really focused on the neck anatomy with Sidney. A sort of anatomical foreshadowing.

20.01.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pencils and finished coloured art for another panel of Young Death: Fitting In, written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social and out in the current issue of @2000ad.bsky.social

I'm not generally a big breaker of panel borders, but with short stories, I tend to worry less about keeping things so regimented.

19.01.2026 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some more process work from this week's Young Death story (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in @2000ad.bsky.social .

One of two or three panels in the story where I had a very specific idea of how the colour ought to look, which then dictated the palette for the rest of the page/scene.

18.01.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More art breakdown from Young Death (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in this week's @2000ad.bsky.social.

I often don't spend as much time on the hair as I ought to, but here it seemed unavoidable.

17.01.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! I really put a lot of attention into that, to try and get it right.

16.01.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another look at the development of Young Death: Fitting In, from this week's @2000ad.bsky.social (script by @kekw-writer.bsky.social).

After spending a year painting the new Trigan Empire book, this was my first chance in a long time to focus on linework and I really enjoyed leaning into it again.

16.01.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A little more process work from this week's Young Death in @2000ad.bsky.social (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social).

I really liked how the colours came together on this one.

15.01.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prog 2465 of @2000ad.bsky.social is out today, with a Young Death Story written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social and illustrated by me. Here's a look at page 1 of the original pencils. After spending a year painting the new Trigan Empire book, it was nice to do some line art again.

14.01.2026 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really enjoyed working on Young Death: Fitting In (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) for this week's @2000ad.bsky.social. Here's a detail from the original pencils, as well as the finished, colour art.

13.01.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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2000 AD Prog 2465 is out on 14th January - featuring YOUNG DEATH: FITTING IN by:

πŸ“ Script: @kekw-writer.bsky.social
✏️ Art: @tomfosterart.bsky.social
πŸ’¬ Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➑️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc

13.01.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, I really enjoyed working on it. Lovely, moody script.

12.01.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks, and sorry I didn't tag you in the post. Didn't know your handle. I'll know for my next one πŸ™‚

12.01.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm back in the prog this week with a one-shot Young Death story, written by Kek-W. Got to do full art duties on this one and I think I managed to land on a colouring style that worked well. It's out this Wednesday in @2000ad.bsky.social prog no. 2465.

12.01.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Centurions is a particular favourite of mine, but it’s tough to get a decent quality upload, so am holding on to get the DVDs at some point.

11.01.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like, 20 years ago, someone showed a bunch of advertising executives The Mighty Boosh and we’re still living with the consequences.

19.12.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Travelling to deliver some school workshops and the view from my hotel window really has me quaking with yuletide cheer.

09.12.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is Now Available to Pre-Order! | 2000 AD One of the most popular and influential British comic books of all time is to get its first new chapter in more than 40 years! Created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist Don Lawrence, and running f...

New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is now available to Pre-Order!

For the first time since 1982, The Trigan Empire will rise once again with an all-new story from the team of Mike Carroll and Tom Foster - releasing next May! https://bit.ly/3MaP0k5

26.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
EXCLUSIVE Garth Ennis interview & more at Thought Bubble 2025 – In Orbit Every Wednesday
YouTube video by 2000 AD EXCLUSIVE Garth Ennis interview & more at Thought Bubble 2025 – In Orbit Every Wednesday

In Orbit THIS Wednesday!

A special live episodes as @molcher.bsky.social and @cuntersthompson.bsky.social are joined at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social by Garth Ennis, @robwilliams71.bsky.social, Steve Yeowell and @tomfosterart.bsky.social! ▢️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbPt...

26.11.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my favourite sketch requests from this year’s Thought Bubble. For a lovely attendee who got an Optimus sketch cover last year.

18.11.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0