Keith Robinson

I’m selling original artwork created for Wolf Road and Wolf Mountain by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
These are charcoal drawings, roughly A3 or A2 in size. DM me or go to: keithrobinson.co.uk/shop for details.

The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, running, looking anxiously at his pocket watch

Throwback to 2015! Some old artwork has found its way to a new exhibition in Paris. 'La Fabrique du Temps' explores the theme of time through postal objects and contemporary art. My original watercolour illustrations of the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter's tea party both feature in the exhibition.

Thank you, Lauren and thanks for tagging Hilary! I quite agree about her books and this one is no exception.

Thank you, Carly. Would love to see a book by you!

Here’s a quick flick-through of my illustrations for Becoming Grace by the wonderful #hilarymckay. Hilary brings to life the world Grace Darling knew before her fame - the hardships and excitement of growing up in a lighthouse, with her large family and a dog called Happy. Out April 10th!

Recent silly sketches

This is the full-wrap artwork for the dust jacket of Wolf Mountain by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social , coming this April!
I thought it might be fun to animate a parallax pan of the artwork layers.

A prehistoric girl, dressed in furs, with her wolf companion, walking through a snow-covered mountainous landscape at dawn.

COVER REVEAL!
I’m thrilled to share the cover for WOLF MOUNTAIN, the sequel to WOLF ROAD, by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social , coming this April! 🐺⛰️

A portrait of a boy in school uniform. There are slashes through his face, flowers and thorny vines growing through. The colours are washed out apart from a rose growing where his right eye should be.

Portrait of a boy with dark wavy hair emerging from a thicket of thorny vines like somebody near drowning coming up for air. Vines cover his eyes, scratches cover his skin. Soft pink flowers surround him.

a pale impressionless face surrounded by a mass of bugs and worms looking straight at the viewer. Bugs crawl out of their mouth.

a black snake winding around a heart

Oh hey, if you need some beautifully haunting illustrations this year, my schedule's (mostly) free starting February!

Portfolio: janaheidersdorf.com
Contact: janaheidersdorf@gmail.com

Not long until #HappyTogether is out. (Feb 4th!) Head to your local bookshop to preorder a copy 😊

Superb photo!

A photo of the book, Outlaw - The True Story of Robin Hood by Michael Morpurgo. The cover illustration shows a young Robin sitting on the branch of a tree, looking out towards Nottingham castle in the distance.

Happy publication day to Robin Hood!

I’ve illustrated several covers for the re-issue of Michael Morpurgo’s catalogue but I think this is my favourite, not least because Robin was my childhood hero!

#illustration

Mountain background for a thing. I do like drawing mountains!

Sometimes, not often, it seems like all you have to do is turn up and the work makes itself. Today was a day like that.

I love charcoal, it’s almost magical. You put it down, treat it nicely and it just does stuff for you.

Thanks so much, Nat! I'm obsessed with backlighting everything at the moment!😆

Book cover illustration showing a fiery red sky over the london skyline, with tower bridge in the distance. Searchlight beams criss-cross the sky where bomber planes are flying. In the foreground four young people - two boys and two girls, are sitting on the sloping rooftops of terraced houses. One boy has his arm around a scruffy dog. They are backlit, looking out across the river Thames towards the distant london skyline. Below them, bombed-out dockside buildings are burning.

I was thrilled to illustrate this cover for the new book by award-winning, New York Times bestselling author, Geraldine McCaughrean.
The fiery sky was painted with gouache and the smoke textures were made with charcoal, all put together in photoshop and finished digitally. Out April '25
#kidlitart

I do actually have a new book out this year, but I'm going to continue to promote my other books too because there are still too many young readers who haven't yet discovered this interactive series in which YOU decide what happens next & yet there are no dead ends. They're different to other books.

So nice, Nat - more please !
Been meaning to Acryla gouache for a while.

Thank you Jacqui, happy new year!

Here are some of my favourite bits from 2024. Thank you to all the wonderful authors and publishers who have let me draw all over their work.
I’ve also done a lot of silly reference poses this year - here I am as the leader of a prehistoric tribe 😄

Without downloading any new pics , what’s your energy going into 2025.

Book Cover illustration showing Grace Darling rowing in stormy seas, pulling on the oars as she battles large waves which break over the side of her boat in white foam spray. In the distance is a lighthouse, whose light is shining out in the gathering dawn light.

It's a pleasure to have illustrated my third book for @hilarymckay.bsky.social, whose writing I love.
BECOMING GRACE is the real life story of Grace Darling, a lighthouse keeper's daughter, who overcame her fear of drowning to rescue stranded survivors on the Forfarshire. #kidlitart

Beautiful light yesterday. I love how the sun catches the underside of the clouds.

Thanks Jacqui, they were a lot of fun!

Illustration of blue winged horse logo with #PicturesMeanBusiness hashtag. Handwritten text: Why do so many book people keep forgetting to credit illustrators?

Posting a #CoverReveal or #BookBirthday? Credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.

Esp for cover reveals, also credit book designer.

#PicturesMeanBusiness art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #KidLit

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Congratulations @colmthewriter.bsky.social and @hickesy.bsky.social for inclusion on Toppsta's 100 must-read children's books of 2024! toppsta.com/blog/view/be...
I had a blast doing these spooky covers. And remember kids, a psychotic shelf-elf is for life, not just for Christmas.

WHAT?! well that’s Christmas ruined.

It's about that time of year when The Dark is Rising has to be read again! I'm looking forward to reading The Grimmlings - it's on my book-pile! (It also has one of the best covers I've seen this year 😊)

I've loved the Dark is Rising sequence since I was a kid but I've never seen her illustrations. What a treat! The cover I found (in a holiday cottage) isn't by her and I think it was a canadian edition. Digging online, I've found this first edition cover that IS by her - isn't it great?!